Search Results - Civilization

The re-Islamization of society and the position of women in post-Soviet Uzbekistan by Tokhtakhodjaeva, Marfua, 1944-

Subjects: “…Islam and civil society Uzbekistan.…”
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Russian avant-garde and radical modernism an introductory reader /

“…Soviet Union Civilization.…”
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Language and culture in eighteenth-century Russia by Zhivov, V. M.

“…Russia Civilization 18th century.…”
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A small corner of hell dispatches from Chechnya / by Politkovskai͡a, Anna

“…Chechni͡a (Russia) History Civil War, 1994- Press coverage.…”
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The word that causes death's defeat poems of memory / by Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966

Table of Contents: “…Youth and early fame, 1889-1916 -- Revolution and civil war, 1917-1922 -- Outcast in the new order, 1922-1935 -- Terror and the muse, 1936-1941 -- War and late Stalinism, 1941-1953 -- Late fame and final years, 1953-1966 -- Requiem -- The way of all the earth -- Poem without a hero -- Bearing the burden of witness : Requiem -- Forward into the past : The way of all the earth -- Rediscovering a lost generation : Poem without a hero -- Commentary on Poem without a hero.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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