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| | Center for Immigration Studies |
 | | My then-teenage father and his brothers, escaping the widespread bloody pogroms taking place throughout the Russian Empire during the civil war that followed the Revolution, were very nearly stranded by it and left to the tender mercies of General "Pogromchik" Petlyura's Russian and Ukrainian Nationalist army. | | | A major problem to address is the fact that the great majority of today's immigrants come from countries with no historical experience of democratic pluralism; instead, their homelands had authoritarian governments, strong traditions of ethnic and religious conformity, and little respect for the rights of ethnic, religious, and political minorities. | | | But this has been regularly the case for at least nearly a decade at meetings of the National Immigration Forum, the key lobbying group for large-scale immigration, a group in which the Jewish organizations present are often alone in opposing what is, in essence, a policy of open borders. |
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| | Russian Underwater Encounters: What Lurks Beneath The Surface |
| | For many people in the Soviet Union this book was an introduction to the forbidden world of ufology, of paleocontact (a Russian term for the ancient astronaut hypothesis), and mysteries of our ancient history. | | | The Soviet seamen observed that when it rose through the clouds, appearing and disappearing again, it would occasional shine in the sun's rays. | | | It broke away from its cradle, the Soviet Academy of Sciences, because as were numerous other people, Ajaja was convinced that those responsible for the UFO research within the Academy actually prevented true and unbiased research. |
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| | The Congress of Russian Communities, or KRO by its Russian acronym, was established in Moscow in the spring of 1993 as an attempt to strengthen and coordinate the activities of the various Russian cultural and mutual aid organizations that already existed in the former Soviet republics. | | | Since Russian was the language which every Soviet citizen had to learn, all career-oriented non-Russians were fluent in it, and at the same time retained a command of the traditional language of their own ethnic group. | | | The Russians may have the greatest language advantages in the Baltic states, but because the Baltic states have already gone a long way to reorient their economies away from the post-Soviet market towards the West, this is also the region where such bilingualism will be least valuable. |
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| | TFR 40-1 Fates of American military POW/MIAs on the territory of the former Soviet Union during the Cold War |
| | In 1944-45, during the course of the Soviet Army's military operations in Eastern European countries and the defeat of the Kvantunskaya Army in the Far East, 22,487 prisoners of war and interned civilians of American citizenship 1946. | | | Namely registration of transfers of prisoners of war and were processed by the First Special Department in the hands of regional NKVD personnel, once they sentenced them to execution by firing squad. | | | According to an official report from the Special Archive of the Russian Federation State Archives, there are no Americans and British buried on the Oblast's territory, and their presence in the Tambovshchina camp zones is not officially confirmed. |
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| | GEOPOLITICAL RIVALRIES IN EURASIA - Eurasia Daily Monitor |
| | The dominance of the titular nations is firmly established in post-Soviet constitutions and Russians are increasingly being squeezed out of government and state positions in favor of members of the titular groups. | | | A majority of the ethnic Russians returning the Russian Federation are from Central Asia, not the three Baltic states or Ukraine. | | | Russian NGOs in Uzbekistan have been accused of fomenting separatism and closed down. |
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http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?volume_id=8&issue_id=452&article_id=3863
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| | Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Resource Guide |
| | Schaffner, Bradley L. Bibliography of the Soviet Union, its predecessors and successors. | | | Based on information from CIA, the US Congress, the US government, Soviet and international sources. | | | FirstBook of demographics for the republics of the former Soviet Union, 1951-1990. |
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http://menic.utexas.edu/reenic/creees/outreach/eeres/RusFSU/current.html
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| | Visited Countries |
| | The area you refer to became Israel and Jordan in 1948, and prior to that was controlled by the British, the Ottomans, the Arab Empire... | | | Also many people traveled a lot inside the former Soviet Union, to the sea, to capitals, etc. But now all the republics are not unated. | | | Since there are 50 countries that currently recognize the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic, and the UN recognizes the fact that the status of Western Sahara is still undetermined, I'd recommend a check block for the area, rather than coloring it in for Morocco. |
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http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries
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| | The Russian Chronicles |
| | I have heard a wide range of comments from Russians about the question of Chechen secession: some argue that they should be allowed to secede from Russia if they choose to; others argue that they are a "corrupt and sneaky" people who must be "kept in line". | | | Dear Doug: We have not had a chance to find out firsthand what the situation is with timber development, although the few Russians that have commented about it are of the opinion that the Russian taiga is being sold out from under them to Korean and other interests. | | | I had a chance to chat with some of the US sailors who were in Vladivostok for V-J day and in St. Petersburg for V-E day this year, and they had the same thing to say as you: that the Russians were some of the most gracious and warm people they had ever met. |
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http://www.f8.com/FP/Russia/logs/comments.html
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| | Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is widespread in naming people of ethnic minorities and citizens of Central Asian or Caucasian republics of the former Soviet Union, especially if a person is a permanent resident and speaks the local language. | | | A number of Russians with the name "Kim", and not of Korean descent, were named after the "Kommunistichesky International Molodyozhi", or "Youth Communist International". | | | The patronymic of a person is based on the first name of his or her father and is written in all documents. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_in_Russian_Empire,_Soviet_Union_and_CIS_countries
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| | RUSNET :: CIS Today :: 2003/10/03 :: Treasures of the Russian Evolution |
| | The Russians took Christianity from the Greek Orthodox Byzantines, the novel from Western Europe, Communism from a German Jew. | | | Peter built the city, Catherine made it a glittering capital, buying the libraries of Diderot and Voltaire, with whom she corresponded, though she failed to entice Voltaire to her court. | | | Abraham's hand has been stayed by an angel, his other hand still covers his son's face. |
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http://www.rusnet.nl/news/2003/10/03/culture_01_1227.shtml
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| | ATutor: Forums: Middle name in member profile |
| | The main of the differences is that the middle name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_name) in Ukrainian tradition is not given (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name) but is a patronimic which is obligatory in formal documents and ALWAYS is derived from the name of the person's father (see somewhat archaic and Russian-centric article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_in_Russian_Empire%2C_Soviet_Union_and_CIS_countries#Patronymic). | | | I believe this could be the point for the further debates (in that case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name could be a nice thing to start with), though I'm uncertain whether it is useful here. | | | It seems likely that even if you have a middle name in the member profile, there is still a serious chance of duplication and that would lead me to suggest adopting other ways of uniquely identifying students. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Russia |
| | Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. | | | Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. | | | The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html
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| | Gertrude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name. | | | Gertrude (also spelt Getrud) is a female forename. |
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| | Cal Poly Pomona |
| | Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries | | | The International Center for their support of this project. | | | This page once prominently displayed the flags of many of the countries where these languages are spoken. |
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| | Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - --< The Master Index Russia & CIS >-- |
| | The cost of your visa will depend on the type of visa you are applying for, as well as your Nationality. | | | http://ari.ru/eng/ (ARI.ru - Russian Nationalist news and views) | | | Before you sign on the dotted line, it's a very good idea to do some research, read the comments found within the forum itself, and ask questions. |
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http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=2585
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| | For Russian gender-related tradition of personal naming, see Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries. | | | Animals and plants, however, can be referred to as ''it'', and sometimes the pronoun ''she'' is applied to countries, ships and machines, although this is not mandatory. | | | For example, in an English-speaking culture, ''John'' (masculine) and ''Joan'' or ''Jane'' (feminine) are gendered variants on the Hebrew name of John the Evangelist. |
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| | Evil empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The use of the phrase "evil empire" by Reagan and U.S. conservatives was intentionally designed to introduce a moral divide to the Cold War, depicting the Soviet Union and its allies as acting in ways that were evil and undermined conventional moral ethos. | | | The term evil empire was applied to the former Soviet Union (USSR) by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, American conservatives, and Cold War hawks after Soviet fighters shot down Korean Air Flight 007 in 1983. | | | Almost three years after using the term "evil empire," during his second term office, Reagan visited the new reformist General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. |
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| | Soviet Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.net |
| | By Soviet historiography, revolutionary activity in the Russian Empire began with the Decembrist Revolt of 1825, and although serfdom was abolished in 1861, its abolition was achieved on terms unfavorable to the peasants and served to encourage revolutionaries. | | | The Soviet Union was created and expanded as union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. | | | The KGB (Committee for State Security), served in a fashion as the Soviet counterpart to both the FBI and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in the U.S. It ran a massive network of informants throughout the Soviet Union, which was used to monitor violations in law. |
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| | Eject! Eject! Eject!: EMPIRE |
| | For example, we took on the British empire, destroyed the last vestiges of the Spanish empire, defeated the fledgling Nazi empire, and toppled the Soviet empire. | | | I state this in the belief that, as you pointed out, empires of often the result of conquest and occupation, with the empire imposing its laws on the subject peoples. | | | The Ottoman Empire was built on a fundamental premise of religious freedom, and its expansion in Europe was largely due to the fact that the Orthodox peasantry routinely favored Ottoman rule, which respected their religion, over the various Catholic princes, who did not. |
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| | Ambivalence in Former 'Evil Empire' (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Sergei Karaganov, a foreign policy expert, said that for most Russians, Reagan's name is indelibly associated with his denunciation of the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," and "he was not loved for it." | | | MOSCOW, June 6 -- Andrei Zorin was practicing his English that memorable day back in 1983, listening to the forbidden BBC World Service on the shortwave radio when President Ronald Reagan made his declaration that the Soviet Union was an "evil empire" that must be defeated. | | | It was not an empire already, it was an empty shell, so people believed he was insincere, an old-time Cold Warrior. |
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| | Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Soviet Union is traditionally considered to be the successor of the Russian Empire. | | | Although there were many ethnic Jews in the Soviet Union, actual practice of Judaism was rare in Communist times. | | | Although myriad bureaucracies were involved in the formation and execution of Soviet foreign policy, the major policy guidelines were determined by the Politburo of the Communist Party. |
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| | Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Soviet Union was created and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. | | | The KGB (Committee for State Security), served in a fashion as the Soviet counterpart to both the FBI and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in the U.S. It ran a massive network of informants throughout the Soviet Union, which was used to monitor violations in law. | | | Although there were many ethnic Jews in the Soviet Union, actual practice of Judaism was rare in Communist times. |
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| | junker.txt |
| | German unification could be so readily endorsed and supported by the United States precisely because it was part and parcel of a general process of Central and East European liberation, extending beyond the Soviet empire even finally to the breakup of the Soviet Union itself. | | | I would argue that it was this transformation of the German Empire into the evil empire that enabled the American people in general and President Wilson in particular to put an end to the deeply ambivalent U.S. policy toward Europe of the years 1914- 1916, a policy that could not be maintained indefinitely. | | | Only three weeks after the proclamation of the second German Empire at Versailles, President Ulysses S. Grant stated in an address to Congress on February 7, 1871, that the unification of Germany under a form of government that, in many respects, mirrored the American system was received with great sympathy by the American people. |
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| | NEWS AND VIEWS: The myth of the "Great Patriotic War" (05/07/00) |
| | The second world war gave rise to many political myths, three of which have survived the collapse of Communism and the Soviet Empire and continue to be revered in Ukraine to the present day. | | | It bound generations of Soviet citizens to the empire and mezmerized the subjected nations to such an extent that they were unable to perceive the empire's inherent hostility to them. | | | The alleged upheaval of the Ukrainian population in defense of their merciless Soviet fatherland was a fabrication imparted into a collective memory, concocted by means of falsified history books and artfully staged public holidays. |
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| | Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | German territory was occupied and annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union, and this reduced Germany's land territory drastically. | | | That year, the German Communist Party was established by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, and in January 1919 the German Workers Party, later known as the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers Party, NSDAP, "Nazis"). | | | This was exacerbated by a wide-spread right-wing (monarchist, völkische, and Nazi) Dolchstoßlegende, a political myth which claimed the German Revolution was the main reason why Germany had lost the war, decried the Revolutionists as traitors (Novemberverbrecher = November criminals) and the political system born of the Revolution as illegitimate. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | The Soviet Union, as heir to the former territory of the Russian Empire, was exceptionally diverse in its national composition. | | | Soviet citizens continued to be subject to surveillance and interference by the political police. | | | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Soviet-supported Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was killed in an uprising in 1961; in Ghana, President Kwame Nkrumah and his socialistic government were overthrown in 1966 and Soviet technicians were expelled. |
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| | info/guide/s/so/soviet_republic - Info and Guide. |
| | Soviet Empire - Soviet Empire Soviet Empire was a term used to critically describe the actions and nature of the Soviet Union. | | | The Soviet Union was made up of numerous socialist republics, and the country's full name was the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." Socialist republics operate under their own interpretation of Marxist doctrine, and usually claim to be executing Marx's envisioned dictatorship of the proletariat. | | | In theory the countries incorporated into USSR kept their sovereignty, so formally there was, for example the Soviet Socialist Republic of Latvia (or for that matter Ukraine or Kirghizia), a seemingly independent member of the Soviet Union. |
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| | Part I, An American Empire |
| | The Soviet Union, the "Evil Empire," as President Reagan termed it in 1982, began with an idyllic vision of harmony and diversity, in a communal dictatorship of the proletariat. | | | For the American Empire to succeed in producing a Pax Americana in the 21st century, we must first recognize that a posture appropriate in a world at war is inappropriate in a world at peace. | | | At the start of the 20th century, the newer democratic structures of the United Kingdom, France and the United States were still in competition with the dynastic forms that had prevailed throughout the history of civilization, chiefly in the Austro-Hungarian empire, Russia, China and Japan. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the Ussr, and the Successor States |
| | One of the eminent Soviet historians of our time, Ronald Grigor Suny takes us on a journey that examines the complex themes of Soviet history from the last tsar of the Russian empire to the first president of the Russian republic. | | | Today, with the revelations under glasnost and the collapse of the Communist empire, Americans are now able to see the former Soviet Union as a whole, and explore the turbulent tale of a Soviet history that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. | | | For decades Americans have known a Soviet Union clouded by ideological passions and a dearth of information. |
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| | t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt The Third Stage of American Empire |
| | The American people had been well-trained during the second empire to expect being on top, and the years prior to Lake Placid had been hard. | | | The ultimate goal of this was to purge from debate and consideration anyone who did not approve of empire, and anyone who did not fit the Christian Reconstructionist mold they wished to build American society around. | | | While other global empires were on the wane – the Spanish empire was essentially dissolved with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, while the French and British empires were being attacked and slowly rolled back – this American empire became more muscular with each passing day. |
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