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"This volume brings together analyses of works by thirteen Russian composers from across the twentieth century, showing how their approaches to tonality, modernism, and serialism forge forward-looking paths independent from their Western counterparts. Russian music of this era is widely performed, and much research has situated this repertoire in its historical and social context, yet few analytical studies have explored the technical aspects of these composers' styles. With a set of representative analyses by leading scholars in music theory and analysis, this book for the first time identifies large-scale compositional trends across the past hundred years of Russian music. The chapters move by compositional style across the century and each address a single work by a different composer, covering pieces by Rachmaninoff, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Mansurian, Roslavets, Mosolov, Lourié, Tcherepnin, Ustvolskaya, Denisov, Gubaidulina, and Schnittke. Musicians, scholars, and students will find here a starting point for research and analysis of these composers' works, and a richer understanding of how to listen to and interpret their music"-- Provided by publisher.

• 1. Elections, Protest, and Hybrid Regime Dynamics--
• 2. Winning Hybrid Elections: Organized Opposition, Incumbent Regimes, and The Threat of Popular Engagement--
• 3. The Long Game: Inter-Election Efforts to Shape Electoral Victories--
• 4. The Unexpected Power of Weak Opposition: Organizations, Frames, and Political Opportunities--
• 5. The Vote Protest: State, Opposition, and Voters in Russian Elections--
• 6. The Polls Close And Two Movements Emerge--
• 7. Protest and Rally Dynamics: A National Conversation Over Russia's Future--
• 8. The Perpetual Campaign: Regime Response and Opposition Innovation--
• 9. 2018-2020: Competition and Contestation.
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In a path-breaking study of Russian elections, Regina Smyth reveals how much electoral competition matters to the Putin regime and how competition leaves Russia more vulnerable to opposition challenges than is perceived in the West. Using original data and analysis, Smyth demonstrates how even weak political opposition can force autocratic incumbents to rethink strategy and find compromises in order to win elections. Smyth challenges conventional notions about Putin's regime, highlighting the vast resources the Kremlin expends to maintain a permanent campaign to construct regime-friendly majorities. These tactics include disinformation as well as symbolic politics, social benefits, repression, and falsification. This book reveals the stresses and challenges of maintaining an electoral authoritarian regime and provides a roadmap to understand how seemingly stable authoritarian systems can fall quickly to popular challenges even when the opposition is weak. A must-read for understanding Russia's future and the role of elections in contemporary autocratic regimes.
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• Formalism and decisionism in Soviet and Russian jurisprudence
• The philosophy behind human rights : Valerii Zorkin vs. the West
• Conservatism in Russia and sovereignty in human rights
• Religion, sexual minorities, and the rule of law in Russia : mutual challenge
• Religious beliefs in the jurisprudence of the Russian Supreme Court.

"This volume examines the elements of formalism and decisionism in Russian legal thinking and, also, the impact of conservatism on the interplay of these elements. The actual conservative narratives about the distinctiveness of Russian law reveal certain features of the intellectual culture that is transmitted in legal education, scholarship and practice. These narratives are based on the idea of sovereignty understood as legal omnipotence of the state. References to sovereignty justify the requirement of legality in the sense of fidelity to the letter of the law. They also often serve as a rationale for crafting exceptions to constitutional non-discrimination principles as they are applied to political, religious, sexual and other minorities"-- Provided by publisher.

"In examining the re-emergence of Russia's White Movement, Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War gets to the heart of the rich 20th-century memory debates going on in Putin's Russia today. The Kremlin has been giving preference to a Soviet-lite nostalgia that denounces the 1917 Bolshevik revolution but celebrates the birth of a powerful Soviet Union able to bring the country to the forefront of the international scene after the victory in World War II. Yet in parallel, another historical narrative has gradually consolidated on the Russian public scene, one that favours the opposite camp, namely the White movement and the pro-tsarist groups defeated in the early 1920s. This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of this 'White Revenge', looking at the different actors who promote a White and pro-Romanov rehabilitation agenda in the political, ideological and cultural arenas and what this historical agenda might mean for Russia, both today and tomorrow."-- Provided by publisher.

• Developing an understanding of migrants' legal adaptation in hybrid political regimes
• Migration, the shadow economy, and parallel legal orders in Russia
• Uzbek migrant workers in Russia : a case study
• Uzbek migrants' everyday encounters with employers and middlemen
• Uzbek migrants' everyday encounters with street-level institutions
• Uzbek migrants' everyday encounters with police officers and immigration officials
• The life histories of three Uzbek migrant workers in Russia
• Discussion and concluding remarks.

"While migration has become an all-important topic of discussion around the globe, mainstream literature on migrants' legal adaptation and integration has focused on case studies of immigrant communities in Western-style democracies. We know relatively little about how migrants adapt to a new legal environment in the ever-growing hybrid political regimes that are neither clearly democratic nor conventionally authoritarian. This book takes up the case of Russia-an archetypal hybrid political regime and the third largest recipients of migrants worldwide-and investigates how Central Asian migrant workers produce new forms of informal governance and legal order. Migrants use the opportunities provided by a weak rule-of-law and a corrupt political system to navigate the repressive legal landscape and to negotiate-using informal channels-access to employment and other opportunities that are hard to obtain through the official legal framework of their host country. This lively ethnography presents new theoretical perspectives for studying immigrant legal incorporation in similar political contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction. Foolish Inconsistency
• Penis Riot : Pussy Riot's Pre-Feminist Roots
• Inciting a Pussy Riot
• When is a Church not a Church?
• Like a (Punk) Prayer
• Hurting Believers' Feelings
• Pussy Riot and Political Speech
• Public Enemies
• Performance vs. Archive
• Gender Troubles
• Anonymity and Glamour : Who Was that Masked Woman?
• Quiet Riot?
• Conclusion. The Punk Art of Compromise.

"After their scandalous performance of an anti-Putin protest song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the imprisonment of two of its members, the punk feminist art collective known as Pussy Riot became an international phenomenon. But, what, exactly, is Pussy Riot, and what are they trying to achieve? The award-winning author Eliot Borenstein explores the movement's explosive history and takes you beyond the hype"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• 1. A Geopolitical Meaning of History
• 2. State Affiliates Manufacturing the "Historical Truth"
• 3. For Victory, for Stalin, for Putin!
• 4. Militant Patriotism
• 5. Monumental Mediocrity
• 6. Hijacking the Holocaust
• 7. Injustice of Historic Proportion Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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This book provides a bold examination of the political use of history in contemporary Russia. Anton Weiss-Wendt argues that history is yet another discipline misappropriated by the Kremlin for the purpose of rallying the population. He explains how, since the pro-democracy protests in 2011-12, the Russian government has hamstrung independent research and aligned state institutions in the promotion of militant patriotism. The entire state machinery has been mobilized to construe a single, glorious historical narrative with the focus on Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Putin's Russia and the Falsification of History examines the intricate networks in Russia that engage in "historymaking." Whether it is the Holocaust or Soviet mass terror, Tsars or Stalin, the regime promotes a syncretic interpretation of Russian history that supports the notion of a strong state and authoritarian rule. That interpretation finds its way into new monuments, exhibitions, and quasi-professional associations. In addition to administrative measures of control, the Russian state has been using the penal code to censor critical perspectives on history, typically advanced by individuals who also happen to call for a political change in Russia. This powerful book shows how history is increasingly becoming an element of political technology in Russia, with the systematic destruction of independent institutions setting the very future of History as an academic discipline in Russia in doubt.
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• Introduction
• 1. Analysis of Key Practices for the Development of the Russian Far East's Labor Resources 1.1. Labor Resource Endowment in the Russian Far East During the Tsar Period 1.2. Soviet Mechanisms to Strengthen the Attractiveness of Employment in the Far Eastern Region 1.3. Russian Motivation Models Intended to Increase the Able-Bodied Population in the Far Eastern Region
• 2. Trends in the Development of the Far Eastern Federal District's Labor Resources 2.1. Labor Resource Dynamics 2.2. Educational Potential of Labor Resources 2.3. Qualitative Characteristics of Population Employment 2.4. Population Migration 2.5. Workforce in the Digital Economy
• 3. Priorities to Increase the Labor Force in the Russian Far East 3.1. Earned Income of Residents in the Region 3.2. Development of Small Businesses and Self-Employment
• 4. Key Elements of "The Strategy of Labor Force Development in the Far Eastern Federal District Until 2035" 4.1. Global, National, and Regional Trends in Workforce Development 4.2. Workforce Development: Mission and Vision 4.3. OTSW Analysis of Workforce Development in the Far Eastern Federal District 4.4. Competitive Strengths in Workforce Development 4.5. Strategic Priorities in Workforce Development 4.5. Mechanisms to Implement the Workforce Development Strategy 4.6. Social and Economic Effects of Implementing the Strategic Priorities Conclusion.
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This monograph presents an integrated concept of workforce development strategy for the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. This concept is based on the strategizing methodology developed by Vladimir L. Kvint. The concept takes into account contemporary global, national, and regional development trends in workforce, employment, and labor market issues, including the active influence of information and communication technologies and the appearance of numerous novel forms of employment. The Russian Far East is a region of geostrategic importance for the whole world, rich in minerals that can be extracted provided that the region has the necessary-and correctly applied-workforce. This volume shows the uniqueness of the region's workforce and factors that impact workforce development. The author identifies strategic factors influencing workforce development, namely, migration, education system, income sources, and business climate. The monograph identifies, with allowance made for global trends, the main components of workforce development strategy for the Far East: mission, vision, strategic advantages, and priorities. The measures proposed are evaluated in terms of public and economic efficiency. The conclusions and proposals in this work are built on the analysis of this wide range of analytical data. Workforce development programs, from the Tsarist era until the present, are analyzed in this work, and creative approaches to the workforce provision problems of the Russian Far East and appraisal criteria for the strategy's public and economic efficiency are proposed. Applying the information provided in this book will help to improve efficiency of investments in the economy of the Russian Far East using its labor potential. This book belongs to the Strategy of the Russian Far East Library developed under the editorial supervision of Sergey Darkin and Vladimir Kvint.
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• Préface de Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
• Prologue
• Mes origines
• Mon enfance
• Mes études à l'Institut des relations internationales
• Ma première affectation diplomatique
• Ma première expérience des Américains
• La maison européenne commune
• La tragédie des années Eltsine
• Ma première expérience du multilatéralisme
• Je suis nommé ambassadeur à Paris
• L'affaire des Mistral
• Comment j'ai mieux connu Poutine
• Hollande, le président décevant
• Pierre le Grand au secours de la diplomatie
• La sainte Russie sur la rive gauche de la Seine
• "Il faut naître à Monaco"
• Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?

"Voici les Mémoires d'un homme né à Moscou en 1948, qui a commencé sa carrière diplomatique en France sous Pompidou et l'a terminée sous la présidence Macron. Dans son pays, Alexandre Orlov a débuté son parcours dans l'Union soviétique de Leonid Brejnev pour l'achever dans la Russie de Vladimir Poutine. Sous Gorbatchev, il observe de près la succession rapide des événements qui transforment l'URSS jusqu'à la faire disparaître. Après son passage au Conseil de l'Europe à Strasbourg, il parvient à la consécration de ce long itinéraire français et de sa passion pour la France en devenant ambassadeur à Paris durant neuf ans. Parmi ses réussites, la construction de la nouvelle cathédrale russe à Paris sur le quai Branly, associée à un centre culturel. En 2017, Alexandre Orlov organise la rencontre de Versailles entre les présidents Macron et Poutine, qui a donné naissance au Dialogue de Trianon, forum des sociétés civiles russes et françaises, auquel il participe activement aujourd'hui. Ces Mémoires sont pour nous, Français, l'occasion de connaître le cheminement d'un citoyen soviétique qui témoigne que l'on pouvait aussi être un Soviétique heureux. Il est vrai qu'Alexandre Orlov a appartenu à une partie de la société que les tragédies du système soviétique ont épargnée. On est, comme le dit Hélène Carrère d'Encausse dans sa préface, devant un "témoignage qui revendique le monde qui l'a formé et qui permet de mieux comprendre le désarroi de nombreux Russes ou Soviétiques devant la disparition d'un pays et d'un système auxquels ils entendent rester fidèles". En faisant revivre les cinquante dernières années de la Russie et de la France, Alexandre Orlov nous fait comprendre tout ce qu'elles ont en commun."--Page 4 of cover.

• Introduction-- Part I. Contexts:
• 1. Settlement--
• 2. Barriers--
• 3. Bridges-- Part II. Transfers:
• 4. Wheat--
• 5. Soil science I--
• 6. Soil science II--
• 7. Shelterbelts I--
• 8. Shelterbelts II--
• 9. Tumbleweed-- Conclusion-- List of archival collections cited-- Index.
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Beginning in the 1870s, migrant groups from Russia's steppes settled in the similar environment of the Great Plains. Many were Mennonites. They brought plants, in particular grain and fodder crops, trees and shrubs, as well as weeds. Following their example, and drawing on the expertise of emigre Russian-Jewish scientists, the US Department of Agriculture introduced more plants, agricultural sciences, especially soil science; and methods of planting trees to shelter the land from the wind. By the 1930s, many of the grain varieties in the Great Plains had been imported from the steppes. The fertile soil was classified using the Russian term 'chernozem'. The US Forest Service was planting shelterbelts using techniques pioneered in the steppes. And, tumbling across the plains was an invasive weed from the steppes: tumbleweed. Based on archival research in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, this book explores the unexpected Russian roots of Great Plains agriculture.
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• Introduction-- Part I. Contexts:
• 1. Settlement--
• 2. Barriers--
• 3. Bridges-- Part II. Transfers:
• 4. Wheat--
• 5. Soil science I--
• 6. Soil science II--
• 7. Shelterbelts I--
• 8. Shelterbelts II--
• 9. Tumbleweed-- Conclusion-- List of archival collections cited-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Beginning in the 1870s, migrant groups from Russia's steppes settled in the similar environment of the Great Plains. Many were Mennonites. They brought plants, in particular grain and fodder crops, trees and shrubs, as well as weeds. Following their example, and drawing on the expertise of emigre Russian-Jewish scientists, the US Department of Agriculture introduced more plants, agricultural sciences, especially soil science; and methods of planting trees to shelter the land from the wind. By the 1930s, many of the grain varieties in the Great Plains had been imported from the steppes. The fertile soil was classified using the Russian term 'chernozem'. The US Forest Service was planting shelterbelts using techniques pioneered in the steppes. And, tumbling across the plains was an invasive weed from the steppes: tumbleweed. Based on archival research in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, this book explores the unexpected Russian roots of Great Plains agriculture.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)