ISBN:
9781846143731
Language:
English
Pages:
284 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
947.0853
Keywords:
Biografie
;
Dudko, Dmitrij S. 1922-2004
;
Russland
;
Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
;
Priester
;
Geschichte 1922-2004
;
Sowjetunion
;
Russland
;
Alkoholismus
;
Bevölkerungsrückgang
;
Geschichte 1954-
;
Dudko, Dmitrij S. 1922-2004
;
Russland
;
Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
;
Priester
;
Geschichte 1922-2004
;
Geschichte 1954-
;
Sowjetunion
;
Russland
;
Alkoholismus
;
Bevölkerungsrückgang
Abstract:
Russia is dying from within. Oligarchs and oil barons may still dominate international news coverage, but their prosperity masks a deep-rooted demographic tragedy. Faced with staggering population decline?and near-certain economic collapse?driven by toxic levels of alcohol abuse, Russia is also battling a deeper sickness: a spiritual one, born out of the country's long totalitarian experiment.In The Last Man in Russia, award-winning journalist Oliver Bullough uses the tale of a lone priest to give life to this national crisis. Father Dmitry Dudko, a dissident Orthodox Chri
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