| A Little Corner of Freedom |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction |
| Chapter One— Environmental Activism and Social Identity |
| Chapter Two— Archipelago of Freedom |
| Chapter Three— The Road to "Liquidation": Conservation in the Postwar Years |
| Chapter Four— Zapovedniki in Peril, 1948–1950 |
| Chapter Five— Liquidation: The Second Phase, 1950 |
| Chapter Six— The Deluge, 1951 |
| Chapter Seven— In the Throes of Crisis: VOOP in Stalin 's Last Years |
| Chapter Eight— Death and Purgatory |
| Chapter Nine— VOOP after Stalin: Survival and Decay |
| Chapter Eleven— A Time to Build |
| Chapter Twelve— A Time to Meet |
| Chapter Thirteen— More Trouble in Paradise: Crises of the Zapovedniki in the Khrushchëv Era |
| Chapter Fourteen— Student Movements: Catalysts for a New Activism |
| Chapter Fifteen— Three Men in a Boat: VOOP in the Early 1960s |
| Chapter Sixteen— Storm over Baikal |
| Chapter Seventeen— Science Doesn't Stand Still |
| Chapter Eighteen— Environmental Struggles in the Era of Stagnation |
| Chapter Nineteen— Environmental Activism under Gorbachëv |
| Conclusion |
| Notes |
| Glossary of Terms |
| Bibliography |
| Index |