Siberia Bound: Chasing the American Dream on Russia's Wild Frontier

by Alexander Blakely

Release Date: May, 2004

Edition: Paperback

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Siberia Bound

Wonderful book--great story telling. Interesting view of how the author changes and how his ideals are changed through his experiences. We all change after receiving our degrees--most of us don't do that in Russia! I feel like I want to know how the people in this book are doing now--could it be the beginning of something more? Hopefully so. You won't regret reading this one!

This is a really fun read!

My wife, a Novosibirsk native, bought me this book for father's day. I have spent some time in Novosibirsk myself, so I was intrigued by the subject matter and location. I had some doubts after reading the dustjacket, thinking it might be a dry how-to manual on how to start a business in a hostile environment. I could not have been more wrong.
Mr. Blakely spins a great story about a few years spent in an interesting and exotic place, getting to know the local people and even falling in love. This is anything but dry. Read this book, it is money well-spent. And by the way, he is not kidding about the beauty of Siberian women, they are stunning. I know, I married one myself.