1st Edition

Siberia Worlds Apart

By Victor L Mote Copyright 1998
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Known to most as a realm of exile and labor camps, Siberia is also one of the world's wealthiest resource bases. This harsh, vast land constitutes nearly three-quarters of Russia's territory, yet after four centuries of Slavic migration and procreation it is home to a mere 32 million people.In this comprehensive book, Victor Mote illuminates the dichotomy between Siberia's rich treasurehouse of... Read more
Preface -- Author's Note on Transliteration -- Greater Siberia: A Resource Frontier -- Greater Siberia: The Land and Its People -- The Little Siberians: On the Planet's Periphery -- Regionalism, Separatism, and Russification Before the Revolution -- Revolution, Civil War, and Stalinism in Greater Siberia -- Salad Days: The East-West Debate and Greater Siberia -- Dog Days and the Rise of the Little Siberians, 1985—1993 -- Greater Siberia Today: Roaring Mice and Wage Arrears -- Appendix A -- Appendix B

Biography

Victor L Mote