…and several English-speaking, luxury hotels have sprung up. The local train station and the airport have both been refurbished. Several foreign companies now have a presence there. However, nearly all…
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…tales and chronicles which are the best historical source on classical and early medieval Georgia. Queen Tamar the Holy as pictured on Georgia’s 50 Lari note. With Vakhtang’s downfall, Georgia…
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…church back, it would seem that in spite of the change in royal favor local authorities were not particularly keen on assisting the Armenian communities, and confrontations continued between the…
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…people might avoid professional medical care: income inequalities and health values. Income-Based Explanations Several authors stress the high cost of medical services as the main reason to avoid professional medical…
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…represents one of the few natural passes around the exceptionally rugged Caucasus – themselves contested for centuries between many civilizations as a natural barrier between warring empires. Thus, control of…
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The following articles have been chosen for discussing the political, diplomatic, military, social, and economic causes and potential effects of the current crisis on the Crimean Peninsula. Note that many…
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The following is the official video, transcript, and official translation for Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference as given on December 19, 2019. Note that the text is as given on…
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…national sexual education curriculum and comprehensive HIV awareness campaigns, and that international organizations recognize the cultural, historical and political idiosyncrasies that influence educational methodology. Ideally, international partnerships might serve as…
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…Warsaw. Plus, I had never seen these buses before so I had a feeling that something special was going on. Only after doing a bit of quick research online did…
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…international relations. Russia’s Imperatives and Military Logic Russia’s maintenance of geostrategic imperatives explains several actions that Russia has taken that many in West consider counterproductive or irrational. For example, Russia…
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…translation. In our history/political focus, we have articles on various post-Soviet cultures and their political and cultural contexts. Alana Holland, an MA student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,…
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…here, please submit it. In this, its sixteenth issue, Vestnik focuses largely on politics in multiple contexts, including modern, historical, international, and social. Two entries take a historical perspective. In…
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…Alans remained formidable horsemen. They survived as a buffer state between the empires of the Khazars, Byzantines, and Arabs for several centuries, mainly by allying with one empire against another….
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…estimates, depending on the regional share of the urban population that also has rural employment, this number may be as much as seven to ten percent of the total number…
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…All rights reserved Find out more about the Vestnik Editorial Board and Process Want to contribute to Vestnik? Click here! All contributors retain full ownership of their contributions. The information…
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…on food-related issues. In American Perspectives on the 1955 U.S.-Soviet Agricultural Exchange, Lanna Demers, a first-year graduate student at Bowling Green State University, shows how grassroots-initiated agricultural diplomacy can open…
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…the time of submission. Authors of all nationalities and from all institutions of higher education globally are eligible, but the submission must be written in English. Submission Requirements Author documnentation:…
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…in 2008 is probably unavoidable, Russia could also see another boom in growth in 2009-2010, as potential investments to agriculture and timber bring the potential of those industries online. Given…
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…of Residential Private Government. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1994. Obertreis, Julia „Tränen und Sozialismus“. Wohnen in Petrograd/Leningrad zwischen revolutionären Entwürfen sowjetischer Wohnpolitik und der Beständigkeit häuslicher Lebenswelten,…
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…a list of allowed persons. That is enough. Institution letter template (should be on official letterhead): (DATE) Архива внешней политики Российской Федерации Золеевой Анне Николаевне Уважаемая Анна Николаевна, Прошу Вашего…
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