Description |
492 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm |
Contents |
Territory and peoples -- The physical environment -- Population -- History -- Origins -- Muscovite Russia -- Imperial Russia -- The path to revolution -- The Soviet era -- Religion -- The Christian religion -- Other religions -- Art and architecture -- Early arts and architecture -- Folk art -- Sacred art -- Architecture: medieval times to the present -- Art since the Eighteenth century -- Language and literature -- History of the language -- Early literature -- Eighteenth-century Russian literature -- Russian literature 1800-1917 -- Post-revolutionary Russian literature -- Music, theatre, dance and film -- Music and musicians -- Theatre -- Dance -- Film -- The sciences -- Survey -- The organization of Soviet science -- Research -- The Soviet political system -- Marxism-Leninism -- The Communist party of the Soviet Union -- The youth organizations -- Federalism and the nationalities question -- The ministerial system |
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The constitution and the legal and penal system -- Diverging beliefs and values -- The economy -- The economy in a time perspective -- Production -- The service sector -- Planning and financial control -- Foreign economic relations -- Soviet society -- Social structure -- Social institutions and mores -- Social control -- Deviance -- Health and welfare -- Education, enlightenment and propoganda -- Sports and recreation -- Military power and policy -- The armed forces -- Strategic arms -- Annex: statistical estimates -- The world role -- Muscovy and Imperial Russia -- The detached territories between the world wars -- The rise of Soviet power |
Summary |
Provides information about history, geography, population, religions, arts, science, daily life, sports and recreation, as well as the political, social, economic and military structure |
Analysis |
Russia Encyclopedias |
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Soviet Union Encyclopedias |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 485-491 |
Subject |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Soviet Union.
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SUBJECT |
Russia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80001203 -- Encyclopedias.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001614
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USSR http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126312 -- Encyclopedias.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001614
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USSR http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126312 -- Dictionaries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671
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Soviet Union http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126312 -- Dictionaries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012003393
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USSR. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126312
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Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Author |
Brown, Archie, 1938-
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LC no. |
81009965 |
ISBN |
0521231698 |
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