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The conquest of the Russian Arctic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Josephson, Paul R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Arctic regions > Politics and government.
Arctic regions > Strategic aspects.
Soviet Union > Territorial expansion.
Soviet Union > Relations > Arctic regions.
Russia (Federation) > Relations > Arctic regions.
Arctic regions > Relations > Soviet Union.
Arctic regions > Relations > Russia (Federation)
Arctic regions > Environmental conditions.
Natural resources > Arctic regions > History.
Environmental degradation > Arctic regions > History.
Indigenous peoples > Arctic regions > History.
Political persecution > Arctic regions > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Charting the Arctic landscape
  • Neither cod nor coal
  • The role of the gulag in Arctic conquest
  • The Arctic sciences of places and people
  • The nickel that broke the reindeer's back
  • Transformation of taiga and tundra
  • Rediscovering the Arctic.