The plough that broke the steppes is an important contribution to the global history of grassland that has yet to be written like all great environmental history it is the detailed story of a specific place in this case the steppe region of southeastern european russia and the ukraine the russian bread basket which is part of the great eurasian grassland that stretches from hungary across . The plough that broke the steppes agriculture and environment on russias grasslands 1700 1914 by david moon oxford england oxford university press 2013. Environmental history russia steppes black earth climate change agriculture forestry irrigation agronomy mennonites fingerprint dive into the research topics of the plough that broke the steppes agriculture and environment on russias grasslands 1700 1914. Buy the plough that broke the steppes agriculture and environment on russias grasslands 1700 1914 oxford studies in modern european history oxford studies in medieval european history on amazoncom free shipping on qualified orders. The central character of yet another wonderful and ground breaking book from david moon is the steppe itself like a dramatic human story we see it change from