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The Great Patriotic War and the village
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Гуманитарные наукиBackground. The topic of the article is relevant in connection with the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. It addresses one of the most important and controversial issues in Russian historiography: the price of Victory ...
V.V. Kondrashin
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A New Heroine: Transforming the Public Image of the Army Nurse During World War II [PDF]
, 2014 In the wake of the Great Depression, the United States found itself propelled into a world war of unimaginable proportions. Apart from its major political and economic consequences, the Second World War also considerably altered the role of American ...
Vishwanath, Vivek
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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
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Вестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2019 We present the key directions in the activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in preserving and restoring the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War. We consider the main stages and aspects of the church's activity in this direction.
D. A. Buyukli
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The myth of the Great Patriotic War as a tool of the Kremlin’s great power policy. OSW Commentary NUMBER 316 31.12.2019 [PDF]
, 2019 The sacralised Soviet victory over Nazism is a central element of the politics of memory, as utilised by the Russian state today. It constitutes an important theme in the Kremlin’s ideological offensive that is intended to legitimise Russia’s great-power
Domańska, Maria
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History, EarlyView.Abstract After the vicissitudes of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), the consolidation of the Bourbon Monarchy in early eighteenth‐century Spain allowed Philip V's ministry to implement the so‐called Nueva Planta in his various kingdoms and lordships of the Crown of Aragon, but also in Castile.
Roberto Quirós Rosado
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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THE ROLE OF THE NAZI PARTY IN THE IDEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PREPARATION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021 The subject of the article is topical due to the social context that is the tragic 75th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War. On the other hand, the appeal to the origins of the Second World War is crucial. The reflection over those events has not been
A. A. Anikeev
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Научный диалог, 2018 The directions of activity of authorities and the state on social security of invalids of war during the Great Patriotic war are analyzed. The authors note that the multiple increase in the number of disabled people since the beginning of the Great ...
L. C. Khabliyeva, Z. V. Sosranova
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Carving Out an Identity: The Monument aux Morts in Republican Strasbourg [PDF]
, 2019 War memorials serve as powerful sites of memory, symbols around which collective identity isdeveloped. Strasbourg’s monument aux morts is no exception, yet in content it is unique amongFrench monuments to the First World War.
Richter, Andrew
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