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Menorah Review (No. 38, Fall, 1996) [PDF]

, 1996
Jews and the New Christian Right -- A Time To Kill and a Time to Heal -- The Wisdom Tradition -- Among the Saints -- Full Circle -- Teaching Civics and Culture -- What Is a Community?

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Russian Nursing in the Crimean War

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1995
Although the practice of military medicine and surgery goes back to antiquity, the British date the proper care of the wounded from the arrival of Florence Nightingale at Scutari in Turkey on 4 November 1854. The 140th anniversary of her work in that winter of the Crimean war is being celebrated by an exhibition at the Florence Nightingale Museum, 2 ...
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From Sochi - 2014 to FIFA - 2018: a Fading Sovereignty? [PDF]

, 2017
In this article, we uncover the dynamics and the evolution of Russian discourses of sovereignty before and after the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games using some elements of Foucauldian methodology and constructivist reading of sovereignty as an institution.
Makarychev, Andrey, Yatsyk, Alexandra
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What Would Florence Do?

, 2016
Mercy Street has no shortage of nineteenth century medical trivia. Dr. Foster repeatedly invokes his stellar medical education, which includes not only study in Philadelphia, America’s medical Mecca of that time, but also a grand tour abroad where he ...
Isherwood, Ian A.
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Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki w planach wojny tureckiej Władysława IV

Prace Historyczne
The article presents the role of the Ruthenian voivode Jeremi Wiśniowiecki in King Vladislaus IV’s plans for war with Turkey and contains the publication of the document granting the fief, which was ...
Janusz S. Dąbrowski
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Crimean Tatars in the socio-economic life of the Taurida province in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries

Историческая этнология
The article examines topical issues related to the participation of the Crimean Tatars in the socio-economic life of the Taurida province in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries.
Dmitry A. Prokhorov
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Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective [PDF]

We construct a simple model where political elites may block technological and institutional development, because of a 'political replacement effect'.
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
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Campaigns of the Crimean Tatars and Ottomans against Iran [PDF]

Золотоордынское обозрение, 2014
Starting from the 15th century, when the Crimean Khanate recognized the authority of the Ottoman Empire, its forces was actively used by the Ottoman Empire in its foreign policy.
Özer Küpeli
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Not for God Queen or Country [PDF]

, 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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Mennonite COs Under the Russian Tsars (1787-1917)

, 2017
The story of Russian Mennonite conscientious objectors (hereafter COs) is probably not well-known. It is a very important story because it explains in large part how it is that we now are Canadians and not Russians, why we live where we do, and why this “
Klippenstein, Lawrence
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