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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in environment and history
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Studies in environment and history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From imperial to socialist nature preservation : environmental protection and resource development in the Russian Empire, 1861-1925 -- Stalinism : creating the socialist industrial, urban, and agricultural environment -- The Khrushchev reforms, environmental politics, and the awakening of environmentalism, 1953-1964 -- Developed socialism, environmental degradation, and the time of economic "stagnation," 1964-1985 -- Gorbachev's reforms, Glasnost, and econationalism. |
| Summary |
The former Soviet empire spanned eleven time zones and contained half the world's forests; vast deposits of oil, gas and coal; various ores; major rivers such as the Volga, Don and Angara; and extensive biodiversity. These resources and animals, as well as the people who lived in the former Soviet Union - Slavs, Armenians, Georgians, Azeris, Kazakhs and Tajiks, indigenous Nenets and Chukchi - were threatened by environmental degradation and extensive pollution. This environmental history of the former Soviet Union explores the impact that state economic development programs had on the environment. The authors consider the impact of Bolshevik ideology on the establishment of an extensive system of nature preserves, the effect of Stalinist practices of industrialization and collectivization on nature, and the rise of public involvement under Khrushchev and Brezhnev, and changes to policies and practices with the rise of Gorbachev and the break-up of the USSR. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Russia (Federation) -- History.
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Human ecology. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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History. |
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Ethnoecology -- Russia (Federation) -- History.
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Ethnoecology. |
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Environmental degradation -- Russia (Federation) -- History.
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Environmental degradation. |
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Environmental policy -- Russia (Federation) -- History.
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Environmental policy. |
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Russia (Federation) -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9781107341272 (electronic book) |
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1107341272 (electronic book) |
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1139021044 (electronic book) |
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9781139021043 (electronic book) |
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9780521869584 (hardback) |
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0521869587 (hardback) |
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9780521689724 (paperback) |
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0521689724 (paperback) |
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