Title & Author:

The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union / general editors, Archie Brown [and others].

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982

Description:

492 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-491) and index.
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 -- 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 propaganda -- 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.
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Dust jacket.

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.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0521231698
9780521231695

Subject:

Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
Encyclopedias and dictionaries Soviet Union.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Landeskunde
history.
physical geography.
economy.
art.
science.
educational system.
political system.
social system.
histoire.
géographie physique.
économie.
système éducatif.
régime politique.
système social.
historia.
geografía física.
economía.
arte.
ciencia.
sistema educativo.
régimen político.
sistema social.
Russia Encyclopedias.
Soviet Union Encyclopedias.
U.R.S.S. Dictionnaires et encyclopédies.
Russia
Soviet Union
Russland
Sowjetunion
USSR.
Russia History Encyclopedias.
URSS Encyclopédies et dictionnaires.
Russie Encyclopédies et dictionnaires.
Russie.
URSS.
Rusia.
Soviet Union Dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Form/genre:

Encyclopedia
Wörterbuch.
Reference sources.
Encyclopedias.
encyclopedias.
general study.
bibliography.
map.
photograph.
Encyclopédies.
étude générale.
bibliographie.
carte géographique.
photographie.
estudio general.
bibliografía.
fotografía.
mapa.

Added entries:

Brown, Archie, 1938- editor
Brown, Archie, 1938-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 90366
Call No.: ID:85-B13141
Status: Available