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The History of the Bornholm island in the Years 1940–1946.
The article presents the history of the Bornholm Island in the years 1940–1946. WWII and a dozen or so months after it ended have constituted one of the most significant moments in this island’s history.
Magda Gawinecka-Woźniak
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The rapid change in the status of the Baltic States at the beginning of the 1940s, led to erratic and mixed reactions of the outside world, while the struggle of dependent nations for their statehood established a certain place for the Baltic States in ...
Ignė Stalmokaitė
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The Long Trajectory of Rubber Physics: 3500+ Years and Counting
Natural rubber's trajectory is traced from Mesoamerican use of Castilla elastica through vulcanization and the pneumatic tire to macromolecular physics and modern solid‐state refrigeration. Illustrations of C. elastica and an H. brasiliensis plantation frame the historical progression from indigenous material, then industrial crop and on to advanced ...
Gregory B. McKenna
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Youth Organizations in the Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany, 1945–1949
The Allied occupation of Germany after World War II remains a popular research topic. In the democratization of German society, the crucial role belonged to youth policy.
Elena A. Zharonkina, Vasily S. Krovyakov
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This text is an attempt to find new ways to immortalise the experience of occupation in the light of the changed geopolitical situation following Lithuania’s accession to the European Union and NATO. It also addresses the issues of interpretation of the
Arūnas Vyšniauskas
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Sustainable Development and Structural Bottlenecks in Transition Economies: New Uzbekistan
ABSTRACT This study assesses the sustainable development of Uzbekistan over 2016–2024. The methodology combines min–max normalization and unweighted aggregation to derive goal‐level composite scores and an overall SDG index, correlation analysis, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to characterize the goals that shape the country's progress; key ...
Khusanboy Abdufattokhov +1 more
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Secure Enough? Sufficiency and Security in the New Geological and Geopolitical Reality
ABSTRACT This article advances sufficiency theorizing by examining its relationship with security in the contemporary geopolitical context. It engages three contextually situated discourses: sustainable development, ecological civilization, and degrowth, to explore how concerns over ecological limits intersect with emerging geopolitical and security ...
Pasi Heikkurinen +3 more
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The Fate of Employees of the Lithuanian Forest Industry 1939–1953
The article explores the fate of employees of the Lithuanian State Forest Industry, a separate branch of the economy, between 1939 and 1953, the staffing policy in this industry and specific features and results of its implementation.
Algirdas Brukas
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Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical
While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
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Adelė Dirsytė’s Pedagogical Work (1939–1946)
The pedagogical work of Adelė Dirsytė, a teacher and resister, who is titled “God Maid” by the Lithuanian Catholic Church has not been so far analysed separately at a scientific level.
Artūras Grickevičius
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