Abstract The article examines Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s Winterkill (2022), a recent Holodomor middle-grade historical novel issued by Scholastic, and showcases that Skrypuch explores the implicated position of North Americans – especially Soviet collaborators journalists in context famine Stalin’s collectivization. Most notably, brings attention to actions Rhea Clyman, Jewish-Canadian journalis...

Although climate models predict that global heating will prove more devastating for China than many other countries, and economic have shown a transition to low-carbon economy would strengthen in the long run, Chinese leadership has failed reduce fossil fuel consumption enough avoid extremes of weather are country. Not after becoming president, Xi Jinping announced project ground “socialism wit...

The scientific research examines the issue of author’s guidelines and mechanisms inclusion in normative discourse on example Kostya Gordienko’s work. critique theory literature determining logic constructing social realism substantiating specifics social-realistic myth-making representing problems domestic literary artistic process 20-80s twentieth century have been actualized schematic ways re...

The transition of power from Lenin to Stalin directly changed the destiny Soviet Union, amounting much more than just a simple change in leadership. Although significant degree, maintained many aspects Lenin's leadership, there were still political and cultural changes which took place Russia during shift ensuing competitions. Three key stemmed this transition: 1.) New Economic Policy was repla...

In this article I examine Meyerhold's occasional castings of actresses for male parts in a small, but significant, number instances from his long career as stage director. Meyerhold cast woman part six times, five them tragedies. However, he did so intermittently and different purposes, to suit highly heterogenous contexts. Three cases have particularly interesting perspectives: 1915 production...

The years between Hungary’s occupation by the Red Army that concluded its traumatic involvement in the Second World War and the construction of socialist dictatorship in the country at the end of the 1940s constitute a moment of transition, a moment that is central to understanding the subsequent development of the country. For this reason the interpretation of this moment of transition has bee...

The article focuses on the reflection in Kazakh publications of problems national identification and identity during period Russian empire Soviet authority. author seeks to comprehend significance involved context world experience.   During periods covered article, people experienced most terrible tragedies. So, XVIII-XIX centuries, pursued a colonial policy land. clarifies that government...

Ko nc ep tu al ni iz az ov i p ro m iš lja nj u de m ok ra ci je I the pamphlet Indignez-vous (Cry out! – Hessel, 2010), the reason the author Stéphane Hessel gives for the necessity for public indignation makes us listen attentively: it is the “heritage of the Résistance” which obliges us to protest against contemporary grievances. The heritage of the Résistance – this is the emotion of indign...

1 Thus the American Humanist Association defines humanism as ‘a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfilment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.’ (http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/). Its British counterpart states that ‘the Humanist view of life is progress...