Bloch, Alexia,

The museum at the end of the world : encounters in the Russian Far East / Alexia Bloch and Laurel Kendall. - xviii, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.

Preface : the museum at the end of whose world? -- Map of the Russian far east -- Across the Bering Strait and through the looking glass -- Chukotka : at the edge of a crumbling empire -- Magadan : the end of history -- Anadyr : tundra town in pastel -- Khabarovsk : embroidering the border -- Petropavlovsk : once almost a boom town -- Esso and the way there -- In the entourage of the fisher king -- Again Petropavlovsk. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

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Bloch, Alexia--Travel--Russia (Federation)--Russian Far East.
Kendall, Laurel--Travel--Russia (Federation)--Russian Far East.


Russian Far East (Russia)--Description and travel

DK771.D3 / B59 2004

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