Russians on Ice: A Brief Overview of Soviet and Russian Hockey
…for the Soviet Union’s national team, another was from Canada, and the other was from Sweden. Viktor Tikhonov was not only the coach of the national team but also coached…
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US-Russia Cybersecurity Cooperation: Future Paths and Historical Perspective
…external information threats, allowing to ensure the constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms, the decent quality and standard of living for citizens, the sovereignty, the territorial integrity and sustainable…
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7 Facts about the April, 1991 Economic Crisis
The following text was written by Aleksei Rudevich and originally appeared in Russian on the website “Russian 7.” To read the original Russian, click here. This has been translated for…
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Tatarstan: Semiautonomous and Thriving
…as a federal subject. Thus, relative moderation and mutual interests have worked together to allow Tatarstan to effectively negotiate for more independence, but also ensure that it has peacefully remained…
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Introduction to Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space
…Abkhasia, with some natural resources, considerable arable land, and significant potential for tourism development, is probably the most viable of all the breakaway states within the former Soviet Union. Although…
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The Russian Far East: Gateway to Asia
…and urban center as well as the final stop on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. It is also the district’s largest and wealthiest city, although the administrative capital for the district has…
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Understanding Russia’s Interests in North Korea
…new Russian-funded, transnational projects on the Korean peninsula rather frequently pop up in the news, but most of this potential is smothered under the blanket of quarrelsome North-South relations. Thus,…
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The Growth of Russia’s IT Outsourcing Industry: The Beginning of Russian Economic Diversification?
…“Russia’s IT industry is very entrepreneurial and, by and large, has grown up outside the old Soviet institutions as a new phenomenon beginning in the early 1990s,” according to Satinsky….
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Ecotourism in Siberia: Development and Challenges on Olkhon Island
…1 species of amphibians, dozens of which are endangered or regionally endemic. The island also along contains numerous natural monuments, as well as 143 archaeological monuments, including rock carvings, ancient…
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Cooperative Ventures of Russian Civil Society: Three Case Studies from the Memorial Human Rights Group
…“The Charter of the International Volunteer Public Organization ‘Memorial Historical, Educational, Human Rights and Charitable Society.’” Memorial. www.memo.ru/eng/about/charter.htm (English version) // http://www.memo.ru/about/ustav.htm (Russian version) (accessed April 23, 2012). Memorial Human…
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United Russia: Ruling Party (Part II)
…always been seen as somewhat at odds with the federal government and Vladmir Putin. Often asking enormous sums from the federal budget for infrastructure projects, often refusing to the toe…
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Professional and Publishing Resources for Researchers of Russia
…on politics, economics, social issues, legal systems, nationalities, international relations, and human rights. Forshungsstelle Osteuropa provides an impressive collection of materials concerning Eastern Europe. KinoKultura is the only English-language e-journal…
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Right Cause, Wrong Path?
…public lists of candidates for legislature and the voters are allowed to cast their vote only for one party, rather than for individual candidates. Parties are then assigned seats proportional…
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VESTNIK- Issue 20, Fall, 2016
…Trends in Cultural Education in Kyrgyzstan Bolshevik Anti-Free Press Discourse, 1917-1922 Sufi-Salafi Institutional Competition and Conflict in the Chechen Republic Visual Propaganda of Personal Care during the Stalinist Cultural Revolution…
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Vestnik – Issue 15, Spring 2014
…translation. In our history/political focus, we have articles on various post-Soviet cultures and their political and cultural contexts. Alana Holland, an MA student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,…
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The Medvedev Economy
…its mineral wealth to gain economic prosperity and a renewed stance in world politics, his chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev (who also has a 64-point lead in the presidential polls), has…
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Russian MiniLessons: Санкции России -Russian Sanctions
The following bilingual Russian MiniLesson is meant to build your vocabulary by providing Russian phrases within English text. Hover over the bold Russian to reveal its English translation. In response…
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Life with Aids in Rural Russia: A Photo Essay
…pictures are also available from the AFEW site (without captions). All material reproduced here with the permission of Liza Shurik and AFEW. According to UN estimates, between .5 and 1.5…
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Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: Book Review, Overview of Scientists and Discoveries
…medical science. As court physician to Tsars Alexander II and Alexander III, he introduced triage, pathological anatomy, and post mortem diagnostics into Russian medical practice. He is also noted as…
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Vestnik – Issue 10, Fall 2011
…crime that occurred as the USSR suffered its political and economic collapse. Recurring Themes in the Kyrgyz Revolutions looks at the social, economic, and political issues that have been prominent…
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