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Comparing post-Soviet changes in higher education governance in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan

Cogent Education, 2017
This paper argues that during the perestroika period the institutionalised context of the Soviet higher education governance was transformed dramatically, and has attempted to explain the outcomes for higher education from the perestroika period and ...
Gulzhan Azimbayeva
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Helmut Kohl: Facing the challenge of history

Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2017
In modern history, when reality is subject to rapid and radical change, the role of personality – whether a statesman or a politician – can be very significant in the process of making such changes and in achieving specific results.
Boris Petelin
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History of the Physical Culture and Sports Movement in the Kemerovo Region in the Mid-1980s

Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2020
The article features the changes and reforms in the sphere of physical culture and sport in 1980s. It focuses on the case of the All-Union amateur sports society of the labor unions of the Kemerovo region. During the perestroika period, this organization
Yu. V. Vorozko, O. P. Cherveva
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LITERATURA DA PERESTROIKA OU PERESTROIKA NA LITERATURA? (O conto russo dos anos 80) [PDF]

, 1995
O trabalho tem como finalidade examinar o contexto da produção literária russa dos anos 80 à luz dos dois "degelos" políticos e culturais: o dos anos 60 e o da "perestroika"
Godoy, Elena
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The problem of deficit did not appear just before collapse of the USSR: on situation in trade in Gorky region at the beginning of perestroika [PDF]

Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность", 2018
The article is devoted to the problems associated with the increase of difficulties in Soviet trade in the Gorky region at the beginning of perestroika.
A. N. Veryaskina, N. Yu. Margolis, A. A. Fomenkov   +2 more
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Mikhail Gorbachev's First Visit to Britain: 30 Years on

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014
The article explores the significance of Mikhail Gorbachev's first journey to the UK in December 1984 for the East-West relations. The visit was initiated by Margaret Thatcher who wanted to get acquainted with the potential Soviet leader as she hoped to ...
Konstantin V. Shlykov
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Resilience of Female Students Working in Occupational Health and Safety: A Qualitative Study

Placentum
Background: Balancing dual roles as a professional and a student is a significant challenge, especially for women in the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) field. Resilience is crucial for managing these responsibilities while ensuring workplace safety.
Grhasta Dian Perestroika, Niken Bayu Argaheni   +1 more
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
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Evgeny Ivanovich Timonin: historian and teacher. 1927–2013 [PDF]

Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
The article is a comprehensive study of the biography and scientific work of Evgeny Ivanovich Timonin. As part of the study of the biography, the author, actively relying on the poetic legacy of E. I.
S. V. Novikov
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