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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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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Former soviet republics: Current economic situation and long-term strategy
Aim. Formation of information and analytical support to justify decisions in the field of responding to the development problems of partner states, cooperation with which is recognized as important for Russia in terms of geopolitical benefits and ...
I. A. Yakovlev +2 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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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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Postcolonial transitions on the southern borders of the former Soviet Union: the return of Eurasianism? [PDF]
As the Soviet Union dissolved into a new territorial reality, it released the doubly repressed histories of Tsarist and Soviet imperium. In the states to the south of the new Russian Federation, the post-soviet jostled with the postcolonial as nations ...
Bowring, Bill
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CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENTS IN POST- SOVIET REPUBLICS
The article analyzes the situation with local self-government in the former Soviet republics, the path that they followed after gaining independence, information has been given on the socio-economic situation in local governments.
B Chichinadze
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A Great Game in Greater Central Asia
The region historically referred to as Soviet Central Asia includes the 5 Central Asian Republics (CARs) of the Former Soviet Union (FSU): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
M. H. Glantz
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Foreign relations in Central Asia: a comparison between the soviet and post-soviet era
Central Asia’s pivotal geographical position allowed it to play an essential role in relations among nations of Eurasia in the Middle Ages as the bridge between China and Europe.
Enayatolah Yazdani
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