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New urban settlements in Belarus: some trends and changes [PDF]

open access: yes
The modern urban settlement system of Belarus and Russia is under the influence of European social-economic and political transformational processes. This paper presents and discusses some new trends and changes of this development.
Ivlichev, Victor, Piterski, Dmitri
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Moments with Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich

open access: yes, 2009
A recollection of special moments spent with Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich and with the scientists of Soviet Union and abroad.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the international conference "The Sun, the Stars, The Universe and General Relativity ...
Ruffini, Remo
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Born to die: pack and population level estimates of wolf pup survival and recruitment in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wolf pup Canis lupus survival is a key driver of wolf population dynamics that remains poorly understood, especially in forested systems, because wolf pups are difficult to monitor. We used a combination of pup counts at dens and remote camera observations to estimate annual survival and recruitment of wolf pups in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, MN ...
Andrea Hynes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Socioeconomic Background of the Divergence of Belarusian and Ukrainian Political Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The aim of this paper is to analyze the political, social and economic background of the divergence of Belarusian and Ukrainian transitions. We focus on Belarus in order to find explanation for questions such as why could Lukashenko remain the ...
Mészáros, Ádám
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‘Humans Are Omnipotent and Beyond Their Destiny!’ Late Soviet Perspective on Girls’ Upbringing and the Female Self

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
wiley   +1 more source

Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

Activities of the military-political leadership of the country and the state security agencies of the USSR in organizing the partisan movement on the territory of Soviet Belarus in 1941–1944

open access: yesВестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки
Importance. The events of 80 years ago, which took place in the occupied territory of Soviet Belarus in 1941–1944, still cause controversy among both domestic and foreign historians.
V. N. Bugaev, Yu. N. Ustselemov
doaj   +1 more source

Enterprise Restructuring in Belarus [PDF]

open access: yes
We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition economy in which reform and market-orientated institutional development has been limited.
Igor Pelipas   +3 more
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Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the debate about European defence in the light of the Russo‐Ukraine war and growing doubts about US commitment to Europe. It argues that Europeans need to fundamentally relearn the ability to imagine military strategy from a European viewpoint.
Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent
wiley   +1 more source

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