Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall

by Andrew Meier

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Russia today is a world in a dark limbo. The body politic is diseased, the state in collapse. Yet for all the signs of encroaching doom, Russians do not fear the future. They fear the past. Russians have long known theirs is not a land that develops and progresses. It careens, heaves, and all too often sinks.

Once again, Russia stands at a crossroads getting by on little but faith, vodka and a blithe indifference to the moral and financial bankruptcy looming from all sides.

Andrew Meier's stunning debut explains a state in collapse; how millions of Russians have...

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  • ISBN10 0393242064
  • ISBN13 9780393242065
  • Publish Date 17 January 2005 (first published 15 November 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint W. W. Norton & Company
  • Format eBook
  • Language English