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The Situation of Buddhists Buryatia in the Context of the Liberalization of Soviet Religious Policy

Журнал Фронтирных Исследований
Based on the materials of the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia, the article examines the activities of the Buddhists of Buryatia in the second half of the 1980s.
Petr K. Dashkovskiy, Egor A. Traudt
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Chinese Reaction and Interpretation of 1991 Events in the Soviet Union

Международная аналитика, 2021
The article is timed to coincide with two anniversaries: centenary of the Communist Party of China, and thirty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. According to the author’s idea, these two anniversaries correlate: analysis of the reasons and
I. Y. Zuenko
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A Polanyian Framework for Analyzing a Diverse Black‐Market Economy in Cuba

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Inspired by Carmen Diana Deere's work, we examine how planned economies, markets and communal economies interrelate to co‐produce Cuba's agricultural economy. We show the variety of noncapitalist practices interrelated with and embedded in the black market and how these interactions produce diverse ethics.
Federica Bono, John C. Finn
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The Evolution of Talysh Ethnic Identity: From Soviet Manipulation to Contemporary Reality

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 233-245, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The article delves into the historical and contemporary aspects of the Talysh people's ethnic identity, tracing its evolution from the Russian Empire, through the Soviet Union's nationality policies, to the current situation in independent Azerbaijan.
Petr Kokaisl
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The Martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko: Soviet Hero Cults and the Spiritual Turn in Late Socialism

The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 1, Page 69-87, January 2026.
Abstract This article argues that the spiritual turn in Soviet atheism under Brezhnev provided a meaningful solution to the problems of producing heroes when self‐sacrificing martyrs were losing their appeal. To support this claim, I examine the story of Nadezhda Kurchenko, a nineteen‐year‐old flight attendant killed by two hijackers on an Aeroflot ...
Steven E. Harris
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The Courtroom Sketch: Journalism and Justice in Literaturnaia gazeta

The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 1, Page 52-68, January 2026.
Abstract In the decades following Stalin’s death, the newspaper Literaturnaia gazeta shaped Soviet legal culture through the genre of the courtroom sketch (sudebnyi ocherk), a blend of fact‐based reportage, personal memoir, literary narration, and social commentary aimed at the task of working through thorny questions of morality and legality.
Rebecca Reich
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Shadow Education in the Soviet and Post‐Soviet Eras: A Political‐Economic Analysis of Changing Tides

European Journal of Education, Volume 60, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring, this paper contains comparisons over time and place in the distinctive circumstances of the Soviet Union and the 15 independent countries that emerged following its collapse in 1991. The paper uses the lenses of politics and economics to understand changing tides in the
Mark Bray, Tatiana Mikhaylova
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Video Assistant Referee(ndums): A Populist Weapon or Effective Tool to Stop Autocrats in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America?

Latin American Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT In recent years, video assistant referee systems have been increasingly used to correct unfair decisions in sports. Similarly, I argue that constitutional referendums play a corrective role in hybrid or competitive authoritarian regimes, where the electoral referee is biased and the government enjoys unfair advantages.
Muhammet Derviş Mete
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Putinism and Markets: How (and Why) Do They Fit Together?

The Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 4, Page 628-645, October 2025.
Abstract In Russia, positive attitudes toward a free market economy and competition are firmly associated with the “Western” intellectual imports the country experienced in the 1990s. Anti‐Western intellectuals and politicians typically embrace an anti‐market stance calling for an economy with greater level of governmental interventions.
Alexander Libman
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The Recriminalization of Homosexuality under Stalin: New Sources, New Answers

The Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 4, Page 660-680, October 2025.
Abstract Drawing on newly uncovered archival and printed sources, this article offers a fresh perspective on the recriminalization of homosexuality under Stalin by challenging key assumptions in existing historiography. It demonstrates that the OGPU did not actively advocate for new anti‐sodomy legislation. Although Leningrad homosexuals had been under
Irina Roldugina
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