This is a provocative look at a problem that has been overlooked since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book argues that years of forcing people and econom... » 

This is a provocative look at a problem that has been overlooked since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book argues that years of forcing people and economic activity out into the vast, resource-rich, but inhospitably cold, territory of Siberia has burdened Russia with huge problems and costs. «