Selected Publications
Books
- Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield 2008
- The End of Peasantry? The Disintegration of Rural Russia, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 2006 (with Tatyana Nefedova and Ilya Zaslavsky) //Review of The End of Peasantry? by John Adams
- The Environs of Russian Cities ( with Tatyana Nefedova), Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press 1999
- Population under Duress: The Geodemography of Post-Soviet Russia (co-edited with George Demko and Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya), Boulder: Westview Press 1999
- Continuity and Change in Rural Russia ( with Tatyana Nefedova), Boulder: Westview Press 1997
- Center and Periphery in Regional Development (co-authored with Olga Gritsai and Andrei Treivish), Moscow: Nauka 1991. In Russian
- Agriculture in the Non-Chernozem Zone: Regional Problems, Moscow: Nauka 1990. In Russian
- Territorial Organization of the Economy as a Development Factor (editor and contributor), Moscow: IGAN SSSR 1987. In Russian
- Non-Chernozem Zone: Social Geography and Agriculture, Moscow: Znaniye 1986. In Russian
- Belarus and Chernobyl: Separating Seeds from Chaff, Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 23, No. 4: 353 – 366
- Culture Wars, Soul-Searching, and Belarusian Identity, East European Politics and Societies, 2007, Vol. 21, No. 2: 348 – 381
- Unfinished Nation-Building in Belarus and the 2006 Presidential Election, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2007, No. 1: 37 – 58
- Elections and Nation-Building in Belarus: A Comment on Ioffe (by David R. Marples), Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2007, No. 1: 59 - 67
- Nation-Building in Belarus: A Rebuttal, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2007, No. 1: 68 – 72
- The Phenomenon of Belarus: A Book Review Essay, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 47, No. 5, 2006: 622 - 634
- The Downsizing of Russian Agriculture, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2005: 179 - 208
- From Spatial Continuity to Fragmentation: The Case of Russian Farming, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2004: 913 - 943 (co-authored with Tatyana Nefedova and Ilya Zaslavsky)
- Marginal Farmland in European Russia, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2004: 45 – 59 (co-authored with T. Nefedova)
- Understanding Belarus: Economy and Political Landscape, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2004: 85 -118
- Understanding Belarus: Belarusian Identity, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 55, No. 8, 2003: 1241 - 1272
- Understanding Belarus: The Questions of Language, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 55, No. 7, 2003: 1009 – 1047
- Town and Village in European Russia: A Book Review Essay, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2002, Vol. 43, No. 4: 336 – 348
- Russia’s Fragmented Space, Fragmented Space: Federal, Regional, and Local Relations in the Russian Federation, Washington, D.C: Woodrow Wilson Center Press & Johns Hopkins University Press 2001: 31-80. (co-authored with Y. and O. Medvedkovs, T. Nefedova, and N. Vlasova)
- Russian Agriculture and Food Processing: Vertical Integration and Spatial Dynamics, Europe-Asia Studies, 2001, Vol. 53, No. 3: 389-418 (co-authored with T. Nefedova)
- Continuity in Rural Russia, Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East, Seattle: University of Washington Press 2001: 45-61
- Land Use Changes in the Environs of Moscow, Area, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2001: 273-286 (co-authored with T. Nefedova)
- Transformation of the Russian Food System at Close Range, Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, 2001, Vol. 42, No. 5: 329-361 (co-authored with T. Nefedova)
- Areas of Crisis in Russian Agriculture: A Geographical Perspective, Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, 2000, Vol. 41, No. 4: 288-305 (co-authored with T. Nefedova)
- Environs of Russian Cities: The Case Study of Moscow, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 50, No. 8, 1998: 1325-1356 (co-authored with Tatyana Nefedova)
- Demographic and Migratory Responses to Agrarian Reform in Russia (co-authored with S. Wegren and T. Nefedova), Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1997: 54-78
- Persistent Features of the Russian Countryside: Communal Attachment and Reform (co-authored with T.Nefedova), GeoJournal, No.3, 1997: 193-204
- From Russia with journals. Writing enhances dialogue in Seminars, College Teaching, 1993, v. 41, No. 3: 112-116
- Shifts in Rural Population Pattern and Changes in Agriculture of the Central Regions of the USSR, Geoforum, 1991, Vol. 22, No. 1: 91-97
- Different Perspectives on Changes in Rural Areas, Soviet Geography, Vol. 32, 1991: 327-336
- Intensification of Agriculture in the European USSR: Regional Aspects, Soviet Geography, Vol. 30, January 1989: 49-64 (co-authored with T. Nefedova and T. Runova)
- The Polarization of Rural Space and its Consequences, Natural Environment of Suburban Areas as a Development Factor of Big Cities, Warsaw: IGPZ PAN, 1988: 169-183
- Shifts in the Distribution of Rural Population in the Non-Chernozem Zone of the RSFSR, Soviet Geography, Vol. 27, April 1986: 215-232 (co-authored with A. Igudina)
- The Transport Accessibility of a Town and the Differentiation of the Factors of Farm Production, Soviet Geography, Vol. 22, February 1981: 94-98 (co-authored with A. Shoyfer)
