Reaching for Epistemic Humility by Lyudmila Bryzzheva

“…I take the reader through formative experiences as an emerging scholar in Soviet Russia and then as an academic researcher with significant epistemic privilege in the United States. …”
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New Geographical Regionalization of Russia by V. A. Gorbanyov

“…Under the leadership of the greatest scientists the Soviet Union was divided in to economic regions. After the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of a market economy, these regions have lost their meaning, and the new were not created. …”
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THE BATTLE OF KURSK: HOW THE WESTERN HISTORIANS APPRECIATE IT by A. A. Paderin

“…There are some arguments that the foundation for the forming ideas of western historians about the events on the Soviet German front in summer 1943 is in the workings of captured German generals and officers which were prepared by the task of military – historical service of US army. …”
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THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FAR EASTERN STATE TRANSPORT UNIVERSITY (1937–1991) by A. S. Tsygankova

“…The present study addresses to the historical reconstruction of the students’ scientific research development in Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers of the Soviet period, as the students’ research was the most progressive form of training specialists with research and practical skills. …”
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Baltic Linguistics in Lithuania During a Century by Bonifacas Stundžia

“…The review concludes with an epoch of Soviet transformation and restored independence (ca. 1985 to the present), which liberated researchers and gradually led to international horizons. …”
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PROBLEMS OF INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN THE TRANSITION OF EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES TO MARKET ECONOMY: EXAMPLES FROM SELECTED REGIONAL COUNTRIES by Yrd. Doç. Dr. Remzi Bulut

“…The Eastern bloc fell with the unification of Germany and the fall of Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. After the year 1991, the countries that consisted the old Eastern Bloc went in a pursuit of a new economical and political system. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security by Bahram Navazeni

“…Although the book may not be considered as the main textbook for political science course subjects, but may certainly be acknowledged as holding valuable information about the Soviet Government and politics, the big power's foreign policy, in all branches of BA, MA and PhD fields of political science, international relations, and regional studies. …”
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Islam et nationalisme en Asie centrale au début de la période soviétique (1924-1937). L'exemple de l'Ouzbékistan, à travers quelques sources littéraires by Stéphane A. Dudoignon

“…His work, from 1924 until his death, is dominated by two central ideas: the political solidarity of Turkish and Muslim people in the ex-Russian Empire as well as the continuation by the Soviet regime in Central Asia of the politics of territorial plundering and economic segregation carried out by the colonial administration under the last Romanovs.…”
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Contribution of the USSR State Committee on Science and Technology to development of agricultural science by A. V. Rychkov

“…The author comes to the conclusion that the activity of the SCST of the USSR outlined the direction of the processes of research and production integration in agriculture in the last Soviet decades…”
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GENDER STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF IN RUSSIA by Victoria F. Pugach

“…The paper shows the gender structure of higher education teaching staff in the post-Soviet Russia, and draws the results of comparison with foreign countries. …”
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Influence of Globalization on the Transformation of Kazakh Traditions and Culture: A Case Study of Southern Kazakhstan by Makhpal Syzdykova, Zharkynbek Abikenov, Aigul Abdiramanova, Elmira Ilyassova

“…This study aims to explore the complex evolution of Turkic cultural identities within the framework of Soviet ideology, emphasizing the impact of Marxist–Leninist principles on historiography and cultural policies. …”
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THE TRADITION OF NEW PERSONALITY UPBRINGING IN THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN EDUCATION by V. I. Polishchuk

“…Mendeleyev to the national tradition of fostering the new personality; the scientist emphasized a priority of upbringing well-educated tutors who, in their turn, would educate a new breed of people. The Soviet time experience concerning education and upbringing of the future communism builders is revealed.Based on the retrospective analysis, the author comes to conclusion that all the unsuccessful attempts at upbringing the new personality resulted from the discrepancy between the officially stated goals and insufficient at-tempts to develop loyal and reliable citizens. …”
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Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat by Olga Reznikova, Oleksandr Hryhorenko, Viacheslav Myronenko

“…We argue that Russia’s aggressive military-political behavior, shaped by Soviet-imperial revanchist sentiments, has become an existential threat to Ukraine. …”
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INTERBREED AND INTRABREED VARIABILITY IN RABBITS AND ITS ROLE IN BREEDING by N. A. Balakirev, R. M. Nigmatullin

“…The White Giant, Black Brown, and Gray Giant breeds belonged to the narrow-bodied type; Viennese Blue, Silvery, and Soviet Chinchilla, to intermediate; and Californian and New Zealand White, to wide. …”
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Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme by Eray ALIM

“…Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited the world’s third largest nuclear weapons stockpile, which it removed from its soil during a process that was completed in 1996. …”
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Sochi/Сочи 2014: Olympic Winter Games between High Mountains and Seaside by Kurt Scharr, Ernst Steinicke, Axel Borsdorf

“…Going back to the very beginnings of the Soviet Republic, the Sochi region has achieved the tradition of a resort for health and recreation. …”
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The Functional Role of Historical Analogies in Russian and Ukrainian Presidential Discourses on the Special Military Operation by Vladimir O. Bekliamishev

“…The noted imbalance was partly since unresolved structural conflicts between Soviet and nationalist narratives prevented Ukrainian elites from effectively using historical arguments in domestic political communication.…”
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AN INQUIRY INTO CHINA’S ALIGNMENT WITH RUSSIA by W. Li

“…Historically, China and the former Soviet Union had forged the formal alliance throughout the 1950s due to the common security concerns, the shared ideologies and the strategic interests of the day. …”
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MUNICH CRISIS: BEHIND – THE SCENE HISTORY by A. Y. Borisov

“…To clarify the role of the US in European politics during the Munich crisis, the article draws on original sources from the archive of the American ambassador to the Soviet Union, J. Davis from the Library of Congress.…”
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Lithuanian Language Curricula by Giedrė Čepaitienė

“…Once the Lithuanian state was restored, school curricula were usually published by the Ministry of Education, with individual schools only occasionally publishing a curriculum of their own. During the Soviet era, curricula were developed solely by the Ministry. …”
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