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The Recriminalization of Homosexuality under Stalin: New Sources, New Answers

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 4, Page 660-680, October 2025.
Abstract Drawing on newly uncovered archival and printed sources, this article offers a fresh perspective on the recriminalization of homosexuality under Stalin by challenging key assumptions in existing historiography. It demonstrates that the OGPU did not actively advocate for new anti‐sodomy legislation. Although Leningrad homosexuals had been under
Irina Roldugina
wiley   +1 more source

“The Fall of a Sparrow”: The (Un)timely Death of Elmer Ellsworth and the Coming of the Civil War

open access: yes, 2010
On the morning of May 24, 1861, a group of Union cadets marched into the city of Alexandria, Virginia. The cohort looked peculiar in their flamboyant Zouave uniforms with bright blue shirts and flashy red sashes.
Stauffer, Adam
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On the Possible Foreign Policy of the Post-Putin Russia: The Case of Alexei Navalny’s Viewpoints on Foreign Affairs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The study delves into the foreign policy plans of Alexei Navalny, the Russian politician who is currently commonly regarded as the most prominent opposition leader and the sole plausible alternative to Vladimir Putin.
Patalakh, Artem
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From Russia with Love: John and Nadine Turchin

open access: yes, 2016
In August 1856, Ivan Vasilievitch Turchaninov and Nedezhda Dmitrievna Lvow arrived in the United States. The two had been married for only three months, and were both natives of the Russian Empire.
Nadeau, Ryan M.
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Book review: The Crimean War in imperial context, 1854-1856 by Andrew C. Rath [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856, Andrew C. Rath offers an account of the conflict that not only explores the European dimensions of the Crimean War, but also opens up a new perspective on its global and imperial dimensions, including ...
Murphy, Mahon
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Steppe by Steppe : Exploring Environmental Change in Southern Ukraine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article considers the environmental legacy of Soviet central planning, that began in the late-1920s, and also longer-term human intervention, in the ‘natural’ world of rural Southern Ukraine.
Moon, David Gerard
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Migration and nursing in Ireland: An internationalist history [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Recent research and policy interest has focused on the changing composition of the nursing workforce in the Republic of Ireland, which has seen an increase in the number and importance of overseas-trained nurses.
Yeates, Nicola
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‘Characterisation of suspected Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases in a public sector hospital Islamabad’

open access: yesGlobal Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2020
Pakistan has been experiencing a continuous rise in the incidence of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). Sporadic cases of CCHF are reported from rural areas of Punjab, Azad Jammu Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and neighbouring Afghanistan where ...
Nadia Noreen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Not for God Queen or Country [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Much has been written about volunteers who offer nursing aid during times of conflict or natural disaster both before and since Florence Nightingale's high profile mission in the Crimean war. Adventure and travel, religious conviction, national pride and
Golding, Berenice, Hargreaves, Janet
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