JOURNEY ACROSS RUSSIA : THE SOVIET UNION TODAY (The National Geographic Society)

Bart McDowell; Dean Conger (Photographer); Gilber M. Grosvenor (Forward)

Published by The National Geographic Society, 1977

About this Item

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1977 First Edition, First Thus; published without ISBN. Illustrated, gilt embossed maroon leather-like boards/Fine. LAID-IN: Folded detailed map of Russia in rear cover verso sleeve. DJ/Good w/tattered upper edge; carries photo of an Ukranian, firstgrade schoolgirl in uniform for school --- w/the USSR 1991 collapse, Ukraine declared regained independence. A travel odyssey of National Geographic writer-photographer team Bart McDowell & Dean Conger. First published 1977, the book, time wise, reflects Russia between Khrushchev's outster in 1964 and succession of Brezhnev & Kosygin leadership. 368 pgs, 10 chapters spanning Russian social life from frozen Siberian towns to rich Urkranian wheat fields, seaports of Soviet Far East, two decades before the demise of the USSR.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JOURNEY ACROSS RUSSIA : THE SOVIET UNION TODAY (The National Geographic Society)
• Publisher: The National Geographic Society
• Publication Date: 1977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dean Conger (Photographer)
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good