Sovietistan | Erika Fatland

January 21, 2020 NaN
Sovietistan | Erika Fatland
Postcards From The Road
Sovietistan | Erika Fatland

Jan 21 2020 | NaN

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Show Notes

Fueled by curiosity Norwegian Author and Journalist Erika Fatland, 36, traveled through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. She chronicles the 2013 journey in her first book translated into English, Sovietistan. Leading readers around the former frontier of the Soviet Union, Fatland provides historical context as well as political and socioeconomic analysis. There was a […]

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