Russia and Soviet Union

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Russia and Soviet Union. / Suslov, Mikhail.

The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literature . ed. / Peter Marks; Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor; Fátima Vieira. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 629-642.

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Suslov, M 2022, Russia and Soviet Union. in P Marks, JA Wagner-Lawlor & F Vieira (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literature . Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 629-642. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88654-7_49

APA

Suslov, M. (2022). Russia and Soviet Union. In P. Marks, J. A. Wagner-Lawlor, & F. Vieira (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literature (pp. 629-642). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88654-7_49

Vancouver

Suslov M. Russia and Soviet Union. In Marks P, Wagner-Lawlor JA, Vieira F, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literature . Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. p. 629-642 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88654-7_49

Author

Suslov, Mikhail. / Russia and Soviet Union. The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literature . editor / Peter Marks ; Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor ; Fátima Vieira. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. pp. 629-642

Bibtex

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