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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research examines the Hill‐Valley divide in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, where Nepali‐speaking hill communities coexist with Bengali‐speaking valley populations. It argues that this division is a colonial construct, shaped by British policies that romanticised the hills as a ‘mini‐England’ while separating them from the valley
Yalember Dewan
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Escaping Russia, trapped by identity: National identity negotiation in light of ingroup wrongdoing
British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 4, October 2026.Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a wave of emigration, with vast numbers of people fleeing Russia due to political persecution or safety concerns. The study explored how anti‐war Russian emigrants negotiate their national identity and moral responsibility amid ingroup wrongdoing.
Elena Mikhina +2 more
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Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2019 The article discusses the history of using the term “a Ukrainian” in the prerevolutionary period of the history of Russia and during the revolutionary events of the early 20th century.
Fyodor Gayda
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Acta Ophthalmologica, Volume 104, Issue 6, Page 705-708, September 2026.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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From Attempts to Restrain the “parish revolution” – to the Mobilization of Parishioners. Parish Issue in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917–1918 [PDF]
Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2018 The article is devoted to the question of origins of the change of attitude of the church leadership to the problem of the rights and duties of parishioners, which took place between the spring of 1917 and the summer of 1918.
Alexey Beglov
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 900-921, August 2026.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Palatal violence: Sonic gatekeeping and enemy‐making in wartime Ukraine
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.Abstract Within 2 days of Russia's full‐scale invasion of Ukraine, a single word—palianytsia, a Ukrainian round loaf—became a phonetic test separating Ukrainians from Russians. The article traces how a culinary term was enregistered as a wartime shibboleth that structurally marks the very citizens it was meant to protect as enemies.
Anatoli Ulyanov
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The fight for power: historical women's movements of Russia and Great Britain in comparison. [PDF]
Front Sociol, 2023 Hinterhuber EM, Günther J.
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Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2019 The article focuses on the participation of Perm teachers in the events of the Revolution and the Civil War. It is shown how the socio-political views and social initiatives of the pedagogical intelligentsia transformed under the conditions of the ...
Kalsina Alla
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Refugees and diaspora nationalism: national activists in Estonian settlements in Siberia and non-territorial autonomy between 1917 and 1920. [PDF]
J Balt Stud, 2023 Aava T.
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