Russian History: Why did the Soviet military retain the traditional (western) Officer/Enlisted class binary rather than instituting some other hierarchichal structure? How did they ideologically justify maintaining two distinct and separate classes, one subordinate to the other, in an army putatively fighting for a classless society?
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Nov 2, 2012 -
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Can somebody help me track down the source claiming Leonid Kantorovich was responsible for the safety of evacuees on the Road of Life during the Siege of Leningrad?
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posted by onalark
on Sep 29, 2012 -
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LateImperialRussianHistoryFilter: What penalties under the law might a Russian man or woman in 1890 face for adultery?
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posted by Pallas Athena
on Feb 15, 2012 -
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I'm looking for reporting/stories dealing with Russia right when the Soviet Union collapsed.
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posted by JonesVery
on Sep 27, 2011 -
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Bookfilter: I want to read books that are similar to "Saturn is almost invisible" by Vasily Ardamatsky.
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posted by vidur
on Feb 16, 2011 -
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History filter: can you point me to sources on the treatment of British POWs during the Crimean War?
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posted by artemisia
on Sep 15, 2010 -
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Are there any good books about the Chechen war that also give some historical background on Russian relations with the Caucasus?
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posted by falameufilho
on Apr 13, 2010 -
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I'm preparing for a massive personal archiving/interviewing trip with my grandparents and need advice regarding many aspects of the project.
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posted by ikahime
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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Did they really get the bright idea to host a college football game in Soviet Russia, and then have to cancel it because they couldn't sell enough vacation packages? The Wikipedia entry about the
Glasnost Bowl has a bunch of outdated angelfire pages as its sources. The
1989 New York Times article that mentions it doesn't treat it as very interesting. I think it would make a publishable journal article if it's real and am looking for more info.
posted by srs
on Jul 4, 2009 -
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Looking for recommendations on films (documentary or dramatic) or books (nonficiton or novel) about Agitprop or Agitprop Theater, specifically as it was practiced in Boshevist Russia/USSR.
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posted by brain cloud
on Nov 15, 2008 -
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I'm looking for some books on European history during the 1800s. I'm specifically interested in Russia from the Decemberists to the 1917 revolution, and the French student revolution of 1848.
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posted by pombe
on Apr 26, 2007 -
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Can you help me find a book which traverses Russian history from, well, as far back as possible up to the Russian Revolution of 1917?
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posted by The Great Big Mulp
on Dec 17, 2006 -
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What was life like in Siberia circa the mid-1820s? Specifically, what was life like for Decemberists who were exiled there? I have heard that it was like the Wild West, only much colder. Are there any good books on this? I've found a couple of websites referenced, but, well, I don't speak Russian.
Academic history papers are also appreciated. Any good authors, novels, histories, authorities would be a help.
(As a corrolary— was there a concerted exploration and surveying movement in that area at the same time? What would it have been like to be on the frontier? How would it have been different from the American frontier of a similar time [which would have been around Ohio and Michigan]?)
posted by klangklangston
on Mar 10, 2006 -
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I want to know more about the history of Russian biology--especially in the period from Darwin to Lysenko (roughly 75 years). I don't know any Russian, so the source has to be in English. Anyone know anything that would fit this description?
posted by onetreehill
on Feb 20, 2006 -
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