The border : a journey around Russia : through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northwest Passage Cover Image

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The border : a journey around Russia : through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northwest Passage / Erika Fatland ; translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.

Fatland, Erika, 1983- (author.). Dickson, Kari, (translator.).

Summary:

"The acclaimed author of Sovietistan travels along the seemingly endless Russian border and reveals the deep and pervasive influence it has had across half the globe."--Jacket

Imperial, communist or autocratic, Russia has always been a towering and intimidating neighbor. What would it be like to traverse the entirety of the Russian periphery to examine its effects on those closest to her? Fatland has created a book about Russia-- without ever entering Russia itself. He gets to the heart of what it has meant to be the neighbor of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history, as readers experience the colorful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations along with their cultures, their people, their landscapes. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781643139494
ISBN: 1643139495
Physical Description: 611 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published in the Norwegian language as Grensen by Kagge Forlag in 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The ocean -- Asia -- The Caucasus -- Europe -- Brief outline of the history of Russia.
Language Note:	In English, translated from the Norwegian.