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Cultural Memory and Survival: The Russian Renaissance of Classical Antiquity in the Twentieth Century [PDF]
, 2009 In this first publication of the UCL SSEES Inaugural Lecture Series, Pamela Davidson dedicates her professorial lecture to the memory of two "outstanding Russian scholars and remarkable individuals, whose contribution to our understanding of classical ...
Davidson, P
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RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2019 This article discusses the emergence of the Russian working woman employed in skilled labor from the second half 19th century until the 1930s. In Russia, educated women entered the sphere of socially significant labor during the Great Reforms.
Olga M Morozova +2 more
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A Convenient Untruth: Fact and Fantasy in the Doctrine of Odious Debts [PDF]
, 2008 The few years since the U.S. incursion into Iraq in 2003 have witnessed an explosion in the literature on odious debts - that is, debts incurred (a) without the consent of the people (e.g., by a despotic regime); (b) from which no benefits accrued to the
Gulati, Mitu, Ludington, Sarah
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Issues of Gender, Sovietization and Modernization in the Jewish Metropolis of Minsk.
Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, 2011 By using the case study of Minsk - a historic Jewish center in pre-revolutionary Russia, and capital of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic after 1917 - this article explores the Sovietization and modernization of Jewish women in an urban setting ...
Elissa Bemporad
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I.A. Bunin and S.N. Durylin: problems of creative dialogue
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2019 The article is devoted to the consideration of the creative connections of I.A. Bunin and S.N. Durylin (1887-1954). In modern literary criticism, the question of studying the creative connections of S.N. Durylin and I.A.
Evgenia Alexandrovna Korshunova
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Sofia A. Yanovskaya: The Marxist Pioneer of Mathematical Logic in the Soviet Union [PDF]
, 2019 K. Marx’s 200th jubilee coincides with the celebration of the 85 years from the first publication of his “Mathematical Manuscripts” in 1933. Its editor, Sofia Alexandrovna Yanovskaya (1896–1966), was a renowned Soviet mathematician ...
Kilakos, Dimitris
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History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
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A.A. BRUSILOV - FULL GENERAL OF RUSSIAN ARMY AND LAST COMMANDER OF RUSSIAN TSAR
RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2014 The article analyzes the biography of Russian full general A.A. Brusilov − the hero of World War I, whose name is associated with the term “Brusilov Offensive”.
S S Sinyutin
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Custodians of Holy Places in Central Asia and Russian State (1865-1917)
RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2020 The article discusses the institution of custody of holy places in Central Asia in the pre-revolutionary period (1865-1917). It is indicated that despite the fact that this institution was not legitimatized in Muslim Law (Sharia), nevertheless, custody ...
Vladimir P. Litvinov
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