Review of the book of O.I. Ozhereliev «Ideals and crime. The recent history of Russia: the dialectics of events and personalities»

The author reviews the book by O.I. Ozherel’ev «Ideals and Crime. The Modern History of Russia: the Dialectic of Events and Personalities», noting its significant contribution to the study of one of the main events of the late 20th century - the Soviet Union’s decay. The author's, and at the same time an objective interpretation of the main participants of these events, such as Gorbachev, Yakovlev, Medvedev, Ryzhkov, Yeltsin, and others is of particular interest.