Resources on Geography in REECA Studies in UW-Madison Libraries

The most general of the overview texts is a very basic introduction to the Geography of the former Soviet Republics, entitled The Post-Soviet Republics: A Systematic Geography. An introductory text of a more comparative nature, Beyond Borders: a New Geography of Russia and the United States, is on order at the Geography Library. The Art and Science of Geography: U.S and Soviet Perspectives, rather than being an introduction to the geography of Russia or the USSR is an analysis of the discipline as it is practiced in the Soviet Union and the United States. Topics addressed include Geography as a discipline, geographic education, and the way in which Geography is used to address global problems.

The post-Soviet republics: a systematic geography / edited by Denis J. B. Shaw. -- Harlow, Essex, England: Longman Scientific & Technical ; New York, NY : J. Wiley, 1995.
Geography Library: HC336.27 P67 1995
Memorial Library Regular Stacks: HC336.27 P67 1995

Braden, Kathleen. Beyond borders: a new geography of Russia and the United States / by Kathleen Braden, Raymond Krishchyunas... --- New York: Macmillan USA, 1995.
Item is on order at the Geography Library

The Art and Science of Geography: U.S. and Soviet Perspectives / edited by Vladimir V. Annenkov and George J. Demko. -- Boulder : Westview Press, c1992.
Geography Library: G99 A78 1992

Many of the Geography resources are written from the slant of a particular discipline. Robert Kaiser uses Geography to examine the issues of nationalism and nationalities in Russia and the former republics; The Geography of Nationalism in Russia and the USSR explores the role of territoriality in nation building and the development of nationalism and national consciousness. In Human Geography in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Ludwik Mazurkiewicz explores the ways in which seventy years of communism have affected the study of Geography in Eastern Europe. There is an emphasis on recent trends and possible future developments as a result the breakup of the Soviet Union. The New Political Geography of Eastern Europe is a collection of papers which attempt to outline the political geography of Eastern Europe as it has developed over the last several years. Issues addressed include new electoral politics, political and economic relations, and post-Cold War security. A working paper published by the Centre for European Policy Studies, Redesigning Economic Geography after the Fall of the Soviet Empire, examines whether the breakup of the Soviet Union will be economically advantageous for the former republics, and with whom the former republics will develop trade relations in the future.

Kaiser, Robert John. The geography of nationalism in Russia and the USSR / Robert J. Kaiser. --Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
Geography Library: JN6520 R43 K37 1994

Mazurkiewicz, Ludwik. Human geography in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Ludwik Mazurkiewicz. -- London : Belhaven Press ; New York : Halsted Press, 1992.
Geography Library: GF13.3 E852 M38 1992

The new political geography of Eastern Europe / edited by John O'Loughlin and Herman van der Wusten. -- London : Belhaven ; New York : Halsted, 1993.
Geography Library: DJK51 N49 1993
Memorial Library Regular Stacks: DJK51 N49 1993

Gros, Daniel, 1955- Redesigning economic geography after the fall of the Soviet empire / Daniel Gros and Alfred Steinherr. -- Brussels : Centre for European Policy Studies, 1993.
Memorial Library Oversized Shelving: HC336.26 G7655 1993

A major problem that researchers from all disciplines will encounter when studying Eastern Europe is changing place names. Two reference resources which may aid in such problems are Goroda Rossii: Entsiklopediia (Cities of Russia: An Encyclopedia), and Imena gorodov : vchera i segodnia: 1917-1992 (City Names: Yesterday and Today). The former provides statistical and background information about Russian towns and cities, while indicating any name changes which may have taken place, while the latter focuses primarily on name changes, and the circumstances surrounding them.

Lappo, G. M. (Georgii Mikhailovich) Goroda Rossii : entsiklopediia / glavnyi red. G.M. Lappo. -- Moskva : Bol'shaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopediia, 1994.
Memorial Library Regular Stacks: DK510.18 L36 1994

Imena gorodov: vchera i segodnia: 1917-1992 : toponomicheskii slovar E.M. Pospelov. -- Moskva : "Russie slovari", 1993.
Memorial Library East European Studies Room 212: DK18.7 P67 1993

Formerly entitled Soviet Geography, Post-Soviet Geography is a premier journal in the field. It contains contribution from both Western and Eastern European scholars on the Geography of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Emphasis is on both information and analysis of issues in this region of the world.

Post-Soviet geography. -- Silver Spring, Md. : V.H. Winston & Son, Inc., c1992- -- Vol. 33, no. 1 (Jan. 1992)-
Geography Library Cutter Collection, Room 250: MC SO886

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