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Remote Russia

2000-2002

Once again Russia appears before the world and its own inhabitants as a vast blank spot on the map. Rumors about recent events in Moscow and St. Petersburg are readily available to everyone, but only the residents of small towns and settlements are aware about their own life. Viacheslav Glazychev (1940-2012), an architect by education, and a specialist in the organization and development of the urban environment, wrote a book about the image of the small Russian town. It is based on field studies and research seminars conducted in almost 200 towns and 15 regions of Russia. Observation of everyday life is combined with numerous interviews and an analysis of available information, interwoven into an elaborate tapestry of impressions. The accumulated material is sufficient to destroy the myth about the provinces as a kingdom of sleep, and about the sweeping decay of the economy and morality. Summary in English.