After World War II, the large-scale Soviet agricultural production model was spread into the satellite states of CEE (Central and Eastern Europe). In spite of this, planned economic agricultural production was far from homogenous. This diversity – appearing inside and outside the Soviet Union – is worthwhile exploring, here represented by two of the most (in relative terms) productive agricultu...

The design and implementation team of computer automation systems for the Polish power industry faced many difficult problems connected with the lack of experience in this domain in the country. Another kind of problems was implied by different levels of information and communication technology in that country and in well developed ones. The differences were generated by both internal (importat...

The collapse of the Soviet system caused critical changes in migratory processes. The five chaotic years that have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union have witnessed the emergence of a new economic system and the creation of new, sovereign political entities from fragments of the FSU. In this chapter, migratory trends in the former Soviet Union from 1990 through 1994 are analyzed in l...

The former Soviet anti-plague system stands today as a little-known but profoundly important proliferation challenge facing the international community. The Soviet Union managed this unique system, consisting of more than 80 facilities, to control deadly endemic diseases and to prevent the spread of exotic pathogens. Until recently, however, the anti-plague system’s other role—contributing to t...

The paper discusses the “struggle for Soviet legacy’ as a key concept understanding relations in Central Asia. This struggle is path of dependent development, which resources and values created times determine interstate 21st century. authors argue that Asia this legacy rests mostly on mega industries during era, national practices their distribution. concludes fact means confrontation over con...

Few studies have attempted to examine analytically various aspects of the contract enforcement institutions in post-Soviet Russia. Researchers agree that the lack of legislation for improving the operation of the legal system, which in turn would enhance the ability of exchange, is producing severe obstacles for economic growth. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the administrative hi...

Russian foreign policy is a popular subject on which scholars have lately conducted much research. The current stage of these studies competent in explaining various aspects policy. Yet, considering both earlier and more recent works, there seems to be trend focusing solely the post-Soviet era. Relatedly, majority literature adopts perspectives that analyze period after Vladimir Putin’s rise po...

The relevance of this study lies in the need to potential effectiveness Collective Security Treaty Organization conditions world order XXI century. formation collective security system post-Soviet space was accompanied by a number crisis processes determined post-bipolar era. Based on results review activities CSTO institutions, reasons for insufficient situation modern international escalation...

This essay investigates Soviet-era homesites in the Baltic states as combinations of home imaginaries and people’s affective, sensorial relationship to materiality their space. The aspect relationality is foregrounded: primary level meaning-making regards one’s quotidian life, article suggests, takes place at comparative spatial intimacies—that is, relation own bodily movement space objects, lo...