The Battle of Stalingrad in the Context of Modern History by M. Y. Myagkov

“…After Stalingrad it became clear to the whole world that war against the USSR for a coalition of fascist aggressors is lost. …”
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Mikhail Gorbachev's First Visit to Britain: 30 Years on by K. V. Shlykov

“…The revitalization of contacts with the USSR was a part of Britain's resurgence as a major world player after the Falklands victory. …”
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Higher Education as Soft Power Potential of Russia by M. M. Lebedeva, J. Fort

“…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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Civilizational Analysis in Historical Sociology and Explanations of the “Soviet Collapse" by M. V. Maslovskiy

“…The article deals with attempts to explain the collapse of the Soviet version of modernity — and the disintegration of the USSR — in (post)-Sovietology and historical sociology. …”
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V. I. Nilov is “a very modest man and an exceptionally serious scientist” (concerning one comment in M. Gorky’s letter to I. V. Stalin) by A. G. Plotnikova

“…The writer appealed to the USSR top officials, intending to improve the situation with scientific institutions in Crimea. …”
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Some features of mathematical education in Lithuania during the years of dependence by Juozas Banionis

“… With Lithuania's incorporation in the USSR strictly limited system of soviet education was introduced in the country. …”
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The Congress of Mongolologists-Philologists In Ulanbaatar (1959) in the Ideological Contexts of the Cold War by Tatiana I. Yusupova

“…The article is based on the materials from the Russian Academy of Sciences Archives and publications of Congress participants from the USSR, the UK and the USA. Result and conclusions. …”
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«Striking force of gun turrets» — to question of creating artillery weapons of Soviet armored vehicles in 1930’s by M. S. Novikov

“…The article is devoted to the development of anti-tank and tank artillery in the USSR, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Italy in the Interbellum. …”
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Development of means of combating armored vehicles at the forefront of defense. The first half of the 1930s. Based on the materials of the Soviet military press by M. S. Novikov

“…While outside the USSR, heavy machine guns, automatic guns, field artillery guns continued to be considered as anti-tank weapons. …”
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The History of the Creation and Promotion of the First Consolidated Text of the Bashkir Folk Epic “Idukai and Muradim” by Khabutdinova M.M.

“…In the second half of 1920s to the first half of 1930s, Naki Isanbet participated in the first academic project in Russian history to collect, study, and create critical texts of epics of the peoples of the USSR, headed by scientists of the USSR Academy of Sciences. …”
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French diplomats and the military on Soviet Russia and the balance of power in Central-Eastern Europe in 1922 by I. E. Magadeev

“…The eventual strengthening of Soviet Russia/the USSR was both a threat and an opportunity for France as one of the leading European powers of that period, which had obligations and interests in Central and Eastern Europe. …”
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Legal regulation of the police officers' powers of the Ukrainian SSR in the 1920s of the XX century by S. V. Vasyliev

“…The norms of the legislative and by-laws of the USSR, which established the rights and duties of police officers, have been analysed. …”
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Development of cultivars that expand the area of almond cultivation: commemorating the 120th birthday of Prof. Alexander An. Richter by A. A. Richter

“…Years of his participation in the USSR Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) earned him numerous gold medal awards.…”
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Fizyk jako element aksjosfery czasów Związku Radzieckiego (na przykładzie reportaży Hanny Krall i Jacka Hugo-Badera) by Daria Słupianek-Tajnert

“…Physicists, who function as objects of evaluation in the analysed reportages, are also a means of an indirect evaluation in relation to the political system in the USSR and reflect ways in which the country treats its citizens. …”
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La situation de la langue ossète en Ossétie du Sud et le rôle des conflits de 1920, 1991-1992 et 2008 by Laurent Alibert

“…We choose here to study the evolution of Ossetic situation in South Ossetia through the three last armed conflicts with Georgia and during the USSR period. The study will start from a contradiction: during the « five days war » of august 2008, whereas international media presented frequently South Ossetia as a russian-speaking area, the Ossetic language (non-slavic language, last remnant of the east-iranian group) was daily spoken by the population (and significantly more than in North Ossetia) and was still the basis of collective consciousness. …”
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AN INQUIRY INTO CHINA’S ALIGNMENT WITH RUSSIA by W. Li

“…However, since the collapse of the USSR, China and Russia have developed their overall ties steadily and substantially. …”
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Cretaceous Insects From Labrador. 4. A New Family of Beetles (Coleoptera: Archostemata) by A. G. Ponomarenko

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Soviet Researchers on the Middle East: Ahead of Their Time by I. D. Zvyagelskaya

“…Due to ideological reasons the USSR could not support nationalist movements abroad. …”
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Review of the Fossil Tiphiidae, With Description of a New Species (Hymenoptera) by A. P. Rasnitsyn

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The role of the Soviet Union in the Second World War in British history textbooks by Evgeni S. Pankov

“…The article analyzes the representation of the role of the USSR in World War II in British history textbooks: what is underscored is the great powers’ diplomatic rivalry in the pre-war period; the «turning point» in the war; the general assessment of the Soviet people’s contribution to the victory. …”
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