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Remote, forbidding, and volatile, the Caspian Sea long tantalized the world with its vast oil reserves. But outsiders, blocked by the closed Soviet system, couldn't get to it. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, and a wholesale rush into the region erupted. Along with oilmen, representatives of... read more
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- Jim Giffen: Add a description of this character.
- John Deuss
- Gillen
- Aliyev
- Gorbachev
- Ken Derr
- Clinton
- Dick Matzke
- Nazarbayev
- Ludvig
- Chernomyrdin
- Kozeny
- Tagiyev
- Hamilton
- Fehlberg
- Verity
- Grynberg
- Talbott
- Oztemel
- Tengiz
- Forsythe
- Sheila Heslin
- Boris Yeltsin
- Shafranik
- Imle
- Balgimbayev
- Doss
- Niyazov
- Gore
- Shevardnadze
- Dupre
- Silcox
- Henderson
- Keller
- Williams
- Kozyrev
- Browne
- Kazhegeldin
- Samuel
- Sobhani
- Lenin
- Robert
- Stalin
- Kashagan
- Calouste Gulbenkyan: Mr. 5%
Setting & Locations edit
- Baku
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Moscow
- Azerbaijan
- Washington
- United States
- America
- Georgia
- Soviet Union
- London
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- Kremlin
- New York
- Turkey
- Oman
- Turkmenistan
- Almaty
- Pakistan
- Armenia
- California
- Europe
- Houston
- Central Asia
- Black Sea
- Britain
- Paris
- White House
- Middle East
- South Africa
- Los Angeles
- Alaska
- Saudi Arabia
- Grozny
- Novorossiysk
- Batumi
- San Francisco
- Pennsylvania
- Satra
- Sweden
- Persia
- Denver
- Siberia
- Texas
- Atyrau
- St. Petersburg
- Rothschild
- Ise
- Kandahar
Authors & Contributors edit
- Steve LeVine (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Westminster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0375506144
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Westminster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0375506144
Page Count: 496
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 338.2728209475
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