Higher Education as Soft Power Potential of Russia by M. M. Lebedeva, J. Fort

“…Referring to Joseph Nye’s concept of «soft power» the authors examine training of national cadres for other countries as a factor of «soft power» of the Soviet Union and Russia. They note that before the collapse of the USSR 10.8 % of all international students studying abroad did it in the USSR. …”
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International Experience of Legal Regulation of Social Vacations by V. O. Latysheva

“…The author has analyzed experience of legal regulation of social vacations in the USA, the countries of the European Union, the countries of the former Soviet Union, etc. It has been noted that the current period of development of the state and society makes new demands on the socialization of labor legislation, especially for employees with family responsibilities, taking into account the positive international experience. …”
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The Question of Baltic States in the Policy of the Great Westem Powers in 1944-1945 by Ramojus Kraujelis

“…Participation of the Soviet Union in these postwar plans was an essential condition. …”
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25 years of publishing "Knygotyra" by Vanda Stonienė

“…Additionally, the Department of Exchange at the Vilnius University Library distributes it to 87 libraries across the Soviet Union and foreign countries. It is regularly sent to 34 libraries in socialist countries and 12 other foreign countries (including 10 libraries in the USA). …”
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Old believers in the 20th century of Lithuania by Grigorijus Potašenko

“…The High Council of Old Believers was the only religious-spiritual center of bespopovtsy pomortsy in the Soviet Union (till 1990). …”
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ACCESSIONS OF KYRGYSTAN TO THE CUSTOMS UNION: PRECONDITIONS, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS by O. M. Evdokimova

“…The aspiration to associate in new integration structures, such as the CIS and EurAsEC, came to change to dezintegratsionny processes after disintegration of the Soviet Union. This article is devoted to a problem of development and deepening of degree of interrelation between CIS countries in such associations, as EurAsEC and EEP, to stages of formation of integration groups. …”
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Analysis of the Water Footprint of Central and Eastern Europe Countries by Damian Panasiuk, Petro Skrypchuk, Barbara Kucharska, Olena Suduk

“…It is the highest for the countries of the former Soviet Union, that is Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, and half as low for Poland and Slovakia. …”
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Fiction books translations for children: publishing in Lithuania in 1940-1990 by Vita Mozūraitė

“…There were many challenges associated with translations, most of which were dictated by central departments in Moscow that regulated all publishing activities in the Soviet Union. …”
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Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation with the USSR on the U.S. Leadership’s Agenda During the Era of Détente (1969–1980) by V. T. Yungblyud

“…Department of State, and electronic collections of American intelligence and scientific communities, this article examines the evolving U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union in the 1970s. It focuses on the role assigned to trade, economic relations, and scientific-technical cooperation in the broader framework of superpower relations.The study concludes that the unraveling of détente in trade and scientific-technical cooperation occurred in three distinct stages. …”
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The Electoral History of the Post-Soviet Crimea: from UkSSR to Russia by A. A. Tokarev

“…This article discusses all Crimean voting, including referendums and elections: from the first referendum in the history of the Soviet Union in January 1991, to the last election to the State Council of the Republic of Crimea within the Russian Federation in September 2014. …”
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The Development of the US National Missile Defense and its Impact on the International Security by J. Yu. Parshkova

“…The United States and the former Soviet Union made huge efforts to reduce and limit offensive arms. …”
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Classical Universities in the Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Empire and the USSR: Leaving the Ivory Tower by M. V. Gribovskiy

“…However, the correction of the scientific and educational policy of the times of the mature Soviet Union and the development of economic contractual issues have already occurred since the 1950s-1960s lead to an increased influence of universities on the development of the real sector of the domestic economy while reducing the share of fundamental research.…”
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Embarking on Friendship: Exploring Early Soviet-Indian Relations by S. I. Lunev

“…During the Second World War, he was an uncompromising fighter against British colonialists. The Soviet Union did not pay sufficient attention to S.C. …”
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Soviet Diplomatic Efforts to Prevent Hungary’s Alignment with Germany in World War II (1939– 1941) by V. F. Pryakhin

“…In this geopolitical scenario, American and Western European actors (including Great Britain and France) were relegated to the role of observers, anticipating a prolonged conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that would drain both. Hungary, as strategized by Budapest, hoped to secure a position among these observers, avoiding direct conflict participation, and to later engage in territorial reconfiguration post-World War II. …”
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Wiews of the nation's memories: A stereotyped vision of the Lithuanian history of the 20th century in Lithuanian documentary films by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…Such tendencies have been observed in representing the most important historical events and processes for the Lithuanian statehood of the 20th century - namely, the occupation of Vilnius and Klaipeda, the restitution of Vilnius, the annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, collectivization, the National Revival Movement "Atgimimas" of 1991, and finally, the events of January 13th. …”
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Science Under Political Change: The Experience of Russian Genetics in the 1960s by S. V. Shalimov

“…This period has not yet been duly investigated and there are almost no publications authored by professional historians dedicated to genetics research in the Soviet Union in the 1960-80s. To a certain extent this gap has been covered in the author’s earlier publications. …”
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RUSSIAN-ARAB COOPERATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE "ARAB SPRING" by M. A. Sapronova

“…Analyzes the problems faced by Russia in the development of foreign policy doctrine in the region of the Arab East, becoming the successor of the Soviet Union; difficulty in building bilateral relations with Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Russia's role as a co-sponsor of the Middle East settlement. …”
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Towards a Bipolar World. Book Review of ‘The Second World War and the Transformation of International Relations: From Multipolarity to a Bipolar World’ edited by L.S. Belousov and... by V. I. Batyuk

“…In particular, the book provides a detailed picture of the complex interactions within the strategic triangle — the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain — both during the war and in the years after the war. …”
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Russians among the Peoples of the Baltic States: the Origins of Mutual Perceptions and Relations by R. H. Simonyan, T. M. Kochegarova

“…The Baltic countries - the next neighbors of Russia, whose history is closely linked with our country in the period of Kievan Rus, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and today in a broad European context. …”
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Agitation and propaganda work and fight against defeatist sentiments in Khanty-Mansiysk National District at initial stage of the Great Patriotic War by E. V. Leshukova

“…The source base of the study is the office documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, stored in the Historical Archive of the Omsk region and the State Archive of Socio-Political History of Tyumen region. …”
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