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JOURNEY ACROSS RUSSIA: The Soviet Union today
JOURNEY ACROSS RUSSIA The Soviet Union today Author:national geographic society My first ride on a Russian train some years ago gave me a lesson in geographic journalism. From the window I caught fleeting glimpses of farm, forest and village life. Wasn't there a need for a book different from and supplemental to the rows of volumes on Soviet government and economics already lining our library shelves? A book that would... more » focus, through firsthand reporting hevily illustrated with color photography, on the people and their heritage; that would not emphasize the large cities but instead roam through the 15 Soviet republics - in all their rich etnic, historical and geograpnical variety. Two years later the national Geographice writer-photographer team would give us the ability to visit throughtou the Soviet Union - including many that are normalally off-limits to the Western press.« less