| Event Name: | Prospectors: Why Russia Sits on Plenty and Never Gets Rich |
| Description: | The old boast ran that Russia governed an empire with more surface area than the visible moon. Still, 40 per cent of it lay under permafrost, and no Romanov before Alexander II so much as set foot in Siberia.
Defying nature, the Bolsheviks forcibly industrialized the region, built factories and cities, and operated industries in some of the most forbidding places on the planet. Beginning with the construction of the Transsiberian railway, and ending with the planting of the Russian flag on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, this is a story of visionaries and idealists, traitors, despots, and the occasional fool.
The talk will form part of a month of activity marking the fifth anniversary of Pushkin House’s establishment in Bloomsbury.
Tickets: £7, conc. £5 (Friends of Pushkin House, students and OAPs) |
| Type of Event: | Discussions - Talks - Debates - Lectures |
| Event Agenda: | Lecture/Talk
Prospectors: Why Russia Sits on Plenty and Never Gets Rich
RUSSIA'S OTHER CULTURE: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE 20TH CENTURY in association with RBCC
Language: In English |
| Event Location: | PUSHKIN HOUSE |
| Event City: | London |
| Type of Venue: | Cultural Center |
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| Event Start Date | 23-Jan-12 |