…here, please submit it. In this, its sixteenth issue, Vestnik focuses largely on politics in multiple contexts, including modern, historical, international, and social. Two entries take a historical perspective. In…
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…North Caucasus Alanic tribes had formed a centralized, Christian kingdom known as Alania. Though Alania was small, the Caucasus Mountains offered many natural defenses, and though no longer nomadic, the…
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…here, please submit it. In this, its seventeenth issue, Vestnik takes a diverse look at Russia-related student research into literature, culture, history, and economics. We have a pair entries on…
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Vestnik was launched by SRAS in 2004 as one of the world’s first online academic journals focused on showcasing student research. We welcome and invite papers written by undergraduates, graduates,…
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…that America has, e.g., a lack of young voter turnout, the economic crisis of 2008, apathetic citizens, etc. All in all, I was really glad to have this special experience,…
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…national security. Many, such as the United States and Russia have systematized structures for doing so – with PRISM and SORM being the best-known respective examples. Although relatively well-known, these…
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…percentage, at best), are still dark and apparently will remain so. Business appears to be light, with outdoor seating preferred and entrance policies diverse. Some require masks, some have notices…
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Maria Cristina Galmarini-Kabala. The Right to be Helped: Deviance, Entitlement, and the Soviet Moral Order. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2016. 316 pp., $25.99 E-Book Edition. ISBN 978-1-60909-196-5 …
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…steppe and forest, well-watered by several rivers, and thus is conducive to agriculture, hunting, forestry, and supporting significant populations and militaries. Today, Kazan holds about a quarter of the republic’s…
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…rapidly becoming denser, traffic congestion also reached critical levels. At the same time, schools were in short supply, basic infrastructure was in disrepair, and Luzhkov, on multiple occasions, leveled criticism…
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…an Indian multinational, is still the city’s single largest employer, although tobacco, pharmaceuticals, tourism, banking, business services, and software development are also major parts of the local economy. Krakow’s Jewish…
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…and goods produced there will be cheaper, and thus, more competitive on international markets. With oil and gas, metal production, shipbuilding, domestic transport, and greater access to European and Asian…
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…исследований общественного мнения, совокупное число граждан, готовых поддержать объединенную демократическую организацию, выше, чем число людей, поддерживающих существующие партии и организации. Консолидация демократов не является самоцелью, «объединением ради объединения», как утверждают…
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…powers such as the Golden Horde, the Khanate of Crimea, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and, of course, the Kingdom of Hungary before finally coming under Ottoman control in 1538. In 1812,…
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…The country isn’t making progress, the economy has stagnated, dependence on raw materials is rising, social protections, education, science, and culture are disintegrating; material inequality is deepening, a significant number…
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…Posted: 29 June 2023 Loader, Michael, Hearne, Siobhán, and Matthew Kott. Defining Latvia: Recent Explorations in History, Culture, & Politics. Central European University Press, Budapest, 2022. 364 pp., $9.99… comments…
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…4: Two Communists who have been members for no less than a year, and who, as of the moment of your application, know you as an activist, must write letters…
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…Russia’s presence on the peninsula has been, arguably, minimal since its takeover. Meanwhile, Russia gained a large, permanent naval base for its Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Maintaining a strong…
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…lingua franca. “We don’t forget Russian, but we use it in a less and less sophisticated way,” said Darya Zhdanova, 30, a Latvian citizen of Russian descent. “We use it…
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…culture, education, intellectual development, patriotic education, social support, employment, sports, information security, and leisure; – осуществляет разнообразные молодежные программы как самостоятельно, так и через взаимодействие с органами государственной власти, молодежными…
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