The Oligarchs

The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia
First edition front cover
AuthorDavid E. Hoffman
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory, economics, politics
PublisherPublicAffairs
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages567 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-1-58648-001-1
OCLC48221381
LC ClassHC340.12 .H64 2001

The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia is a 2001 non-fiction book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Washington Post contributing editor David E. Hoffman. The book chronicles events of the transitional period in Russia, from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and the subsequent privatization in Russia, to the 1996 presidential election, the 1998 Russian financial crisis, and Vladimir Putin's rise to power in the late 1990s.