First experience of participation in post-Soviet parliamentary elections in Nizhny Novgorod region: pages of political history by Ya. S. Zanozina, V. M. Plitkina, A. A. Fomenkov

“…The aim of the work was to determine the specifics of the results of the first elections of deputies of the Russian Parliament after the collapse of the USSR in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The tasks of the work are related to the study of the elections of deputies of the State Duma (both by single-mandate districts and by party lists), and the Federation Council. …”
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On the Energy Efficiency of Indoor Air Conditioning by S. N. Osipov, A. V. Zakharenko, E. M. Shirokova

“…The air conditioning process is quite energy-intensive, but the growth of well-being in many republics of the former USSR, as well as the increasing complexity of the physiological adaptation of the human body to rising outdoor temperatures make it possible (and at the same time necessary) to implement these systems on a large scale. …”
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Transmission of HIV and HCV within Former Soviet Union Countries by Lazzat Aibekova, Aizada Bexeitova, Arailym Aldabergenova, Gonzalo Hortelano, Zhangwen Ge, Feng Yi, Yiming Shao, Jack DeHovitz, Sten H. Vermund, Syed Ali

“…Following the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) in 1991, trans-border mobility increased within the former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. …”
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Evaluation of commercial traits in the accessions of the wheatgrass genus (<i>Agropyron</i> Gaertn.) under the conditions of Central Yakutia by A. A. Kochegina, V. M. Koryakina

“…Studying plants of the wheatgrass genus as a unique and valuable fodder and phytomeliorating perennial arid xerophytic crop is of great interest to plant breeders, geneticists, biologists, ecologists, agriculturists, and forestry experts in southern regions of Russia, the ex-USSR republics, a number of European and Asia Minor countries, the U. …”
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The economic situation of state farms and collective farms Altai Territory in the second half of 1980s by D. S. Orlov, A. A. Chirkov

“…The article analyzes the insufficiently studied problems of the agrarian and economic history of the USSR in the second half of the 1980s, related to the policy of state bodies to increase investment in the agro-industrial complex and stimulate the development of agricultural production. …”
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Chinese Scholars on the Progress and Outcomes of the Military Reforms in Russia (from the 1990s till Present) by Shiying Han

“…In this regard, the Chinese assessments of the Russian military policy after the collapse of the USSR are of particular interest. The survey of specialized publications shows that Chinese scholars commenced studies on the Russian military reforms in the mid-1990s. …”
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«THE CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD» OR «CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE»? TO THE ANNIVERSARIES OF THE EVIAN AND BERMUDA CONFERENCES by D. V. Ivanov, A. V. Krylov, V. M. Morozov, V. O. Pechatnov, S. A. Sklyarov, E. O. Shebalina

“…The aspects include such issues as prerequisites for conferences in the documents of the USSR Embassy in Poland as of 1923, historical and legal analysis of the activities and outcomes of conferences from the perspective of international legal regulation of forced population migration, the evolution of F. …”
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Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…The international situation was different as well: growing activity of the right-wing radicals after fascists took power in Germany and consolidation of Stalin’s dictatorship in the USSR. The most significant difference is thought to lie in the fact that the 1926 coup was directed against the reforms that were planned or undertaken by the left-wing coalition, while the 1934 political upheavals attempted to prevent a possible takeover by the right-wing extremists, though some data can be found that by means of a coup K. …”
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60th Anniversary of Postgraduate School of Federal State-Financed Institution “Federal Centre for Animal Health” by Т. V. Zhbanova, Т. B. Nikeshina, N. А. Perevozchikova, N. А. Мarova

“…The leading scientists of the Institute were authorized by a decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR to provide academic supervision to postgraduate students. …”
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Supplements to the <i>Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding</i>: dedicated to the 115th anniversary of the journal by article Editorial

“…During the interwar period of Soviet Russia and the USSR (1917–1940), the journal was headed by the world-famous Russian scientist Academician Nikolay Vavilov, a public figure and official, a recognized expert in the field of plant genetics, breeding, cultivation, and immunology.Since 1908, publicly available original or translated articles recounting the current (at the time of publication) state of knowledge in various sectors of applied botany and plant breeding have been published in the form of supplements to the Proceedings.Supplements were published from 1908 through 1937. …”
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THE TRANSFORMATION PERIODS IN THE RUSSIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS (1991-2016) by D. G. Bdoyan

“…Transformations of the relations occur now more often and exert serious impact both on the states, and on the region in general. The collapse of the USSR can be considered as the beginning of intensive changes in the relationship between Russia and Turkey. …”
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D. I. BLOKHINTSEV – SCIENTIST AND TEACHER. THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC WORK by V. N. Pervushin

“…The aim of the publication is to state the creative principles of activity of the outstanding scientist and teacher Dmitry Ivanovich Blokhintsev (1/10/1908 – 1/29/1979) – the organizer and the first director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Researches in Dubna in 1956–1965, one of the pioneers of Nuclear Science and Atomics, the corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.The author of the article shares memories about the teacher and the research supervisor, and gives a peculiar report on realization of ideas of D. …”
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MOBILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FROM THE TERRITORIES OF INDONESIA, SRI LANKA (CEYLON) AND NEPAL by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…Ter-Avanesyan, who worked as an agricultural attaché at the USSR Embassy in India, familiarized himself in every detail with plant resources and agriculture in Nepal. …”
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MEMORY IN PUBLIC SPACE AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH IN TIME OF WAR by Viktoriia Kovpak, Nataliia Lebid, Viktor Burenkov

“…This, in turn, can take the form of the construction of historical memory and become a practice of intervention in the field of historiography, marking the territory and the mental space with colonial symbols, as demonstrated by Russia after the collapse of the USSR, appealing to nostalgia for the Soviet past and constructing the politics of "fraternal nations" in entrepreneurial activity. …”
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THE ROLE OF N. I. VAVILOV AND VIR’S SCIENTISTS IN DESERT RECLAMATION by N. I. Dzyubenko, A. A. Kochegina

“…Vavilov’s plans to solve the complex problems of desert and semi-desert reclamation in the areas of the USSR; afforestation, melioration and climatic studies; problems of southern industrial crops; formation of sustainable forage crop cultivation for livestock, and establishment of oases. …”
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Development of Primer Panels for Whole-Genome Amplification and Sequencing of Human Seasonal Coronaviruses: hCoV-OC43, hCoV-HKU1, hCoV-229E, and hCoV-NL63 by Tamila Musaeva, Artem Fadeev, Maria Pisareva, Veronika Eder, Andrey Ksenafontov, Margarita Korzhanova, Valery Tsvetkov, Alexander Perederiy, Irina Kiseleva, Daria Danilenko, Dmitry Lioznov, Andrey Komissarov

“…Additionally, we sequenced a historical hCoV-229E isolate collected in the USSR in 1979, the oldest sequenced 229E virus from Eurasia, and demonstrated that it belongs to Genotype 2. …”
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Sposobin Remains. A Soviet Harmony Textbook’s Twisted Fate in China by Wai Ling Cheong, Ding Hong

“…This was the first officially approved harmony textbook in the USSR, which came to be adopted as “the basic textbook for courses on harmony in the music schools of the Soviet Union” (Vladimir Protopopov, 1960). …”
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Dissemination of the Russian emigrant literature and the literature of the Book Program in East Europe in 1950-1990 by Alvydas Kazakevičius

“…There were several Russian émigré political organizations: Russian Socialists, National People's Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS), Combatant Union for Russian People's Liberation (SBONR), Combatant Union for Russian Liberty (SBSR), Combatant League for People's Liberty (LBNS), and Central Unification of Political Emigrants from USSR (COPE). They published periodicals, leaflets, pamphlets, books, and strove to disseminate them in the Soviet Union. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…In 1966–1969 he studied at the post-graduate course of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the USSR (supervisor was the famous Russian mathematician Professor Login Bolshev) and defended the thesis of a candidate of mathematical sciences (the current equivalent is PhD thesis).  …”
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