Sergei Udaltsov and The Left Front
…AKM left Labor Russia to become an independent organization seeking to unite other leftist groups. In 2005, the Russian government “monetitzed” many social benefits, such as free prescription drugs and…
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Maxim Oreshkin: Young Technocrat and Minister of Economic Development
…into Russia’s state pension funds. Since the economic crisis of 2014, Russia had faced budget shortfalls. The portion of revenue from Russia’s social taxes intended for investments was “frozen” and…
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Pride 2007: The State of Moscow’s Gay Movement
…of foreign organizations like the UK’s Outrage! and the European Parliament, with an equally notable absence of support within Russia, both from within the LGBT community and from Russian organizations…
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Ukraine’s Party of Regions: Part 2
…the same time, Ukraine’s historical and cultural proximity with Russia confirms Russia’s role as our state’s special partner. Developing economic and cultural cooperation with the Russian Federation is preordained, both…
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Coming Soon: The Moscow Ring Railway
…has been translated for the first time into English by SRAS Translate Abroad Scholar scholar Caroline Barrow. Read the original Russian here. Coming Soon: The Moscow Ring Railway By 2015,…
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People’s Front: Party Platform
…first time to English by SRAS Translation Abroad Scholar Sophia Rehm. ПРОГРАММА «НАРОДНОГО ФРОНТА» – «ВОССТАНОВЛЕНИЕ УКРАИНЫ» PARTY PLATFORM PEOPLE’S FRONT “UKRAINE’S RENEWAL” НАША ЦЕЛЬ – ЕВРОПЕЙСКАЯ УКРАИНА OUR AIM:…
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Russians on Ice: A Brief Overview of Soviet and Russian Hockey
The USSR was a nearly unstoppable force in hockey. Picture from savok.ru While Russia’s political history has been tumultuous and unpredictable, one thing has remained an unfaltering constant: Russians are…
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Putin’s New Year Message to Russians in Translation
…and public statements have focused on over the past year: encouraging family values and self-reliance among Russians. Below, you will find a video of the speech in the original Russian…
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Yulia Tymoshenko & Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) Party
…towards Europe, and less towards Russia. Batkivsychyna also appealed to nationalists, promising to protect and support Ukrainian culture and language. Establishing Russian (spoken by nearly 20% of Ukrainians) as a…
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Anton Siluanov: Russia’s Conservative Minister of Finance
…of Russia to invest in Russia to build its future. There are currently two primary theoretical approaches as to why the Russian economy is experiencing low growth. The first approach…
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Putin’s New Year Message to Russians in Translation
…both presented as published on Kremlin.ru. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDQVDHjacE В.Путин: Уважаемые граждане России! Дорогие друзья! President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends, Всего через несколько минут 2020-й заканчивается. The year…
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Putin’s New Year Message to Russians in Translation
…speech. The translation and transcript are both presented as published on Kremlin.ru. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq4wbBvIlHo В.Путин: Уважаемые граждане России! Дорогие друзья! President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends, Совсем скоро…
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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 literature, music, theater, cinema, visual…
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An Introduction to Russian Archives and Archives Abroad
…https://youtu.be/E_mSoPl5R2M For many more videos on using archives in Russia and outside of Russia to research Russia-related topics, see The Bridge, a project by Middlebury. Location of Russian Archives…
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A Just Russia: Manifesto for 2011
…Photo from www.spb.mironov.ru A Just Russia, a social-democratic party, has made at least two overtures to the Communist Party of Russia. The first was a proposal to merge and came…
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Could the Baltic Crisis Lead to Wider Conflict?
Recent years have seen a hardening of relations between the United States/NATO and Russia. Russian actions in Ukraine—especially the annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2014—immediately led to a fear…
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Petro Poroshenko & His Bloc
…alleged Russian control had become increasingly aggressive, especially as popularity and ratings have fallen in the run-up to his re-election campaign and particularly following the Kerch Strait incident in late…
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Vladivostok: A Short History of Russian Rule in the East
…at Russia’s request. Russia had already moved troops and settlers into the region and the Qing Empire, then relatively weak, felt it had little choice in ceding the territory After…
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Uzbekistan: A GeoHistory Study Guide
…stable numbers of Kazakhs and a shrinking number of Russians (to about half their 1989 population). Russian remains taught in schools and is widely spoken in major cities, along with…
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US-Russia Relations After September 11, 2001: A Game Theory Analysis
…with Russia as unnecessary and, ultimately, ineffective because of continued corruption and anti-democratic practices within Russia. Realist factions in Russia, notably followers of Zhirinovsky and other nationalist leaders, also undermined…
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