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"This innovative study is the first to explore the evolution of domestic service in the Soviet Union. Bringing together gender and labor history, Alissa Klots demonstrates how the Bolshevik regime both facilitated and thwarted domestic workers' efforts to participate in public life and reinvent themselves as equal members of society"--

This book examines Joseph Stalin's increasing popularity in the post-Soviet space, and analyzes how his image, and the nostalgia it evokes, is manipulated and exploited for political gain. The author argues that, in addition to the evil dictator and the Georgian comrade, there is a third portrayal of Stalinthe one projected by the generation that saw the tail end of the USSR, the post-Soviet millennials. This book is not a biography of one of the most controversial historical figures of the past century. Rather, through a combination of sociopolitical commentary and autobiographical elements that are uncommon in monographs of this kind, the attempt is to explore how Joseph Stalin's complex legacies and the conflicting cult of his irreconcilable tripartite of personalities still loom over the region as a whole, including Russia and, perhaps to an even deeper extent, Koba's native landnow the independent Republic of Georgia, caught between its unreconciled Soviet past and the potential future within the European Union.

30 Fictional Mystic and Enigmatic Stories from 28 of Russia's Finest Authors on Fantasy, Imagination, Mysticism, Supernatural, Religious Experience and Esoteric Encounters. All of them entertaining as well as thought-provoking, the happy and sad, tearful and cheerful, unusual and enigmatic, and always reflecting Russian and Soviet life. Authors include:Aleksandr Izmailov, Aleksandr Amfiteatrov, Aleksandr Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanov, Aleksei Apukhtin, Aleksei Budischev, Andrei Zarin, Antoni Pogorelski, Dmitri Tzenzor, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Georgi Chulkov, Georgi Severtzev-Polilov, Gregori Danilevski, Ivan Turgenev, Konstantine Aksakov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Zagostin, Nikolai Melgunov, Nikolai Geintze, Osip Senkovski, Valentin Franchich, Valeri Brusov, Valerian Olin, Vasili Zhukovski, Vladimir Odoyevski, Grigori Skovoroda, and Mitrophan Lodizhenski.I have selected the best of them for this collection, and translated them personally from the original Russian for the contemporary English reader., with a biography of each author included. Most of them have never been published in English. Daniel H. Shubin has translated from Russian into English, and written on Russian history, biography, religion and philosophy, some 30 volumes.

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Dive into the dark recesses of the human soul in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Follow the tormented Raskolnikov as he grapples with guilt, morality, and redemption in 19th-century St. Petersburg. A gripping exploration of the psyche, this timeless classic delves into the consequences of a daring and desperate act.

DostoevskySober Hope: Finding Faith in the Bleak Midwinter As winter descends to end the year 2023, it is a time for contemplation: a time to revel in the joys and find balm for the woes of the past year, a time to find the courage to hold on, and the hope to thrive in the new year. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) faced his own bleak (and Russian!) winters, from childhood play amongst the impoverished at his father's medical clinic to a last minute reprieve from the Tsar's firing squad for discussing banned books followed by ten years of prison camp and military service in exile. While his novels, such as Crime & Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov demonstrate human depravity they also give glimmers of grace, love, and beauty which have made him one of the most beloved novelists of all time. It is our hope that as you find time to relax during the holiday season (making it a habit for the new year!), that you will find these discussions deeply meaningful. Awaiting for you within are discussions of his characters from novels and short stories alike, Dostoevsky-inspired poems, and reviews of films, books, and even contemporary music which reflect the light and warmth he dared to find in his own bleak winter. CONTRIBUTORS"Dostoevsky for Our Times" by Editorial introduction by Seth Myers.DOSTOEVSKY: THE FUNDAMENTALS"Dostoevsky the Culturally Active Christian" by William Collen"Dostoevsky's Narrative of (Un)Belief: From Psychology to Theology" by John Givens "Underground Apologetics" by George Scondras "A Midterm in Russian Literature" by Tom SimsTHE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV"The Brothers Karamazov and the Existential Problem of Atheism" by Josiah Peterson "Fifty Shades of Bleak: The Karamazov Principle Explored" by Matthew Lilley "Dear, Kind God: A Divine Dilemma" by Grant Walker BroadhurstTHE IDIOT"Beauty in Tragedy: The Idiot, Dostoevsky, and Eucatastrophe" by Clark Weidner "Interpreting Prince Myshkin: The Idiot" by Joshua Jo Wah Yen CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"What Would I Be Without God?" by Sojourna Howfree "By Their Fruit: An Allegorical Tale" by Brian MeltonSHORT STORIES AND POEMS"Crazy Love: The Action and Call of Grace in Dostoevsky's 'The Dream of the Ridiculous Man'" by Theresa Pihl "The Heart of Christ and Dostoevsky's 'The Christmas Tree and a Wedding'" by Christy Luis "2057 Carnot Street" by Patricia Newberry "Another Magi's Journey" by Awara Fernandez "Necropolis and the Soul's Well" by Katie WindhamREVIEWS"From Literature to Film: Adapting Dostoevsky's Works" by Mary Lou Cornish "Soul Survival Kit: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky" by Seth Myers ."Dostoevsky, Man About Town: Gulags, Muscovite Gentlemen, and Murakami" by Seth Myers "Review of James Scanlan's Dostoevsky the Thinker," by Seth Myers"Dostoevsky in Midnights' Metropolis: Midnights' Anti-Hero and Marvel-ous Heroes" by Seth Myers Volume 6, Issue 4, Advent 2024330 pagesCover Image: Riz Crescini

”Christopher Herwig er fotograf, men jeg kalder ham for busstoppestedsjæger. Som fortælleren i en roman af Ivan Turgenev går han på jagt. Han opsporer, finder og fanger sit bytte, men trofæerne er ikke udstoppede bjørne eller sommerfugle sat på nåle. Det er fotografier af busstoppesteder, mere præcist: sovjetiske busstoppesteder.”De står som små trodsige helte i vejsiden. Poetiske modstandsformer. Sådan ser Kristoffer Hegnsvad dem i hvert fald. De sovjetiske busstoppesteder. I årevis har han fulgt i fodsporene på den canadiske fotograf og busstoppestedsjæger Christopher Herwig, der siden 2002 har opsporet de oprørske læskure, som blev til under det sovjetiske styre. Rejserne går gennem bl.a. Rusland, Ukraine og Belarus og er blevet til en tekst om monumenternes kraft på vejene, men også omvejene og tankerne i grøftekanten: om sovjetmentalitet, undertrykkelse og selvmord; om håb, opposition og frihed.

Assailed by counter-revolution from within and without, Victor Serge brings to life the unwavering revolutionary commitment of red Petrograd.

On March 1, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled several new nuclear technologies in his annual address to Russia's Federal Assembly, including systems such as a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), and nuclear-powered cruise missile that would be the first such weapons deployed in the world.1 These systems, according to Putin, would ensure the invincibility of Russia's nuclear arsenal.During the speech, Putin played a video showing one of the new systems-the Sarmat ICBM striking targets in Florida, the home state of then-President Donald Trump.2 Four years later,Russia would use the conventional variant of one of their novel systems-the Kinzhal hypersonicaeroballistic missile-to strike an underground arms depot in Western Ukraine.3 The use of Kinzhal as part of Russia's war on Ukraine came after deploying it to Kaliningrad and Syria-placing it near the borders of multiple NATO members.4

Siberia To-Day, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

A Short History of Russia, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

Roundabout to Moscow: An Epicurean Journey, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

Round About the Carpathians, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia

The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg,, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

The formation of modern European states during the long 19th century was complicated and challenged by the integration of completely different territories and populations. The Science of State Power in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1790-1880 builds on recent research to investigate the means of administrative, legal, and educational structures overlooked as part of the German sciences of the state. Integral to shaping imperial power for the process of Habsburg state-building, the science of Statistik (statistics) dissected and translated the states disparate territories it into empirically perceptible components.

This study explores tropes concerned with the Middle Ages in Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia, seeking to explain why an often romanticized medieval past remains potent in Russian politics, society, and culture today.

Aleksandr Men¿ (1935¿1990) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten orthodoxen russischsprachigen Theologen des 20. Jahrhunderts, jedoch wurde sein Konzept einer theologischen Erlösungslehre bisher nicht systematisch untersucht. Bei der Entwicklung seiner theologischen Ideen beteiligt sich Men¿ einerseits an den orthodoxen Debatten um eine Auslegung der Erlösungstat Jesu Christi. Andererseits lässt sich aber in seinem Werk auch eine intensive Auseinandersetzung mit der westlichen (vor allem der protestantischen) Exegese nachweisen. Die Autorin nutzt einen innovativen methodischen Ansatz, der in der bisherigen Forschung zu seiner Person und seinem theologischen Denken wenig beachtet wurde. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Systematisierung von Men¿s Beschäftigung mit den Fragen und Themen, die die orthodoxe Theologie am Ende des 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts geprägt haben. Damit wird Men¿s kritisches Gespräch mit den theologischen Entwürfen in Ost und West rekonstruiert und das eigenständige Konzept seiner orthodoxen Erlösungslehre innerhalb einer gesamteuropäischen christlichen Theologie verdeutlicht.