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The Hypnotic Screen: The Early Soviet Experiment with Film Psychotherapy. [PDF]
Toropova A.
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Abstract We experimentally elicit views of what exploitation is from over 2,000 subjects. Our experimental design does not test existing theories of exploitation. Rather, it focuses on more fundamental properties that are the building blocks for these theories.
Benjamin Ferguson +3 more
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Global Kondratiev waves and political transformations in Russia since 1800: a relative deprivation approach. [PDF]
Babones S, Babcicky P, Gubin O.
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Dictators, Repression and the Median Citizen: An “Eliminations Model” of Stalin’s Terror (Data from the NKVD Archives) [PDF]
This paper sheds light on dictatorial behavior as exemplified by the mass terror campaigns of Stalin. Dictatorships – unlike democracies where politicians choose platforms in view of voter preferences – may attempt to trim their constituency and thus ...
Konstantin Sonin +2 more
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Abstract Purpose Fania (Fanny) Kaplan (1890–1918), who was reportedly visually impaired, confessed to the attempted assassination of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) in 1918 by shooting him with a pistol. The precise nature of her visual loss is unknown and raises doubts about whether she had sufficient visual function to perform the act ...
Stephen G. Schwartz +3 more
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Technologized Reproduction in Space: A Space‐Bioethical Case for Assisted Procreation
ABSTRACT With the increasing feasibility of space colonization, the issue of reproduction in space is becoming more relevant. As new settlements on the Moon, Mars, and other celestial bodies emerge, ensuring generational continuity will be essential for the survival and growth of these communities.
Maurizio Balistreri, Konrad Szocik
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Promotion of Wild Food Plant Use Diversity in the Soviet Union, 1922-1991. [PDF]
Bexultanova G +5 more
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ABSTRACT This paper explores the limits of mission‐directed entrepreneurial states by drawing on the theory of recombinant innovation and F.A. Hayek's insights on the spontaneous growth of knowledge in society. First, the use of discretionary policymaking curtails the range of knowledge generated in the process of social interaction, limiting the scope
Bryan Cheang, Praharsh Mehrotra
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Invasion of Ukraine: Observations on Leader-Followers Relationships. [PDF]
Volkan V, Javakhishvili JD.
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The Historical Origins of the Soviet Doctrine of Peaceful Coexistence [PDF]
Lerner, Warren
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