Energy exports, which are already the primary source of Soviet convertible currency earnings and an important contributor to the budget, could bring in much mor

This book examines the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War. Based on hitherto little known documents from Western and Eastern European archives, it combin

Russia’s use of its vast energy resources for leverage against post-Soviet states such as Ukraine is widely recognized as a threat. Yet we cannot understand t

The classic and “utterly engrossing” study of Stalin’s pursuit of a nuclear bomb during the Cold War by the renowned political scientist and historian (Fo

This in-depth exploration of five industries in the Kola Peninsula examines Soviet power and its interaction with the natural world.