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23 hours ago · At the festive events held in Chisinau and Tiraspol on the occasion of May 9, the flag of the Soviet Union, Stalin’s portrait and images that present the West in a negative light reappear more often. “Under authoritarian regimes, fine arts and cinema and other fields that are engaged in festive practices are similar.
23 hours ago · The historian noted that the Soviet rhetoric, which is increasingly used in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, is gaining ground in Moldova as well. At the festive events held in Chisinau and Tiraspol on the occasion of May 9, the flag of the Soviet Union, Stalin’s portrait and images that present the West in a negative light reappear more often.
10 hours ago · Much later in the day, when I was walking down the street, there were people sitting around who shouted ‘We loved the film…you all are wonderful actors’!
23 hours ago · The Slovak military participated in the war on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. The Slovak Expeditionary Army Group of about 45,000 entered the Soviet Union shortly after the German attack. This army lacked logistic and transportation support, so a much smaller unit, the Slovak Mobile Command (Pilfousek Brigade), was formed from ...
23 hours ago · Definitions Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books and writing. Literature can be seen as returning to older, more inclusive notions, so that cultural studies, for instance, include, in addition to canonical works, popular and minority genres. The word is also used in reference to non-written works: to "oral ...
23 hours ago · Counting scholarly publications has been practiced for two centuries. In Russia from the 1830s, professors had to publish yearly to determine their salaries. The Soviet Union and various socialist countries developed national research evaluation systems before the Western world. The effects of those practices are still vital.
