1. The most comprehensive guide to geographical literature on the Soviet Union is J. Pallot, ‘Recent approaches in the geography of the Soviet Union’, Progr. Hum. Geogr., 7 (1983) pp.519–42.
2. A novel regional approach to geographical studies of the Soviet Union will be found in D. Shaw, J. Pallot, A. Helgeson, G. Smith and R. North, The Soviet Union: geography of an administered society (Harlow: Longman, 1988).