Andy Bruno - The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History

J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University

Edmund P. Russell, University of Kansas

Alfred W. Crosby, University of Texas at Austin

Donald Worster, University of Kansas

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In one way or another, this book has been with me for over a third of my life. As one would expect from such a long-term project, I have accrued countless debts while working on it. Far too many people have assisted me in the process to mention them all. So let me start by offering a huge thank you to everyone who has helped in even the smallest of ways. This book would not be what it is without you.

I began concocting the idea of an in-depth environmental history of a region in the Russian Arctic as an undergraduate at Reed College, even before I knew that the field of environmental history existed. My wonderful professors there did a tremendous amount to start me off on a serious scholarly path. While studying as an MA student at the European University at Saint Petersburg with support from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Julia Lajus, Alla Bolotova, Aleksei Kraikovskii, and Daniil Aleksandrov introduced me to many of the classics of environmental history scholarship and taught me about the fascinating history of the Kola Peninsula. Over the years they have gone from being supportive mentors to treasured colleagues.