Coming Soon: The Moscow Ring Railway
…Moscow Ring Railway Corporation When the Moscow Ring Railway was being built, there was not even talk about the subway. Where the Ring was built was entirely industrial, so there…
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Book Review of This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible in Stalin’s Russia by Joan Neuberger
…its disregard for Socialist Realist conventions, its critique of political power, and its defiance of heterosexual norms.[17] By engaging in historical contextualization, examination of relevant theory, and cinematographic analysis alike,…
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The Dacha in Modern Russian History and Legislation
…and approved by various authorities for structural and fire safety. Sometimes a formal contractor will be hired, but sometimes homes will be built by individuals who hire other individuals through…
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Alexei Kudrin
…the 1-ruble loan to the independent commercial bank. Importantly, all transactions made used accounts opened in the commercial bank, and the ruble never left the commercial bank. The circuitous mutual…
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Yulia Tymoshenko & Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) Party
…as a charismatic, sharp-tongued politician able to create wide political coalitions. Her party’s political platform mixes populist social programs, criticisms of capitalism and corruption, and nationalist zeal. Her coalitions, such…
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The Chinese in Russia’s Far East: A Clash of Civilizations in Vladivostok
…this time through Kazakhstan and into central Russia to learn more about Russia and Russian. It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip, full of hospitality and almost devoid of English, and only…
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The Logistics of Social Change and Times of Crisis
…from people supporting or resisting change. Less obviously, they also come from the physical infrastructure, social organization, and government policies already in place. How these help or hinder social change…
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An Armenian Abroad: Adjusting to Life in St. Petersburg
…given the long history between the two countries. Lastly, this was also an excellent opportunity to introduce my new friends to something new for them that I truly love. I…
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Moldovan Politics: The Rise of Vladimir Plahotniuc
…Our Moldova Alliance party and Liberal Democratic Party, Lupu helped form the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE) coalition. Although the AEI put Lupu forward as its presidential candidate, the…
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Azerbaijan: A People from the Mists of Time
…to dominate nearly all of the Northern and Southern Caucuses. The Tsar allowed the local khanates in Azerbaijan a considerable deal of autonomy until the 1870s, when Azerbiajan’s massive oil…
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Moldovan Politics: Presidential Crises 2009-2018
…disputes with Transnistria and Gagauzia by ensuring both their autonomy and their representation on the federal level. However, Dodon has been largely powerless in office against a liberal-controlled parliament and…
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Osh & The Fergana Valley: Diversity and Division
…Cotton production, instituted by the Soviets, is central to the regional economy, as are farming and livestock breeding. The wider area also offers several natural resources, including coal, iron, sulfur,…
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Igor Sechin
…allowing him to operate with official independence from Putin. After this time, Sechin’s considerable gains in power and influence were closely linked to Rosneft’s aggressive expansion. He has also been…
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Kyrgyzstan’s Latest Revolution
…green party environmentalists, blue party Ar-Namys (Dignity) members, and others, as well as the rose-colored Social Democratic umbrella party – have also held several rallies demanding essentially the same reforms…
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Kyrgyzstan: A GeoHistory Study Guide
…see revolutions happen. Briefly on Politics Kyrgyzstan is a presidential, unicameral republic. It is a unitary state with three levels of local governance. Local entities are theoretically independent, but receive…
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Vyacheslav Volodin
…credited as the principal architect of the regime’s “conservative turn” following Putin’s return to the presidency in 2012. Volodin also led the ostensibly democratic electoral reforms that helped appease those…
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4 Cities in Uzbekistan: One of the World’s Ancient Civilizations
…the capital of Russian Turkistan. When the Central Soviet Government broke Turkistan up into several regions, Tashkent replaced Samarkand as the capital of the Uzbek SSR in 1930, and today…
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Turkmenistan: A Rich, Desert Land
…president. In 1999, constitutional amendments allowed Niyazov to be named Turkmenistan’s president for life. Niyazov took the name Turkmenbashi, or “Father of all Turkmen” and moved to establish a Turkmen…
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Communism in Modern Moscow: Vadim Kumin
…the city of corruption schemes and criminal groups. My plan entails real ways to solve problems, deemed “unsolvable” from the point of the view of the political elites. When I…
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The Soviet Union in Angola: Soviet and African Perspectives on the Failed Socialist Transformation
…the complete liberation of the African continent from all forms of racial, political, economic, and social enslavement and from all consequences and remnants of such enslavement.”[27] Only by carrying out…
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