Cheers, Ken Hanly
1 The number of Russians who positively evaluate the influence of different historical periods on the development of Russia, different generations, in % ------------------------------------------------------------- Historical period Age groups (years) Total Under 30 31-50 Over 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Reforms of the early 20th century (introduction of elements of the constitutional regime, the creation of a class of prosperous rural owners, transition to the gold rouble) 83.2 81.7 71.9 78.9 The 1917 October Revolution 36.1 43.6 52.6 44.1 New Economic Policy (1920s) 57.4 66.4 65.2 63.0 The industrialisation drive (late 1920s-1930s) 78.3 85.5 87.2 83.7 The collectivisation campaign (late 1920s-1930s) 31.6 39.5 48.1 39.7 The "thaw" of the early 1960s 76.8 76.9 76.6 76.8 The stagnation period (1970s-early 1980s) 32.0 44.4 48.4 41.6 Perestroika 1985-1990 37.8 29.5 21.7 29.7 Transition to a market economy (1991-1999) 60.9 42.1 27.8 43.6 ------------------------------------------------------------- The people's attitude to perestroika and market reforms of the 1990s is more complicated. Positive evaluations of that period did not reach 50% in any of the educational groups (see Table 2). Table 2 The number of Russians who negatively evaluate the influence of different historical periods on the development of Russia, different generations, in % ------------------------------------------------------------- Historical period Age groups (years) Total Under 30 31-50 Over 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Reforms of the early 20th century (introduction of elements of the constitutional regime, the creation of a class of prosperous rural owners, transition to the gold rouble) 12.3 14.7 21.1 16.0 The 1917 October Revolution 62.4 54.6 45.1 54.0 New Economic Policy (1920s) 39.1 30.3 29.4 32.9 The industrialisation drive (late 1920s-1930s) 19.8 12.6 10.0 14.1 The collectivisation campaign (late 1920s-1930s) 65.6 58.7 48.9 57.7 The "thaw" of the early 1960s 19.4 20.0 21.0 20.1 The stagnation period (1970s-early 1980s) 65.4 52.8 48.4 55.5 Perestroika 1985-1990 60.9 68.4 76.2 68.5 Transition to a market economy (1991-1999) 36.8 55.8 69.5 54.0 -------------------------------------------------------------
