Verflochtene Sprachen und Kulturen: Gohar Markosjan-Käspers Romane als Beispiele des mehrsprachigen Schreibens by Aigi Heero

“…The present article analyses the phenomenon of multilingualism in the novels of Gohar Markosjan-Käsper (1949–2015) and discusses her life and work in the socio-political context of the former Soviet Union (in relation to language and cultural politics). …”
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AN INQUIRY INTO CHINA’S ALIGNMENT WITH RUSSIA by W. Li

“…Historically, China and the former Soviet Union had forged the formal alliance throughout the 1950s due to the common security concerns, the shared ideologies and the strategic interests of the day. …”
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Transparent Substance in a Transnational Existence: Materiality, Migration, Memory, and Gender—The Case of Israeli Artist Alina Rom Cohen by Tal Dekel

“…This article discusses the art of Alina Rome Cohen, a woman artist from the former Soviet Union who immigrated to Israel. Her glass sculptures highlight her hyphenated, multilayered, and dynamic identity, illustrating identity construction processes of migrant women under conditions of uprooting and re-grounding in the globalized era of transnationalism. …”
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When Time and Space Are No Longer the Same: Stories about Immigration<br>Ko čas in prostor nista več to kar sta bila: Zgodbe o imigraciji</br> by Maria N. Yelenevskaya, Larisa Fialkova

“…This paper analyzes personal narratives of immigrants to Israel from the countries of the former Soviet Union. Time is constituted by social activities, and its perception varies across cultures and changes over time. …”
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How to Outsmart the System: Immigrants’ Trickster Stories<br>Wie man das System austrickst: Immigranten erzählen</br> by Larisa Fialkova, Maria N. Yelenevskaya

“…This essay investigates attitudes to the law on the part of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel and concerns the problems at the crossroads of legal anthropology, folklore, and immigration studies. …”
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Vietnam : economic reforms in a transitional economy. by Chong, Alfred Quoh Tsng., Kwek, Geok Lan., Liu, Zhi Lin.

“…Vietnam’s experience took place in the wake of an economic revival in Asia and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Her reforms share many parallels to those occurring in many Asian Socialist economies, the best known being China. …”
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Civilisational conflict, renewal or transformation: potential role of the OIC by Ahsan, Abdullahil

“…By the end of the century and the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the “clash of civilizations” thesis had placed Islamic civilisation at the center of international politics, once again raising questions about world peace and coexistence between civilisations. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE PHD PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN by Asanova D.

“…The Republic of Kazakhstan was one of the first countries in the former Soviet Union to introduce a credit system of education and moved to a three-level system of personnel training: higher graduate education – bachelor’s degree, post-graduate education – master’s degree, doctorate – Doctor of Phi-losophy. …”
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A Scandinavian Island in a Slavonic Linguistic Environment. The Dialect of Gammalsvenskby: Nouns by Александр Евгеньевич Маньков

“…Gammalsvenskby), which is the only surviving Scandinavian dialect on the territory of the former Soviet Union. The village of Staroshvedskoye is located in the Kherson region, Ukraine. …”
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ENGLISH-REVISITING THE IMPLICATIONS OF PAKISTAN’S COLD WAR ALIGNMENT ON ITS ISLAMIC AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE by Habib Ali Katohar, siraj Ahmed Soomro, Irshad Ali Wassan

“…For instance, the emergence of religious extremism and hatred, sectarianism, terrorism, and militancy resulted from the refugee influx from Afghanistan caused by the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the former Soviet Union on Afghan soil. Finally, the paper fosters an understating of contemporary political and religious challenges to Pakistan by navigating the historical alignment of the country with the United States. …”
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Who do you think I am? Immigrant’s first name and their perceived identity by Karin Amit, Pnina Dolberg

“…The study model was tested on data obtained from an online survey filled out by 837 immigrants who arrived in Israel from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) or Ethiopia as children or adolescents (1.5 generation). …”
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THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSITION EFFECTS TOWARDS A MARKET ECONOMY. THE CASE OF UKRAINE, BELARUS AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA by Mihaela LUȚAȘ, Dana Elena BAKO, Brindușa-Nicoleta PINCU

“…The `90s have been a very difficult decade especially for the states that have been part of the former Soviet Union for more than half of century. Countries like Ukraine, Belarus or the Republic of Moldova had to face new challenges and realities and to adapt to the market economy, a concept unknown in a communist world. …”
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Introduction: Everyday Verbal and Cultural Practices of the Russian Speakers Abroad by Protassova Ekaterina, Yelenevskaya Maria

“…Yet, Russian often competes with the other languages and serves as a unifying factor for communities with a background in the former Soviet Union. In the present special issue, the authors combine sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology while analyzing the everyday verbal and cultural practices of Russian speakers abroad. …”
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Fighting to belong: drivers for transnational diaspora military service in Israel and beyond by Lior Yohanani

“…Utilizing survey and interview data from over 1100 diaspora soldiers, it compares enlistment motivations across three diaspora groups with varied ties to Israel and Judaism: North Americans, Israeli Americans, and individuals from the Former Soviet Union. The study conceptualizes DMS as a state led effort to cultivate an engaged diaspora and advance Jewish immigration. …”
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A View to Teaching Philosophy in Central Asia by abbas ali vafai

“…The manifestation of this perspective in recent centuries has been significant at two junctures: 1) After the dominance of the former Soviet Union over this region, including Kazakhstan, Kirghiz, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 2) After the independence of these countries and the emergence of new trends. …”
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Problems of developing a culture of treatment of intestinal infections in Tselinograd in the 1970s by Usupova Cholpon, Satybaldieva Rakhat, Omarova Bibizhamal, Kamzayev Bekzhan, Mazhitova Zhanna

“…The paper notes that after the establishment of the Virgin Lands area, specialists from all republics of the former Soviet Union came to the reclamation of virgin lands. …”
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Chemo-Thermo-Mechanical FEA as a Support Tool for Damage Diagnostic of a Cracked Concrete Arch Dam: A Case Study by Noemi Schclar Leitão, Eloísa Castilho

“…Most of the larger hydropower plants in Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, North America and Japan were constructed between the 1940s and 1970s. …”
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Between commons and anticommons: a nested common-private interface framework by Wenjun Li, Carol Kerven

“…Abstract The collapse of the former Soviet Union signaled failure of large-scale experiment in communitarian property. …”
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RUSSIFICATION IN MODERN DAYS : ANALYZING GEORGIA AND UKRAINE SEPARATISTS AS RUSSIA STRATEGY AGAINST NATO’S EXPANSION by Raninta Salwa Ginano, Sugeng Riyanto

“…Gain supremacy over the former Soviet Union territories (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) 3.) …”
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Eco-Theology and Environmental Leadership in Orthodox and Evangelical Perspectives in Russia and Ukraine by Alexander Negrov, Alexander Malov

“…Environmental leadership and eco-theology have not been a priority for Evangelical and Orthodox Christians in the countries of the former Soviet Union (particularly, Ukraine and Russia) due to various historical, political, social, and theological reasons. …”
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