Siberia, Siberia
by Valentin Rasputin
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Valentin Rasputin--one of the most gifted and influential Russian prose writers of the past thirty years--offers a sweeping account of and penetrating reflection on the Russians' four hundred years of experience in Siberia. Beginning with Yermak, whose Cossacks crossed into Siberia in the 1580s, through the rapid Russian exploration, conquest, and colonialization, to today, Rasputin reveals the peculiarities of the Siberians, studying the gap between dreams and reality that has plagued show more Russians in Siberia for centuries. show lessTags
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Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin was born on March 15, 1937 in Ust-Uda, Soviet Union. He graduated from Irkutsk State University in 1959. He worked as a journalist for many years. He became a head of the village prose writers who emerged in the 1960s to address moral and environmental issues and depict a rural Russia about to be consumed by show more industrialization. His books included Farewell to Matyora, The Fire, and Money for Maria. He died on March 14, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Siberia, Siberia
- Original title
- Sibir', Sibir'
- Original publication date
- 1996 (English translation) (English translation); 1991
- Important places
- Siberia, Russia; Tobolsk, Siberia; Lake Baikal, Siberia; Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia; The Gorno-Altay Region, Siberia; Kyakhta, Siberia (show all 7); Russkoe Ustye
- Dedication
- For the nerpa and the 'Epischura'
for Amelia, Antonina, and Jane
and for all other living things
whose well-being depends on us.
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 957 — History & geography History of Asia Asiatic Russia: Siberia
- LCC
- DK753 .R3713 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics – Poland History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics Local history and description Siberia
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
