ISBN:
9780199754175
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9780199754182
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XX, 297 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
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21 cm
Serie:
Landscapes of the imagination
DDC:
957
Schlagwort(e):
Siberia (Russia) Civilization
;
Siberia (Russia) History
;
Siberia (Russia) History, Local
;
Siberia (Russia)
;
Civilization
;
Siberia (Russia)
;
History
;
Siberia (Russia)
;
History, Local
;
Sibirien
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
Kurzfassung:
Heaven and hell -- Cradle of civilizations -- A frontier beyond : the Urals and Yekaterinburg -- Tyumen : Dallas in Siberia -- Tobolsk : from "Sodom in the taiga" to a cultural heartland -- To the frozen ocean and Stalin's railway of death -- Omsk and the Baraba steppe -- Over the top : the northern sea route -- Novosibirsk and the Trans-Siberian Railway -- The Altai region and republic : mystics, mountains, and nomads -- The Yenisey River : from steppes to the frozen tundra -- Irkutsk : the "Paris of Siberia" -- Lake Baikal : Siberia's sacred sea -- The archipelago of exile : Magadan
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cradle of civilizations -- A frontier beyond : the Urals and Yekaterinburg -- Tyumen : Dallas in Siberia -- Tobolsk : from "Sodom in the taiga" to a cultural heartland -- To the frozen ocean and Stalin's railway of death -- Over the top : the northern sea route -- Novosibirsk and the Trans-Siberian Railway -- The Altai region and republic : mystics, mountains, and nomads -- The Yenisey River : from steppes to the frozen tundra -- Irkutsk : the "Paris of Siberia" -- Lake Baikal : Siberia's sacred sea -- The archipelago of exile : Magadan.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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"Co-published in Great Britain by Signal Books"--T.p. verso
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