Gatekhili Mountains, gatekhili State: Fractured Alpine Forest Governance and Post-Soviet Development in the Republic of Georgia by Jesse Quinn

“…While many states at the periphery of the former Soviet Union have pursued decentralization in nearly all areas of governance, this trend is perhaps most notable in natural resource sectors and the effects these reforms have on society. …”
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THE LATE ALBIAN GENUS <em><em>SEMENOVICERAS</em></em> (HOPLITIDAE, AMMONITINA): PALAEONTOLOGIC STUDY OF A FAUNA OF THE <em><em>SEMENOVICERAS</em></em> <em><em>LITSCHKOVI</em></em>... by FABRIZIO CECCA

“…The second Semenoviceras -bearing level contained an extremely rich fauna of the S. litschkovi zone, S. pseudocoelonodum subzone, defined in the former Soviet Union and correlated with the Diploceras cristatum zone of western Europe. …”
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The importance of country-of-origin information and perceived product quality in Uzbekistan by Zain, Osman M., Yasin, Norjaya Mohd

“…Studies in the less developed nations are still scarce, especially research conducted in the former Soviet Union. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet republics offer vast new market opportunities for businesses. …”
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Ethnic return migration, exclusion and the role of ethnic options: ‘Soviet Greek’ migrants in their ethnic homeland and the Pontic identity by Pratsinakis, M

“…Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper explores the reasons why and the processes through which the Greeks from the former Soviet Union altered their self-identification after migration to their ethnic homeland. …”

Transnational ties with the ethnic homeland: the case of Korean women of the CIS in marital migration by Ем Н.

“…For more than twenty years of socio-economic, scientific, educational, cultural cooperation with the countries of the former Soviet Union, South Korea has become a recognizable and attractive brand for everyone. …”
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Main Characteristics of the Baltic Countries Political Development and their Economic Consequences by Vladimir A. Shamakhov, Natalia V. Eremina, Nikolay M. Mezhevichc

“…Studying of social and economic processes in the former Soviet Union has not only the academic value. Estimation of transformation results in economy and policy of Russia is possible only in comparison with the states anyway moving in the same direction. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PRACTICES OF THE STATE YOUTH POLICY IN THE MODERN WORLD by N. A. Samohvalov

“…These differences between the traditions have an impact on the diversity of the state youth policy (as the US are a classic example of Western «pluralist» system of youth policy; Germany – West European model of youth policy; Kazakhstan is a bright representative of an effective model of youth policy in the former Soviet Union). Special attention is given to General and specifi c features identified on the basis of comparative analysis, the study of foreign models of youth policy, as well as possible their application in the process of realization of the state youth policy of the Russian Federation.…”
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On the Portrait of Mikuláš Mušinka by Mykola Žulynskyj

“…It was due to the contacts with them why he was accused by the KGB of undermining the authority of the former Soviet Union. An important point is Mušinka´s activities at the Research facility of Ukrainian studies at P. …”
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Investigation of the Investment Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union by Artur Arturovich Gibadullin

“…The Russian Federation is currently an active participant in economic and political alliances, and often initiates the creation of supranational alliances in the territory of the former Soviet Union. To date, several interstate organizations are functioning, the most successful is the Eurasian Economic Union, within which common markets for goods and services have been formed, a free flow of labor and capital is provided, and strategic tasks have been set for convergence of national industrial production into a common supranational complex. …”
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Conservation Biology of Endangered Wild Walnut in Tianshan Valley, Xinjiang by Tan Yangyi

“…Its main distribution areas are as far as the Western Tianshan Mountains and Pamir-Alai Mountains of the former Soviet Union, and it is only distributed in Dekuztala County of Xinjiang, China. …”
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Whirlpool Slovakia: Leader in Whirlpool Worldwide Network by Sona Ferenčiková, Artur Rubens, Roland Bardy

“…The fall of the Berlin Wall, the Velvet Revolution, and many other similar events ultimately led to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the opening of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from a planned economy, modeled after the former Soviet Union, to a free market economy. This move provided investment opportunities for MNCs around the world.  …”
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Foreign Citizens in Finland as Recipients of Social Security Benefits by Helka Hytti, Seppo Paananen

“…The highest recipiency rates were seen among refugees,followed by persons having entered Finland on a passport issued in Russia or theformer Soviet Union.As for participation in active labor market measures, Russians and citizens of the former Soviet Union, refugees and Estonians had signifzcantly higher recipiency rates than the general Finnish population. …”
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Field biomass as global energy source by K. HAKALA, M. KONTTURI, K. PAHKALA

“…If crop production technology was improved in areas where environmental conditions allow more efficient food production, such as the former Soviet Union, large areas in Europe could also produce bioenergy in set aside fields. …”
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Countries of the European Union: Motives and Patterns of Entrepreneurship of Post-Soviet Immigrants in Hungary by Sanja Tepavcevic

“…Similarly, motives for entrepreneurship among the first-wave migrants combine negative factors in the former Soviet Union with positive factors encountered in Hungary, while factors in Hungary recognized as positive by most post-Soviets prevail in motives for later waves of post-Soviet migration and entrepreneurship in Hungary. …”
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A motivational framework of acculturation by Allon Vishkin, Gabriel Horenczyk, Pazit Ben‐Nun Bloom

“…This model is tested in two distinct samples comprising immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel (N = 239) as well as immigrants from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh to Britain (N = 236). …”
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Use of business planning methods to monitor global health budgets in Turkmenistan by Tim Ensor, Bakhtigul Amannyazova

“…After undergoing many changes, the financing of health care in countries of the former Soviet Union is now showing signs of maturing. Soon after the political transition in these countries, the development of insurance systems and fee-for-service payment systems dominated the discussions on health reform. …”
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The views of neighbourhood associations on collaborative urban governance in Tallinn, Estonia by Johanna Holvandus, Kadri Leetma

“… Throughout the 21st century a clear shift from hierarchical government towards network-like governance is evident in Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union. A door has been opened for citizens to assert their social and political citizenship and for the public sector to systematically search for novel ways to improve and expand representative practices. …”
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THE ARBITRATION INSTITUTE OF THE STOCKHOLM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE by Ulf Franke

“…On the eastern side there are parties from the Russian Federation and other republics of the former Soviet Union, as well as from China, and on the western side US and western European corporations. …”
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The dialect of Gammalsvenskby: compiling a dictionary of an unexplored language (-n — ne-?re) by Alexander Mankov

“…This paper presents new material for the dictionary of the present-day dialect of Staroshvedkoye (Gammalsvenskby), the only Scandinavian dialect in the territory of the former Soviet Union. The present-day state of this dialect has not been described in linguistic literature. …”
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THE ARBITRATION INSTITUTE OF THE STOCKHOLM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE by Ulf Franke

“…On the eastern side there are parties from the Russian Federation and other republics of the former Soviet Union, as well as from China, and on the western side US and western European corporations. …”
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