Discussion on the article by Babashkin V.V., Tolstov S.I. «Collectivization as a page of history and its place in the national ideology of modern Russia» by V. V. Kondrashin, O. M. Verbitskaya, A. E. Busygin, I. V. Goncharova, P. P. Marchenya, V. N. Tomilin

“…The authors of the article «Collectivization as a page of history and its place in the national ideology of modern Russia» published in the previous issue of the journal focused their attention on studying the formation of the «Soviet» version of collectivization of the peasant village. …”
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Local government in Kazakhstan: an attempt to create a national model by Nikolay Yuvitsa

“…In the preceding period of local control in the Soviet Union, which includes Kazakhstan, was carried out in forms of state control at the local level, the functions of which are realized in the framework of local councils of people’s deputies. …”
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Local Self-Governments in Hungary: Recent Changes through Central European Lenses by Csaba Lentner, Szilard Hegedus

“…The starting point of the analysis is 1947, the launching of soviet type command economy in Hungary. Next is a detailed study of the regulation and evolution of local self-government since its beginnings in the early 1990s following the change of regime, with a brief international outlook on the post-soviet countries surrounding Hungary. …”
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Пародийное в творчестве Владимира Шинкарева by Jędrzej Melchior Paulus

“…The author also analyzes Shinkarev’s literature and religious parodies in the Soviet context.…”
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A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Joseph W. H. Lough

“… In the early 1990s, when the break-up of the soviet bloc spread to the Balkans, dominant neoliberal economic wisdom recommended swift privatization of public assets,  deregulation, and dismantling of the social safety net. …”
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Une guerre en marge by Victor Barbat

“…In September 1938, filmmaker Roman Karmen went to China to cover the second Sino-Japanese War. For a year, the Soviet Documentarist crossed the country on behalf of The Moscow Newsreel Studio. …”
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Intuitions of future in “existential diaries” of 1920–1930s: Grigory Tseretely, Mikhail Prishvin, Gustav Shpet by T. . Schedrina

“…A key theme of this article is the relation of the eminent Russian intellectuals: scientist (Grigory Tseretely), writer (Mikhail Prishvin), philosopher (Gustav Shpet) to educational reforms of 1920–1930s in Soviet Russia expressed in their letters and diary notes. …”
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Introduction. The formation of the Hungarian Information Society in the last ten years by Róbert Sinka

“…Hungary was an example to follow as one of the initiators of the change that ultimately resulted in the elimination of the Soviet dependence, as well as in the democratization of Eastern-Central European countries. …”
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Censure, éthique et propagande au sein de la revue URSS en construction by Jessica Watson

“…The magazine URSS en construction sheds light on the ideological complexities at the heart of Soviet art and explores the dilemma between artistic integrity and survival.…”
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Kolektyw edukacyjny 2.0. Między inspiracjami lekturą prac Makarenki a Latourem by Maksymilian Chutorański

“…Confronting its understanding as developed by the Soviet pedagogue with researchers referring to the so-called “flat ontology”, I develop a thesis that makes it possible to cross the dualistic way of thinking about culture and nature. …”
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Portugal in the 18th–20th centuries Russian poetry by Polina Poberezkina

“…The author explores the path from indirect reception through other European literatures to original lyrical travelogues and compares the image of Portugal in Soviet and émigré poetry. The main Portuguese loci and heroes of Russian poems, such as Lisbon, the Azores, L. de Camões, V. da Gama, F. …”
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“LIGHT” AND “SHADOW” OF A.S. MAKARENKO’S PEDAGOGICAL TRADITION by D Klus-Stanska, A. A. Polonnikov

“…The issue discussed in the article concerns the attitude to the heritage of the Soviet pedagogue A.S. Makarenko. The paper states the idea of inaccessibility of this heritage to direct perception, which determines the reception of Makarenko’s experience as an issue of reading and interpretation. …”
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Parodia w opowiadaniach Tatiany Tołstoj by Liliana Kalita

“…In her prose one can find parodies of political systems, social groups, romantic ideals, Soviet reality and human behavior. The article analyzes Tolstaya’s use of parody in her most popular stories, i.e. …”
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Un Triángulo vital para la República: Gran Bretaña, Francia y la Unión Soviética ante la Guerra Civil española by Enrique Moradiellos

“…This article analyses the impact of the Spanish Civil War upon the unstable European context of the late 1930s and, particularly, upon the reactions towards the conflict of the Democratic Powers, Great Britain and France, on the one hand, and the Soviet Union, on the other. Its fundamental conclusion is that the prickly « Spanish problem » revealed throughout the profound cleavage between the « policy of collective security » as it was understood by the USSR and the « policy of appeasement » as it was practised by the French and British governments. …”
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Legal status of diplomatic workers: rights, state guarantees, encouragement by T. A. Zanko

“…These elements are presented through the prism of comparative research of more than a dozen countries and consider the experience of diplomatic service legal regulation in the former Soviet Union countries as well as in other foreign countries.…”
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A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Joseph W. H. Lough

“… In the early 1990s, when the break-up of the soviet bloc spread to the Balkans, dominant neoliberal economic wisdom recommended swift privatization of public assets,  deregulation, and dismantling of the social safety net. …”
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Neither Peace nor War—U.S.-Cuban Political Coexistence from 1963 to 1964 by Krzysztof Siwek

“…The article reveals that the Cold War conditions of U.S.-Cuban- Soviet interdependence determined the international credibility of the United States and led to the U.S.…”
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Une alliance singulière et durable : Les communistes néerlandais et la Ligue néomalthusienne (Nieuw-Malthusiaanse Bond, NMB), 1909-1940 by Elke Weesjes

“…It argues that Dutch communist views and practice deviated significantly from Soviet policy and guidelines in matters concerning sexuality and can be traced back to a powerful radical tradition rooted in anarchism and home-grown orthodox Marxism.…”
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¿Amistad excepcional? Pensar las relaciones musicales entre Chile, Cuba y Uruguay (1967-1973) by Javier Rodríguez Aedo

“…Simultaneously, its local music scenes expanded and consolidated, successfully promoting the arrival of sounds from Latin America, the Soviet countryside, and Africa. This article addresses the musical and political relationships between Chilean, Cuban, and Uruguayan artists, developed within the framework of the dynamics of the internationalization of political song, underway at the end of the 1960s.…”
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SOCIO-CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL-LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF THE GENDER IDENTITY PROBLEM by V. S. Blikhar, I. M. Zharovska, I. O. Lychenko

“…Based on the comparative analysis of the European and post-Soviet countries, the purpose of the article is to study one of the manifestations of gender discrimination, namely the problem of gender equality in the sphere of labor. …”
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