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Adult readers in the Soviet Union
This thesis is a study of ordinary adult readers and their reading preferences in the USSR in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. 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 …
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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
The thesis 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 …
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The Soviet Union and the Spanish Civil War
The purpose 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 …
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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 …
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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
This thesis proposes a framework for understanding 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: …
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The European Community’s Relations with the Soviet Union (1973-1991)
The dissertation gives an unprecedented historical account of EC-USSR relations, thereby focusing on the perspective of Brussels. From 1958 to 1972, the European Economic Community (EEC) permitted its member states to handle trade with the USSR on a bilateral basis. In 1973, this changed, and the …
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Under the Permafrost: Uncovering a Social Movement in the Soviet Union
Despite the wealth of information 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 …
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Armed Peace: the Foreign Office and the Soviet Union, 1945-1953
This thesis examines the role of the Northern Department of the British Foreign Office 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. …
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Commercial Cultures: Modernity in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1880--1930
Modern 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 …
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A descriptive study of selected trumpet concertos from the Soviet Union
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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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