Pre-World War II Romania from Latvian Perspective: An Envoy's views by Ēriks Jēkabsons

“…The main focus is on the Latvian-Romanian relations in this period of time, the Romanian foreign and economical policy and the reaction of Romanian statesmen and society to the events and processes of the first stage of World War: the policy of Soviet Union, Germany and Hungary, the Soviet-Finnish War and other conflicts in region and in Europe. …”
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Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationale and design of the HAPIEE study by Pikhart Hynek, Tamosiunas Abdonas, Pajak Andrzej, Malyutina Sofia, Kubinova Ruzena, Bobak Martin, Peasey Anne, Nicholson Amanda, Marmot Michael

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Over the last five decades, a wide gap in mortality opened between western and eastern Europe; this gap increased further after the dramatic fluctuations in mortality in the former Soviet Union (FSU) in the 1990s. Recent rapid increases in mortality among lower socioeconomic groups in eastern Europe suggests that socioeconomic factors are powerful determinants of mortality in these populations but the more proximal factors linking the social conditions with health remain unclear. …”
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PROSPECTS FOR THE CUSTOMS UNION IN TERMS OF MODERN THEORIES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION by D. M. Ghazaryan

“…The integration processes taking place in the former Soviet Union in fact since joining the former Soviet republics of the status of independent states. …”
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To reach sustainable justice with Millennials: example of Ukraine by Oksana Khotynska-Nor, Iryna Izarova

“…Secondly, despite some generalized traits, the characteristics of Millennials differ depending on the region and country of origin, which determines their economic, social, political, and cultural differences A striking example of this are the ex-Soviet Union’s states. In majority of these countries, Millennials have become the first generation sufficiently aware of their rights, the legal ways to protect them and the role of the court as an effective tool for such protection. …”
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The Operation “Big Saturn”: Plan and Implementation Opportunities by Ochirov Utash Borisovich

“…The enemy army groups consisted of almost a third of the units of the Wehrmacht and its allies, who fought against the Soviet Union and their defeat or delay on the Taman Peninsula where there was no port capacity for rapid evacuation of such a large group of people, equipment and supplies, could significantly change the balance of forces on the Eastern front. …”
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The Interviewer as Partisan: American Journalists in Conversation with Fidel Castro by Renzo Llorente

“…Indeed, most of these journalists’ interviews with Castro—such as those of Lisa Howard (1963); Barbara Walters (1977); Robert MacNeil (1985); Maria Shriver (1988); and Tom Brokaw (1995)—follow a surprisingly similar script: the interviewer focuses on alleged human rights abuses in Cuba; treats Cuba’s political institutions and practices with skepticism; insists on knowing what concessions Cuba is prepared to make to the United States; implicitly criticizes Cuba’s foreign policy and—prior to 1990—Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet Union; neglects to consider the validity of Cuba’s complaints about US policy; and, in general, suggests that the US government’s aggressive attitude toward Cuba is justified in light of the policies pursued by Castro. …”
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Plea for help. Letters of orthodox believers to the Pope in 1931: new documents from the Vatican archives by Alexey Beglov

“…Thus, the ideas of transmitting information about the situation in the Soviet Union abroad, as well as seeking help from foreign religious leaders were widespread even in the mass consciousness.…”
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The Effects of Participating in International Mobility for Russian Scientists by Alena I. Nefedova, Ekaterina L. Dyachenko

“…<p>Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening of borders, numerous measures have been taken to internationalize Russian science. …”
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Snow density climatology across the former USSR by X. Zhong, T. Zhang, K. Wang

“…In this study, we used long-term data from ground-based measurements to investigate snow density (bulk density) climatology and its spatiotemporal variations across the former Soviet Union (USSR) from 1966 to 2008. The results showed that the long-term monthly mean snow density was approximately 0.22 ± 0.05 g cm⁻³ over the study area. …”
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Non-suicidal Self-Injury Among Adolescents From Diverse Ethnocultural Groups in Israel: The Association With Sleep Problems and Internet Addiction by Sami Hamdan, Alan Apter, Yossi Levi-Belz

“…The sample included the following: 50% Jews and 34.7% Muslims born in Israel, 9.7% immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU), and 4.4% immigrants from Ethiopia. …”
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МАЛОДОСЛІДЖЕНІ АСПЕКТИ ТРАДИЦІЙНОГО ВЕСІЛЛЯ УКРАЇНЦІВ / UNEXPLORED ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN WEDDING by Олександр КУРОЧКІН

“…Censorship and persure of erotic folklore continued in Soviet Union times. Suffice it to recall that even in academic publications “Ukrainian wedding ceremonies and songs”, which were published in 70-80 years of the last century, editors were forced to distort facts, and to escape from publication some of authentic texts because of its "obscene" content. …”
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The Socio-Economic Order and Economists by Pyotr N. Kondrashov

“…The book outlines the twists and turns of the development of the first and third of these currents, and explains the disappearance, starting from 1950-ies, of the original institutionalism, while the economics in the West and Marxism in the Soviet Union began to serve the interests of the ruling elites and acted as the ideology, not as the science. …”
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The expulsion of Patriarch Constantine VI from Constantinople in January 1925: a view from the USSR by Aleksandr Mazyrin

“…Chicherin, who was convinced that the Soviet Union should not “get involved in this matter” and “perceive the old tsarist function of patronage of the Orthodox Church in the East”. …”
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Air pollution in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Driving factors and state response by Kenesh O. Dzushupov, Julian M. A. Buban, Arsen A. Aidaraliev, Attaullah Ahmadi, Priyanka Chahal, Muiz Ibrahim, Xu Lin, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven

“…In the last 30 years, Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, has turned from one of the cleanest and greenest cities in the former Soviet Union to one of the most polluted cities in the world. …”
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The Soviet doctor and the treatment of drug addiction: "A difficult and most ungracious task" by Latypov Alisher B

“…As the Great Terror swept across the Soviet Union, Stalin's regime achieved its objective of eliminating drug addiction from the surface of public life by driving opiate users deep underground and incarcerating many of them in prisons and the Gulag camps. …”
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INTERPRETASI INTERNATIONAL COURT of JUSTICE (ICJ) PADA PASAL VI PERJANJIAN NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY 1968 (NPT) by Taufik Rachmat Nugraha

“…Abstract It has been 50 years since the Non-Proliferation Treaty was made by America, England, and the Soviet Union to prevent the nuclear arms race in the future. …”
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The relationship between acculturation and mental health of 1st generation immigrant youth in a representative school survey: does gender matter? by Eva M. Klein, Kai W. Müller, Klaus Wölfling, Michael Dreier, Mareike Ernst, Manfred E. Beutel

“…Almost half of the sample was born in the Former Soviet Union, followed by Poland (9.3%). Sociodemographic variables, acculturation strategies, and internalizing as well as externalizing problems were assessed by questionnaires. …”
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Improving Chemical Maintenance Techniques in Forest Plantations by Evgeniy М. Tsarev, Konstantin P. Rukomojnikov, Sergey E. Anisimov, Тatyana А. Konyukhova, Аndrey V. Krenev

“…The investigational results are compared with the properties of the Cobra apparatus, which was widely used in the Soviet Union and later in the Russian Federation. The research was performed in young stands of Kokshaysky Forest and Shulkinskoe Forestry in the Republic of Mari El. …”
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FOREST DYNAMICS IN EASTERN EUROPE (1985–2012) USING LANDSAT DATA ARCHIVE by S. A. Turubanova, A. M. Krylov, P. V. Potapov, A. Yu. Tyukavina

“…The collapse of the “Eastern Bloc” and the breakdown of the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s – early 1990’s led to dramatic political and economic changes in Eastern European countries. …”
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Russian state educational policy: in what way does it contribute to the formation of the new social reality? by A. E. Busygin

“…Based on the documents used, the article provides evidence of the low quality of mass Soviet education in the last two decades of the existence of the Soviet Union and reveals the reasons for this phenomenon. …”
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