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102. Stalin: hero or villain?

Author

McGill, David

Subjects
Communist parties -- Officials and employees, Communist leadership -- Evaluation, Communism -- Social aspects, Presidents -- Evaluation, Soviet Union -- Political aspects
Abstract

For many students the answer to the question 'Was Stalin a hero or a villain?' is a simple one: Stalin was a villain. There is certainly plenty of support for […]

Published
2007

103. E. Pain: disillusioned public ominously quiet

Author

Pain, Emil

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Political sociology -- Analysis, Government, Resistance to -- Analysis, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

An adviser to the Russian Federation president expressed concern over sudden changes in Russian's attitudes since the Mar 1997 protest where no social upheavals have been seen. This condition has been attributed to the government's failure to mobilize the population especially after the presidential elections. Russians became more wary of government reforms and policies as pessimists continued to outnumber staunch believers of the government. Suppressed aggression in Russia is considered to pose a greater threat than open protest.

Published
1997

104. The Soviet Union, R.I.P

Author

Cohen, Stephen F.

Subjects
Economic development -- Russia, Economic development -- Management, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Economic aspects, Company business management
Published
2006

105. Soviet leader Gorbachev says a new union could rise again

Author

Taylor, Adam

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Party leaders -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Soviet history, 1985-1991, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Adam Taylor This winter marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. But Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, isn't over it yet. In interviews with [...]

Published
2016

106. Redesigning mental health policy in post-soviet Russia

Author

Shek, Olga, Pietila, Ilkka;, Graeser, Silke, and Aarva, Pauliina

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Health policy, Soviet Union -- Social aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Mental health policy -- Analysis, Health care reform -- Social aspects, Health care reform -- Analysis, Government regulation, Psychology and mental health, World Health Organization -- Laws, regulations and rules
Published
2010

109. Twenty years of postcommunism: Georgia's Soviet legacy

Author

Fairbanks, Charles H., Jr.

Subjects
Georgia (Nation) -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Post-communism -- Analysis, Democratization -- Analysis, Meritocracy -- Analysis, Political systems -- Analysis, Political science
Published
2010

111. Britain's top diplomat compares the E.U. to Soviet 'prison' -- angering the survivors of the real ones

Author

Noack, Rick

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Brexit -- Political aspects, Cabinet officials -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, European Union -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Rick Noack BERLIN -- When former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson resigned from his position in July, some of his counterparts abroad were likely relieved. Johnson was known for [...]

Published
2018

112. Vladimir Bukovskii and Soviet communism

Author

Boobbyer, Philip

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Communism -- Russia, Communism -- Analysis, Dissenters -- Political activity, Regional focus/area studies
Published
2009

113. From the frying pan into the fire? the dynamics of post-Soviet regimes in comparative perspective

Author

V.IA. Gel'Man

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Meritocracy -- Comparative analysis, Political systems -- Comparative analysis, Elite (Social sciences) -- Social aspects, Sociology and social work
Abstract

The reasons for the differences in the political development of post-Soviet regimes are analyzed. The answers provide an understanding of the causes and consequences of the regime changes not only on the territory of the former Soviet Union but also in the broader comparative perspective.

Published
2008

114. Finding a home for television in the USSR, 1950-1970

Author

Roth-Ey, Kristin

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Social aspects, Television and politics -- Evaluation, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

A discussion on the political, social and cultural tensions accompanying the trajectory of television in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1950 to 1970 is presented.

Published
2007

115. Global patterns and postcommunist dynamics

Author

Bunce, Valerie

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- History, Post-communism -- Political aspects, Post-communism -- Economic aspects, International relations
Abstract

The lessons that can be learned from the new democracies that were formed since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 about the factors that seem to encourage a transition from dictatorship to democracy are explored. The factors that seem to contribute to its sustainability and institutionalization are highlighted.

Published
2006

116. Soviet empire as 'family resemblance'

Author

Beissinger, Mark R.

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- History, Imperialism -- Analysis, Colonialism -- Analysis, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Empire has become a common analytical frame through which the Soviet state and its collapse are interpreted, however, it is argued that empire needs to be understood as a Wittgensteinian 'family resemblance' whose meaning and referents have altered significantly over time. The ways the concept of empire was redeployed in the Soviet context are probed and a more interpretive approach to Soviet empire as a way of relating to authority is called for.

Published
2006

118. Stalin: did he preserve or destroy Bolshevism? (Interpretation)

Author

Sandle, Mark

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Criticism and interpretation, Soviet Union -- History, Historical research -- Methods, Collectivism -- Criticism and interpretation, Collectivism -- History, Political leadership -- Criticism and interpretation, Political leadership -- History, Industrial development -- Political aspects, Industrial development -- Criticism and interpretation, Industrial development -- History, Company business management, History
Abstract

When Joseph Stalin died on 5 March 1953 the Soviet Union was an industrialised global superpower. On assuming the leadership of the country in 1929 Stalin undertook a massive transformation [...]

Published
2002

119. The End of the Cold War

Author

MATLOCK, JACK E.

Subjects
United States -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, International relations -- History -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Law, Political science, Political aspects, History
Abstract

Rethinking the Origin and Conclusion of the US-Soviet Conflict It is hard to decide when the Cold War ended unless we can determine when it began. Did it begin after [...]

Published
2001

120. The City, Contested Identity, and Democratic Transitions

Author

RUBLE, BLAIR A.

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviets (People) -- Political activity -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Political reform -- Political aspects -- Analysis, Group identity -- Political aspects -- Analysis, Democracy -- Analysis -- Russia, Regional focus/area studies, Political activity, Analysis, Political aspects
Abstract

The thus-far disappointing results of the all-too-flawed transition from authoritarian socialism to democratic polities over the past decade or so are beginning to prompt a re-examination of how to think [...]

Published
2001

124. Web captives

Author

Fossato, Floriana

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Political reform -- Technology application, Online services -- Usage, Cable television/data services, Online services, Technology application, Political science
Published
2009

125. Whataboutism; Europe.view; Come again, Comrade?

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Economic aspects, Business, international, Economics
Abstract

Come again, Comrade? SOVIET propagandists during the cold war were trained in a tactic that their western interlocutors nicknamed 'whataboutism'. Any criticism of the Soviet Union (Afghanistan, martial law in [...]

Published
2008

127. When the juggling has to stop

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union. Supreme Soviet -- Powers and duties, Politics -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, Political activity, Powers and duties, Political aspects
Abstract

RUSSIA'S history is stuffed with tsars who began their careers as reformers and turned into reactionary autocrats in their old age. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great ... now Mikhail [...]

Published
1990

128. Bargaining counters

Author

Smith, Charles

Subjects
Kuril Islands -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Japan -- Political aspects, Boundary disputes -- Economic aspects, Business, Business, international
Published
1990

129. Dismantling Lenin's legacy

Author

Knight, Robin

Subjects
Communist Party (Soviet Union) -- Public opinion, Political parties, Soviet Union -- Political aspects
Published
1990

130. The decline and fall of the Soviet empire

Author

Singer, Max

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Federalism -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Nationalism -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Political science, Market trend/market analysis, Political aspects, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE EVERYTHING IS UNCERTAIN, but here are ten propositions that seem reasonably likely. Additional argument in support of the more controversial propositions is [...]

Published
1990

131. The trial of Lithuania

Author

Ascherson, Neal

Subjects
Baltic States -- Forecasts and trends, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Literature/writing
Published
1990

132. The rebels of Red Square; Diary: In Russia's shadow; Our diarist admires eight Soviet freedom-fighters

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Military aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- International relations, Europe -- International relations, Business, international, Economics
Abstract

Our diarist remembers eight Soviet freedom-fighters Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Thursday THE Tallinn military cemetery is home to Estonia's most controversial statue, the Bronze Soldier. A Soviet-era [...]

Published
2007

133. Dissidents Unite! Natan Sharansky's Prague conference

Author

Bunch, Sonny

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Prague, Czech Republic -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Dissenters -- Political activity, Democratization -- Analysis, Political conventions -- Aims and objectives, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Natan Sharansky first came to the world's attention as a renowned Soviet dissident. The day he was released from prison in 1986, he was put on a plane to East [...]

Published
2007

136. Baltic Grudge Match; More than a decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, bad blood still runs deep between Latvia and Russia

Author

O'Flynn, Kevin

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soccer -- Competitions -- Russia -- Latvia, Latvians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Russians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kevin O'Flynn It was a football match, yet more than a game. When Russia took to the field against Latvia in Riga recently, a shot at football's World Cup [...]

Published
2005

137. Putin's Russia--Stalin lite

Author

Beichman, Arnold

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Geopolitics -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Political science, Market trend/market analysis, Speeches, lectures and essays, Political aspects, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse [...]

Published
2005

138. They do things their own way in Russia

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, World War II, 1939-1945 -- Influence -- Political aspects, Political science
Abstract

They do things their own way in Russia. The 60th anniversary of victory in World War II brought out onto the streets of Moscow parades of elderly men in bemedaled [...]

Published
2005

139. Dynasties and dictators

Author

Andersen, Michael

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Economic aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Military aspects, Central Asia -- Economic aspects, Central Asia -- Political aspects, Central Asia -- Military aspects, Communism -- Economic aspects, Political science
Abstract

At the time of breaking up of the Soviet Union, it was realised that it was possible for them to misappropriate whole sectors of public property in the name of privatisation. Since independence, the presidents, their families and entourages have pocketed enormous amounts and are now in the process of handing over their children's inheritance.

Published
2005

140. Comparative study on potential business opportunities: China, USSR, Eastern Europe

Author

Scalise, David

Subjects
China -- Economic aspects, China -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Economic aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Eastern Europe -- Economic aspects, Eastern Europe -- Political aspects, United States -- Economic aspects, United States -- Political aspects, Political systems -- Comparative analysis, Political systems -- Forecasts and trends, Small and medium sized companies -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Review of past year, Business, international, High technology industry, Science and technology
Published
2003

141. What Might Have Been

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Politicians -- Political aspects -- Interviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political aspects
Abstract

In August 1991 communist hard-liners moved to overthrow Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. They chose his vice president, Gennady Yanayev, to replace him. In the first hours of the coup everything [...]

Published
2001

142. SIDE LIGHTS

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects
Abstract

* August 1991, only two months after Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russia, was a turbulent time. In one short week in August, the Communist Party of the Soviet […]

Published
2000

143. Nuclear threat

Author

Harrington, Michael, American socialist writer

Subjects
Afghanistan -- Military aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, International relations -- United States, Civil war -- Afghanistan, Detente -- International aspects, Military policy, Social sciences
Published
1980

144. Totalitarian menace

Author

Gershman, Carl

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Afghanistan -- Military aspects, Strategic Arms Limitation treaties -- International aspects, Civil war -- Afghanistan, Communism -- International aspects, Totalitarianism, Military policy, International relations -- United States, Detente -- International aspects, Social sciences
Published
1980

145. Growing Soviet dissidence

Author

Sharlet, Robert

Subjects
Political crimes and offenses, Dissenters, Government, Resistance to, Soviet Union -- Political aspects
Published
1980

149. Soviet politics under Andropov

Author

Hough, Jerry F.

Subjects
Communist Party (Soviet Union) -- Political activity, Politics, Soviet Union -- Political aspects
Published
1983

150. Armand Hammer talks about

Author

Esterow, Milton

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Hammer, Armand -- Interviews, painters, Politicians, Art -- Collections and collecting, Capitalists and financiers -- Interviews, Arts, visual and performing
Published
1982

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