{"product_id":"what-went-wrong-russias-lost-opportunity-and-the-path-to-ukraine-9781666747973","title":"What Went Wrong?: Russia's Lost Opportunity and the Path to Ukraine","description":"The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in a tumultuous period for Russia and Ukraine. The Soviet Union broke apart, Communism was exposed as morally bankrupt, and Russian leaders turned to the West for help. In an astonishing development, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin invited a group of American evangelicals to give advice on restoring morality to Russia. The nation was moving toward democratic and religious freedoms until, one decade later, Vladimir Putin abruptly reversed course. He labeled most religious organizations as \"foreign agents\" and set in motion an aggressive plan to restore the pride of the \"Russian world.\" Putin's alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, and his hostility to true democracy, led to the brutal invasion of Ukraine, which had opted for freedom and democracy. Other books have analyzed the economic and social dynamics in Russia and Ukraine after 1991. This one chronicles a previously untold story: the role religion played in the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the rise of a newly autocratic Russia, and the emergence of democracy in Ukraine. What lay behind the radically different paths chosen by two former Soviet republics?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Yancey, John A. Bernbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666747973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Yancey's twenty-five books, including \u003ci\u003eWhere the Light Fell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat's So Amazing about Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, have sold over twenty million copies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John A. Bernbaum founded and served as president of the Russian-American Christian University in Moscow. In a career focused on higher education, he has worked for more than thirty years with schools in both Russia and Ukraine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cascade Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43240570945651,"sku":"9.78167E+12","price":22.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3d564aad-1031-4a83-bf56-5a11f6b9cd16.jpg?v=1754227579","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-went-wrong-russias-lost-opportunity-and-the-path-to-ukraine-9781666747973","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}