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Soviet ‘Socialist Imperialism’ in Indochina (1975-1990): Chinese Myth or Reality?

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
Active involvement of modern Russia in information wars requires a thorough study of the foreign policy of the Soviet Union in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and strengthening Russia’s position in modern affairs with fair arguments ...
Mikhail I. Garri
doaj  

Illusions and Realities of Soviet Belarusisation [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Belarusian Studies, 2014
openaire   +1 more source

Political and biological reality checks. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Berenbaum MR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Disciplining Prostitutes in the Hospital de la Magdalena in Barcelona (1923‐1959)

open access: yesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and Objectives The Hospital de la Magdalena, a care home for female prostitutes with venereal diseases, operated in Barcelona from 1923 to 1959. The purpose of this investigation is to highlight how this hospital was used to educate female prostitutes morally in addition to providing medical treatment.
Florian Grafl, Florian Steger
wiley   +1 more source

Poetics of Abbreviations in the Early Creation of V. Pelevin

open access: yesФилологический класс, 2013
The article examines the poetics of abbreviations as a means of interpreting reality satirical V. Pelevin. Game acronyms and nature of their grouping allowed the author to capture the essence of the Soviet era on the eve of its collapse.
doaj  

What silence reveals: the quiet abandonment of free health care in North Korea. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Glob Health
Han JH   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Attitudes towards the market economy and capitalism in Ukraine, Poland and Russia

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the results of opinion polls conducted in Ukraine, Poland, and Russia, focusing on attitudes towards the market economy and capitalism. The polls first asked six questions about the market economy without explicitly referencing ‘capitalism’.
Rainer Zitelmann
wiley   +1 more source

Aristotle, US Public Diplomacy, and the Cold War: The Work of Carnes Lord [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A. Alexiev   +25 more
core   +2 more sources

How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits

open access: yesEconomic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
wiley   +1 more source

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