Title: Geography and transition in the post-Soviet republics /
Authors: Bradshaw, Michael J.
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Geopolitics Former Soviet republics.; Former Soviet republics Politics and government.
Contents: 1. Introduction: transition and geographical change / M.J. Bradshaw -- 2. Nationalism and identity / R.J. Kaiser -- 3. Geopolitics, history and Russian national identity / D.J.B. Jaw -- 4. Between space and race: rediscovering Russian cultural geography / A. Novikov -- 5. The republics of the Russian Federation: national territorial change / N.J. Lynn -- 6. The Russian diaspora: identity, citizenship and homeland / G. Smith -- 7. The emergence of local government in Russia / B. Mitchneck -- 8. Continuity and change in the post-Soviet countryside / J. Pallot -- 9. The post-Soviet environment / P.R. Pryde -- 10. Economic restructuring and local change in the Russian Federation / A.C. Stenning -- 11. The new Central Asia: prospects for development / R.S. Clem -- 12. The Russian Far East: Russia's gateway to the Pacific / P. de Souza -- 13. Transport in a new reality / R.N. North.