This research aimed to delineate the nation-building project in education and the response of the Russians and Russophone Ukrainians in post-Soviet Ukraine. The study deals with two central questions : (1) What kind of nation-building policies did
the national authorities introduce in the field of education in the post-Glasnost era and (2) How do the local Russians and Russophone Ukrainians react to the current nation-building policies in education (i.e. in terms of school choice, language use
The analytical heart of the paper is a case-study analysis based on interviews with Russian scientists who have participated in international climate assessment exercises. Russian participants did not play a role as informational entrepreneurs
Persistent features of the Russian countryside : communal attachment and reform
The Russian agrarian scene at the turn of the century is analyzed. Agrarian overpopulation, peasant communes, and the Stolypin reform are specifically examined with the intent of displaying features of the Russian countryside that have persisted
through all of the political upheavals of the 20th century. Among them are : an east-west gradient of agricultural output per unit of land, an attachment to collective farming, the peasant character of Russian agriculture, and the regional pattern
District ; Ethnic composition ; European part of Russia ; Kaliningrad ; Population ; Russians
After the World War II the northern part of the German East Prussia was transformed into the Kaliningrad District within the Russian Federation. The ethnic structure of population changed completely. The new population of the region became dominated
by the Russians. The Collapse of the Soviet Union created new challenges for the district. - (BJ)
Russian imperial expansion in context and by contrast
powers of Western Europe in a number of respects. These differences, which served to disguise the imperial nature of Russian expansion, also generated distinctive consequences.
Russian agri-food sector between well-performing macroeconomic environment and institutional obstacles.
In the aftermah of the breakdown of the Russian foreign exchange market and financial system in August 1998 the macroeconomic environment recovered considerably, generating an output push in the agri-food sector. This improved the financial health
rules within as well as between firms and farms and lack of credibility of Russian government promote a rent-seeking behaviour of employer and employees. (L'A.).