Renting in Russia: Language, Legalities, and Culture
…center may be in a very large apartment complex. Many of these were hastily and cheaply built in the 90s as Moscow grew rapidly due to the economic and politcal…
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Putin’s New Year Message to Russians in Translation
…and public statements have focused on over the past year: encouraging family values and self-reliance among Russians. Below, you will find a video of the speech in the original Russian…
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New Diameter Lines of Moscow Metro Open
…add cars to the trains – and will probably have to increase the frequency of the trains themselves to fully meet demand. Ironically, those using the old elektrichka system reported…
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Eastern Siberia: Vast Potential
…perform fantastic feats of engineering and complete spectacularly large projects, that potential is yet to be fully realized. Although Russia was the first country to conquer a bit of the…
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Choose or Lose: The Best Campaign Videos in Russian Politics
…Russia and especially Moscow. It was authored in the original Russian by Olga Churakova. We highly recommend that students view the original story, available online. Below the introductory text has…
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Bayalinov Children’s Library in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
…such as works by Jules Vernes, Franz Kafka, and John Steinbeck, respectively, in addition to serving as speaking-clubs. The supervisor of the German Room told me (Lily) that the library…
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Russian for Wonks: The Geopolitics of Summer Camp
…Morning exercises at Artek, once the USSR’s most prestigious summer camp. After lunch a тихий час (nap time; the phrase literally translates as “quiet hour”) was usually held, but often…
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Five Russia-Related Issues to Watch this Semester
…has also not been without problems. Problems are also commonly created by the fact that individual consuls interpret instructions from the Foreign Ministry individually. This reform will likely be no…
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The Varieties of Capitalism Dichotomy (and Beyond) in Post-Communist States
…This process may eventually occur, but as suggested by Hall and Soskice, it might take some time. While specifically classifying Estonia remains essentially impossible based on publically available information, some…
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Russians on Ice: A Brief Overview of Soviet and Russian Hockey
…12 minutes to arrive, only to find out that their defibrillator’s battery was already drained. After he was briefly resuscitated at the rink, Cherepanov was ultimately pronounced dead after being…
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Privately Enforced Capitalism: The Rise (and Fall?) of Russia’s Oligarchs
…that a bureaucrat’s rights are never entirely stable, but also the question of his progeny and their future. Our new cult of the family has hardly appeared out of the…
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Cultivating Corn, Culture, and Curiosities: American Perspectives on the 1955 U.S.-Soviet Agricultural Exchange
…News. July 21 1955. Newspapers.com. “Bountiful ‘Lunch’ for the Russians.” Council Bluffs Nonpareil. July 19, 1955. Newspapers.com. “Iowans Meet Soviet Hosts on Farm Tour.” Carrol Daily Times. July 16, 1955….
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Kazakhstan’s Capitals: Two Cities of History and Modern Business
…was turned into a completely planned and modern city. It officially became the capital on December 10, 1997 and, with approximately 575,000 people, is now the third largest city in…
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Blind in Siberia
…us. Reporters, while initially skeptical, almost universally ended up portraying people facing physical difficulties successfully as a contrast to others in the society, who loved to complain about how bad…
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Tbilisi: The Immortal City
…their kingdoms, it gradually became evident that Georgia simply could not adequately defend itself alone. Under the 1783 treaty of Georgievsk, Russia promised to protect Georgian autonomy, but Tsar Paul…
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Russia’s Second De-Urbanization
…Lipetsk Oblast; it is a beautiful potato-growing region. In the 1990s many residents there collectively grew potatoes on individual plots (ed: usually in private gardens without machinery, fertilizer, etc.). Apparently,…
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The Alykul Osmonov National Library of Kyrgyzstan
…The National Library of Kyrgyzstan has three main floors, each encircling a wide open center where the main staircase is located. The first floor is primarily dedicated to reception. A…
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Who’s Who in Ukrainian Politics
…development while Kyiv is an administrative center for government and business. Their relatively young, strongly middle-class populations tend to more strongly identify themselves as ethnically Ukrainian and tend to favor…
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Contemporary Russian-Serbian Relations: Interviews with Youth from Political Parties in Belgrade and Vojvodina
…main ally, but quickly added that “every cooperating state is an ally” (Interview, Belgrade, Serbia, 17 Nov. 2013). Aleksandar was the only one who was completely against Serbia joining the…
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Maxim Oreshkin: Young Technocrat and Minister of Economic Development
…wars. Early Life and Education Born on July 21, 1983, Oreshkin grew up in Moscow. His mother is a university professor and published scientist, while his older brother works in…
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