Karabakh: Youth, War Zones, and Unrecognized Borders
…worry about. The only time we should worry is when war begins. On average, this doesn’t usually affect our lives. We live as we do, as we’ve always lived before,…
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A Vision and a Guiding Light in an Age of Disunity: A review of Theodosius’ contributions to Vladimir I’s vision
…Russia and the Russians: A history from Rus to the Russian Federation.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Leroy, J. (1958). Studite Reform. Rome: OCA Publishing. Martin, J. (1995). Medieval Russia. Cambridge,…
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Responding to the Dual Threat to Kazakhness: The Rise of Alash Orda and its Uniquely Kazakh Path
…intelligentsia and related nation-building attempts. Kazakhs had long lived under Russian rule and watched as Russians took their land and destroyed their traditional lifestyle. This paper will explain why, then,…
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Book Review of Defining Latvia: Recent Explorations in History, Culture, & Politics.
…(“My Home and My Family are Now Our Regiment”: National Belonging and Familial Feelings in Latvian Units during World War II), which discusses the experiences of Latvian soldiers during World…
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Trends in Soviet and Post-Soviet Udmurt Cultural Memory
…Francine Hirsch’s research illustrates, in a continuity of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, where “Soviet” meant “Russian” and now “rossiiskii” (characteristic to or of the Russian Federation) means “russkii” (ethnically Russian),…
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From Vixen to Victim: The Sensationalization and Normalization of Prostitution in Post-Soviet Russia
…Russia (Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1995). Borenstein, Eliot, “Selling Russia: Prostitution, Masculinity, and Metaphors of Nationalism after Perestroika,” Gender and National Identity in Twentieth Century…
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Putin and the “Problem of 2008”
…Putin’s rule, polls certainly have not shown this. In fact, a poll taken by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center just a few days after Putin’s announcement showed United Russia…
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People’s Front: Party Platform
…potential to become a leader in the world market of agricultural products, and reach an international level in other industries. К сожалению, через внешнюю агрессию против Украины, государство вынужденно растрачивать…
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Volodymyr Zelensky – Campaign Platform in English
…text is presented below in side-by-side translation from the Russian. The text was originally written in Ukrainian. That version can be seen here on Zelensky’s official site. The Russian version…
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Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: Book Review, Overview of Scientists and Discoveries
…after Peter’s death. Only twenty years later was the first Russian academician elected to the Academy. Today’s Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) continues to hold prestige within Russian society, although…
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A Fair and Just Russia: Part II
Sergei Mironov, the Chairman of the Fair Russia political party in Russia. Photo from www.spb.mironov.ru In the first part of their political platform, Fair Russia proclaimed “New Socialism” as its…
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US-Russia Relations After September 11, 2001: A Game Theory Analysis
…with Russia as unnecessary and, ultimately, ineffective because of continued corruption and anti-democratic practices within Russia. Realist factions in Russia, notably followers of Zhirinovsky and other nationalist leaders, also undermined…
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The Cultural Diplomacy of the FIFA World Cup
Sports has long been a vehicle for cultural diplomacy. This summer, Russia hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Early June brought a plethora of foreign sports fans entering the Russian…
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The Rediscovery of the “Russian World”
…in the Russian-speaking world, a community that goes far beyond Russia itself. As the common heritage of many peoples, the Russian language will never become the language of hatred or…
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Lake Baikal in Space and Place: Connections of Local Residents to Natural Resources and the Role they Play in Protecting them
…Anonymous. “First Settlers of Baikal.” BWW.irk.ru: Comprehensive Data about Lake Baikal in Siberia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. <http://www.bww.irk.ru/index.html>. Anonymous. “Irkutsk oblast, Russia (Irkutskaya).” Welcome to Russia. RussiaTrek, Jan….
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Variations of Community: The Kommunalka and Gated Communities
The following was originally presented at the International Summer School “Comparative Research in the Social Sciences: Operationalizations” in Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2004, organized by UNESCO and the International Social Sciences…
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Azerbaijan: A People from the Mists of Time
…a series of conflicts broke out between Russia and Persia. Russia, largely through better armaments and tactics, defeated the Persians in almost every battle and, by 1828, the Russians came…
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Russian Archive Diaries: A Blog
…devoted to the Russian Empire, former USSR, and today’s Russia an often fractured and overlapping structure. Many archives have documents covering the same periods and overlapping subjects. For example, numerous…
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Fair Russia: Foreign Policy Wish List
…Russia shared during the 1990s, with America intervening quite directly in Russian politics and making substantial investments into Russia for what might be considered as “humanitarian” purposes. In any case,…
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Georgia: A GeoHistory Study Guide
…Approximately 30% of Georgia’s 3.7 million people live in Tbilisi, the capital. Another 30% are spread between other urban areas. The remaining 40% live in rural areas. Many also live…
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