Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall (Revised), (Paperback)

from allen.musicman

Although the book is dated (copyrighted in 2003) I learned a lot about the people of Russia during that time. What was it like to survive the gulag? What was it like to survive Communism? Stalinsism? What was it like to live through the Oligarch's raping of Russian resources? Answers to these que...

from JBreedlove

Meier travels the lengths of Russia describing events, conditions, and the history of places that make up the character of the new (and old) Russia.

from JBreedlove

Meier travels the lengths of Russia describing events, conditions, and the history of places that make up the character of the new (and old) Russia.

from Gary10

Nonfiction account of Moscow and the former Soviet Union after the fall of the empire. Interesting journalistic account.

from john257hopper

A very readable account of post-Soviet life written by a journalist with deep experience in living in in the country before and during perestroika as well as after 1991. The tone of the book is pretty pessimistic, but this is not surprising under the circumstances. The author has visited Moscow, ...