The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948
Daniela Kalkandjieva The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 From Decline to Resurrection This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing U-turn in the attitude of the Soviet Union’s leaders towards the church. In the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious policies, the loss of the former western territories of the...
Documents of the Soviet Era
The Federal Archives Agency launched a digital project “Documents of the Soviet Era” Website: http://sovdoc.rusarchives.ru/ The history of the Soviet Union and the Soviet era remains one of the central themes in world historiography. The goal of Russian archivists is to provide access to the sources of this complex and understudied period of history in electronic form. The site “Documents of the Soviet Era” provides access to...
Red Nations
Jeremy Smith Red Nations The Nationalities Experience in and after the USSR Red Nations offers an illuminating and informative overview of how the non-Russian republics of the Soviet Union experienced communist rule. It surveys the series of historical events that contributed to the break-up of the Soviet Union and evaluates their continuing resonance across post-soviet states today. Drawing from the latest research, Professor Smith...
CfP: Managing Land, Soil, and People
Managing Land, Soil, and People: Environmental Knowledge and Expertise in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union On March 14–15, 2014 German Historical Institute Moscow will host workshop Managing Land, Soil, and People: Environmental Knowledge and Expertise in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2013. The project of modernity is most commonly associated with industrial and urban contexts....
CfP: Assessing the Impact of World War Second on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Assessing the Impact of World War Second on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union Conference venue: Princeton University (New Jersey,USA) Period: Apr 19-20, 2013 Deadline for submitting full papers: Jan 15, 2013 The conference “Assessing the Impact of World War Second on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union” speaks about the Second World War that had transformed Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. German dreams of racial...
