The article is devoted to the phenomenon of Orthodox church samizdat in second half 20th century. term used this refers a set texts reproduced an artisanal way and distributed goers circle without sanction or secular authorities. In conditions Soviet reality, circles were deep periphery public life was formed from marginalized those pushed out by authorities social margins. specific position pe...

In 1873, former slave John Washington (1838–1918) wrote his memoir, Memorys of the Past. This account includes a remarkable map that locates Washington’s experiences as a slave, his acts of resistance, and the route of his escape from bondage in 1862. Washington’s map is both a work of memory and a rare example of a subaltern cartographic practice. The act of mapping his experiences in Frederic...

A retrospective analysis has been made of 160 cases of postmenopausal bleeding. The women were at least 45 years old and the time lapse from the last menstruation was at least 2 years.