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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Action for Soviet Jewry events (103 digital images)

Action for Soviet Jewry events: Photographs of Klezmet Conservatory Band, Goldstein family in Tbilisi, and Soviet Jewish Culture Cruise.Digital ImageDigital finding ...
Action for Soviet Jewry
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Russia Democratic Retreat: The Role of the Conflict in Chechnya, Declining Media Freedom and a Subdued Middle Class [PDF]

, 2012
The fall of the Soviet Union is argued to have brought more freedom to people in the region. However, is Russia really in a better place in 2012 than it was under communism?
Mahn, Kristin
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
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Tula, Russia—Hasdey Neshama klezmer ensemble performance

, 1998
Performance was recorded for the Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry.Digital recordingDigital finding ...
Action for Soviet Jewry
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Disciplining Prostitutes in the Hospital de la Magdalena in Barcelona (1923‐1959)

JDDG: 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

Action for Soviet Jewry events (95 digital images)

Action for Soviet Jewry events: "Twelve from the Soviet underground" Art show; Avital Sharansky in the United States; Soviet Refuseniks: Taratuta, Tsitverblit, Kislik, Mesh, Furman, Lerner, Vaschenko, Chmykalov, Maiman, Hochstein, Stolar.
Action for Soviet Jewry
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Detroit Interfaith Broadcast Group Program "In contact: Anti-Semitism Today"

, 1966
Program on Anti-Semitism in Russia and Soviet Union.Digital recordingDigital finding ...
National Conference on Soviet Jewry
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