Interdisciplinary approaches have expanded the research space of history political repression 1920–1950s. The surge interest in documents personal origin historiography post-Soviet led to an appeal ego-documents — letters from victims repression. study is based on archival and investigative materials Special State Archive Ministry Internal Affairs Republic Kazakhstan. Introduction narrative sou...

Abstract Russia’s post-1991 nation-building project has been torn between competing interpretations of national identity. Whereas the other former Soviet republics opted for centered on titular nation, approach to identity was framed by fact that RSFSR had defined not as a designated homeland but multi-ethnic federation. This, coupled with definition legal successor Union, suggesting continuity...

The article disputes the point of view that introduction term state-forming people into Article 68 Constitution Russian Federation is a legal nonsense and has only consequence it irritates ethnocratic elites national republics are part Russia. From author's view, Russians have never asserted themselves as people. culture was inclusive, which allowed to include most important elements other peop...

An outstanding Soviet and Russian pediatrician pediatric surgeon, one of the founders surgery in USSR founder Leningrad Scientific School Pediatric Surgeons, Doctor Medical Sciences (1960), Corresponding Member Academy (1963) RAMS (1992), laureate State Prize (1979), Honored Scientist RSFSR (1994), Professor (1962) Girey Alievich Bairov was born on May 2, 1922 Alushta. In 1955, G. A. first Unio...

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...