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Showing 1 to 20 of 503 for “"Soviet Union"”.
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Adult readers in the Soviet Union
… Chapter One provides background information on Soviet policies towards reading and on the changes in Soviet society which have influenced reading habits over the last 30 years. This is followed by a description of the reader surveys used for the research and a discussion of some methodological …
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Soviet Union: New Thinking Or Old Con?
… current political and economic situation in the Soviet Union in the context of "new thinking" declared by the leadership. Changes and possible causes of change are considered as well as some of their objectives, and potential results. Mikhail Gorbachev's book, Perestroika, is used and examined as …
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The gauntlet cast: Poland challenges the Soviet Union
Since the Soviet Union entered Eastern Europe in 1944. each twelve year period has been punctuated by a serious challenge to their continued control and has been responded to with a Soviet military intervention. The events in Poland which erupted in August,1980, provide the most recent example. …
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British attitudes towards the Soviet Union, 1951-1956
… is concerned with the British perception of Soviet foreign policy between 1951 and 1956. In particular it examines the understanding that British diplomats, politicians and civil servants had of the process of change which the death of Stalin stimulated in the Kremlin's relations with the …
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The Soviet Union and the Spanish Civil War
… of this thesis is to examine the policies behind Soviet intervention in the Spanish Civil War. The U.S.S.R. had two principal foreign policy goals in the late 193O's, goals which were applied to Spain from the outset of the Civil War. These were to stop the spread of Fascism and to develop close …
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The Soviet Union and The Law of International Organizations
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Russian-Moldovan Relations after the Collapse of the Soviet Union
After the break-up of the Soviet Empire a newborn Republic of Moldova faced a series of challenges, one of which was creating the political and economic foundations that would allow it to become the sustainable European country. It proved to be an extremely difficult task. Indeed, at the beginning …
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Bolshevik voices: radio broadcasting in the Soviet Union, 1917 - 1991
… nations yet research into radio in the Soviet Union has been given little attention from scholars. Radio offers the power to unite distant people and reinforce the party agenda yet also leaves the door open to unauthorized transmissions. The story of radio must be understood as two sides …
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The Question of Western Economic Aid to the Soviet Union
This thesis examines the record of Western economic aid to the USSR and the issues related to extending significant aid today. On the basis of both, it concludes that a U.S. policy of economic aid to the USSR is generally unsound. The thesis examines reasons given for extending economic assistance …
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The collapse of the Soviet Union: A study of demokratizatsiia
… the mechanism used by the ruling elites of the Soviet Union for nearly seventy years to control social involvement in politics and assure the leading role of the Communist Party in the system. The questions to which the model addresses itself are: what was the structure of interaction between …
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The European Community’s Relations with the Soviet Union (1973-1991)
… started to improve, and meetings between EC and Soviet officials became more recurrent. However, an EC committed to becoming a political player in global affairs could not ignore the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan or Moscow pressurising the Polish government into imposing martial law in the …
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Forecasting Stability Levels for the Countries of the Former Soviet Union
… stability levels of the countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). This model could ultimately be used to help formulate policies that enhance stability in developing or transitioning countries.
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Under the Permafrost: Uncovering a Social Movement in the Soviet Union
… on the advent of environmentalism on the Soviet Union less is known about the social aspect of its development. This thesis examines the social aspect of environmentalism through a look at public responses to massive degradation. The instances of intense ecological ruin presented …
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Armed Peace: the Foreign Office and the Soviet Union, 1945-1953
… and its perception of, and attitude towards, the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1953. In these formative years after World War II many assumptions and policies were shaped that proved decisive for years to come. The Northern Department of the Foreign Office was at the centre of British dealings …
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Commercial Cultures: Modernity in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1880--1930
… retail stores in the late Russian Empire and Soviet 1920s served as symbols of modernization and as agents of political, social, and cultural transformation. Modern retailers operated within the larger context of the commercial sphere, which was characterized by experimentation and pluralism. …
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A descriptive study of selected trumpet concertos from the Soviet Union
U of I Only Restriction set for Item 116503 on 2020-10-22T17:54:38Z with date by madinag@illinois.edu.
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Strategic planning for Turkish contracting companies in the former Soviet Union
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Fleet Street's dilemma : the British press and the Soviet Union, 1933-1941
British press opinion concerning the Soviet Union in the 1930s contributes to an understanding of the failed cooperation, prior to 1941, between the British and Soviet Governments. During the trial of six British engineers in Moscow in 1933, the conservative press jingoistically responded by …
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