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Biography of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky
Name: Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky
Birth Date: April 25, 1946
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (born 1946) led the extreme nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia to surprising success in the Russian parliamentary elections of December 1993.Zhirinovsky proved himself a master of the media available to Russian politicians in the December 1993 elections. A gifted demagogue, his message of extreme nationalism struck a chord among Russians suffering and fearing the hardships and uncertainties brought about by the collapse of the Soviet empire and the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy. He won support from those most vulnerable in the transformation, and from people who wanted to make an emphatic protest of the course Russia was following. His populist style and the simple solutions he proposed came in contrast to the professorial style and approaches of many of his reformist opponents. The unexpected success of Zhirinovsky's party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, was regarded by many observers inside and outside Russia …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb (1993) provides a vivid description of the Soviet Union as it collapsed. John Dunlop's The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire (1993) is a well-researched account of the Soviet collapse that deals specifically with the rise of nationalist movements. Vladimir Kartsen's !Zhirinovsky! An insider's account of Yeltsin's chief rival (1995) provides a first hand look at the man himself. Authoritative and accessible analyses of recent events in Russia and Russian foreign policy can be found in the research reports of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Among the many press reports see "Comrade Zhirinovsky's Shadowy Past" in Parade Magazine (January 30, 1994), Lee Hockstader's "How Russia's Zhirinovsky Rose" in The Washington Post (March 6, 1994), Michael Specter's "Zhirinovsky and the Motherland" in New York Times Magazine (June 19, 1994), Arshad Mohammed, "Zhirinovsky calls polls unfair vows return," Reuters (July 7, 1997) and George Zarycky's, "A primer on Russian elections," Freedom Review (May 1, 1996).
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