russia is considered the core of the former empire of the ussr. many social and structural features of the soviet :union: could be observed in the development of russia’s political power and strategic attitude. geo-political competitions between russia and the west can be traced back to the 19th century. these competitions were shaped within the framework of the balance of power system in inter...

The aim of this article is to present selected facts and tendencies proving the increasing sovietization Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in early 1930s. analysis based on archival material collected Józef Piłsudski Institute America current scientific literature. A thesis was put forward that phenomenon appeared various forms proved harmful implementation national slogans presented argument...

Russian scientists (academicians Smirnov A.V., Tishkov V.A.) defend the idea that Russia is not a monoreligious country, people are multinational. Representatives of former Soviet republics, now sovereign states, live on territory current Federation. As result civilizational role Russia, they have in many re­spects become Russians, regardless their ethnicity (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Armenian, Ge...

This contribution to Science & Society's special issue on socialist economic organisation brings together the basic model proposed in Devine (1988) and subsequent work developing and elaborating that model (Adaman and Devine 1994, 1996, 1997, mimeo; Devine 1992, 1997, forthcoming). It is part of a project which is designed to assist in the revival of the movement for socialism by developing a w...

Uzbekistan has been one of the most enigmatic of the thirty-plus economies in transition from central planning during the 1990s. The government explicitly avoided the shock therapy advocated by the international financial institutions and also avoided the economic collapse of non-reformers such as Belarus or Turkmenistan. Its economic performance, measured by change in real GDP between 1989 and...

This PDF document preserves the page numbering of the printed version for accuracy of citation. When viewed with Acrobat Reader, the printed page numbers will not correspond with the electronic numbering. The Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies (BPS) is a leading center for graduate training on the Soviet Union and its successor states in the United States. Founded in 1983 as par...

Editor's Note: Although environmental health problems exist throughout the former Soviet Union, the focus of this article is on the problems in Russia and the programs addressing them. It is estimated at least one in five Russian babies born today is in poor health. In Moscow, three out of four expectant mothers have some pathology in their pregnancy. Males in one Arctic village are not expecte...

BACKGROUND The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in a transition from centrally planned socialist systems to largely free-market systems for post-Soviet states. The health systems of Central Asian Post-Soviet (CAPS) countries (Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) have undergone a profound revolution. External development partners have been crucial to this ...

For the first thirty years after the triumph of his revolution, Fidel Castro championed Cuba as a model socialist society. Gone were the casinos, the bootlegging Americans, the mafia, and the brothels they frequented. Socialist society, he claimed, is superior to capitalism. Girls do not have to sell themselves for money in Cuba’s new society. Women gain liberation through socialism. They have ...

The subject . article analyzes the constitutional and legal aspects of formation USSR in context theory federalism. In course this analysis, author examines norms regulating status sovereign republics as members federation. purpose paper is to classify a type federation according its regulation during all existence state, define causes falling soviet federalism experience. methodology study inc...