The Soviet UnionDescription of the landscapes of the USSR which are grouped into five 'belts'. The influence of man on each is also described. |
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List of illustrations | 9 |
The making of the landscapes | 11 |
Prerevolutionary cultures and the landscape | 13 |
Copyright | |
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agriculture Altay areas arid Barnaul belt birch Black Sea buildings built canal Caspian Caucasus Central Asia centre century climate coal cover desert Dnieper Donbass east eastern economic environment expanded farms feet Fergana Fergana valley geographical glaciers grassland ground growing height hydroelectric industrial irrigation Irtysh Kama Kazakh Kazakh upland Kazakhstan Kyzyl-Kum lake land landscape lesostep lignite limestone lower meadows miles million tons mining ministry mixed forest moisture Moscow mountain natural northern oblast pipeline plants plateau power stations precipitation produce railway range region reservoir rise river roads rock Russian salt sand saxaul Sayanogorsk semi-desert Siberia slopes snow soil solonchaks southern Soviet period Soviet Union spring spruce Stary Oskol steppe steppe zone subzone summer surface swamps Tashkent tayga temperatures Tolyatti towns trees tundra Tyan Shan Ukrainian Urals USSR valleys vegetation villages Volga Volgograd West Siberian western wind winter wooded steppe Yenisey