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Eurasian Affairs – May 2020
Eurasian Affairs looks at the wide expanse of Eurasia and particularly focuses on those issues affecting relations between Eurasian states and the US and/or with…
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Russia on the Ground – May 2020
Russia on the Ground – April 2020
GeoHistories
Central Asia
Central Asia: Core and Periphery Central Asia is, by its most common definition, those five “stans” that were formerly Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,…
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Europe
Osh & The Fergana Valley
Politics in Translation
The Dacha in Modern Russian History and Legislation
The Russian word “дача” is often translated into English as “summer residence” or “cottage,” but the best translation is simply a transliteration to English: “dacha.”…
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2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in Side-by-Side Translation
Vladimir Putin’s 2019 News Conference in Side-by-Side Translation
Analysis
Moscow’s Reopening and COVID Response: A View from the Ground
As of Tuesday, June 23rd, after nearly three months of quarantine measures, Moscow has reopened. The city was able to mobilize phenomenal resources and put…
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The Dacha in Modern Russian History and Legislation
A Comparitive Look at Coronavirus Responses in Eurasia
Profiles
2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in Side-by-Side Translation
Vladimir Putin’s annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of 2020 may go down in history as one of Russia’s most important. In the address,…
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk: The Ukrainian Parliament’s Rock Star
Volodymyr Zelensky: Comedy and Politics
Archives
The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art: A Guide
The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (Российский государственный архив литературы и искусства) is Russia’s largest repository of materials on the history of Russian…
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State Archive of the Russian Federation: A Guide
