How to Study the Economic Elite, or What the Insanely Rich Russians Think about Themselves. Book Review: Schimpfossl E. Rich Russians. From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie. Moscow: Individuum, 2022, 352 p

The paper presents a review of the book by the famous Austrian sociologist Elizabeth Schimpfossl “Rich Russians. From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie”, which was translated into Russian in 2022. Using a lot of empirical material, the author of the monograph attempts to answer the main question: what the oligarchs think about themselves? The sociologist draws attention to the state of the research field in Russia in terms of studying the Russian elite and provides the reader with a detailed description of how the formation and isolation of the Russian elite takes place, how these processes are related to family history, philanthropy, gender relations, and the younger generation.