Strategic Stability: Dynamics and Factors of Transformation by K. V. Bogdanov

“…The author highlights the limitations of the latter model applicability to the present strategic landscape, and outlines the key factors that erode the current understanding of strategic stability (as it was stipulated in the 1990 U.S.–Soviet Joint Statement). In particular the author emphasizes the increasing complexity of international landscape as compared to the Cold War period: new and unanticipated challenges have affected all three above-mentioned groups of factors. …”
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INITIAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF WORKERS' AND PEASANTS' MILITIA OFFICERS OF THE RSFSR PROVINCES IN THE 1920S (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE FAR EASTERN REGION) by Tatyana A. Ornatskaya

“…It was transformed in line with the gradually forming Soviet legal field, was built in accordance with the national, intradepartmental, scientific, pedagogical and educational trends developing in the country, but in the Far East it had its own unique features. …”
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The Entente’s Support for the White Armies in Southern Russia (Late 1918–1919) by G. G. Popov, T. G. Chshiev, O. Yu. Kazenkov

“…The study aims to delineate the scope and nature of the Entente’s support and to understand why this assistance failed to secure a victory for the White forces.Post-Soviet historiography commonly posits that the Red Army enjoyed an economic advantage in terms of weapons and ammunition supply for most of the Civil War. …”
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UNIVERSAL VALUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS LEGAL STANDARDS IN LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE (THEORETICAL-LEGAL ASPECT) by Artem Beresten

“…The departure from the Soviet principle of monopoly on legislative activity entails expanding the circle of subjects who, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, have the right to adopt legislative acts. …”
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Strategic triangle ‘Russia — India — China’: Structure and problems of interaction by Xu Zhu

“…At the same time, unlike the Sino-American-Soviet ‘strategic triangle’, it is the logic of cooperation, rather than rivalry, which generally prevails within the framework of the RIC.However, the RIC ‘triangle’ can also be described as an inherently inconsistent system. …”
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The Economic Crisis and the Protestant Congregations in the Contemporary Russia by I. G. Kargina

“…RETRACTEDThe political paradigm shift after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economic crisis, and the provision of religious freedom were all conducive to the aspirations of a vast majority of the population. …”
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Formation of Physical Training System in Militia Educational Institutions of Kharkiv in 1920–1930s by V. A. Grechenko

“…The system of physical training created at that time and implemented in militia schools was characteristic for the totalitarian regime established in the Soviet state and was based on a directive system. …”
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A PROBLEM OF OPENING OF THE SECOND FRONT IS IN EUROPE: LOOK AFTER SEVEN DECADES by A. A. Paderin

“…Therefore he answers on the row of concrete questions, such as Why did the second front in Europe became reality only on the fifth year of Second world war? What led soviet government to strive so persistently for its fastest opening? …”
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"NEO-OTTOMANISM" IN THE REGIONAL POLICY OF TURKEY by E. T. Mehdiyev

“…Particular attention is paid to manifestations of neo-Ottomanism in the post-Soviet region and the Middle East, as well as "soft power" strategy in the Turkish neo-Ottomanism. …”
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Les réformes foncières dans les régions de montagnes post-socialistes et leur impact sur l’aménagement du territoire – une étude de cas dans le Caucase by Alexey Gunya

“…The land reforms of the 1990s in the former Soviet republics led to the elimination of the state’s monopoly on the ownership of land, a revival in local communities and a rise in business activity. …”
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Lithuanian book publishing during World War I by Vanda Stonienė

“…The Lithuanian Society of War Refugees continued its activities until February 1918, when its cultural work was banned by the Soviet power. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF TERRITORIAL ZONING OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS by V. A. Gorbanyov, B. I. Kochurov

“…The current economic regions in Russia were zoned in the 20-30s of the last century by the soviet State Planning Committee. Back then they played an outstanding role in economic development. …”
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Evolution of Cluster Policy in Japan by А. V. Belov

“…Specifically, Japan’s experience in stimulating territorial concentration, fostering vertical cooperation among agro-industrial enterprises, establishing cluster management organizations, and transitioning from a narrow cluster to a broader “platform” policy for cultivating regional innovation ecosystems may offer valuable insights for post-Soviet states.…”
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Basic Evolutionary Stages of Polish Democracy by M. I. Marchuk

“…It has been emphasized that the implementation of economic and institutional transformations in Poland in the post-Soviet period was accompanied by the simultaneous formation of civil society. …”
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Рrospects of health and medical tourism clusterization in Ukraine by Mariia Bieloborodova

“…Ukrainian health and medical tourism needs a change in strategic planning approaches due, firstly, to the outdated post-Soviet organization of mass rehabilitation and sanatorium-resort treatment, and, secondly, in connection with the expected changes in the structure of consumers and their advantages, both as a result of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation. …”
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Cold War as Social Conflict, Iron Curtains and Application of Dѐtente Policy as Cold War Concept by Effiong Ekpo, Udeoji Ebele Angela

“…The paper postulates that the antagonist behaviour in the Soviet Union, and US and her allies brought a second thought in the system, as a result dѐtente was a solution, and it is strategies relaxation of tension during the cold war associated with the diplomatic reactions between superpowers and later china. …”
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Business or Security? Goals and Decision-Making Inside the French Oil Policy of the 1920s by I. E. Magadeev

“…Additional documents from the British and Russian archives help understand essential aspects of the Anglo-French and FrancoSoviet interactions around the “oil question.” After underlying the new strategic importance of oil, which became evident during WWI, and describing the oil dependence of France from the Anglo-American trusts (“Standard Oil” and “Royal Dutch-Shell”), the author traces the three key aims of the French oil policy. …”
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Problematic issues of using the toolkit of economic cybernetics by V. Persianov, A. Kurbatova

“…Cybernetics tried to change some traditional ideas about the possibilities and methods of goal-setting in management of economic processes in the centrally planned Soviet economy, but these attempts were ineffective. …”
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Просторовий аналіз та моделювання індивідуального сільського житла 60–70-их рр. ХХ ст. в експозиції НМНАП України... by Тамара Василенко

“…The article is devoted to one of the little-studied issues of the traditional household culture of Ukrainians in the Soviet period – the creation of the volume-spatial composition of a rural housing in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century. …”
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RISKS OF PAYMENT SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA'S MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE AND INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA by Mădălina RĂDOI, Mihaela ENE

“…Ukraine has long been considered an independent country since the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. Tensions began to emerge in 2014, when Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula (mainly for the natural resources available in the area, but also in response to the pro-European Euro Maidan protests that led to the change of government that year). …”
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