The End of the Soviet Era: Estimates from a 30-Year Distance (Round Table)

The End of the Soviet Era:
Estimates from a 30-Year Distance (Round Table)


Damie V.V.

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Leading Researcher at the Institute of General History of RAS, Moscow, Russia. foristademeryamaa@gmail.com

Degtyarev A.Ya.

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Advisor to the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia. aydegtyarev@senat.gov.ru

Inozemtzev V.L.

Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Director of the Center for Research on Post-Industrial Society, Moscow, Russia. slava_in@yahoo.com

Kononov I.F

Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology, Lugansk National University named after Taras Shevchenko, Starobelsk, Ukraine kononov_if@ukr.net

Lapin N.I.

Corresponding Member of RAS, Chief Researcher, Head of the Center for the Study of Socio-Cultural Changes at the Institute of Philosophy of RAS, Moscow, Russia. lapini31@mail.ru

Levashov V.K.

Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Director of the Institute for Socio-Political Research of FCTAS RAS, Moscow, Russia. levachov@mail.ru

Makarenko V.P.

Dr. Sci. (Polit., Phil.), Chief Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Socio-Political Sciences of the Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia vpmakar1985@gmail.com

Oleinik A.N.

Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Microeconomic Analysis and Modeling of the CEMI RAS, Moscow, Russia. aoleynik@mun.ca

Тrofimova I.N.

Dr. Sci. (Polit.), Leading Researcher, Institute of Sociology of FCTAS RAS, Moscow, Russia. itnmv@mail.ru

Chernysh M.F.

Corresponding Member of the RAS, Director of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of RAS, Moscow, Russia. mfche@yandex.ru

Demidenko S.Yu.

Researcher, The Institute of Sociology FCTAS RAS; Senior Lecturer, State Academic University for the Humanities; Executive Secretary (Editor), the Journal “Sociological Studies”, Moscow, Russia. demidsu@yandex.ru

Latov Yu.V.

Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Chief Researcher, The Institute of Sociology FCTAS RAS; Scientific Editor, the Journal “Sociological Studies”, Moscow, Russia. latov@mail.ru

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Damie V.V., Degtyarev A.Ya., Inozemtzev V.L., Kononov I.F, Lapin N.I., Levashov V.K., Makarenko V.P., Oleinik A.N., Тrofimova I.N., Chernysh M.F., Demidenko S.Yu., Latov Yu.V. The End of the Soviet Era: Estimates from a 30-Year Distance (Round Table). Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2021. No 12. P. 3-26




Abstract

In December 2021, it was 30 years after the end of the history of the USSR, but the Russian society has not yet decided its attitude to this event, contradictory assessments are also given by social scientists. Continuing the theme started in No. 8 of this year, the journal organized a round table, inviting social scientists-experts representing different scientific and ideological directions to discuss issues about the events of 1991. Participants display a wide range of opinions and assessments, from apologetic to critical.


Keywords
collapse of the USSR; “real socialism”; socialist idea; social development; public consciousness; events of 1991
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