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Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry by Schmid Sonja D
epub |eng | 2015-02-13 | Author:Schmid, Sonja D. [Schmid, Sonja D.]

Epilogue: Writing about Chernobyl after Fukushima Before March 11, 2011, classifying Chernobyl as the worst disaster at a civilian nuclear plant in history was a no-brainer. But as politicians, journalists, ...
( Category: Technology March 27,2020 )
The Minister of Evil by William le Queux
epub |eng | 2012-06-20 | Author:William le Queux

CHAPTER IX the tragedy of madame svetchine "Sister! thou who hast chosen to become the bride of Heaven, listen unto me, and repeat these words after me!" exclaimed the monk ...
( Category: Russia March 27,2020 )
The Ukrainians by Andrew Wilson
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Wilson

A ‘Post-Colonial’ Ukraine? To many Ukrainians, Ukraine’s current cultural plurality is an artificial reflection of the ‘post-colonial’ condition depicted by Edward Said, Franz Fanon, Homi Bhabha and others.22 According to ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 26,2020 )
Behind the Urals by John Scott
epub |eng | | Author:John Scott

PART SIX. The Battle of Iron and Steel I During the early thirties the main energies of the Soviet Union went into construction. New plants, mines, whole industries, sprang up ...
( Category: United States March 23,2020 )
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Richard Sakwa
epub |eng | 2014-12-17 | Author:Richard Sakwa [Sakwa, Richard]

The unemployed, moreover, would not enjoy visa-free travel for work purposes to the EU, while it would become more difficult to join the Russian labour market. Carden argues that the ...
( Category: Russian & Former Soviet Union March 23,2020 )
Allah's Mountains by Smith Sebastian
epub |eng | | Author:Smith, Sebastian [Smith, Sebastian]

3. PHONY WAR Negotiations to get Dudayev to sign the federation treaty, which would put Chechnya within the Russian Federation, collapsed every time. President Yeltsin was still refusing to meet ...
( Category: Asian March 23,2020 )
Andrew Jenks by Andrew Jenks
epub |eng | 2013-02-10 | Author:Andrew Jenks

The APA Hotel literally looked over the stadium. Our view from the 42nd floor. On my first night, I went to a local restaurant and got a table in the ...
( Category: Performing Arts March 22,2020 )
Faber & Faber by Toby Faber
epub |eng | 2019-03-21 | Author:Toby Faber [Toby Faber]

T. S. Eliot to Charles Monteith, 17 November 1952 I could arrange lunch during the following week – I am pretty well engaged up till then – but as I ...
( Category: Strings March 22,2020 )
Memory, Conflict and New Media by Ellen Rutten Julie Fedor & Vera Zvereva
epub |eng | | Author:Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor & Vera Zvereva

A survey: post-Soviet Wikipedia and memory wars Note first that Wikipedia constitutes extremely rich source material for the researcher studying the post-Soviet memory wars. Through its very large dataset and ...
( Category: European March 22,2020 )
Gorbachev's Gamble by Grachev Andrei;
epub |eng | | Author:Grachev, Andrei;

4 UP TO THE PEAK AND DOWN THE SLOPE Gorbachev’s ‘Anti-Fulton’ Speech at the UN Gorbachev’s speech at the UN General Assembly on 7 December 1988 received a standing ovation ...
( Category: European March 22,2020 )
Velvet Revolutions by Vanek Miroslav; Mücke Pavel;
epub |eng | 2015-03-21 | Author:Vanek, Miroslav; Mücke, Pavel;

Many witnesses realized the real benefits of their jobs. I was happy when a piece of mine came out right. You could see the result right off, and it’s something ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 22,2020 )
Stik by StiK
epub |eng | 2016-05-24 | Author:StiK

Lovers Two androgynous figures hug on the side of Dalston Lane ‘Queer Squat’. The building was squatted in 2003 by members of ‘Anarquist’ and the ‘Ladidah’ network, a non-commercial alternative ...
( Category: Literary March 22,2020 )
Fortress Russia by Ilya Yablokov
epub |eng | 2018-07-22 | Author:Ilya Yablokov

The authors of the new legislative initiatives, embracing Putin’s idea that Russia’s sovereignty was its ultimate virtue, suggested a ban on the registration of NGOs in case their aims and ...
( Category: Russian & Former Soviet Union March 22,2020 )
The Capital & The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
epub |eng | 2018-07-31 | Author:Karl Marx [Marx, Karl]

We learn, then, the following facts from him: (1). Just as the fixed capital, and the circulating capital required for its reproduction (he forgets the function) and maintenance, are absolutely ...
( Category: Communism & Socialism March 22,2020 )
The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov by James Steffen
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:James Steffen [James Steffen]

Outtakes Fortunately, most or all of the outtakes for The Color of Pomegranates appear to survive. In October 2006, over four hours of footage, including both screen tests and outtakes, ...
( Category: Individual Directors March 21,2020 )

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