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Siberian curse : how communist planners left Russia out in the cold / Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, Fiona.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic geography.
- Forced migration--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--20th century.
- Forced migration.
- Land settlement--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--20th century.
- Land settlement.
- Industrial location--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
- Industrial location.
- Siberia (Russia)--Economic conditions.
- Siberia (Russia).
- Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions.
- Russia (Federation).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a provocative look at a problem that has been overlooked since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book argues that years of forcing people and economic activity out into the vast, resource-rich, but inhospitably cold, territory of Siberia has burdened Russia with huge problems and costs.
- Contents:
- The great errors
- Size matters
- The cost of the cold
- Geography is not destiny
- Siberia : plenty of room for error
- Disconnected Russia
- Taking stock : how much has changed?
- Can Russia shrink?
- Russia of the mind
- Tearing down Potemkin Russia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-4332-7
- 1-280-81284-2
- 9786610812844
- 0-8157-9618-8
- OCLC:
- 476016341
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