The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926

The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926 is the first full account of the widespread adoption of electricity in Russia, from the beginning in the 1880s to its early years as a state technology under Soviet rule. Jonathan Coopersmith has mined the archives for both the tsarist and the Soviet periods...

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Main Author: Coopersmith, Jonathan (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2016
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