Nashi: Russian Youth Movement
…cultural values and political ideals. This is normal and carries a positive purpose. Nonetheless, the global character of competition makes it tough, and at times cruel. The weak should adopt…
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Origins of Russia: Moscow Becomes an Empire (Prehistory to 1584)
…nephew and ally, Ivan of Pereslavl, bequeathed to Daniel all his lands, including Pereslavl, the former residence of Alexander Nevsksy that had served as a second capital under Nevsky’s grand…
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Warsaw: Palimpsest of the Polish Nation
…parliamentary body comprised of Polish and Lithuanian nobles. Warsaw was originally chosen for this because of its central position between Krakow, then the Polish capital, and Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital.…
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National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg
The National Library of Russia has multiple locations in St. Petersburg. How to Sign Up Library cards can be attained at the Registration Desks either on the ground floor of…
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A Fair and Just Russia: Russia’s Social Democrats
…подлинно гражданского общества. Freedom expands opportunities for individual self-determination, the right to assert one’s own personal political position. This is not only the goal of social development, but also a…
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Languages in Conflict: The Case of Russia and Estonia
…also included passing two major laws. The first required all civil servants and service personal to acquire a basic knowledge of Estonian within one to four years after independence. The…
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Are Tensions Likely for the Russian Diaspora in Kyrgyzstan?
…few or no remedial policies) Social exclusion/neutral policy (Substantial under-representation with neutral polices towards ending discriminatory social practices) Exclusion/repressive policy (Public policies substantially restrict the group’s political participation) Political Grievance…
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Right Cause Searches for Right Path: Part I
…cost it political capital with voters who had supported the original parties as opposition parties. SPS party leader Leonid Gozman perhaps summed the general argument best by saying that carrying…
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Batkivshchyna: Party Platform
…2006 parliamentary elections must allot seats on a proportional basis. To achieve this goal, thanks to the persistent efforts of party leadership to unify oppositional political forces, on June 2,…
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Road Map to Solidarity: Part II
…UDM will also coordinate the process for democratic politicians to participate in regional and local elections, assisting in indentifying individual democratic candidates and carrying out coordinated campaigns. Участие ОДД в…
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The Soviet Union in Angola: Soviet and African Perspectives on the Failed Socialist Transformation
…and Mali (1968) that overthrew pro-Soviet leaders were the final blow to the “Casablanca Bloc” and, in large part, ended the Soviets’ legitimacy in Africa. After seeing all the potential…
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Mikhail Prokhorov: A Real Future
…to restore objects of historical and cultural heritage; allow deductions of double the sum allocated for the restoration and preservation of historical and cultural monuments located in towns with less…
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Russian Political Culture Since 1985
…level of social capital in a society will indicate “correspondingly poor government.” These can reinforce each other and could result in the long-term stability of this situation, also known as…
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United Russia: Ruling Party
…protect society from information which will harm its moral and mental health is necessary. Традиционные религии России – возрождение духовных ценностей Traditional Religions of Russia—Revival of Spiritual Values Традиционные религии…
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Chechnya: A Difficult Cornerstone in Russian Security
…strategic door to Russia’s historical rivals and other potential enemies. Origins and Pre-Soviet History Archeological evidence, including cave paintings and artifacts, suggests that the Chechens have continuously inhabited the region…
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Moscow: Modern and historic challenges
…the former Soviet Republics, many of whom have lived in the capital for years. Moscow also has a massive unregistered population of illegal immigrants – Russia’s Federal Migration Service estimates…
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St. Petersburg: Russia’s Vortex of Change
…the title, some are now calling St. Petersburg a “technological capital;” a chain of new technology parks are planned for the city, tax benefits have already been established for these…
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4 Cities in Uzbekistan: One of the World’s Ancient Civilizations
…the capital of Russian Turkistan. When the Central Soviet Government broke Turkistan up into several regions, Tashkent replaced Samarkand as the capital of the Uzbek SSR in 1930, and today…
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Kyrgyzstan: A Small Country with a Big Stick
…have made regional and international political waves. Today, it is one of the main routes by which China exports its goods to other Central Asian countries – and is a…
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Cultivating Corn, Culture, and Curiosities: American Perspectives on the 1955 U.S.-Soviet Agricultural Exchange
…State Historical Society of Iowa. Vol. 72, No. 1. Winter 2013. 31-62. Parks, J.D. Culture, Conflict, and Coexistence: American-Soviet Cultural Relations, 1917-1958.Jefferson, NC. McFarland. 1983. Richmond, Yale. U.S.-Soviet Cultural Exchanges,…
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