The Development of Siberia
People and Resources
Published on 3. November 1989
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-333-46244-7 (ISBN)
Description
This series includes books on general, political, historical, economic, social and cultural themes relating to Russia and East Europe written or edited by members of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in the University of London, or by authors working in association with the School. The contents of this book are the result of the fourth meeting of the British Universities Siberian Studies Seminar held at the University of London in April 1986. The contents cover various aspects of Siberia's history in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries together with an examination of the past and present situation of the non-Russian ethnic minority peoples of Siberia, plus the social and economic problems of the territory's contemporary development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, maps, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-46244-7 (9780333462447)
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Content
Avvakum's Siberian exile 1653-1664, Alan Wood; J-G Gmelin and G-F Muller in Siberia 1733-1743 - a comparison of their memoirs, J.L.Black; colonialism and Siberian development - a case-study of the Orthodox mission to the Altay 1830-1913, David N.Collins; the indigenous peoples of Siberia in the 20th century, James Forsyth; urbanization and the minority peoples of the Soviet north, S.S.Savoskul; the Oroks - past and present, Alfred F.Majewicz; population trends, ethnicity and religion among the Buryats, Caroline Humphrey; social development of Siberia - problems and possible solutions, T.I.Zaslovskaya et al; Siberia's demand for labour - incentive policies and migration 1960-1985, John Sallnow; the role of water transport in Siberian development, Robert N.North; exploration for oil and gas in Eastern Siberia, David Wilson; the Gorbachev economic policy - is the USSR turning away from Siberian development?, Theodore Shabad.