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Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

By: Elena Prokhorova,Alexander Prokhorov

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Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

By: Elena Prokhorova,Alexander Prokhorov

A brilliant overview of the film and television of the Soviet Union in the Stagnation period, shedding new light on the culture of the era.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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144113428X

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9781441134288

Waiting at the Prison Gate

Women, Identity and the Russian Penal System

By: Judith Pallott,Elena Katz

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Waiting at the Prison Gate

Women, Identity and the Russian Penal System

By: Judith Pallott,Elena Katz

The Russian Federation has one of the largest prison populations in the world. Women in particular are profoundly affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Families and Punishment in Russia details the experiences of these women-be they wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters-who, as relatives of Russia's three-quarters of a million prisoners, are the "invisible victims" of the country's harsh penal policy. A pioneering work that offers a unique lens through which various aspects of life in twenty-first century Russia can be observed: the workings of criminal sub-cultures; societal attitudes to parenthood, marriage and marital fidelity; young women's quests for a husband; nostalgia for the Soviet period; state strategies towards dealing with political opponents; and the social construction of gender roles.

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273

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786730332

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9781786730336

Protein Biosynthesis Interference in Disease

By: Elena L. Paley

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Protein Biosynthesis Interference in Disease

By: Elena L. Paley

Protein Biosynthesis Interference in Disease offers a thorough discussion and overview of protein biosynthesis interference, its mechanisms of action, and influence over disease processes. This book examines the role of protein biosynthesis interference in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and inflammatory disorders, with specific attention paid to the biochemical dynamics of tryptamine, biogenic amines and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in these pathologies. Methods of regulating protein translation and interference mechanisms, including gene therapy, are presented, empowering biochemists, molecular biologists, disease researchers, and health professionals to understand the underlying factors of protein disease and improve patient outcomes. - Enables biochemists, molecular biologists and disease researchers to advance disease prevention, laboratory testing, and treatment pathways for protein biosynthesis interference related disorders - Examines the biochemical and molecular basis of protein biosynthesis interference in neurodegenerative disorders, cancer and inflammatory conditions, among other diseases - Analyzes tryptamine, biogenic amines, and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases dynamics in protein translation and possible treatment pathways regulating protein biosynthesis

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297

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Academic Press

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0128234865

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9780128234860

Stalin's Quest for Gold

The Torgsin Hard-Currency Shops and Soviet Industrialization

By: Elena Osokina

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Stalin's Quest for Gold

The Torgsin Hard-Currency Shops and Soviet Industrialization

By: Elena Osokina

Stalin's Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising the hard currency needed to finance the USSR's ambitious industrialization program. At a time of desperate scarcity, Torgsin had access to the country's best foodstuffs and goods. Initially, only foreigners were allowed to shop in Torgsin, but the acute demand for hard-currency revenues forced Stalin to open Torgsin to Soviet citizens who could exchange tsarist gold coins and objects made of precious metals and gemstones, as well as foreign monies, for foods and goods in its shops. Through her analysis of the large-scale, state-run entrepreneurship represented by Torgsin, Elena Osokina highlights the complexity and contradictions of Stalinism. Driven by the state's hunger for gold and the people's starvation, Torgsin rejected Marxist postulates of the socialist political economy: the notorious class approach and the state hard-currency monopoly. In its pursuit for gold, Torgsin advertised in the capitalist West, encouraging foreigners to purchase goods for their relatives in the USSR; and its seaport shops and restaurants operated semilegally as brothels, inducing foreign sailors to spend hard currency for Soviet industrialization. Examining Torgsin from multiple perspectives—economic expediency, state and police surveillance, consumerism, even interior design and personnel—Stalin's Quest for Gold radically transforms the stereotypical view of the Soviet economy and enriches our understanding of everyday life in Stalin's Russia.

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319

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Cornell University Press

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1501758527

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9781501758522

Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia

By: Elena Chebankova

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Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia

By: Elena Chebankova

In the realm of political discourse there is a distinct gap in understanding between Russia and the West. To an outsider, the ideas that animate the actions of Russia's ruling elite, opposition, and civil society - from the motivations driving Russia's political actors to the class structure and international and domestic constraints that shape Russia's political thinking - remain shrouded in mystery. Contrary to the view that a bleak discursive uniformity reigns in Vladimir Putin's Russia, Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia shows that the country is engaging in serious theoretical debates across a wide spectrum of modern ideologies including liberalism, nationalism, feminism, and multiculturalism. Elena Chebankova argues that the nation is fragmented and the state seeks to balance the various ideological movements to ensure that none dominates. She shows that each of the main ideological trends is far from uniform, but the major opposition is between liberalism and traditionalism. The pluralistic picture she describes contests many current portrayals of Russia as an authoritarian or even totalitarian state. Offering an alternative to the Western lens through which to view global politics, Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia is a major contribution to our understanding of this world power.

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311

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0228004381

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9780228004387

Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

By: Alexander Prokhorov,Elena Prokhorova

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Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

By: Alexander Prokhorov,Elena Prokhorova

A brilliant overview of the film and television of the Soviet Union in the Stagnation period, shedding new light on the culture of the era.

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1441177299

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9781441177292

Book's by Elena Prokhorova

Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

Waiting at the Prison Gate

Waiting at the Prison Gate

Protein Biosynthesis Interference in Disease

Protein Biosynthesis Interference in Disease

Stalin's Quest for Gold

Stalin's Quest for Gold

Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia

Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia

Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era

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