Black Earth - A Journey Through Russia after the Fall

2003, Author Andrew Meier

This book is a rich insight for those who want to feel the struggles, contradictions and joys of Russian life. It reads easily.

Explores Russians five corners - Moscow, Chechnya, Norisk, Sakhalin and St. Petersburg. Extraordinary insight into post-Soviet Russia. Meier was a Moscow correspondent for TIME from 1996-2001.