Search results for 'soviet'
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Nikoloz Samkharadze
Analysis of a Deviant Case in Moscow's Foreign Policy Behavior
The Russian Federation’s official acknowledgement of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August 2008 has since been undermining both overall political stability in the Southern Caucasus...
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Olesya Yaremchuk
Stories of Ukrainian Diversity
Our Others: Stories of Ukrainian Diversity is an award-winning exploration of both the histories and personal stories of fourteen ethnic minority groups living within the boundaries of present-day Ukraine:...
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Tima T. Moldogaziev, Gene A. Brewer, J. Edward Kellough
Lessons from Post-Soviet Transition
After the break-up of the USSR, the former Soviet countries took different paths. While many of them face severe economic problems or have become only questionably democratic, Georgia’s socio-political...
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The book explores transformations of the apocalyptic figure of the Antichrist in various post-Soviet discourses, including ecclesiastical and political writings, conspiracy theories, and literary texts....
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Mykola Riabchuk
Essays on Europe, Ukraine, and Europeanization
This collection of essays reflects the personal experience of a Ukrainian intellectual engaged, since his Soviet-time youth, in a painstaking but fascinating process of the both cultural and political...
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Mikhail Suslov
Ideology and Utopia in Post-Soviet Russia
In his timely book, Mikhail Suslov discusses contemporary Russian geopolitical culture and argues that a better knowledge of geopolitical concepts and fantasies is instrumental for understanding Russia’s...
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Merab Mamardashvili, Alisa Slaughter, Julia Sushytska
Soviet-era philosopher Merab Mamardashvili developed an original and subtle philosophical system distinct from both his orthodox and dissident colleagues. This volume provides English-speaking audiences...
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Russian State Archive for Social and Political History
Volume 2: 1945–1946
A famous Soviet general who fought in the Battle of Moscow (1941/1942) and the siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), Andrey Vlasov (1901–1946) was captured by Nazi troops and then defected to the Third Reich....
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Russian State Archive for Social and Political History
Volume 1: 1942–1945
A famous Soviet general who fought in the Battle of Moscow (1941/1942) and the siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), Andrey Vlasov (1901–1946) was captured by Nazi troops and then defected to the Third Reich....
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Dmitry Travin, Vladimir Gel'man, Otar Marganiya
Ideas, Interests, Institutions, Illusions
The politico-economic reforms launched during the late twentieth century in post-Soviet Russia have led to contradictory and ambiguous results. The new economic environment and mode of governance that...