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BL
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700885
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b523074
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| Main Entry
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Hill, Fiona,1965-
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| Title & Author
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The Siberian curse : : how communist planners left Russia out in the cold /\ Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, [2003]
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, ©2003
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xix, 303 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0815736444
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: 0815736452
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: 9780815736448
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: 9780815736455
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index
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| Contents
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The great errors -- Size matters -- The cost of the cold -- Geography is not destiny -- Siberia : plenty of room for error -- Disconnected Russia -- Taking stock : how much has changed? -- Can Russia shrink? -- Russia of the mind -- Tearing down Potemkin Russia
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| Abstract
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This is a provocative look at a problem that has been overlooked since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book argues that years of forcing people and economic activity out into the vast, resource-rich, but inhospitably cold, territory of Siberia has burdened Russia with huge problems and costs
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Economic geography
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Forced migration-- Russia (Federation)-- Siberia-- History-- 20th century
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Industrial location-- Russia (Federation)-- Siberia
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Land settlement-- Russia (Federation)-- Siberia-- History-- 20th century
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Russia (Federation), Economic conditions
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Siberia (Russia), Economic conditions
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| Dewey Classification
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330.957
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| LC Classification
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HC340.12.Z7S53343 2003
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| Added Entry
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Gaddy, Clifford G
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