Andy Bruno, The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History

• Published in: Cahiers du monde russe
• Main Author: Frioux, Stéphane
• Format: Review
• Language: French
• Published: Éditions de l’EHESS 2018
• Subjects: hist; art; Arctic
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/monderusse/10191

L’histoire environnementale du monde russe aux xixe et xxe siècles est un champ très dynamique. L’étude d’Andy Bruno, professeur à la Northern Illinois University, est susceptible d’intéresser bien au‑delà des seuls spécialistes en histoire environnementale. En partant des rapports entre les hommes et leur environnement, l’auteur fait l’histoire d’un territoire qui a subi une forte transformation au xxe siècle, et qui a connu différents régimes politiques dont les lourds bilans humains et éco. The environmental history of the Russian world in the 19th and 20th centuries is a very dynamic field. The study by Andy Bruno, Professor at the Northern Illinois University, is likely to be of interest beyond specialists in environmental history alone. Starting from the relationship between people and their environment, the author makes the story of a territory which has undergone a major transformation in the 20th century and which has undergone different political regimes, including the heavy human and eco balances.