MAP
PROLOGUE
SOLOVKI, THE SOUL OF RUSSIA
INTRODUCTION
IN PUTIN’S FOOTSTEPS
1
KALININGRAD
THE AMBER-TINTED GAZE OF AN EMPIRE
TIME ZONE: MSK-1; UTC+2
2
KIEV
THE MOTHER OF ALL RUSSIAN CITIES OR THE THREAT TO MOTHER RUSSIA?
TIME ZONE: MSK-1 FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH AND MSK FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER; UCT+2
3
ARKHANGELSK, SOLOVETSKY ISLANDS, SAINT PETERSBURG, AND MOSCOW
KREMLIN TIME, OR RUSSIA’S CLOCK OF CLOCKS
TIME ZONE: MSK; UTC+3
4
ULYANOVSK (SIMBIRSK) AND SAMARA (KUIBYSHEV)
CITIES OF THE MIGHTY VOLGA
TIME ZONE: MSK+1; UTC+4
5
PERM, YEKATERINBURG, AND TYUMEN
THE URALS’ HOLY TRINITY
TIME ZONE: MSK+2; UCT+5
6
OMSK
A MIXED METAPHOR OF PUTIN’S EMPIRE
TIME ZONE: MSK+3; UTC+6
7
NOVOSIBIRSK
A STORY OF SCIENCE AND SERENDIPITY
TIME ZONE: MSK+4; UTC+7
8
ULAN-UDE, IRKUTSK, AND LAKE BAIKAL
ASIAN ABODES OF THE SPIRIT
TIME ZONE: MSK+5; UTC+8
9
BLAGOVESHCHENSK, HEIHE, AND YAKUTSK
ROUGHING IT
TIME ZONE: MSK+6, UTC+9
10
VLADIVOSTOK
RULE THE EAST!
TIME ZONE: MSK+7; UTC+10
11
MAGADAN AND BUTUGYCHAG
FROM THE GULAG CAPITAL TO THE VALLEY OF DEATH
TIME ZONE: MSK+8; UTC+11
12
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY
THE VERY FAR EAST
TIME ZONE: MSK+9; UTC+12
EPILOGUE
THE PAST OF THE RUSSIAN FUTURE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHOTOS
NOTE ON NAMING AND RENAMING
NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION
INDEX
ALSO BY NINA KHRUSHCHEVA
ALSO BY JEFFREY TAYLER
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