At the end of 2021, Russia mobilised over a hundred thousand soldiers along its border with Ukraine constituting permanent threat to and concern for West whole world. On February 24, 2022, initiated military intervention in Ukraine. The Kremlin has decided reconstitute lines former USSR (Union Soviet Socialist Republics) spheres influence Central Eastern Europe.
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Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyse world-view and mythological expressions in Russian Soviet Constitutional acts that implicitly or explicitly refer any kind idea legitimising the shape state, its political system nature power. object argument will be exclusively such provisions fundamental laws which: (1) having neither a purely regulatory nor programmatic character, model ment...

The purpose of this article. the article is to analyze historical processes development ballroom choreography in Baltic countries XX century.
 methodology. following methods were applied work: and historical-genetic — order understand genesis, specifics dance; source study for selection processing sources related art dancing; comparative compare periods evolution culture; included observat...

The text of this article emphasizes that the history transplantation as an independent medical industry originated in Union Soviet Socialist Republics, first successful operation to transplant human organs and tissues was performed there by surgeon Yuri Voronoy. Today Russia is one world-leading powers where organ tissue operations are performed. Among all subjects carried out, Sverdlovsk regio...

During the cold war, there had been deepened geopolitical tensions between Russia and West—tension Soviet Union United States their respective allies, which resulted in decline of Socialist Republics (USSR) creating a unipolar world. The USSR was believed to be disintegration Russia. Since then, come defensive mode but since 2000s it looking for an opportunity diplomatic way got that when West ...

The lack of a complete set historical statistical data is one the main problems that does not allow econometric modelling and forecasting to be carried out in full. are characterized by numerous omissions, either singular or almost entire decades. task reconstructing them adequately therefore always relevant. purpose article demonstrate application mathematical statistics methods for reconstruc...

A B S T R ACT. This is a review of recent English-language scholarship on the development of Russian identity since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The first part examines literature on the economic and political changes in the Russian Federation, revealing how scholars became more sceptical about the possibility of Russia building a Western-type liberal democracy. The second part investigate...

This paper reviews the development of early Soviet drug treatment approaches by focusing on the struggle for disciplinary power between leading social and mental hygienists and clinical psychiatrists as a defining moment for Soviet drug treatment speciality that became known as "narcology." From this vantage point, I engage in the examination of the rise and fall of various treatment methods an...

the caspian basin in its old geopolitical situation under the soviet :union: was located in the buffer zone between two spheres of influence of the two superpowers. after the fall of the soviet :union: followed by the rise of new structures and three new states in the region, new relations, however, prevailed among the areas of geography, power and politics in the region. these new relations in...

This commentary addresses the marginal presense of authors, subjects, and issues focused on former socialist countries in Eastern Central Europe, Balkans Soviet Union "socialist studies" produced Western English-language based academic journals, as well so-called "global political Left" these publications support. The suggests that gap is epistemological, emotional, serving to protect conversat...