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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

To the Use of Etymological Methods in the Research of the Origin of Slavs

open access: yesДискурс, 2021
Introduction. This article is written in the development of the theme of the application of linguistic methods to historical research, more specifically, to the research of the circumstances of the origin of the Slavic ethnic group.
G. M. Telezhko
doaj   +1 more source

The origin of the Goths [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Witold Ma´nczak has argued that Gothic is closer to Upper German than to Middle German, closer to High German than to Low German, closer to German than to Scandinavian, closer to Danish than to Swedish, and that the original homeland of the Goths must ...
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Mitochondrial super-haplogroup U diversity in Serbians

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2017
Background: Available mitochondrial (mtDNA) data demonstrate genetic differentiation among South Slavs inhabiting the Balkan Peninsula. However, their resolution is insufficient to elucidate the female-specific aspects of the genetic history of South ...
Slobodan Davidovic   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular profile of Epstein–Barr virus in representatives of four ethnic groups of Russia: virus types, LMP1 gene variability and malignancies

open access: yesУспехи молекулярной онкологии, 2023
Rationale. The discovery of two Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) types, EBV-1 and EBV-2, which differ in their transforming abilities stimulated their study in various populations in order to elucidate the relationship with malignant neoplasms.Aim.
K.  V. Smirnova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paleo-Balkan and Slavic Contributions to the Genetic Pool of Moldavians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Moldova has a rich historical and cultural heritage, which may be reflected in the current genetic makeup of its population. To date, no comprehensive studies exist about the population genetic structure of modern Moldavians.
Kharkov, Vladimir   +7 more
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Reimagining the (Supra)nation, Remaking the State: The Yugoslav Idea and Ante Marković's Party

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the reimagining and representation of the Yugoslav idea by the Alliance of Reformist Forces (SRSJ), a party established by federal Prime Minister Ante Marković in 1990. The SRSJ sought to reshape the structure of the federal state and revive the narratives of shared history and culture foundational to the Yugoslav ...
Alfredo Sasso
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Fire in the Posthumous Customs of Podlachia on the Border of Poland and Belarus

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2020
In this article, I would like to describe the role of fire in the customs of All Souls’ Day in the Easter period called przewody or radunica. The burning of the fires most commonly took place overnight at home and in cemeteries to illuminate the way for ...
Joanna Wawrzeniuk
doaj   +1 more source

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