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Black earth : a journey through Russia after the fall

By Andrew , Meier

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2005
ISBN
978-0-393-24206-5, 0393242064, 0-393-05178-1, 9780393051780, 0-393-32641-1
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1867842 bytes)
Edition
First Norton pbk. edition
Pages
511\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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Description

With the power of Lenin's Tomb and Balkan Ghosts, an illuminating portrait of contemporary Russia. A decade after the Soviet collapse, Russia remains a country in limbo, a land of vast potential struggling with an unfinished past. Journeying to Russia's five corners—Moscow, Chechnya, Norilsk, Sakhalin, and St. Petersburg—Andrew Meier presents a history of contemporary Russia. In Moscow and St. Petersburg, Meier explores Russia's unbridled market and often lethal politics. From Chechnya, where he investigates the worst single-day massacre of civilians, to Norilsk, the world's northernmost city, Meier uncovers a common theme: the need to find meaning amid the Soviet ruins. In the tradition of Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Black Earth is a penetrating view of the new Russia from a bold new voice in political journalism. 7 maps

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