Perestroika in the Soviet Union and the Common Law of Mankind

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
George Ginsburgs
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Common Law ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Common

Brazilian historiography on the participation of the USSR in the Second World War

2021 ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Boris Martynov
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Correct Treatment ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The People ◽  
International Authority ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Second World

The article deals with the evolution of views of the Brazilian authors on the role, played by the Soviet Union in the WWII and its contribution to the victory of the anti-Hitlerian coalition. It contains a historiographical review of the works, written by the Brazilian authors on the theme, beginning from 2004. One follows the process of their growing interest towards clarifying the real contribution of the Soviet part to the common victory, along with the rise of the international authority of Brazil and strengthening of the Russo – Brazilian ties. One reveals the modern attitude of Brazilian authors towards such dubious or scarcely known themes as the Molotov – Ribbentrop pact, the battles for Smolensk and Rhzev, town–bound fights in Stalingrad, liberation of the Baltic republics, the Soviet war with Japan, etc. The author comes to conclusion, that in spite of the Western efforts to infuse the people`s conscience with the elements of the “post – truth” in this respect, the correct treatment of those events acquires priority even in such a far off from Russia state, as Brazil.

A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Tu-chung — Eucommia Ulmoides

1979 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiu-ying Hu
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Eucommia Ulmoides ◽  
Herbal Drug ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Gutta Percha ◽  
Antihypertensive Action ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Plant Sciences ◽  
The Common ◽  
By Products

Tu-chung is an officinal herbal drug of traditional Chinese medicine. It is obtained from the bark of Eucommia ulmoides. Since time immemorial the Chinese people have used it as a revitalizing and rejuvenating agent. Modern investigators in China found its antihypertensive action and this property has been confirmed by scientists outside of China. In this article, basic information for an understanding of tu-chung obtained from ancient Chinese records and modern reports of various investigators in several disciplines of plant sciences, and of physiologists, pharmacologists, physicians, and phytochemists, is presented. The author suggests that eucommia should be used only for the common name of the plant, and tu-chung be used for the drug. Eucommia is now widely cultivated in arboreta and botanical gardens as a rare plant outside of China. In China and the Soviet Union, plantations of eucommia are operated under government management for the production of gutta-percha. The author advocates that eucommia should be taken out of gardens and research laboratories and be put into plantations for the production of a safe antihypertensive natural drug. As by-products of the manufacture of the hypotensive product, a useful gum for industry, fine quality wood suitable for wooden shoes and clogs, and a high grade oil from the seed will make the cultivation of eucommia very rewarding.

Russian Loans in Uzbek

1974 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Paul M. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Slavic Language ◽  
Third Language ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Common ◽  
Casual Observer

Fears have often been expressed outside the Soviet Union that the influx of Russian words into the non-Russian languages is part of an attempt to russianize them with a view to make them ultimately superfluous. These fears now seem to be greatly exaggerated, as there is little evidence to show that these languages are losing their vitality or are doomed to extinction. While the total lexicon of any given language, in this case Uzbek, the third language numerically (after Russian and Ukrainian) and the largest non-Slavic language, may have a significant number of Russian loanwords, it does not necessarily follow that all these words are in fact an essential segment of the language. The life and viability of a language depend not upon the percentage of so-called foreign words in its vocabulary, but upon its daily use in ordinary situations and in creative writing. The major problem in this area has been the apparently large number of Russian borrowings seen in the non-Russian languages, especially those in non-Slavic ones using Cyrillic. Words are often taken in their Russian orthographic shape without regard for the internal rules of the various languages. Even a cursory glance at any newspaper is enough to show the casual observer that these languages have been russianized to a certain extent. Soviet sources have always emphasized that there has been a “sovietization” of non-Russian languages, while admitting that Russian is the main source for new vocabulary. However it is pointed out that most of these borrowings are “international” words taken into the several languages via Russian. Counter arguments have emphasized that the “common-spelling” principle, by which all words from Russian, be they “international” or not, are borrowed in their exact Russian spelling, proves that russianization, not sovietization, is taking place.

Russian Nationalism Today: Organizations and Programs

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-166
Author(s):  
John B. Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Truck Drivers ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Common

Russian nationalists in the Soviet Union have, of course, always claimed to speak and act on behalf of the narod, the common folk, but the folk they have had in mind have been largely the inhabitants, and particularly the older inhabitants, of the fast-disappearing traditional Russian village. Aware that this narod has indeed been vanishing, Russian nationalist writers and publicists have stressed that the task at hand is to graft the “ethics and esthetics,” the accumulated wisdom and mores of this traditionalist populace, onto the life of deracinated modern Soviet man. The really existing and largely urbanized Russian narod—factory workers, miners, truck drivers, cashiers, and waitresses—has remained beyond the purview of most nationalists, with the exception of a few like the gifted writer and filmmaker Vasilii Shukshin (d. 1974), who focused upon the plight of a people torn away from its roots.

scholarly journals In Search of a Legal Solution to the Weaponisation of Space: A Russian Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yevgeny Zvedre
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Weapon Systems ◽  
Universal Principles ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Common

This article is primarily focused on the diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing the weaponisation of outer space, or development of weapon systems designed to destroy targets, either orbital or terrestrial, or from the ground in outer space. Along with that, a number of anti-satellite weapon projects that both the United States (US) and the Soviet Union/Russia have been developing since the 1950s are briefly described as examples of their military competition in space. Highlighted is the work that has been done within the United Nations (UN) context to develop a corpus of universal principles and norms governing international exploration of outer space as the common heritage of humankind, free from the use of force. The author also highlights the positive role that arms control treaties have been playing in preventing deployment of weapons in space. Particular emphasis is given to the potential consequences for global security should attack weapons appear in outer space, and to the importance of a further targeted effort by the international community to work out additional regulations strengthening space security. In this regard, draft treaties on the prevention of weapons in space introduced by Russia and China, and the European Union’s International Code of conduct for Space are emphasised.

scholarly journals Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi's Historical Methodology

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Pirie
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Common ◽  
Historical Methodology ◽  
Interpretive Framework

Long suppressed in the Soviet Union, the works of Ukraine's most noted historian, Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi, have recently become the object of great interest in Ukraine. It is therefore necessary for the scholarly world to begin the process of re-examining Hrushevs'kyi's writing of history. This paper rejects the common interpretation that Hrushevs'kyi's work was a product of the nineteenth century Ukrainian populist tradition and was therefore indifferent to the idea of Ukrainian statehood or nationhood. By demonstrating the continuity of Ukraine's historical development, H rushevs'kyi sought to modify the traditional Russocentric interpretation and to show that Ukraine was a distinct nation with a tradition of statehood. This paper illustrates how Hrushevs'kyi's methodology, periodization scheme, and interpretive framework for East-Slavic history were all adjusted to support this "national idea;" this willingness to adapt his methods is the outstanding characteristic of Hrushcv's'kyi's historical methodology. His highly controversial interpretation of the origin of the East-Slavic peoples is also examined in this paper. Finally, Hrushevs'kyi's historical bias as well as his contribution to the scholarly world are considered.

Revival and Survival in Iugra

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eszter Ruttkay-Miklián
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Far East ◽  
Reindeer Herding ◽  
The North ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Common

In the administrative usage of the Soviet Union, the category “minor peoples of the North” embraced 26 ethnic groups of the North and the Far East. According to 1989 data, the populations of these groups ranged from 179 to 34,190 and together totaled 181,500. In addition to being small in numbers, the common denominators of the groups include a northern location and dependence on such sources of livelihood as hunting, reindeer herding, and fishing. Furthermore, some of these peoples remain nomadic or semi-nomadic.

scholarly journals American Misions in Albania during World War II

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 322-324
Author(s):  
Elsa Haxha
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Grand Coalition ◽  
World War ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common

Abstract As is known historically, part of the World Anti-Fascist Grand Coalition was also another great ally, United States. Even the allies had issued the Declaration of December 1942, for recognition of the anti-fascist resistance of the Albanian people, as well as Great Britain and the Soviet Union, making it part of the International Coalition and part of his war against the common enemies nazi and fascists. Nevertheless, beyond the lack of these interests, the Americans under the World Anti-Fascist Grand Coalition few months after the british began in the tiny Balkan military missions, although few toward British ally.

scholarly journals School in the Soviet ethnographic research over the period from 1937 to 1953 based on the journal “Soviet Ethnography”

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-170
Author(s):  
Timur Maratovich Nadyrshin
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
General Education ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Cultural Interpretation ◽  
Anthropology Of Education ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Soviet Education ◽  
The Common ◽  
Blank Spot

Examination of the role of school in Soviet ethnography remains a blank spot in the anthropology of education. However, despite the absence of this subdiscipline, the author indicates the interest of Soviet ethnographers in reorganization of educational sphere. Use of the method of content analysis of the journal “Soviet Ethnography” reveals the role of general education on the map of ethnographic science of the era of totalitarianism (1937– 1953). This stage is characterized by one of the major intrusions into science, which is clearly reflected in publications of humanities journals. The author highlights the common semantic structures – patterns and repetitive statements typical for most articles. These statement lead to the following conclusions: criticism of the prerevolutionary system of education, exclusion of religion from the system of education, and exposure of the problems in the system of education of foreign capitalist countries. At the same time, there was the task to emphasize the successes of Soviet education: elimination of illiteracy; growing number of schools, students, and teachers; and the role of schools in cultural development the Soviet Union. In face of ideological restriction, many ethnographers have identified separate issues and offered their recommendations for the Soviet system of education. These unique observations are the contribution made by the Soviet ethnographic science to the cultural interpretation of the school.

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