Lesniki and Leskhozy : Life and Work in Russia's Northern Forests
Abstract This paper examines the history of forestry in the Russian North through a study area in the North Urals. The relationships between the local leskhozy (forestry enterprises) and the lesniki (forestry workers) and the environment are contrasted. The paper explores four key aspects: exile, pl...
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crliverpoolup:10.3197/096734004772444423 2023-12-17T10:49:20+01:00 Lesniki and Leskhozy : Life and Work in Russia's Northern Forests Moran, Dominique 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096734004772444423 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/eh/2004/00000010/00000001/art00004 en eng Liverpool University Press Environment and History volume 10, issue 1, page 83-105 ISSN 0967-3407 1752-7023 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Environmental Science (miscellaneous) History Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2004 crliverpoolup https://doi.org/10.3197/096734004772444423 2023-11-17T14:54:19Z Abstract This paper examines the history of forestry in the Russian North through a study area in the North Urals. The relationships between the local leskhozy (forestry enterprises) and the lesniki (forestry workers) and the environment are contrasted. The paper explores four key aspects: exile, planned production, decline in rural population and environmental problems which characterised the Soviet period, and links these to conditions in the region post-1991, drawing on archival sources, contemporary accounts from the Soviet period and fieldwork in the study area. Article in Journal/Newspaper Russian North Liverpool University Press (via Crossref) Environment and History 10 1 83 105 |
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Abstract This paper examines the history of forestry in the Russian North through a study area in the North Urals. The relationships between the local leskhozy (forestry enterprises) and the lesniki (forestry workers) and the environment are contrasted. The paper explores four key aspects: exile, planned production, decline in rural population and environmental problems which characterised the Soviet period, and links these to conditions in the region post-1991, drawing on archival sources, contemporary accounts from the Soviet period and fieldwork in the study area. |
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Lesniki and Leskhozy : Life and Work in Russia's Northern Forests |
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