The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia. Engaging in Everyday Struggle

2026/01/02 by Sofia Borushkina · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Urbanization and City Planning #Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends #Russia and Soviet political economy

paper · doi:10.1080/09668136.2025.2589612

openalex publication_date 2026/01/02 · openalex created_date 2026/02/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

Alexandrina Vanke’s The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia offers a richly textured study of deindustrialising neighbourhoods in Moscow and Yekaterinburg, where urban space is not merely a...

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• Borushkina, S. (2026). The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia. Engaging in Everyday Struggle: Alexandrina Vanke, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024 Europe-Asia Studies, 78(1), 139– [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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