ESSAY: Veteran Slavist Finally Slouches Toward Siberia, THE MOSCOW TIMES

The Moscow Times (Russia) | May 31, 2000| | Copyright

William C. Brumfield
The Moscow Times (Russia)
05-31-2000
Anyone interested in the study of this country, past or present, must
contend with the overwhelming weight that Moscow and St. Petersburg exert
on our perception of it. For purposes ranging from investment opportunities
to the dry reaches of academic history, it takes considerable effort to
get beyond the two capitals. They often claim our attention to the exclusion
of all else in this vast state, of which Siberia is by far the largest
part. Perhaps the very space of Siberia inspires a certain dread, a rush
to retreat to "civilization," to ...

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