The Unfinished Time: "Vote or Lose"(Episode Seven)

Please join the Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University for the second film screening and conversations about Russia in the 1990s. We will watch Part VII, "Vote or Lose," at Tufts University. The episode reflects on the circumstances of Yeltsin’s reelection campaign in the 1996 presidential election in Russia. Refreshments will be served following the conversation.
The 10-episode documentary series chronicles the defining milestones of Yeltsin’s era through unprecedented access to the people who shaped it. Interviewees include Yeltsin’s family members, government ministers, siloviki, oligarchs, and political party leaders from across the spectrum, such as Anatoly Chubais, Vladimir Gusinsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin, Grigory Yavlinsky, and Tatiana and Valentin Yumashev, as well as world leaders like former President Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Alexander Lukashenko, and Nursultan Nazarbayev. Nearly two hundred people were interviewed for this project, with the documentary unfolding exclusively through their voices. By bringing together diverse perspectives on pivotal events, the series offers an authentic and richly textured portrait of an extraordinary era, further enriched with archival footage, much of it previously inaccessible.

The 1990s were a fleeting yet transformative period, during which a new, free Russia emerged from the remnants of a Soviet totalitarian regime—only to become the prelude to a future no one could have anticipated. The Unfinished Time offers a chance to revisit these turbulent years in all their complexity and, perhaps, gain a deeper understanding of how they continue to shape Russia’s challenging present.
On December 2nd, we screened Part V, "The Standoff," at Harvard University. The episode showed the implications of Boris Yeltsin’s economic reforms and the events leading up to the 1993 constitutional crisis in Russia.

Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
Location: ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Address: 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
Medford/Somerville campus visitors can park in the Dowling Garage or Cousens Parking Lot. Visitors may pay for their parking sessions via the web portal or payment kiosks.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School at Tufts University, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, United States