The Nature of Soviet Power

During the twentieth century, the Soviet Union turned the Kola Peninsula in the northwest corner of the country into one of the most populated, industrialized, militarized, and polluted parts of the Arctic. This transformation suggests, above all, that environmental relations fundamentally shaped th...

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Main Author: Bruno, Andy
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
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kola peninsula
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316534762
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781316534762 2024-09-15T18:16:58+00:00 The Nature of Soviet Power An Arctic Environmental History Bruno, Andy 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316534762 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781316534762 9781107144712 9781316507926 monograph 2016 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316534762 2024-07-03T04:03:15Z During the twentieth century, the Soviet Union turned the Kola Peninsula in the northwest corner of the country into one of the most populated, industrialized, militarized, and polluted parts of the Arctic. This transformation suggests, above all, that environmental relations fundamentally shaped the Soviet experience. Interactions with the natural world both enabled industrial livelihoods and curtailed socialist promises. Nature itself was a participant in the communist project. Taking a long-term comparative perspective, The Nature of Soviet Power sees Soviet environmental history as part of the global pursuit for unending economic growth among modern states. This in-depth exploration of railroad construction, the mining and processing of phosphorus-rich apatite, reindeer herding, nickel and copper smelting, and energy production in the region examines Soviet cultural perceptions of nature, plans for development, lived experiences, and modifications to the physical world. While Soviet power remade nature, nature also remade Soviet power. Book kola peninsula Cambridge University Press Cambridge
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