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The Motherland and the Fight with Fascism: War Cult and War Film under Brezhnev (1965–82)
Abstract This article, based on extensive archival documentation, newspapers, and periodicals, examines the impact upon the Soviet film industry of shifts in top‐level policy relating to representation of the war. It contends that Leonid Brezhnev’s May 8, 1965, speech on the eve of Victory Day propounded an inclusive vision of the war (later sections ...
Catriona Kelly
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The wholly unexpected and anomalous award of the prestigious European Council prize to the Krasnoiarsk Museum Center (Siberia) in 1998 for "contributing to the development of European ideas" caused a minor international sensation.
Mikhail Gnedovsky
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Australia's interactions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), henceforth known as North Korea, have ebbed and flowed throughout their seventy‐five‐year history. In times of détente on the Korean Peninsula, Australia actively engaged North Korea and sought to facilitate its integration into the international system. However, during the
Jack D. Butcher
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Will China Suffer the Same Fate as the Soviet Union?
It was widely assumed in the West following the collapse of European socialism that China would undergo a similar process of counter-revolution.
Carlos Martinez
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Abstract This study is based on an original eight‐wave longitudinal survey conducted in the Czech Republic (N = 1622, national quota sample). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to create a mediation model to test whether democratic spirit assessed in March 2021 (1 year before the Russian invasion) predicted responses to the major crisis ...
Martina Klicperova‐Baker, Marek Urban
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Impactul marilor catastrofe asupra politicii lui Mihail S. Gorbaciov [PDF]
In the history of the Soviet Union, there were many natural and man-made catastrophes, which authorities obviously preferred not to talk about. In an attempt to create the illusion of the perfect society, both for Soviet citizens and outsiders, the ...
Simion GHEORGHIU
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La cultura cubana de los años 80. Una discusión sobre los aportes de Rafael Rojas
En Tumbas sin sosiego, Rafael Rojas propone una interpretación de los años 80 y 90 cubanos a partir de dos ideas centrales: 1) el gobierno pasa del totalitarismo al autoritarismo, y 2) se incorporan las principales ideas de la posmodernidad.
Ignacio Iriarte
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Glasnost in Soviet literary criticism: current debates on the Russian national character (1988-1990)
Re-evaluation of the cultural heritage of the past has been an integral part of Soviet literary criticism. From 1987 up to the present, literary criticism has played a leading role in the promotion of the economic, social and political reforms of ...
H. Mondry
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It is now five years since Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policy of 'glasnost" to the Soviet media. During that period the changes In the content of the Soviet press have been enormous. Soviet journalists are now free to write on many of the subjects that were de facto taboo under Brezhnev and his predecessors. The gradual opening up and expansion of
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This study investigates whether the Indonesian regulators control Indonesian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with matching or mismatching empowerment strategies, in light of their strengths and current standing.
Jenri Panjaitan +3 more
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