Building Stalinism : the Moscow Canal and the creation of Soviet space /

Today, the 80-mile long Moscow Canal is a source of leisure for Muscovites, a conduit for tourists and provides the city with more than 60% of its potable water. Yet the past looms heavy over these quotidian activities. The canal was built by Gulag inmates at the height of Stalinism and thousands di...

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Main Author: Ruder, Cynthia Ann, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2018]
Series:Library of modern Russia.
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