Air Pollution, Political Corruption, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Former Soviet Republics [PDF]
Background: Ambient air pollution is a serious problem in many Eastern European countries. Elevated levels of fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution in the former Soviet republics relative to the rest of Europe contribute to elevated rates of
Benjamin M. Varieur +2 more
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Titular Identification of Russians in Former Soviet Republics [PDF]
THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION provoked a dramatic change in the status of the 25 million Russians residing in the 14 non-Russian successor states. Overnight they became ethnic minorities. They lost their dominant position to the titulars, i.e. the national populations after which the newly independent republics are named.
Edwin Poppe, Louk Hagendoorn
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Generational effects of culture and digital media in former Soviet Republics
In public opinion, social and digital media provide means for influence as well as sorting according to pre-existing values. Here we consider types of media usage versus opinion using new polling results in the former Soviet republics (FSRs) of Belarus ...
Benjamin D. Horne +10 more
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Agricultural Output and Productivity in the Former Soviet Republics [PDF]
The paper reviews agricultural development in the fifteen former Soviet republics over the period 1965-1997. Production functions are estimated and productivity differences and changes calculated. Large differences were found in terms of productivity and growth between the republics.
Lerman, Zvi +3 more
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Screening for chronic hepatitis B and C in migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, the former Soviet Republics, and Vietnam in the Arnhem region, The Netherlands. [PDF]
Richter C +6 more
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Territorialising Diasporas: The Case of Russians in the Former Soviet Republics [PDF]
Diasporas are usually defined as ethnic groups which lack a territorial base within a given polity. Territoriality, however, is not a given. It is determined not only by such objective factors as geography, demography, and history, but also by perceptions and ideas.
P. Kolstø
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Characteristics of Economic Performance in former Soviet Countries: Lessons Learned from Last Two Decades [PDF]
This paper attempts to explore economic performance in countries of the former Soviet Union since their transition to a market system based on the World Bank data for the period from 1993 to 2016.
Mirzobobo Yormirzoev +2 more
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Understanding the epidemiology and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Observations from the Crimean peninsula [PDF]
Alexei Birkun
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Whose Children? Extracurricular Education in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union
The system of extracurricular education in the Soviet Union had a high level of institutional development and sustainability, which ensured universal coverage of children with extracurricular activities and their accessibility.
Ivan Ivanov
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Post-colonial trade between Russia and former Soviet republics: back to big brother?
We examine the developments in trade patterns between the former Soviet republics in the years following the initial breakup shock. After a huge fall following the Soviet breakup of the early 1990s, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) trade with ...
Arman Mazhikeyev, T. Edwards
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