…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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…Rev. “The Catholic Church in Russia” Catholic World 165 (July 1947). Gillis, James M. “First Round Goes to Russia” The Catholic World 163 (May 1946). _____ “Getting Wise to Russia”…
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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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…It immediately sought the protection of the Russian Empire. Georgia under the Russians and Soviets Under the 1783 treaty of Georgievsk, Russia promised to protect Georgian autonomy, but Tsar Paul…
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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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…of foreign organizations like the UK’s Outrage! and the European Parliament, with an equally notable absence of support within Russia, both from within the LGBT community and from Russian organizations…
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…Khan in 1824 and growing Russian administrative control throughout the 19th century.[14] With the growth of central administrative control came a growing Russification of the steppe, as Russian farmers moved…
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…of Kyrgyzstan Center of Chinese Education and Culture Display of Russian authors and poets in the Center of Russian Literature and Culture The second floor is lined with rows of…
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…and Russia. Although the majority of Moldovans share a common heritage and language with Romanians, periods of Russian rule, particularly during the Soviet era, strongly influenced both their culture and…
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…of the Russian Air Force: Tactical Viewpoints,” Dec. 28, 2000, <http://www.saunalahti.fi/fta/ruaf-3-6.htm>. [65] Nikunen, The Current State of the Russian Air Force. [66] Denis Trifanov, “Russia Boosts Counterinsurgency Efforts in North…
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Joan Neuberger, This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible in Stalin’s Russia. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2019. 404 pp., $48.95 hb. ISBN-13 978-1501732768. A reader familiar with the…
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The traditional view of Russian political culture has been that, due to historical experience, Russians have favored strong autocratic rule. After nearly seventy years of the Soviet experience, Russian society…
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…inordinately high number of hate crimes in Russia. The US also claims that Russian authorities downplay hate crimes committed in Russia as minor criminal offenses and thus effectively discourage victims…
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…Military Importance to Russia The main value of Chechnya to Russia, however, is not economic. The rugged highlands provide one of Russia’s few naturally defensible mountainous borders. They separate Russia…
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…democratic society.” Social Science & Medicine 49.6 (1999): 801-814 Kon, Igor S. “Sexual culture and politics in contemporary Russia.” http://www.nedug.ru/:Mediko-Farmatsevticheskaia Informatsionnaia Sluzhba<http://www.nedug.ru/lib/lit/sex/01oct/sex65/sex1.htm>. Greenall, Robert. “Russia turns spotlight on abortion.” BBC…
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…Russian Empire. By 1823, it was liquidated into the larger Russian Karabakh Province. Russian tax surveys revealed that while Azerbaijanis were a majority in Karabakh—almost two-thirds in 1845—the mountainous districts…
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…250 years of unchecked Russian expansion. Their fear was further aggravated by a Russian policy of attempting to draw all lands holding Orthodox Christians under the Russian flag, and still…
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…The Russian term narod emphasizes the ethnicity of the Russian people, and differentiates between citizens of the Russian state (regardless of ethnicity) ethnic Russians (narod) [3] Allensworth, Wayne. The Russian…
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…Russia’s import substitution requirements, drew up a list of approved suppliers that included no Russian companies. However, the Russian technology firm Rostec announced in 2019 that it would begin producing…
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This resource looks at Russian news broadcasts and presents each with rhetorical and contextual analysis as well as a brief vocabulary list aimed at intermediate-level Russian students. We hope that…
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