First English-language book in almost two decades that looks in-depth at the evolution of elections in Russia ~Much of the text's material derives from original primary documents collected in fieldwork and archive research ~For each of the seven electoral cycles, Hutcheson has compiled indicators that allow change over time to be shown ~No single book has previously compiled so much comparable information on Russian parliamentary elections over time~Sets parliamentary elections into the broader context of political change in Russia since the end of the USSR