Russia in the Modern World A New Geography
by Shaw, Denis J BEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-12
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
This book presents a geographical analysis of the new Russia which has emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union since 1991. The author provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of the new state. Topics examined include: the origins and rise of the Russian state and the heritage of the Soviet period; environmental background and present-day ecological problems; Russia as a federal state and problems of ethnicity and national identity; the changing industrial face of Russia; problems of rural life; the post-Soviet city; Russia and its regions; relations with the Near Abroad, Russia and the wider world.
Author Biography
Denis Shaw is Reader in Russian Geography in the School of Geography and Associate Member of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham. His previous books include Planning in the Soviet Union (with J. Pallot, 1981), Landscape and Settlement in Romanov Russia 1613-1917 (with J. Pallot, 1990), and The Post-Soviet Republics: A Systematic Geography (Editor, 1995).
Table of Contents
| List of Tables | |
| List of Maps | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| The Territorial and Imperial Heritage | p. 1 |
| Russia: the Territory and Its Acquisition | p. 1 |
| The Natural Environment and Resources for Development | p. 10 |
| Russian Development: the Long-term Influences | p. 18 |
| Economic and Social Development to 1917 | p. 24 |
| The Soviet Heritage | p. 31 |
| Revolution: the Establishment of the Soviet State | p. 32 |
| Economic Transformation | p. 35 |
| Stalinism and After | p. 40 |
| General Reflections on Soviet Communism | p. 45 |
| The Emerging Federation | p. 51 |
| 'Core and Metropolis': the Russian Federation before 1985 | p. 51 |
| The Resurrection of Russia: the Gorbachev Years (1985-1991) | p. 54 |
| The Russian Federation Today: Ethnic and Political Geography | p. 58 |
| The Russian Federation and Problems of Federalism | p. 62 |
| The Russian Federation and Russian National Identity | p. 69 |
| The Command Economy and the Transition to Capitalism | p. 73 |
| The Command Economy in the Post-Stalin Period | p. 73 |
| Problems of the Command Economy | p. 77 |
| A Geography of Neo-Stalinism | p. 81 |
| The Economic Reforms of Gorbachev and Yeltsin (after 1985) | p. 83 |
| The Economy in Transition | p. 87 |
| The Changing Space Economy | p. 94 |
| Regional Economic Change since 1991 | p. 97 |
| Factors Influencing Regional Economic Change | p. 108 |
| Winners and Losers in Regional Economic Change | p. 113 |
| Sectoral Developments: Energy, the Defence Sector, Services, Transportation | p. 114 |
| Saving the Environment | p. 127 |
| The Geographical Context of Soviet Environmental Disruption | p. 127 |
| The Political and Economic Context of Soviet Environmental Disruption | p. 131 |
| The Russian Environment in the Early 1990s | p. 134 |
| Environmental Management since 1991 | p. 141 |
| The Russian Environment in the Transition | p. 146 |
| The International Dimension | p. 150 |
| Conclusion | p. 150 |
| Population: Urban and Rural Life | p. 152 |
| Demographic Patterns and Migration | p. 152 |
| Urban Life | p. 161 |
| Rural Life and Agriculture | p. 170 |
| The Regions of Russia | p. 183 |
| Russia's Regions in History | p. 183 |
| Moscow and the Central Economic Region | p. 188 |
| St. Petersburg and the Northwest Region | p. 192 |
| The Northern Economic Region | p. 194 |
| The Volga - Vyatka Region | p. 197 |
| The Volga Region | p. 198 |
| The Central Black Earth Region | p. 200 |
| The North Caucasus Economic Region | p. 202 |
| The Urals Economic Region | p. 204 |
| The West Siberian Economic Region | p. 206 |
| The East Siberian Economic Region | p. 208 |
| The Far East Economic Region | p. 210 |
| Russia's Autonomous Territories | p. 213 |
| Geographical Characteristics and Population of the Autonomous Territories | p. 213 |
| History of Settlement of the Autonomous Territories | p. 215 |
| Economic Development of the Autonomous Territories | p. 217 |
| North European and Middle Volga-Urals Group | p. 222 |
| The North Caucasus | p. 230 |
| Siberia and the Far East | p. 235 |
| Territories of the Far North | p. 242 |
| Peoples without Homelands | p. 244 |
| Conclusion | p. 246 |
| Russia and the 'Near Abroad' | p. 248 |
| Nation Building in the 'Near Abroad' | p. 249 |
| The Russian Diaspora | p. 255 |
| Territorial and Security Issues | p. 262 |
| Economic and Trade Relations | p. 265 |
| The Future of the CIS | p. 266 |
| Russia and the Wider World | p. 269 |
| The Soviet Heritage | p. 270 |
| Post-1991 Influences on Russian Policy | p. 274 |
| International Economic and Trade Relations | p. 276 |
| Russia, Europe and the West | p. 278 |
| Russia and the South | p. 282 |
| Russia, the Far East and the Pacific Basin | p. 284 |
| Conclusion | p. 287 |
| Some Place Name Changes in the Post-Soviet States | p. 288 |
| Glossary | p. 289 |
| Further Reading | p. 291 |
| Bibliography | p. 296 |
| Index | p. 308 |
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