Characterizing the 70 years of Communist rule in Russia as an especially long time frame, Hill and Gaddy, both foreign studies fellows at the Institute, use economic statistic, economic geography, and history to describe how Russians live and work in cold, distant, and wrong places; and to examine the implications of this for the modern economy they see dawning there. They say Siberian cities should be abandoned and torn down. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)