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led to his conceiving a major project to make available a mass of new material in
English. Glatter became aware that there was a rich collection of primary sources including autobiographical accounts, some of them collected for the twentieth anniversary in 1925 that could illuminate the events and
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to work with
Professor Neil Malcolm on the relationship between the Russian regions and the world economy in the wake of the collapse of the USSR. But Glatterâs research took a different direction and the focus became the way in which âelitesâ in key regions (or as he saw it remnants of the old
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His argument, more controversial then, perhaps than now, was that in the 1990s in Russia the links connecting the different elements that had ruled the old USSR collapsed but much of the personnel of the old order or those close to them remained in power. To consolidate their position they had
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where worked to help catalogue many of the independent newspapers that had been published in Russia and copies of which had been secured by the library. This gave him an unrivalled source base and the final thesis was characterized by impressive detail in terms of its empirical base as well as
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that seemed to begin to restore more stability after 2000. While many were tempted to see this as a restoration of the old chain of command
Glatterâs analysis led him to argue that this was much more a negotiated process and the centre was less strong then some imagined.
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therefore to merge their political and economic interests. He likened this to an officer corps where the officers remain in power but the chain of command collapses. This argument was important not only with respect to the 1990s but also the
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analysis of 1905. Making these sources available in
English and a good translation was a major achievement and this will stand as a monument to his work and the potential that was soon to be lost. He then began work with the archaeologist
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that would be finished in 2008 following the ending of the Putin presidency. But in 2007 he was affected by a series of what appeared to be physical problems but which soon turned out to have their origin in a
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in the 1970s as a bus driver while playing an active role in the socialist and radical movements of the day. He joined the
International Socialists as a teenager and always remained a committed member of the
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ruling class) were maintaining themselves in power. This was the background to articles on the effect of the transition in Russiaâs
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Pete
Glatter, âReview article: On Elites after State Socialism: Theories and Analysis, edited by John Higley and György Lengyelâ,
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Mike Haynes and Pete Glatter, âThe Russia Catastropheâ,
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The Russian Revolution of 1905: Change Through Struggle
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Pete Glatter, âVictor Serge: Writing for the Futureâ,
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Pete Glatter, âRegional and Local Power in Russiaâ,
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