No. 85: Urban Planning in the Soviet Union and Russia

Author(s): Heather DeHaan, Megan Dixon
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 85
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publication Year: 2010

This issue of the Russian Analytical Digest discusses urban planning in the Soviet Union and Russia. First, Heather DeHaan describes Russian cities during the Soviet period as negotiated entities, emerging from the complex intersection of institutional, social, and political interests. Second, Megan Dixon assesses the Baltic Pearl project, a multi-use district under construction southwest of St. Petersburg.

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