Baransky N.N. Economic Geography of the USSR (Ekonomicheskaya geografiya SSSR), 1948. In Russian

Баранский Н.Н.
Экономическая география СССР.
Учебник для 8 класса средней школы.
8-е издание.
Москва: Учпедгиз, 1948.
400 стр., илл., карты; твердый переплет, увеличенный формат.
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Baransky N.N.
Economic Geography of the USSR (Ekonomicheskaya geografiya SSSR).
Textbook for 8th-grade secondary school.
8th edition.
Moscow: Uchpedgiz, 1948.
400 pp., illustrated, maps; hardcover, slightly enlarged format.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Baransky (1881–1963), a leading Soviet economic geographer, professor, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and founder of the Soviet school of economic geography, authored this classic textbook that shaped generations of schoolchildren’s understanding of their country’s economy and territory.
The book, in its 8th postwar edition (1948), reflects the rapid reconstruction and industrialization of the USSR after World War II. It systematically covers the economic regions of the Soviet Union (European part, Urals, Siberia, Far East, Central Asia, Transcaucasia, etc.), describing natural resources, population distribution, major industries (heavy metallurgy, machine-building, coal, oil, power generation), agriculture (grain, cotton, livestock), transport networks, and urban centers. Baransky’s approach emphasizes regional specialization, the role of the planned economy, socialist division of labor, and the achievements of the Five-Year Plans, while integrating geographical factors with economic development.
Richly illustrated with maps, diagrams, photographs of factories, dams, collective farms, and cities, the textbook was designed for visual learning and patriotic education in late Stalin-era schools. It remained a standard work for decades, influencing Soviet economic-geographical thought and school curricula.