Midnight in Siberia

By David Greene

Subjects: Interviews, Russia (federation), social conditions, Biography, Russia (federation), biography, Social problems, New York Times bestseller, Russia (federation), social life and customs, Social life and customs, Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ, Description and travel, Social conditions, Russia (federation), description and travel, Travel, Social change, Railroad travel, nyt:travel=2014-11-09, Velikai︠a︡ Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ

Description: "After two and a half years as NPR's Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across the country--a 6,000-mile journey by rail, from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok--to speak with ordinary Russians about how their lives have changed in the post-Soviet years. Reaching beyond the headline-grabbing protests in Moscow, Greene speaks with a group of singing babushkas from Buranovo, a teenager hawking 'space rocks' from last spring's meteor shower in Chelyabinsk, and activists battling for environmental regulation in the pollution-choked town of Baikalsk"--Provided by publisher.