ENERGY ISSUES AS THE TRIGGER OF FORMATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME OF THE CASPIAN SEA by I. S. Rozhkov

“…The research object of the article is a development of the international regime of the Caspian Sea after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and increase in the number of the Caspian Littoral States, which transformed the former “closed” Soviet-Iranian region to the arena for wrangling between the different foreign policy interests of the most powerful world nations. …”
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Philosophical and Legal Interpretations of the Deformations of Legal Awareness in the XX - Early XXI Century by M. V. Melnyk

“…Totalitarian propaganda machines, the Soviet Union in particular, tried to transform society into a governed crowd, brainwashed by a certain ideology that led to a degeneration of legal awareness into a totalitarian consciousness and, as a consequence, to the widespread deformation of legal awareness. …”
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THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF THE USSR / RUSSIA by T. V. Nosenko, V. A. Isaev, E. S. Melkumyan

“…The article reveals the stages in the formation of the USSR policy in the field of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict resolution, the features of the developed policy and practical conclusions that could be useful in advancing the current Middle East policy of the Russian Federation. Initially, the Soviet Union perceived the Palestinian theme primarily from the point of view of the problem of refugees. …”
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Balances of Power, Threat, and Interests: The Logic behind China-Russia Strategic Alignment in the Post-Cold War Period by A. N. Korolev

“…Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, China-Russia relations have demonstrated a significant and consistent progress on a number of issues advancing to the strategic alliance. …”
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At the Turn of the Nuclear Ages: Strategic Stability and Contours of a New World Order by V. A. Veselov

“…Special focus is on such issues as the achievement of strategic parity between the Soviet Union and the United States and the role of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Agreement and the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in the development of the concept of strategic stability and informal code of conduct of nuclear powers. …”
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The Prototype of National Projects is the “Health” Program of the Kalmyk ASSR in the 1980s by Margarita V. Baduginova

“…As the political situation in the Soviet Union began to become unstable, this program could no longer ensure the normal functioning of the deteriorating health care system.…”
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Retrospective of legislation on the acquisition (purchase) of wild animals for the purpose of their maintenance and breeding in semi-free conditions or in captivity by O. Yu. Onishchenko

“…The key point is the author’s position, that the formation of a retrospective of legislation in the field of acquisition (purchase) of wild animals for the purpose of their maintenance and breeding in semi-free conditions or in captivity should be divided into four main periods: the ancient period, medieval period, the period of the influence of tsarist Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire on Ukrainian lands and the period of formation and development of legislation within the Soviet Union. In the conclusions the author summarizes the analysis of the development of environmental legislation in the field of acquisition (purchase) of wild animals for the purpose of their maintenance and breeding in semi-free conditions or in captivity.…”
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The "conquest" of historical space in the 21st century Russia: negative historical identity? by Aurimas Švedas

“…The Russian State, which was built after the fall of the Soviet Union, had no clear ideology and value system for more than fifteen years. …”
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Legal and Organizational Principles of Militia Activities of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1956 by V. A. Grechenko

“…Stalin in 1953 marked the beginning of the partial liberalization of the political regime in the Soviet Union; the strongest impetus for the continuation and intensification of this process was in 1956, the year of the XX Congress of the CPSU and the CPSU Central Committee Resolution “On overcoming the Stalin’s cult of personality and its consequences”, where a lot of terrible truth about the Soviet past was told for the first time. …”
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The Economic Crisis and the Protestant Congregations in the Contemporary Russia by I. G. Kargina

“…RETRACTEDThe political paradigm shift after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economic crisis, and the provision of religious freedom were all conducive to the aspirations of a vast majority of the population. …”
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Cycles of History: China, North Korea and the End of the Korean War by Sheila Miyoshi Jager

“…This situation changed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. As Beijing and Moscow sharply cut their aid and shunned Pyongyang for better relations with Seoul, the North Korean economy went into precipitous decline.4 Russia's abandonment of the "friendship price" system and its demand for hard currency for exports was a major factor in the collapse of the North Korean economy and starvation on a massive scale.This article assesses the China-North Korean relationship from the outbreak of the Korean War to the present.…”
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Cold War as Social Conflict, Iron Curtains and Application of Dѐtente Policy as Cold War Concept by Effiong Ekpo, Udeoji Ebele Angela

“…The paper postulates that the antagonist behaviour in the Soviet Union, and US and her allies brought a second thought in the system, as a result dѐtente was a solution, and it is strategies relaxation of tension during the cold war associated with the diplomatic reactions between superpowers and later china. …”
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The functioning of the Crimean Tatar language in the authorities and administration of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the context of the policy of indigenizati... by Grigorii Kondratjuk

“…The creation of the Crimean autonomy was supposed to demonstrate that the needs of the Turkic peoples could be resolved in the Soviet Union, but not in the principles of Kemalism, but in the Communist Party. …”
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Drafting of the Union treaty in September-December 1991: from the dismantling of statehood to the USSR's collapse by A. V. Lukashin

“…The article is devoted to the consideration of internal political processes in the Soviet Union at the final stage of its existence, in particular, the political struggle between the President of the USSR M.S. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…The signing of the Declaration on the formation of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922 marked a new stage in the history of international relations, and, at the same time, took stock of intense domestic and international political struggle unfolding in the previous years. …”
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Black Orpheus by Hlonipha Mokoena

“…The fate of African Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Negritude and Black Internationalism was also bundled up with Cold War politics and this has in some ways resulted in the conclusion that the thawing of American and Soviet Union also led to the depreciation of these liberation and anti-colonial ideas. …”
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THE USSR AND FRG’S “NEW OSTPOLITIK” by A. M. Filitov

“…The historical experience of overcoming the “enemy image” in the relationship between the Soviet Union and the FRG has a great practical value for the solution of the present-day international conflicts.…”
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The state of scientific research of militia activity in Ukraine during the period of partial liberalisation of the political regime in the USSR (1953–1962) by V. A. Grechenko, O. N. Yarmysh

“…They analyse some of the causes of crime and its evolution in the USSR at that time, and examine the social and cultural impact of the Thaw on relations, decision-making and policy-making in the Soviet Union during the period when N. S. Khrushchev was its leader. …”
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Neutrality or Involvement? World War II and Evolution of Foreign Policy Concepts of the Nordic Countries by E. V. Korunova

“…In the final section, the paper examines the reaction to this project of the Scandinavian countries, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain. The author shows that although this reaction was more than restrained, and the project was not implemented, Sweden’s initiatives contributed to the creation of a unique security architecture in Northern Europe, where each state of the region had its own role with the neutral Sweden serving as a balancing force.…”
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Lithuania's Image in Modem History Schoolbooks of Russia by Nerijus Šepetys

“…In Russian schoolbooks of modern history, two passages are granted exceptional attention: the events related to the circumstances and results of the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Overall, these schoolbooks comprehend a wide variety of material concerning the "Lithuanian question": objective and unfair exposition of major factual data, conscious and unconscious veilings, multiperspective and one-sided interpretations, neutral and subtle misrepresentations. …”
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