…the teacher to the much more famous Russian physician, Ivan Pavlov. Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936) was a physiologist, psychologist, and physician. He is best known as the first to describe classical…
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…Armenia’s overall per capita levels. Mineral deposits were prospected and mined, many for the first time. Gold, silver, copper, and molybdenum mines were opened, often with American, British, and Armenian…
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…turning it into a social ghetto,” and charging “outrageous prices” for the semi-closed havens that gay-oriented clubs, saunas, and brothels provide. Whatever the truth of these and other claims, what…
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…Ibid, 53-4. [31] Olcott, Kazakhs, 112-3; Sabol, Kazakh National Consciousness, 64-5. [32] Ibid., 66-7. [33] Kendirbayeva, “Children of Alash,” 7-8. [34] Sabol, Kazakh National Consciousness, 68-70. [35] Ibid., 108-9. [36]…
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…Closed’, p.1 [94] Brown, ‘Semipalatinsk Test Site Finally Closed’, p.16 [95] Olcott, ‘Perestroika in Kazakhstan’, p.72; Teague, Girnius and Crow, ‘Weekly Record of Events’, 6th September 1991, p.104 [96] Brown,…
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…He had studied in Russian kindergartens and schools, had only Russian friends, his family speaks only Russian, and they, likewise, don’t have any friends in Estonian-speaking society. Will future generations…
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…in Foreign Policy,” 254. [39] Ibid., 268. [40] Ibid., 258. [41] Nolutshungu, “Soviet Involvement in Southern Africa,” 142. [42] Ogunbadejo, “Angola: Ideology and Pragmatism in Foreign Policy,” 259. [43] Guan-Fu,…
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…нашего соседа не все в порядке с мозгами, хотя и не ожидали, что до такой степени”,We, of course, already thought that our neighbor was not quite right in the head,…
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…The American Psikhushka. NAMBLA.org, 2011. Probes, Lawrence M., Vladimir Kouznetzov, Vladimir Verbitski and Vadim Molodiy, “Trends in Soviet and Post-Soviet Psychiatry.” The PSR Quarterly, Vol.2, No.2. June 1992. Web. Reich,…
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…type of browser, operating system, screen resolution, javascript status, and media player versions used. We use Google Analytics to track this information. To opt out of Google Analytics tracking, click…
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…the traditional Kyrgyz flatbread, naan, which is a heavier, thicker version of its well-known Indian cousin, to manty, large steamed dumplings filled with ground lamb and onions. Even as a…
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…sent from India, Finland, Russia, the European Space Agency, Switzerland, and the USA and will be launched from Baikanur, Kazakhstan. Observations will be conducted with the VLBI network (a network…
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…Soon, the region was providing Moscow and St. Petersburg with wheat, barley, and livestock. Siberia’s historically best known imports, of course, have always been prisoners and exiles. The Decembrists are…
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…better access to the Silk Road to trade horses, musk, and furs (again, mostly animal-based products) for mirrors, weapons, horse equipment, jewelry, and more. Map of overland and maritime Silk…
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…November of 1943. For the next 50 years, Kiev continued to grow and strengthen its industrial base, especially in the production of machinery, steel, chemicals, weaponry, food, paper, and hydrocarbons….
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…occupied by several powers including a short-lived, independent Ukrainian national government, the French, the Reds, and the Whites. The Red Army definitively took over in 1920 and united the city…
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…various “Georgians” will also identify as a smaller subgroup such as Svans, Gurians, Adjarians, Mingrelians, and Imeretians, which has its own language or dialect, history, culture, and identity. This 85%…
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…the best news from the first days of protests may have had nothing to do with the opposition’s demand for business reform, a constitutional revision, an end to corruption, or…
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…various regions, interweaving cuisine, entertainment, and ethnic backgrounds from Russia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. In contrast to its more grizzled reputation as an industrial mecca, Volgograd…
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…mountains. Today, these plains are a heavy patchwork of farms producing cereals, vegetables, poultry, mutton, cattle, and more. About sixty percent of the region’s GDP currently comes from agriculture and…
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