| | | List of Illustrations | | |
| 1 | | Introduction | | 1 |
| | | Introduction | | 1 |
| | | Borderlands, identity, narrative | | 3 |
| | | Russianness, Northernness | | 8 |
| | | Research questions and methodology | | 17 |
| | | The rest of the book | | 19 |
| 2 | | The Kola Peninsula: Politics, Society, International Networks | | 20 |
| | | Introduction | | 20 |
| | | Populating the Russian north-west | | 22 |
| | | Murmansk Oblast: Population, economy, environment | | 25 |
| | | Civil-military relations | | 30 |
| | | Big oil playground? | | 32 |
| | | International networks | | 37 |
| | | Russian perceptions of the international collaboration | | 42 |
| | | Region building, identity politics | | 47 |
| 3 | | How to be a Northerner: Distinguishing North from South | | 51 |
| | | Introduction | | 51 |
| Extract 1 | | ?When I told them how I lived, they went all misty-eyed | | 52 |
| Extract 2 | | ?If youd asked me last year, I would have said Murmansk was the best place in the world | | 57 |
| Extract 3 | | ?The north is like a bottomless pit dragging you down | | 61 |
| | | Negotiating stereotypes about north and south | | 65 |
| | | The vocabulary available - identity as narrative | | 70 |
| | | Changing borders? | | 73 |
| | | Conclusions | | 78 |
| 4 | | How to Be a Russian: Distinguishing East from West | | 80 |
| | | Introduction | | 80 |
| Extract 1 | | ?Their eyes are always wide open | | 80 |
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