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A Frozen State: Experiencing Cold in Russian History and Culture

A Frozen State: Experiencing Cold in Russian History and Culture

Smith, Alison K.
Starks, Tricia
Romaniello, Matthew P.

Hardcover

Fiction AnthologiesEastern European HistoryRussian History

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ISBN10: 1487567642
ISBN13: 9781487567644
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: May 12 2026
Pages: 368
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Cold runs through Russian history and culture as an enemy, an opportunity, an adventure, and a metaphor. Drawing on the expertise of a broad range of scholars, this volume offers new insights into Russia's sensational history.


Early modern European travelers and thinkers found Russia's cold bewildering as something to experience and something to explain. In the nineteenth century, Russians began to reclaim the symbolism of cold, transforming it from a mark of backwardness or conservatism into a source of national pride and aesthetic beauty. It was also still feared, and cold's potential as a punishment or hardship remained through the transition into the twentieth century. Throughout, cold was also something to be mastered and exploited through Arctic expeditions and tourism, industrial development, and the conquest of natural resources in the far north.

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