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Record #211311:
The conquest of the Russian Arctic / Paul R. Josephson.
Title: | The conquest of the Russian Arctic / Paul R. Josephson. |
Author(s): | Josephson, Paul R. |
Date: | 2014. |
Publisher: | Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press |
Abstract: | Describes efforts under Stalin to assimilate Arctic into Soviet empire through extraction of natural resources; construction of settlements; settlement of nomadic populations and their integration into Soviet way of life; and collectivisation of reindeer herding. Focuses on three regions in north-west Russia: Arkhangel'skaya Oblast'; Republic of Kareliya; and Murmanskaya Oblast'. Discusses role of Gulag in conquest of Arctic, science and technology, and environmental degradation caused by urbanisation and industrial development (especially mining of minerals) |
Keywords: | 32 -- Politics. 355 -- Defence. 325 -- Colonisation. 502 -- Environmental issues. 63 -- Renewable resources. 93 -- History. 323.1 -- National and ethnic minorities. 331.578 -- Employment, forced labour systems. 504.05 -- Environmental damage. 622 -- Mining. 622.34 -- Metals, mining. V -- History. (*501) -- Russia (Federation). (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*50) : 93[2014] |
ISBN: | 9780674728905 |
SPRI record no.: | 211311 |
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