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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Russians"”.
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De oeconomia ex natione: An Examination of the Role of Nationalism in Estonia's Transition from Socialism to Capitalism
… economic burden on the resident ethnic Russians. First, I examine the history of Estonian nationalism. I examine the Estonian nationalist narrative from its beginning during the Livonian Crusade, the founding of Estonian nationalist thought in the late 1800s with a German model of …
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Countering Foundational Myths and Cultural Beliefs: The Reportage of Anna Politkovskaya
… of Russian journalism," the majority of Russians ignored the news and even expressed delight at her death; to them, she was considered more a Westerner than one of their own, and her factual but impassioned reporting seemed to irritate rather than inform. The polyvalence of her message …
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The peculiarity of Russian politics: authoritarianism, civic culture, and the issue of electoral falsification
… it is rational to conclude that the majority of Russians support and vote for Putin, Medvedev, and generally candidates of the party United Russia. Given this conclusion, I examine several hypotheses which attempt to explain why Russians support their leaders, paying particular attention to the …
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The Romantic Other: Adam Mickiewicz in Russia
… and memoirs - demonstrates how contemporary Russians perceived Mickiewicz: a Polish poet, all at once a representative of Western literature and culture, a Lithuanian bard, a Slavic Byron, and a poet who was also close to Russia's cultural and poetic tradition. Special consideration is also …
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Creating a Russian Colonial Community: City, Nation, and Empire in Tashkent, 1865--1923
Russians defended their identity as members of a distinct colonial community. Even as they asserted their links to Europe and Russia, settlers consistently resisted central dictates. Colonial residents across the social scale argued that their special role as emissaries of European civilization had …
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Eastern European unity under Russian communism and the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations: Conception, ideology, and conferences
… conferences revealed the true sentiments of non-Russians within the Soviet Union. Research of the organization‟s literature, conference transcripts, and continually evolving discourse was crucial in revealing the cooperative and expectant nature of the relationship among Anti-Bolshevik Bloc …
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An Examination of Selected Ethnic Foodways in the Upper Midwest
… Dakota-Minnesota border area, and the German-Russians of Southern North Dakota. From this source of information, patterns of food use offer insight into diffusion and persistence of these folk cultures.</p>
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Calling Putin’s Bluff (Or Not?) An Assessment of Russian Attachment to the INF Treaty and Its Implications
… of US military and political elites that the Russians claim has weakened the legitimacy of the treaty. Ultimately, evidence suggests that one can tie Russian retention of the INF Treaty to a desire to maintain strategic parity with the United States while upholding Russia’s reputation as a …
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The Impact of the Russian Military System on Nineteenth Century Russian Expansionism in the Caucasus and Central Asia
… system was equally responsible for allowing the Russians to easily defeat their enemies in a Central Asian setting.
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The ratification of the first nuclear treaty: the test ban debate of 1963
… tests. Superior testing might have provided the Russians with superior knowledge of heavy and high altitude explosions and made possible the disabling of American weapons and communications in the air and under the ground. Senators who heard all the secret testimony before the Armed Services …
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Russia's Nuclear Doctrine For the Post-Cold War Era
… and military power throughout the world. The Russians have devised a military doctrine that broadly outlines a blueprint of Russia's goals and objectives. Nuclear weapons were central to military power in Soviet military doctrine and they remain so in what is known of Russian military doctrine …
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Commemorations and Ethnicity: Victory Day Celebrations Among Elderly Russian Jews in Brooklyn
<p>Victory Day on May 9<sup>th</sup> is known by Russians as “the holiday with a tear in one’s eye.” But in south Brooklyn, many miles away from their “motherland,” confers the Russian Jewish immigrants a freedom to express allegiance on their own terms, choosing their own set of songs, emblems, …
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"Russian Propaganda and Subjectivity Positions Following the 2022 Escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War"
… of Russian propaganda on the subjectivity of Russians living in Russia and how these impacts are manifested? The theoretical approach that informs the development of the dissertation is critical discursive psychology (CDP), applied in combination with encoding and decoding positions. …
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Motivational Orientations of American and Russian Learners of French as a Foreign Language
… higher in Sociability motivation, whereas Russians score higher in the Peers’ Encouragement and Aesthetic categories. In regard to gender differences, this study shows that male students appear to be more personable, e.g. among American learners males consistently outscore females in the …
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Power in Transition: The Spatial Variation of Territorial Cohesion in Kazakhstan
… in a survey of 255 university students. Ethnic Russians from the north felt most disenfranchised due to lack of opportunities and discrimination, while ethnic Kazakhs were more likely to view the future of the country positively and believe that they had greater opportunities. This research …
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Russian national and religious identity during the later years of the Time of Troubles (1610-13)
… exist during the Time of Troubles and that some Russians did indeed see this as their primary focus. Russian nationhood did exist by 1613, although only a minority of the population was part of this nation. It is therefore possible for a pre-modern, agrarian society to achieve nationhood.
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The Development of the Modern Iranian Nation-State: From Qajar Origins to Early Pahlavi Modernization
… authority increased throughout Iran, and the Russians and British eventually occupied Iran from 1911 to 1917. The establishment of Reza Shah's rule in 1921 introduced a new centralized Iranian state that was legitimated by the nation and established its rule over the tribes. It is also during …
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Reform in the land of Serf and Slave, 1825-1861
… in other aspects of reform. Nineteenth-century Russians, simultaneously struggling with their own system of bonded labor, offer excellent counterpoints to reorient the role of antebellum southern reformers. Through their shared commitment to reforming liberalism, a preference for gradualism as …
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Opportunities and obstacles for US investors in Moscow : office market comparative return study
… foreigners at bay. Just what advantages do the Russians continue to have over foreigners other than their opportunistic entry post 1998? How are these advantages measured in risk-adjusted terms? What is the source of these advantages? Are they likely to be sustained to the point that foreign …
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