The Hazards of Urban Life in Late Stalinist Russia

by Donald Filtzer

This is the first detailed study of the standard of living of ordinary Russians following World War II. It examines urban living conditions under the Stalinist regime with a focus on the key issues of sanitation, access to safe water supplies, personal hygiene and anti-epidemic controls, diet and nutrition, and infant mortality. Comparing five key industrial regions, it shows that living conditions still lagged some fifty years behind Western European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521113733
• ISBN13: 9780521113731
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"