Table of Contents

Russian on the Way to the New MillenniumChapter I: Statehood Legacy1. Sovereign Russia: Traditions of Power2. Russian Administrative Reforms: The Wheel of History3. Dictatorship of Law or Law of Dictatorship: The New Russian Dilemma4. Russia and Self-Determination According to Lenin5. Stalin's Ethnic PolicyChapter II: The Rollercoaster of Russian Federalism1. 'We, the Multinational People of the Russian Federation...'2. State Making in Russian: The Modern History3. Tatarstan: A Case in Point4. Russia in August 1998 and Afterwards: 'The Patient is More Alive Than Dead'5. Federalist Hopes that Did Not Come TrueChapter III: Quo Vadis, Russia?1. From Yeltsin to Putin: Transit into a New Millennium2. Elite and Power: Heroes or Hostages?3. The Principles of Federalism in Russian Style4. Federal Minister German Gref and Others...5. Federation and State Development: Political Parties' ApproachChapter IV: 'Union Lasts Forever'1. Tatars Versus Russians: A Glimpse into History2. Elections 2000: Governors Wanted!3. Sovereignty or the Ghost of Separatism4. Lament for the Russian Republic5. Federalism, Great Power Centrism, Ethnicity: Pro et ContraPostface

About the Author

Mikhail Stoliarov is the First Deputy Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan to the President of the Russian Federation. He is a professor at the Russian Academy of the Civil Service.