Loving and Conquering Nature: Shifting Perceptions of the Environment in the Industrialised Russian North

Alla Bolotova

Europe-Asia Studies, 2012, vol. 64, issue 4, 645-671

Abstract: This article examines complex patterns of interaction between human settlement and the environment in the industrialised Russian north. I analyse how new mining towns, built during the Soviet period, were located and integrated into the environment. Residents have participated in the industrial processing of natural resources in the work domain, also developing a strong emotional attachment to the natural environments while spending leisure time around the cities. In both perception of physical space and ideas about place, the main dividing principle is between the spheres of work and leisure.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2012.673248

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