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Which Way is The Russian Double-headed Eagle Looking? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The article examines the historical reasons for the unique relationship between the state and the law in Russia, which has a system-forming impact on all aspects of life in modern Russia. The authors analyze the duality of the Russian political and legal 
Vladimir Przhilenskiy ; Kutafin Moscow State Law University (Moscow, Russia)   +2 more
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Autocephaly as a Function of Institutional Stability and Organizational Change in the Eastern Orthodox Church [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The ecclesiastical organization uniquely characteristic of the Christian East is the autocephalous ("self-headed," or self-governing) church, which in the modern states of Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Balkans are truly national churches, whose ...
Sanderson, Charles
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‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 958-969, October 2026.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source

A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 3071-3079, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking Europe on Europe’s margins: Alexander Sturdza, Konstantinos Oikonomos and Russian-Greek orthodoxy in the early nineteenth century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This article seeks to examine the construction of the notion of Europe not from a West–East perspective but from a more complex geographical and conceptual vantage point, including the north and the south in relation to the West and East and, more ...
Dialla, Ada
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Spostando la Grecia a Est: Uchtomskij e il viaggio dello carevič Nicola

open access: yeseSamizdat, 2016
In 1893 the prince Esper Esperovich Ukhtomsky published “Puteshestvie na Vostok”, the account of an extended trip undertaken in 1890-91 by the young Nikolay Alekseyevich, the future Nicholas II, who was then heir to the Russian throne.
Martina Morabito
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“We Can No Longer Live by the Domostroi”: The Riddles of Anna Nikanorovna Paskhalova‐Mordovtseva

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 4, Page 417-437, October 2026.
Abstract This article analyzes the rebuses (picture riddles) of Anna Nikanorovna Paskhalova‐Mordovtseva. It argues that despite their seemingly modest nature as artefacts of everyday leisure, Mordovtseva used these puzzles to make radical claims and assert herself as a public intellectual.
Ksenia Butuzova, Julia Mannherz
wiley   +1 more source

Orthodoxy, Islam and Religious Intolerance in Russia

open access: yes, 2006
Orthodoxy, Islam and Religious Intolerance in Russia was presented by Vyacheslav Karpov, an Associate Professor at Western Michigan University. His current resea rch focuses on religion, moral values and tolerance in Russia, the United States, and other
Karpov, Vyacheslav
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„Na granicy Zachodu i Wschodu”

open access: yesKrakowskie Pismo Kresowe, 2012
„East Meets West”. Pochayiv Monastery as Part of Russia’s Imperial Policy in Galicia Pochayiv Monastery in Volyn was one of the most famous Marian shrines. The origins of it as a place of worship date back to the thirteenth century.
Włodzimierz Osadczy
doaj   +1 more source

Russia’s Position toward Ottoman Orthodox Christians: An 1816 Instruction from the Foreign Ministry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Documents on tsarist policy in the Near East offer suggestive detail, subtle nuance, and firsthand commentary on the proposed if not actual state of Russo-Ottoman affairs regarding specific issues between the two neighboring autocratic empires.
Prousis, Theophilus C
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