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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Erley, Mieka, author.

Title: On Russian soil : myth and materiality / Mieka Erley.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021. | Series: NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020051001 (print) | LCCN 2020051002 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501755699 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501755705 (epub) | ISBN 9781501755712 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Human ecology—Russia. | Soils—Philosophy. | Cultural landscapes—Russia. | Soils—Mythology—Russia.

Classification: LCC GF601 .E75 2021 (print) | LCC GF601 (ebook) | DDC 631.40947—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051001

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051002

Cover illustration: P. S. Danilov, Pervaia borozda, canvas and oil, 1957–58. A. Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Republic of Kazakhstan.