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03759aam a2200661Ii 4500 001 1B3B5D1CC8E811EB9BB532342BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210609010106 008 210118s2021 nyuabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1643136569 020 $a 9781643136561 035 $a (OCoLC)1235777368 040 $a TOH $b eng $e rda $c TOH $d YDX $d BDX $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d EXR $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ILC $d OQX $d LEB $d OCLCO $d CPL $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h nor 043 $a r------ $a e-ru--- $a a-kn--- $a a-cc--- $a a-mp--- $a a-kz--- $a a-aj--- $a a-gs--- $a e-un--- $a e-bw--- $a e-li--- $a e-pl--- $a e-lv--- $a e-er--- $a e-fi--- $a e-no--- $a r------ 050 4 $a DK66 $b .F3813 2021 082 04 $a 914.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Fatland, Erika, $d 1983- $e author. 240 10 $a Grensen. $l English 245 10 $a Border : $b a journey around Russia : through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northeast Passage / $c Erika Fatland ; translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson. 250 $a First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Pegasus Books, Ltd., $c 2021. 300 $a 611 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; $c 24 cm 500 $a First published in the Norwegian language as Grensen by Kagge Forlag in 2017. 546 $a In English, translated from the Norwegian. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The ocean -- Asia -- The Caucasus -- Europe -- Brief outline of the history of Russia. 520 $a "The acclaimed author of Sovietistan travels along the seemingly endless Russian border and reveals the deep and pervasive influence it has had across half the globe."--Book jacket. 520 $a Imperial, communist or autocratic, Russia has always been a towering and intimidating neighbor. What would it be like to traverse the entirety of the Russian periphery to examine its effects on those closest to her? Fatland has created a book about Russia-- without ever entering Russia itself. He gets to the heart of what it has meant to be the neighbor of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history, as readers experience the colorful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations along with their cultures, their people, their landscapes. -- adapted from jacket 600 10 $a Fatland, Erika, $d 1983- $x Travel. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Korea (North) $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a China $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Mongolia $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Kazakhstan $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Azerbaijan $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Georgia (Republic) $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Ukraine $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Belarus $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Lithuania $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Poland $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Latvia $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Estonia $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Finland $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Norway $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Northeast Passage $x Description and travel. 650 0 $a Travel writing. 700 1 $a Dickson, Kari, $e translator. 941 $a 5 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023221.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220506010225.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210723014054.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210702010559.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210609010721.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1B3B5D1CC8E811EB9BB532342BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search