‘The wild nineties’ (Russian: лихие девяностые, romanized: likhiye devyanostyye) is a term with a negative evaluative connotation referring to the decade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Russian Federation in the 1990s. It denotes a period of profound political, economic, and social transformation, characterized by widespread social instability associated with the transition to a new political and economic system.
‘The wild nineties’ (Russian: лихие девяностые, romanized: likhiye devyanostyye) is a term with a negative evaluative connotation referring to the decade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Russian Federation in the 1990s. It denotes a period of profound political, economic, and social transformation, characterized by widespread social instability associated with the transition to a new political and economic system.
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