The Bam Zone - Permanent Residents

The uncompleted Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) Railroad in Siberia is a powerful symbol of the stagnation of the Brezhnev years. Behind the marches and songs praising the project, equipment was breaking down, lives were broken, and souls became calloused. The track was built at great social and economic...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pavlov, Mikhail
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Russian
Published: The American-Soviet Film Initiative Moscow 1987
Soviet Union
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8ddf444d-1d21-4dda-a5e4-a96969b17587
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Summary:The uncompleted Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) Railroad in Siberia is a powerful symbol of the stagnation of the Brezhnev years. Behind the marches and songs praising the project, equipment was breaking down, lives were broken, and souls became calloused. The track was built at great social and economic cost, yet it lies there and is of no use.
Published:1987