…truely exciting things occurring in Russia today is the amount of infrastructure projects currently underway – long-distance railways, roads, and major changes to public transportation in many cities. This article…
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…including his full education from elementary to law school, was lived in Ukraine. He studied law in his home town, at the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics of the Kyiv…
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…Kyrgyzstan wants a more northerly route that would link northern Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan with Uzbekistan. Later extensions of the project would run through Iran. Yet another issue is what gauge…
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Today, over 100 identified ethnic groups exist in Russia, 41 of which are legally recognized as “indigenous small numbered peoples.” While these groups make up only 0.2% of the Russian…
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…sign translates: “The New Course of Ukraine. A New Strategy for Peace.” Tymoshenko and Poroshenko are running campaigns that focus on popular rumors surrounding their opponent: Tymoshenko is running against…
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…forces, including the Russian Orthodox Church and the National Socialists, were also planning demonstrations to oppose the march. Some of them promised even more violence than last year. For example,…
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…of the Russian Federation is the главнокомандующийcommander-in-chief. All Russian young men must spend one to two years performing either военная службаmilitary service or альтернативная службаalternative service. Military service is notoriously…
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…University, compares the Russian nationalism of late-20th century novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn with that of the modern, influential political scientist Alexander Dugin in Nationalist Thought in Contemporary Russia. SRAS graduate Marin…
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…of Love in The Brothers Karamazov 2014-03-29 – The Rise of Alash Orda in Kazakh Nationalism 2014-03-28 – Nationalism as a Political Factor in Late-Soviet Kazakhstan 2014-03-27 – Trends in…
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…one of Ukraine’s ethnic minorities. The other three articles look at modern and historical social issues in Russia and the USSR. Cooperative Ventures of Russian Civil Societygives an inside look…
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…Russian socialism aimed to bring the world closer to a Marxian endpoint (or beginning) of history, and all citizens must eventually have their immediate needs met (through whatever means necessary),…
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…University, looks at the fundamental differences between Europe’s and Russia’s worldview through metanarrative theory. Russia’s Current Economic Conundrum, by Jakub Kučera, a Ph.D. student at Charles University in Prague, Czech…
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…to her native Russia to bring a discipline which had been frowned upon during Soviet times. Anyone who feels that the notorious Russian lifestyle has done significant damage to their…
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…suicide rates in Russia. Two other articles are more political in nature. United Russia: A House Divided looks at the history of United Russia, Russia’s ruling party, as well as…
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…philosophies of the great Russian novelist and thinker with the renowned German philosopher. Russian Literature in Kyrgyzstan at the Beginning of the 21st Century offers a student translation of a…
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…their daily lives. Many analysts pointed not to the size but to the spread of the protests, bringing mostly young Russians out across Russia’s great expanse, as being the major…
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…Memoirs of a Soviet Child 2011-05-14 – Essay: Russian Cultural Values 2011-05-14 – Essay: My Assessment of Russian Culture 2011-05-14 – Essay: Government and Human Rights in the Russian Mindset…
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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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…in HTML below 2007-05-16 – Economic Nationalism under Globalization 2007-05-08 – Empire, Nationalities, and the Collapse of the USSR 2007-05-08 – Nationalism and the Origins of Russia 2007-05-08 – Self-identity…
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…states by combining two of the world’s largest BMD systems. From Moscow’s perspective, BMD cooperation could improve Russian air defense force capabilities. Most importantly, Russia would gain reassurance that a…
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