NEGATION, INCLUDING, GRADUAL OBLIVION: STATE STRATEGIES ON SOVIET HERITAGE IN GEORGIA, ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN by A. A. Tokarev

“…It inherited the Soviet cult of personality and combined this practice with a completely non-Soviet (Eastern) tradition of political dynasties covered by the election system.The Armenian political tradition includes reference to Soviet Armenia as theSecondRepublic, which distinguishes the country from the neighbors who consider themselves to be the successors of the democratic republics that emerged during the Civil War inRussia. …”
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Characteristics of Traditional Human Settlement Landscapes on Bedrock Islands in Guangdong Based on the “Ao” Unit by Ying PAN, Linxi CHEN, Ying SHI

“…This illustrates the interaction and coupling between the natural environment and human settlement. 3) At the human settlement unit level, each Ao unit has developed distinctive landscape characteristics influenced by factors such as natural geography, industrial conditions, resource accessibility, transportation, and the strategic needs of different dynasties. These factors have given birth to unique settlement characteristics regarding disaster-prevention landscapes, production landscapes, and the scales of settlements. …”
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