{"product_id":"economic-geography-ussr-textbook-1947-баранский-экономическая-география-ссср","title":"Baransky N.N. Economic Geography of the USSR (Ekonomicheskaya geografiya SSSR), 1948. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eБаранский Н.Н.\u003cbr\u003eЭкономическая география СССР.\u003cbr\u003eУчебник для 8 класса средней школы.\u003cbr\u003e8-е издание.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Учпедгиз, 1948.\u003cbr\u003e400 стр., илл., карты; твердый переплет, увеличенный формат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBaransky N.N.\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Geography of the USSR (Ekonomicheskaya geografiya SSSR).\u003cbr\u003eTextbook for 8th-grade secondary school.\u003cbr\u003e8th edition.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Uchpedgiz, 1948.\u003cbr\u003e400 pp., illustrated, maps; hardcover, slightly enlarged format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNikolai 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003eRichly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963030077482,"sku":"EB-306540923075","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_5a1c1f4c-2658-407b-876c-54d526481633.jpg?v=1768160065","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/economic-geography-ussr-textbook-1947-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%8d%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%b3%d0%b5%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%84%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d1%81%d1%81%d1%81%d1%80","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}