“Moreover, it is important to recognize that notions of self-fashioning were circulating in Renaissance Europe not only among members of the rising middle class but also in writings addressed to monarchs. Consider, for example, Machiavelli’s Prince or the various Mirrors… — Helena Goscilo Copy Share Image
“The Yeltsin years considerably lowered the bar [of public expectations] for the country’s next leader: Putin’s specific policies and actions arguably matter far less… — Helena Goscilo Copy Share Image
“former KGB officer with a confident walk and shy smile, a tough administrator of disarming simplicity, a market-oriented reformer willing to increase state control… — Helena Goscilo Copy Share Image
“Scholars generally understand post-Soviet nostalgia as something more than a simple longing for the return of the Soviet past (Boym 2001; Ivanova 1997; Nadkarni… — Helena Goscilo Copy Share Image
“Moreover, it is important to recognize that notions of self-fashioning were circulating in Renaissance Europe not only among members of the rising middle class… — Helena Goscilo Copy Share Image
![“The Yeltsin years considerably lowered the bar [of public expectations] for the country’s next leader: Putin’s specific policies and actions arguably matter far less than his reassuring symbolic function as “a real man” who can husband the nation’s resources and promise a return to greatness…” quote by Helena Goscilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ab/helena-goscilo-70434_leadership_the-yeltsin-years-considerably-lowered-t_464034.jpg)
