The Real Far East: Beyond Siberia

An extraordinary account of the most remote and politically volatile areas of the former Soviet empire, the far east of Russia and the ruins left by command-economy communism and the madness of perestroika are analyzed in this investigation. Populated with nomadic herders, nostalgic exiles, and gangster politicians, this study examines the troubled times of a secluded region that spans from east of Siberia to the edge of Asia.