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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
wiley   +1 more source

Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945)

MGIMO Review of International Relations
This article endeavors to delineate the conceptual landscape occupied by the notions of prospective multipolarity within the strategic discourse of Soviet diplomacy during the latter phases of the Great Patriotic War. Particular emphasis is placed on the
I. Magadeev
semanticscholar   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Science-based healthcare organization for Great Patriotic War veterans [PDF]

Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2015
The article summarizes the results of healthcare management of Great Patriotic War veterans for the last 20 years. This period included approbation and improvement of high-technology science-based and efficient healthcare system for war veterans ...
Lipatova Т.Е., Denisova Т.Р., Shuldyakov V.A., Yuanov А.А., Dudaeva N.G.   +4 more
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The Great Patriotic War in the Diary Entries of Siberians: the Analysis of Ego-Document Corpus

Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS
The purpose of the article is to characterize the documentary stream (DS) of front-line diaries publications of Siberians – participants in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945).
L. A. Mandrinina
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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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Women‘s front-line everyday life during the Great Patriotic War as a historiographical problem

Vestnik of Samara University History pedagogics philology
The phenomenon of mass participation of Soviet women in the Great Patriotic War has no analogues in the history of world wars. Despite this, their contribution to the Victory was not immediately reflected in historiography and is still not sufficiently ...
I. D. Yantsen
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‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

The First Battles of the Great Patriotic War in the Arctic

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University History
The article talks about the clash between German and Soviet units on Soviet territory on June 28–30, 1941 in the Kuolajarvi (the Kandalaksha direction of the Northern Front) on the basis of documents that have not been put into scientific circulation ...
E. P. Mironichev
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School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
wiley   +1 more source