| ID | 090576 |
| Title Proper | Michael Romm's Ascent of Mount Stalin |
| Other Title Information | a Soviet landscape |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Horsman, Stuart |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article will focus on the 1936 English language edition of The Ascent of Mount Stalin (Ascent hereafter). Ascent provides a firsthand account of the planning and progress of the expedition, the climbing of Mount Stalin, and the physical and human landscape in which it took place. The expedition was a major scientific and mountaineering event, which involved leading Soviet scientific and political figures. Mount Stalin was the highest point in the USSR and the highest outside of the Himalayas to have been climbed at the time. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 61, No. 7; Sep 2009: p1151-1166 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 61, No. 7; Sep 2009: p1151-1166 |
| Key Words | Mountaineering ; USSR |