“Писатель всегда платит за все валютой собственной жизни: за счастье, за творчество, за любовь, за увлечения...”: О романе Дины Рубиной <i>На солнечной стороне улицы</i>... by Olga Komarova

“…A new theme made itself apparent in her stories - the theme of Jews from the former Soviet Union discovering their new Motherland, their new experience of living under absolutely different geographical and social surroundings. …”
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International Monetary Fund programs and tuberculosis outcomes in post-communist countries. by David Stuckler, Lawrence P King, Sanjay Basu

“…The post-communist Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries experienced relatively similar political and economic changes over the past two decades, and participated in IMF programs of varying size and duration. …”
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Problems of demographic security through the prism of an assessment of dynamics of natural and migration processes in Russia by O. A. Mahova, E. A. Egorova

“…A comparative analysis of the reproduction of the Russian population and the population of the former Soviet Union, which allowed to justify the problem of demographic expansion. …”
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Reproductive Effects of Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation: A Long-Term Follow-Up of Immigrant Women Exposed to the Chernobyl Accident by Julie Cwikel, Ruslan Sergienko, Gil Gutvirtz, Rachel Abramovitz, Danna Slusky, Michael Quastel, Eyal Sheiner

“…The exposed group was age matched with three comparison groups: non-exposed immigrant women from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) excluding Belarus and the Ukraine, immigrants from other countries (Non FSU) and Israeli-born women at a ratio of 1:10. …”
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The State of Public Health Education and Science During and After the Fall of the Soviet Union: Achievements, Remaining Challenges, and Future Priorities by George Gotsadze, George Gotsadze, Nino Mirzikashvili, Dali Kekelidze, Sopio Kalandarishvili, Iagor Kalandadze, Ivane Abiatari, Akaki Zoidze

“…It attempts to document achievements after gaining independence and identify remaining challenges that need to be addressed for advancing public health science and education in Former Soviet Union countries to better prepare them for future pandemics and address current health challenges of the nations.MethodsThe study used a mixed-methods review approach combining both a literature review, information collection from the school's websites, and secondary analysis of the quantitative data available about scientific outputs—peer-reviewed articles.ResultsDuring communist rule and after the fall of the Soviet Union, the main historical events seem to have shaped the public health field of former Soviet countries, which also determined its eventual evolution. …”
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Dangerous Pathogens as a Potential Problem for Public Health by Edyta Janik, Michal Ceremuga, Marcin Niemcewicz, Michal Bijak

“…Pathogens have also been studied for their use as biological warfare agents by the former Soviet Union, Japan, and the USA. Among bacteria and viruses, there are high priority agents that have a significant impact on public health. …”
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Glacier area changes in Northern Eurasia by Tatiana Khromova, Gennady Nosenko, Stanislav Kutuzov, Anton Muraviev, Ludmila Chernova

“…The first estimation of glacier state and glacier distribution on the territory of the former Soviet Union has been done in the USSR Glacier Inventory (UGI) published in 1965–1982. …”
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Molecular typing of Rickettsia akari by M. E. Eremeeva, M. M. Sturgeon, J. K. Willard, S. E. Karpathy, A. Madan, G. A. Dasch

“…We examined 13 isolates of R. akari from humans, rodents and mites in the USA, the former Soviet Union, and the former Yugoslavia made between 1946 and 2003 for diversity in their tandem repeat regions (TR) and intergenic regions (IGR). …”
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Disparities in diabetes care: role of the patient's socio-demographic characteristics by Weinner Vainer Anna, Shem-Tov Orna, Yaari Einat, Peled Ronit, Wilf-Miron Rachel, Porath Avi, Kokia Ehud

“…The independent variables were socio-economic rank (SER), ethnicity (Arab vs non Arab), supplementary voluntary health insurance (SVHI), and immigration from Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. Chi Square and Logistic Regression Models were estimated.…”
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17.57J / 21H.467J Soviet Politics and Society, 1917-1991, Spring 2003 by Woodruff, David, Wood, Elizabeth A.

“…At its greatest extent the former Soviet Union encompassed a geographical area that covered one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. …”
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Pathogens as weapons : the international security implications of biological warfare by Koblentz, Gregory D

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Africa Digest : Trends and issues in business Vol. 12 by Burger, Johan

“…Russia is staging a comeback after having withdrawn from Africa after the shutdown of the former Soviet Union. Russia’s interests cover a number of sectors, such as nuclear energy, platinum, nickel, and even arms manufacturing. 4. …”
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Essays on labour markets in Russia and Eastern Europe by Bouev, M, Bouev, Maxim

“…It is argued that convergence to qualitatively different steady states can help explain varying transitional experiences of East European countries and the former Soviet Union republics. Attention is drawn to policy implications of the model, in particular to the creation of conditions favourable for the development of the new private sector as opposed to informal private initiative. …”

Discussion on characteristics of mudstone and shale by Yi Cai, Rukai Zhu, Songtao Wu, Chang Liu

“…In our country, the particle size of mud corresponded to that of clay grains, which was less than 3.9μm, mainly following the former Soviet Union′s sedimentary scheme, since the 1950s. …”
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MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY FEATURES OF HBV/HDV CO-INFECTION IN KYRGYZSTAN by A. V. Semenov, Yu. V. Ostankova, K. A. Nogoybaeva, K. T. Kasymbekova, I. N. Lavrentieva, S. T. Tobokalova, Areg A. Totolian

“…It should be noted that the complete genotype mapping of viruses hepatitis B and D isolated on the territory of the CIS and the countries of the former Soviet Union, there is not yet, despite the constantly ongoing works devoted genotyping hepatotropic virus in the territory of the Russian Federation and neighboring countries. …”
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ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ АВТОМОБИЛЬНОГО ТРАНСПОРТА В РАМКАХ СНГ by USM ADMIN

“…The previous period of the functioning of the Commonwealth of Independent States has shown the appropriateness of developing regional economic integration within the space of the former Soviet Union, and confirmed the importance of deepening integration processes aiming at meeting as much as possible the national interests of the member-countries. …”
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Land Use Hotspots of the Two Largest Landlocked Countries: Kazakhstan and Mongolia by Jing Yuan, Jiquan Chen, Pietro Sciusco, Venkatesh Kolluru, Sakshi Saraf, Ranjeet John, Batkhishig Ochirbat

“…As the two largest landlocked countries, Kazakhstan and Mongolia have similar biophysical conditions and socioeconomic roots in the former Soviet Union. Our objective is to investigate the direction, extent, and spatial variation of land cover change at three administrative levels over three decades (1990–2020). …”
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Global burden of disease due to rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a mathematical modeling analysis by Nicolas A. Menzies, Brian W. Allwood, Anna S. Dean, Pete J. Dodd, Rein M. G. J. Houben, Lyndon P. James, Gwenan M. Knight, Jamilah Meghji, Linh N. Nguyen, Andrea Rachow, Samuel G. Schumacher, Fuad Mirzayev, Ted Cohen

“…RR-TB burden per 100,000 was highest in former Soviet Union countries and southern African countries. …”
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Simulation of TOPAZ-Ⅱ Reactor System Based on RESYS Code by WU Zongyun, QI Lin, WU Mingyu, LI Yangliu, YANG Hongwei, LIU Tiancai

“…Based on RESYS code, the model of thermionic nuclear reactor TOPAZ-Ⅱ developed in the former Soviet Union was established, and its start-up process was simulated. …”
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Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Martyan Cape Reserve (Crimea, Ukraine) by M.M. Kovblyuk, A.A. Nadolny, V.A. Gnelitsa, E.M. Zhukovets

“…Koch, 1878 for the territory of Ukraine and 5 species – Malthonica dalmatica (Kulczynski, 1906), Zygiella keyserlingi (Ausserer, 1871), Lathys simplex (Simon, 1884), Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876, Euryopis sexalbomaculata (Lucas, 1846) for the territory of the former Soviet Union. The specimens of Oonopidae family are registered in Crimea for the first time as well. …”
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