The Satinsky Archive
The Oral History of Americans and other foreigners who participated in the historic dismantling of the Soviet economy by Russian reformers and who contributed to the creation of the Russian market economy in the 1990s.
First-person interviews with former government officials, businesspeople, citizen diplomats and consultants capture the essence of this turbulent reform period through the eyes of those who experienced it and present the importance of this experience as a piece of the puzzle in understanding contemporary Russia. Interviews were conducted prior to the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as source material for Creating the Post-Soviet Russian Market Economy: Through American Eyes (2024)
Daniel Satinsky is a business consultant, author, and attorney. He participated in Soviet-era joint ventures and then business projects in Russia until 2014. Since 2014, he has been writing about the historic transformation of the Soviet Union into post-Soviet Russia, based on his experience, research and interviews. Contributing author to Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Regional Russia in Transition: Studies from Yaroslavl’ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001)
Daniel Satinsky is a business consultant, author, and attorney. He participated in Soviet-era joint ventures and then business projects in Russia until 2014. Since 2014, he has been writing about the historic transformation of the Soviet Union into post-Soviet Russia, based on his experience, research and interviews. Contributing author to Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Regional Russia in Transition: Studies from Yaroslavl’ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001)
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Derk Sauer is a key figure in establishing independent media in post-Soviet Russia. He moved to Moscow in 1988 as editor of Moscow Magazine, the first glossy magazine for foreigners. In 1992, he founded The Moscow Times, one of the first independent Russian news outlets in English language. With his wife Ellen, he launched Cosmopolitan Russia in 1994, which became hugely popular and pioneered the advertising industry. By 1997, they launched Russian editions of Harper’s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Playboy, and Men’s Health. In 1999, Sauer launched Vedomosti, first independent business newspaper in Russian, in partnership with Financial Times and New York Times, until government restrictions on foreign media took hold.
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