How Russia’s Taiga Shaped Power Culture And War
Cross Word Books
Send us Fan Mail If you care about Russian history, Soviet culture, environmental history, or how geography shapes war, Russia looks different when you stop treating nature like background scenery. We sit down with writer and Cornell professor Sophie Pinkham to talk about The Oak and the Larch and the idea that the Russian forest, the taiga, and the swamp belt are not just settings in history, but drivers of it, shaping how people imagine freedom, fear, exile, and power. We trace how S...
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