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Do institutions matter for technological change in transition economies? The case of the Russia's 89 regions and republics [PDF]

, 2006
We explore the impact of institutions on technological change in a transition economy. We use regional panel data for Russia's 89 regions and republics during the period of recovery and growth from 1998 to 2004 to show the impact of large variation in ...
Granville, B., Leonard, C.S.
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Painting and Graphic Works of P. I. Emchegirova, 1930s–1950s: A Case Study of Museum and Family Collections

Oriental Studies, 2020
Goals. The article aims at examining visual arts of pre-war Kalmykia and the deportation period (1943‒1957) through the example of P. I. Emchegirova (1907–1992) ― first ethnic Kalmyk female painter ― and her works.
Svetlana G. Batyreva
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Folklore Expeditions of 2012–2017: Oral Narratives as a Representation of Kalmyk Collective Memory

Oriental Studies, 2022
Introduction. The article analyzes essentials of oral narratives recorded from respondents across Kalmykia in 2012–2017, focusing on how the former tend to articulate and characterize past events, activities of certain individuals and folklore characters
Evdokia E. Khabunova
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Ph. D. of History, Head of Ethnology sector of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Oriental Studies, 2018
This article deals with the problems of the origin of Tsokhurovski ulus of the Kalmyk khanate, its history in the 18th century, as well as the problems of the formation of ethnic groups in a nomadic state.
Valery Batyrov
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Ancient Bonds, Contemporary Powers: Investigating the Causes of Center/Periphery Conflict in the Russian Federation [PDF]

, 2007
What are the real causes of conflict between the federal regions and central authority in the Russian Federation? Why is it that some regions are compelled to act assertively towards Moscow, while others are not?
Strand \u2708, Brett A.
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‘People Would Set out Completely Convinced: There Will Be a City!’: History of Transforming Elista into a City (1928–1930) Revisited

Монголоведение, 2020
Introduction. The article deals with the early history of Elista as a city, and makes a first attempt to anthropologically compare urban space at the initial stage of the city’s history to its current conditions. Goals. The paper examines the first and
Altana M. Lidzhieva
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Strategic tax collection and fiscal decentralisation: the case of Russia [PDF]

, 2007
In a centralized federation, where tax rates and taxation rules are set by the federal government, manipulating the thoroughness of tax auditing and the effectiveness of tax collection could be attractive for regional authorities because of a variety of ...
Feld, Lars P., Libman, Alexander
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Ethnic Group Deed Lamin Shevnr: from History Shabinerovsky Estate of the Yandykovsky Ulus in the 19th Century

Oriental Studies, 2018
This article deals with the history of an ethnic group deed lamin shevnr from the Yandykovskiy ulus of the Kalmyk steppe in the XIX-th century. The problems of the status of the shabiners of owned states uluses of Kalmykia are covered in this research.
Valeriy Batyrov
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The Letter of Five Judges as a Source for Studies of 19th-Century Judicial Proceedings of the Kalmyks

Монголоведение, 2019
The National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia contains quite a range of epistolary, diplomatic, administrative, judicial, and economic documents. Those are presented in the forms of official letters, registers, freedom certificates, contracts, oaths,
Daria B. Gedeeva, Gerelmaa Guruuchin
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Strategic tax collection and fiscal decentralization: The case of Russia [PDF]

, 2009
In a centralized federation, where tax rates and taxation rules are set by the federal government, manipulating the thoroughness of tax auditing and the effectiveness of tax collection could be attractive for regional authorities because of a variety of ...
Feld, Lars P., Libman, Alexander
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