Gauging the Implementation of Democratic norms for Nation-Building in Kazakhstan by Mukesh Kumar Mishra ᅠ

“…It was especially intensive in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on the eve of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and during the very first stage of independence. …”
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Swedish Military Bases of the Cold War: The Making of a New Cultural Heritage by Per Strömberg

“…The fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union completely transformed the military-political situation in the Nordic countries. …”
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Substitution or revolution? : an empirical analysis of the relationship between ICT and protests by Schuman, Joseph P

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Self-determination, custodianship, and synthesis: Telic behavior in contemporary treaty succession by Bogden, G

“…Its central findings are that, (1) during decolonization, states renounced many preexisting treaties according to notions of self-determination, aimed at autonomously defining their relationship to the international community; whereas, (2) amid the dissolution of the Soviet Union, quite divergent state behavior emerged, namely that states developed a competing approach based on custodianship to existing international legal relations. …”

Methodology of regional analysis of the Russian economic reseaerch market by V. M. Moskovkin, X. Sun

“…After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the transition to a market economy model in Russia, there has been observed a rapid growth for market economic studies challenge in ranking of its three segments, such as the economists market, scientific economic journals market, research training of economists market. …”
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Reconstructed Russian Fisheries Catches in the Barents Sea: 1950-2014 by Sarah Popov, Dirk Zeller

“…The jointly managed fisheries resources in the Barents Sea are a notable exception, wherein the Russian Federation (formerly Soviet Union) and Norway have relatively successfully managed fish stocks together since the 1950s, including during the high tensions of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Using ICES statistics as reported baseline landings, the total catch of the region by the Russian fisheries was reconstructed for the period 1950-2014. …”
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Are the Russian-Speaking Populations in the “Near Abroad” a New Diaspora or Repatriates? by Irina Molodikova

“…These persons arrived in Russia during the last ten years, i.e. in the period from the dissolution of the Soviet Union until the beginning of 2000. The main aim was to investigate decision-making processes pertaining to resettlement and adaptation. …”
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LITERACY CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE EDUCATION REFORM: LITHUANIAN POPULATION LITERACY COMPARISON AGAINST OTHER POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES POPULATION LITERACY by Jolita Dudaitė

“…The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989–1991 allowed structural changes in the educational systems in 28 new countries which were under control of the Soviet government for a long time. …”
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Poland as a Great Borderland in a Post-Soviet World: Poetical Point of View by Kristina Vorontsova

“…Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, narratives have changed but the main concept of “Poland as a Great Borderland” still remains. …”
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Subjects of the empress. Wider context of regional history education on East Prussia and identity processes in contemporary Kaliningrad oblast by Miłosz Janusz Zieliński

“…Wider context of regional history education on East Prussia and identity processes in contemporary Kaliningrad oblast Political, economic and social changes brought about by the dissolution of the Soviet Union have had a significant impact on Kaliningrad Oblast, the empire’s westernmost territory of geostrategic importance. …”
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The Changing Epidemiology of Viral Hepatitis in a Post-Soviet Country—The Case of Kyrgyzstan by Manas K. Akmatov, Nurgul J. Beisheeva, Asylbek Z. Nurmatov, Sattarova J. Gulsunai, Kylychbekova N. Saikal, Aisuluu A. Derkenbaeva, Zamira O. Abdrahmanova, Jana Prokein, Norman Klopp, Thomas Illig, Omor T. Kasymov, Zuridin S. Nurmatov, Frank Pessler

“…Historically, viral hepatitis has been a considerable public health problem in Central Asian countries, which may have worsened after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However, up-to-date seroepidemiological studies are lacking. …”
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Ethnicity and Power in the Soviet Union by Andrzej Wierzbicki

“…Twenty years have passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Up until the point of dissolution, the Soviet authorities and intellectual elite had attempted to build a community in order to unite all Soviet citizens in the spirit of socialist modernisation. …”
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Monitoring under the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement : the prospects of antineutrino detection as an IAEA verification metric for the disposition of weapons-grade pl... by Copeland, Christopher Michael, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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«Å skape mening i konsolideringens navn» by Jens Petter Nielsen

“…Generally speaking, Putin’s approach to history aims to use historical knowledge as a vehicle for the promotion of national unity, following the long period of disruption and decline after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is no secret that Putin and his closest staff are not overly enthusiastic about the 1917 Revolution, and there is even a certain fear in the Kremlin that Russia could be hit by a new revolution, a so-called ‘colour revolution’. …”
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