Economic Miracle of Post-Soviet Space: Why Uzbekistan Managed to Achieve What No Other Post Soviet State Achieved

Religious Culture: Faith in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

What Comes after “Post-Soviet” in Russian Studies?

What Comes after “Post-Soviet” in Russian Studies?

Health world views of post-Soviet citizens.

The collapse of the Soviet Union has had an adverse impact on the lives of the peoples of Russia and Ukraine. This paper reports on qualitative case studies including interviews, focus groups and children's essays from Russia and Ukraine, on the topics of everyday understanding of health and the factors influencing it. The majority report poor health and difficult material circumstances. Their ...

The quality of care in post-soviet Uzbekistan: are health reforms and international efforts succeeding?

The idea of healthcare quality improvement (QI) and disseminating evidence-based practice has been attractive for local health policy makers in Uzbekistan since the early 2000s. One aspect in need of discussion is the degree to which the country's healthcare system is open for the proposed QI activities. Funding of health care resulted in building and equipping rural primary care practices, tra...