This is the first universal edition in the history of world book publishing which embraces history, nature, geography, economy of the northern areas of the whole world (Siberia, Scandinavia, Canada, Alaska, the North Pole, Northern Russia); its peoples, also ethnographic data on indigenous numerically small ethnic groups. The dictionary contains 500 black-and-white illustrations and three colour inserts with Northern maps, flora and fauna, and clothing of Northern peoples.
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