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Keywords:: Russia; social transition; transitional dilemma; reform adjustment; Russia model

Abstract:: The reason why Russia has turned its transition from a nearly complete failure to a success lies in the fact that the Russian government led by Putin has made eight key adjustments in its policies through drawing good lessons from its transition led by Yeltsin, thus having successfully accomplished its second round of transition in that the country has formed a new Russia model characterized by a system of new thoughts, a powerful nation, a mixed economy, a civil society and a sovereign democracy and blazed a new path of transition with Russian characteristics. The general law Russia’s transition has shown us is that a country’s social transition should firmly follow a road with its own characteristics. A successful transition depends on exploring a theory in agreement with its own conditions relentlessly; promoting a coordinated reform in political, economic, cultural and social areas; adopting a strategy of gradual reform; sticking to the principle of openness and fairness; advocating the cooperation between elites and the masses; and accomplishing a virtuous interaction between the government and the society.