…accounting for and administering the myriad of communist-era benefits had become impossible under a non-command economy. Opponents, however, argued that it would only be a further reduction in the support…
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…of the processing, has meant recipients are frequently dead before the payment is prepared. [13] Russia’s average wage doubled from 2006-2008. Seehttp://www.acg.ru/english/news2.phtml?m=1602 for more information. [13] Russia’s labor legislation is…
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…relations; a government dominated by such strident realists and students (or former members) of the Reagan administration would be hard pressed to view Russia as anything but an adversary, especially…
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…older family members, and looking for immigration information from archives at home. All of this will be helpful in making your archival research abroad more efficient and useful. In addition,…
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…hundreds of student authors on various publication projects. Today, most of our student writers participate in publication through of our Online Research Internships. I have had student authors who seemed…
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…and finally into the Presidential Administration under Putin. From 1999 until 2008 (Putin’s first two terms), Sechin served as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. In this role, he held…
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…considered inappropriate, and even offensive. Topographic map of Ukraine with major cities shown. Crimea is now disputed territory de facto controlled by Russia. The Dnepr River, a broad and easily…
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…at Russia’s request. Russia had already moved troops and settlers into the region and the Qing Empire, then relatively weak, felt it had little choice in ceding the territory After…
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…took several centuries. While some splinter groups of Albanians merged into the Armenian and Georgian cultures, much of what had been Albania adopted Islam under the Arabs ca. 700-800 AD,…
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…West where advertising strived to convince consumers to buy things they did not need. Although the USSR and its advertising workers were committed to advocating for more mass consumption, it…
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…lifestyles. Since they have no savings to fall back on, new taxes here would lead to instability within the class itself, and would, of course, lead to their political disfavor….
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…to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Purchases made through links to Amazon will generate revenue for this site. Other advertising links may also generate revenue for…
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…our first library project. The real reason, we could only assume, for the amazing gift, was not for what we had done, but how we had done it. We had…
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…activism erupts.[14] Pressure to conform to the models described by Meyer forces governments to adopt measures that promote the advancement of the economic security of national citizens.[15] As shown above,…
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…of multi-billion dollar projects – everything from ground- and sea-, to forward-based lasers and missiles – to create a networked BMD system for the United States. Initially, this provoked only…
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…countries that had sanctioned it, focusing mostly on food imports. Suddenly, the logistics of Russian food imports had to be completely reconfigured, leading to immediate market disruptions and in many…
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…illuminates two notable aspects of serf society: first, literacy was very low; and second, serfs had (paid) access to the resources of government administrations and court, despite their unfree status….
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…In the 18th century there were no traces left of an independent Church; it had been completely subjugated to the government. In fact, the Church had turned into one of…
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…or alcohol to minors, and campaigning on the negative effects substances have on development. Additionally, some volunteers I met were socially awkward or had underdeveloped social skills; therefore, such networks…
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…its MSW total. Instead, 96% is disposed of, without sorting. As landfills are pushed beyond capacity, air quality diminishes, and environments can become toxic. This paper will explore further Russia’s…
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