Soviet Union A Geographical Survey

S.V. Kalesnik and others

Published by Progress Publishers, hardcover with dustjacket, illustrated

Over a short period of history the Soviet Union has turned into a great industrial power. The fundamental changes that have taken place in the distribution of production forces have turned the once backward outlying provinces of tsarist Russia into the economically vibrant territories of Siberia, the Soviet Far East and the socialist republics.

The Soviet Union holds a very prominent place in the international division of labour and has lately increased its foreign trade thanks to the high and steady rate of economie growth and the planned nature of its national economy which is free from the crippling "whims" of the market forces.

The Soviet Union played the decisive role in routing nazi Germany and in liberating Europe from nazi slavery.

The Sovjet Union, together with the socialist states which appeared after the Second World War, formed a world socialist system, a mighty bulwark of freedom-loving nations fighting against all forms of oppression.