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Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 by Shternshis, Anna

“…Kosher pork -- an oxymoron? Anna Shternshis's fascinating study traces the creation of a Soviet Jewish identity that disassociated Jewishness from Judaism. The…”
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Blacks, Reds, and Russians: Sojourners in Search of the Soviet Promise by Carew, Joy Gleason

“…One of the most compelling, yet little known stories of race relations in the twentieth century is the account of blacks who chose to leave the United States…”
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Techno-economic transformation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union – A neo-Schumpeterian perspective by Radosevic, Slavo

“… This essay is an interpretative survey that explores the post-socialist transformation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union…”
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It was a long time ago, and it never happened anyway: Russia and the communist past by Satter, David

“… forgotten. In this book David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent and longtime writer on Russia and the Soviet Union, presents a striking new interpretation of Russia's great historical tragedy, locating…”
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Drivers of CO2 emissions in the former Soviet Union: A country level IPAT analysis from 1990 to 2010 by Brizga, Janis, Feng, Kuishuang, Hubacek, Klaus

“… – most of them emerged from the FSU (former Soviet Union ). CO2 emissions for these countries combined have decreased by 35…”
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"My Death Was in a Kiss": Theatrical Propaganda Against Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Early Soviet Union and the United States in the 1920s-1930s by Kosenko, Oxana, Polianski, Igor J

“…We analyze key historical anti-sexually transmitted infection (STI) theatrical performances in the Soviet Union and the United States that were staged to disseminate knowledge and awareness of STIs among the population…”
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Former Soviet Union middle class: How entrepreneurs are shaping a new stratum and pattern of socio-economic behavior by Otar, Elmira, Salikzhanov, Rinat, Akhmetova, Aigul, Issakhanova, Assel, Mukhambetova, Kuralay

“…The purpose of this study is to create a representative socio-economic profile of entrepreneurs operating in the former Soviet Union (FSU…”
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THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AMERICAN MATHEMATICIANS by Borjas, George J., Doran, Kirk B.

“…It has been difficult to open up the black box of knowledge production. We use unique international data on the publications, citations, and affiliations of…”
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Fish introductions in the former Soviet Union: The Sevan trout (Salmo ischchan) - 80 years later by Bogdanowicz, Wiesław, Rutkowski, Robert, Gabrielyan, Bardukh K, Ryspaev, Akylbek, Asatryan, Anzhela N, Mkrtchyan, Jon A, Bujalska, Barbara M

“…The Soviet Union played the leading role in fish introductions in Eurasia. However, only 3% of all introductions prior to 1978 gave a commercial benefit…”
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Migration, Ethnicity and Solidarity: ‘Multinational Workers’ in the Former Soviet Union by Morrison, Claudio, Sacchetto, Devi, Croucher, Richard

“…We investigate migrant construction workers’ experiences in the Former Soviet Union, examining their attitudes to other ethno…”
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Gulag Voices: An Anthology by Kernberg, Otto

“…Anne Applebaum wields her considerable knowledge of a dark chapter in human history and presents a collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the…”
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Determinants of CO2 emission for post-Soviet Union independent countries by Bae, Jeong Hwan, Li, Dmitriy D., Rishi, Meenakshi

“…This article analyses the determinants of CO 2 emission for 15 post-Soviet Union independent (PSI…”
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Censorship in the Soviet Union by Zaslavsky, Victor

“…The article provides a historical and conceptual overview of censorship, one of the foundational institutions of the Soviet state. Censorship was…”
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Harlem, USSR: Black Modernism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1937 by Karmanov, Fedor

“…Abstract The following essay tracks the translation of African-American poetry in the first two decades of the Soviet Union…”
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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union: by Sheila Fitzpatrick, London, Old Street Publishing 2022, 256 pp., $100.00 (cloth), $25.00 (paper), $11.99 (Kindle) by Levin, Michael

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Harnessing the amber waves: U.S. grain embargoes against the Soviet Union and the politics of insecurity, 1975-1980 by Evans, David L.

“…This article examines two grain embargoes the United States implemented against the Soviet Union in 1975 and 1980…”
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Emerging from the shadow of the Soviet Union: the case of the accountancy field in Latvia by Praulins, Arturs, Spence, Crawford William, Voulgaris, Georgios

“…PurposeThis paper aims to explore the structure of the accounting field in a post-Soviet context – Latvia. This study also aims to generate insights into the…”
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The Multiethnic Soviet Union and Its DemiseBrigid O’Keeffe, The Multiethnic Soviet Union and Its Demise . London & New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, xii + 134pp., £12.99p/b: Brigid O’Keeffe, London & New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, xii + 134pp., £12.99 p/b by Ludwig, Jonathan Z.

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The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union, and Communism by Payne, Stanley G

“…In this compelling book Stanley G. Payne offers the first comprehensive narrative of Soviet and Communist intervention in the revolution and civil war in…”
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The “proletarian disease” on stage. Theatrical anti-tuberculosis propaganda in the early Soviet Union by Polianski, Igor J., Kosenko, Oxana

“…The present contribution analyses sanitary theatrical performances as a means of anti-tuberculosis propaganda in the early Soviet Union…”
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