…problems that plague most post-Soviet cities, such as poor infrastructure, pollution, heavy downtown traffic, and corruption. However, despite these challenges, Lviv is becoming strong as a manufacturing center (buses, bicycles…
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…powers such as the Golden Horde, the Khanate of Crimea, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and, of course, the Kingdom of Hungary before finally coming under Ottoman control in 1538. In 1812,…
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…Presidential race Political Party On May 15, 2019, a few weeks after the presidential elections, Vakarchuk posted on his Facebook page, “Friends, come to the observation deck tomorrow near the…
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…BBC February 23, 2013, accessed April 10, 2013. [54] Claire Bigg, “Russia: Domestic Violence Continues to Take Heavy Toll,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, December 15, 2005. [55] Williams, “US condemns…
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…Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, (New York: Picador, 2002), 143. [2] Robert V. Daniels, ed., A Documentary History of Communism in Russia: From Lenin to Gorbachev, (Burlington, VT: University…
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…here, please submit it. In this, its ninth issue, Vestnik maintains its established traditions, but with a new twist. In history, we offer “The Soviet Union in Angola: Soviet and…
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…here, please submit it. This, our eighth issue, sees Vestnik return after a nearly-three-year hiatus with another great issue! We have original archival research on “Collaboration and Resistance in Occupied…
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…here, please submit it. Our fourth issue was to focus on themes in literature, but given the recent emphasis in the news on international politics, we have broadened the focus…
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…telecoms are major industries in this sector. Industrial Base: Armenia’s mountains hold significant amounts of iron, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, gold, and silver. of gold, uranium, and mercury. The Kajaran…
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…and goods produced there will be cheaper, and thus, more competitive on international markets. With oil and gas, metal production, shipbuilding, domestic transport, and greater access to European and Asian…
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…Commonwealth of Independent States was formed of former Soviet Republics. In 1994, Kazakhstan’s first (and, to-date, only) president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, proposed the idea of a “Eurasian Union.” In 1995, Russia,…
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…passing elements of sharia law, one of their main demands for Chechnya, or by using his own security forces to arrest and, according to many human rights organizations, kidnap, torture,…
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…Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 21(2). June, 2014. Print. Dustman, Christian, Fabrri, Francesca, and Preston, Ian. “Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration, and Economic Conditions”. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 113(3)….
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…the region and on the eastern front are incalculable. Works Cited Agadzhanyan, Vagan. Dorogi Partizanskie (Minsk: “Belarus’”, 1979). Epshteyn, Х. Privet, Tyozka ili Pic’mo K Praprapravnuku (Khar’kov: Ukraine, 2008). Gerlach,…
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…here, please submit it. In this, its thirteenth issue, Vestnik brings you a wide range of articles on diverse subjects. Two articles focus on literature. Dueling as a Commentary on…
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…investment conference organized by Troika Dialog in New York on October 4th. Other Russia, a consortium of opposition parties, often complains of oppression. The National Bolsheviks, pictured above, are banned…
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…throughout its northern regions, as well as the capital, Bishkek. In addition to obviously negatively affecting daily business, life, and moral, this created further strain on Kyrgyzstan’s aging energy infrastructure;…
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…No. 4, P. 407-452. Maksimova, T.M. (2002) Sovremennoe sostoianie, tendentsii i perspektivnye otsenki zdorov’ia naseleniia. Moscow: PerSe. Meditsina iz karmana // Kommersant, Issue 231, December 09, 2006. Nazarova, I. (2000)…
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…here, please submit it. This, our third issue, is broadly unified with a general theme examining Russia’s influence on individuals and societies and the influence of individuals and societies on…
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…построить, – современное, правовое, демократическое и эффективное. Основное внимание будет сосредоточено на развитии каждого гражданина, каждой украинской семьи. We are striving to build a modern, legal, democratic, and effective state….
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