Russia's diamond colony
Subtitle: the Republic of Sakha
By: John Tichotsky.
Publisher: Harwood Academic
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: Sakha (Russia) -- Economic conditions.; Sakha (Russia) -- Economic policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ONE Introduction; title: TWO Overview of the Republic of Sakha; title: Geography; title: Resources; title: Resource production; title: Population and ethnic makeup of the Republic of; title: Sakha; title: Political economy; title: Business climate; title: Conclusion; title: THREE Patterns of Resource Production in the Republic of; title: Sakha; title: Yakutia's economy and the Russian Empire; title: Transformation of traditional life: Collectivization; title: of agriculture; title: The gold economy; title: Soviet diamond mining: A stealth export economy; title: FOUR The Regional Economy of the Republic of Sakha; title: Changes in the Sakha economy 1990-1995; title: Dominant industries within the structure of the Sakha; title: economy; title: The Sakha Republic budget; title: Employment and wages; title: Personal income and expenditure; title: Quality of life; title: Some important regional differences within the Republic; title: of Sakha; title: Conclusion; title: FIVE Privatization and Performance in the Republic of Sakha; title: after 1991; title: Introduction; title: Privatization of industry and the economy; title: Industrial performance; title: The hope of land privatization; title: Conclusion; title: SIX Natural Resource Export from the Republic of Sakha; title: after 1991; title: Introduction: What Sakha exports; title: Export of diamonds; title: Potential natural gas and oil exports for the Republic; title: of Sakha; title: SEVEN Lessons for Sakha's Development; title: Epilogue. The Republic of Sakha in 1998 and Beyond; title: Appendices; title: Bibliography; title: Sources for Figures; title: Index.