About the book: 2007 / The book by famous American experts presents the original author's concept of analyzing the reasons and nature of the development of the Siberian regions of Russia during the years of Soviet power and after the collapse of the USSR in the context of political climatology - a new subfield of the modern science of political ecology. From this point of view, the book represents a methodological innovation. The authors consider the development of the “Russian North” in comparison with the experience of developing the Arctic and subarctic regions of Canada, revealing some similarities and multiple differences, giving their own assessments and explanations of the causes of the processes occurring. The book offers one of the most complete and thoughtful foreign options for understanding the driving motives, costs and prospects for the optimal development of Siberian regions in the context of the national tasks of the Russian Federation. The publication is addressed to university teachers, researchers, graduate students and students studying in the specialties of political science and economics ", "sociology", "modern history", as well as a wide range of readers interested in the history of Russia and the USSR. [Text contains tables.]