Russians in contemporary Ukraine

Limits of a Post-Soviet State: How Informality Replaces, Renegotiates, and Reshapes Governance in Contemporary Ukraine

Interculturalism and New Russians in Berlin

In his paper, "Interculturalism and New Russians in Berlin" Giacomo Bottá discusses aspects of the community of Russian artists in contemporary (post-1989) Berlin. The Berlin-based Russendisko night has been held in Tel Aviv, Milan, or Frankfurt, where enthusiastic people danced to songs of obscure Russian bands. In 2004, a new CD compilation, Russensoul, was published and in 2005 Karaoke, the ...

Mitochondrial DNA variability in Poles and Russians.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation was examined in Poles (from the Pomerania-Kujawy region; n = 436) and Russians (from three different regions of the European part of Russia; n = 201), for which the two hypervariable segments (HVS I and HVS II) and haplogroup-specific coding region sites were analyzed. The use of mtDNA coding region RFLP analysis made it possible to distinguish paral...

Cancer education in Ukraine

The main features of the system of 'higher medical education' in Ukraine are presented. The principles of undergraduate, specialist training, and postgraduate education on oncology are described in detail and discussed in terms of European standards of cancer education. It is underlined that the cancer education in the system of higher and postgraduate education should be continuous, multidisci...

Terminological Research in Ukraine

Our purpose is to present research done in Ukraine on terminology-related questions. We address three aspects: theoretical questions studied, automatic terminology-related tools and existing terminological resources. 1 Terminological research in Ukraine Terminological research in Ukraine has long tradition: • the journal Лексикографічний бюлетень (Lexicographical bulletin) has been founded back...