The Territories of the Russian Federation 2009 / Edition 10

by Europa Publications

Overview

The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, and consists of an essay written by an acknowledged expert focusing on the evolution of the relationship between the central state and the regions, followed by a chronology, demographic and economic statistics, and a review of the Federal Government. The second section comprises territorial surveys, with a chapter on each of Russia’s federal subjects, each of which includes a current map. The third and fourth parts comprise a select bibliography of books and indexes, listing the territories alphabetically, with a gazetteer of alternative names, and by both Federal Okrug and Economic Area.

Key features include:

• comprehensive overview of the Russian Federation
• offers an analysis and understanding of the country’s regional dimension
• invaluable directories of important territorial contacts
• detailed and accurate political, economic and statistical information
• some eighty-five current maps
• extensive information from a wide variety of sources, many of which are otherwise unavailable in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857435177
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/27/2009
Series:	Europa Territories of the World series
Edition description:	10th ed.
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: Introduction, PART TWO: Territorial Surveys, PART THREE: Select Bibliography, PART FOUR: Indexes

Editorial Reviews

'University libraries catering for courses in international relations, economics, comparative politics, etc. should definitely consider aquiring this book' — Reference Reviews

'I dont know of any other information source which describes this omportant country in such a compact and up to date fashion'— Reference Reviews

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