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Connecting worlds: the translation of international auditing standards into post-Soviet audit practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper analyses the use and circulation of nternational auditing standards within a large post-Soviet Russian audit firm, as it faces up to the challenges of international harmonisation.
Mennicken, Andrea
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Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

Automated Feature Extraction and Classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets in the Puck Lagoon via Multisensor Remote Sensing

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efforts to Restore the White Sea Fishing Fleet in the Initial Period of the NEP

open access: yesАрктика и Север
The recovery period of the early 1920s in Soviet Russia coincided with the search for new forms of production management and was complicated not only by economic devastation, but also by the difficult international situation, political and economic ...
Tatyana I. Troshina
doaj   +1 more source

THE SOVIET STATE AND LAW IN THE 20–30S OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A VIEW FROM ABROAD (J.M. KEYNES)

open access: yesПравовое государство: теория и практика, 2023
This article provides an author’s survey of the set of views on the Soviet state and law reflected in the scientific heritage of the outstanding British economist and politician John M. Keynes in the context of his interaction with Soviet politicians and
LUSHNIKOV Andrey Mikhailovich
doaj   +1 more source

Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

National minorities and national policy in the Southern Urals in the 1930s

open access: yesИзвестия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Гуманитарные науки, 2023
Background. Modern Russia is a multinational unity due to the historically established national policy. The study of the historical experience of the administrative-territorial structure, cultural and educational policy among the non-Russian population
Albina I. Azhigulova
doaj   +1 more source

Soviet Physicians and Struggle against Epidemics in Xinjiang: Late 1920s – 1940s

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2023
Introduction. The long-overlooked topic of Soviet–Xinjiang medical cooperation can facilitate a better understanding of why Xinjiang was that important to the USSR in the interwar period.
Vsevolod Yu. Bashkuev
doaj   +1 more source

The myth of the Great Patriotic War as a tool of the Kremlin’s great power policy. OSW Commentary NUMBER 316 31.12.2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The sacralised Soviet victory over Nazism is a central element of the politics of memory, as utilised by the Russian state today. It constitutes an important theme in the Kremlin’s ideological offensive that is intended to legitimise Russia’s great-power
Domańska, Maria
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