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“What this author calls the tragic Soviet experiment (a phrase which I think applies to more things than just whaling) was about the predatory use of nature—like the predatory use of its own populace, like the predatory use of everything—and this led to destruction. The whaling was as anti-ecological as you can imagine. It was run by people who did not give a thought to anything resembling sustainability, not even to preserving their own resource base. They never thought about it. Again, I’m harping on about the same theme. But I do think that the further away we get from Soviet times, the more it stands out in its unprecedented inhumanity, including to whales.” Read more...
The Best Russia Books: The 2023 Pushkin House Prize
Ekaterina Schulmann, Political Scientist
