Territories of the Russian Federation 2011

<p>This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the eighty-three constituent units of the Russian Federation.</p><p>The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole and consists of an essay on Russian federalism and gubernatorial elections since 1991 followed by a chronology demographic and economic statistics and a review of the Federal Government. The second section comprises territorial surveys with a chapter on each of Russia’s federal subjects each of which includes a current map. The third section comprises a select bibliography of books. The fourth section comprises a series of indexes listing the territories alphabetically by Federal Okrug and Economic Area a gazetteer of selected alternative and historic names and a list of the territories abolished created or reconstituted in the post-Soviet period.</p><p><strong>Key Features include:</strong></p><ul> <li>comprehensive overview of the Russian Federation </li> <li>offers an analysis and understanding of the country’s regional dimension </li> <li>invaluable directories of important territorial contacts </li> <li>detailed and accurate political economic and statistical information </li> <li>some eighty-five current maps </li> <li>extensive information from a wide variety of sources many of which are otherwise unavailable in English.</li> </ul>