USSR in World War II by M. Yu. Myagkov

“…One of the goals of "Bagration" was to help the Allies.Soviet soldiers liberated Europe at the cost of their lives. …”
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Théâtre et cinéma dans les territoires occupés de Russie à travers la presse collaborationniste (1941-1944) by Boris Kovaliov

“…This article discusses how durng 1941-1944 the Nazis delivered propaganda through the theatre and cinema in the occupied territory of one of the Soviet republics with the predominant Russian population. …”
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Letecká báze na Českomoravské vysočině by Pavel Petr

“…The exact scope of French and Soviet intervention in any such conflict was defined by the first of several international treaties Czechoslovakia, France and the Soviet Union signed in 1935. …”
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Al confine tra ufficialità e underground. Forme di istituzionalizzazione della ‘seconda cultura’ sovietica by Alice Bravin

“…These institutions represented a forum for discussions and interaction between the members of the unofficial culture, but at the same time they were under the jurisdiction of Soviet law and combined functions and features like any other official Soviet institution. …”
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Analyzing the Pension System of the USSR by A. V. Pudovkin

“…In addition, the study also reflects on the official statistics for the said period to make a qualified and fundamental conclusion on the efficiency of the soviet pension system. The evolution of the pension system, based on statistical data evidently proves the efficiently of the soviet pension system. …”
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La dimension vocale de la propagande by Oksana Bulgakowa

“…This article contextualizes Soviet voices of some War Propaganda Films, the “disembodied voice of Soviet history”, situated at the intersection of the political, ideological, cultural and biological models. …”
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The Catholic Church in Lithuania in 1940-1990: between Resistance and Adaptation by Arūnas Streikus

“… In spite of suffered losses on the eve of the Soviet reoccupation, the Catholic Church in Lithuania remained one of the most important actors that hindered sovietisation of the social and cultural life during the first years of the Soviet rule. …”
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Genesis of the term "savilaida": from collections of avant-garde poetry till Lithuanian neologism by Egidijus Jaseliūnas

“…The article aims at analyzing the history of the origin of the Lithuanian term "savilaida" and its genesis in the Soviet society.  The spread of samizdat neologism in Soviet society was a complicated historical process, determined by a number of external and internal factors. …”
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Discovering a Young State: Foreign Sports Delegations in the USSR during the 1920s by A. M. Glushich

“…In the 1920s, visits by foreign delegations to the USSR served as a crucial yet challenging avenue for showcasing the achievements of the nascent Soviet state. Drawing on previously unexplored materials from the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (F. 537, inv. 2), this article examines the strategies employed in hosting these guests. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…In this paper, we show the importance of including the large corpus of scholarly, popular and media texts describing the experience of 20th-century Russian and Soviet Indologists in bachelor’s Asian studies programmes. …”
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The Czechoslovak Crisis of 1948 in the Perception of American Diplomats and Media by A. V. Zorin

“…This event completed the formation of the Soviet bloc in Europe. It directly impacted the US containment policy towards the USSR and the escalation of the Cold War. …”
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Crimean ASSR as the realized right to self-determination of the Crimean Tatar people in 1921–1945: creation, ethno-cultural, socio-political processes by Refik Kurtseitov

“…The article considers one of the most important periods of the Soviet history of the Crimean Tatar people. The process of realizing the right to self-determination in the form of the Soviet autonomous republic – the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic as part of the RSFSR. …”
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Political and ideological background of LSSR KGB activity against antisoviet powers in 1954-1990 by Kristina Burinskaitė

“… Communist ideology not only legitimized the Soviet totalitarian regime but also influenced and defined the basis and direction of KGB activity and legitimized its repressive policy. …”
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Moscow Treaty of the USSR-Germany and «Letter on German Unity». From Conflict to Compromise by A. M. Filitov

“…The article considers the course and results of the Soviet-West German negotiations that led to the conclusion of the Moscow Treaty of August 12, 1970, which became an important factor in defusing international tensions on the European continent. …”
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Internal situation in USSR in Russian emigration press in the United States (1964–1982) by T. S. Kulepanova

“…Publicists broadcast a number of stereotypes of the totalitarian direction of American Russian studies at the analyzing the concept of «Soviet state». Significant components of image of the USSR were ideas about the Russian people and Soviet youth, which were perceived as progressive forces capable of creating Russia of Future. …”
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Twenty Years of Building International Relations on the Territory of the CIS: the Polish Perspective by A. Kovalchuk

“…The article presents the main issues of international relations in the post-soviet area since the collapse of the Soviet Union, perceived by Polish political scientists as critical to the modern structure of relations in the region. …”
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Fur Processing in Raižiai in the 20th Century: Craft and Image by Jonas Mardosa

“…The surviving fur processing craftsmen in the Soviet era, like the majority of the rural population, were used for unskilled labour in the collective farms and on a Soviet farm. …”
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Machine-tool industry retrospective analysis in member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States by M. M. Shailieva, K. N. Sergeeva

“…The article examines the dynamics of machine tool production in the countries of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and post-Soviet states from the standpoint of statistical science. …”
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Prague, the Victorious May of 1945 by S. V. Kudryashov

“…The liberation of Prague was only part of a powerful offensive by three Soviet fronts. Heavy battles for Prague did not happen, but the entry of Soviet tanks into the Czech capital and the subsequent jubilation of local residents became a symbol of the end of the war in Europe. …”
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“Новая литература не возникает как пистолетный выстрел в ночи”. Об институциональных границах первых советских массовых писательских объединений... by Dar’ia Moskovskaia, Vagif Guseinov

“… The article discusses early Soviet literary institutions that took on the mission of uniting the writers’ forces: VAPP (the All-Russian Association of Proletarian Writers), whose institutional practices exhibit a pronounced sectarian nature and confrontational strategies, closely related to the early Proletkul’t, and demonstrate a distinctly ‘creative’ class-based nature; FOSP (the Federation of Soviet Writers), whose institutional nature was instrumental and artificial, this institution being “the first real example of the party’s concern for establishing basic conditions for the growth of new culture in the early years of the new regime” (Metcalf); and the Organizing Committee of the Union of Soviet Writers (SSP), which, despite sharing some similarities with FOSP, fundamentally differed from the latter through direct party leadership and funding, and gradually became a state structure – the Union of Soviet Writers. …”
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