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‘Luxury’ As the Pedagogical Project of the Russian Emperors and Empresses : The History of the Concept in the 18th Century
Korchmina, Elena - 2019
Luxury has always been an intrinsic part of world history, but only in the 18th century the core of this phenomenon … each other. But, how had the notion of luxury been conceptualizing outside of the European Roman world? Russia is an … of luxury. Secondly, starting from Petrine time Russia got more acquainted with the European political economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866141
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The Interaction of Climate and Economy As a Factor of Collectivism in the Regions of Russia
Maklasova, Ekaterina - 2019
This study investigates the role of the climato-economic characteristics of 85 Russian regions in the formation of collectivism in those territories. Based on the results of previous research, the authors suggested that in regions with harsh climatic conditions, the richer population has a lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858397
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Jolly Drunkards on the Banks of the Neva : Duke De Liria and an Early Episode in the History of Fraternal Societies in Russia
Fedyukin, Igor - 2018
microstudy also contributes to the early history proto-masonic societies in which Jacobites were important players …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932250
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The Early Russian Auden
Ostrovskaya, Elena - 2020
The paper explores the first translations of W. H. Auden into Russian in the context of the cultural projects of the Stalinist USSR in the 1930s. With ideological distinctions across the borders sometimes even more perceptible than linguistic, the translation was bound to be cultural as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090200
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The Influence of Individual Mobility on Consumer Choice : A Model of Tariff Change
Chadov, Alexei; Shenkman, Evgenia; Temirkaeva, Maria - 2020
operator. Data were obtained from 1,154 mobile phone users of one of the largest mobile operators in Russia for the period from …. Hence, we use data of users switching between tariffs within one operator. The data were analyzed by a mixed logit model …. There are tariffs preferred by highly mobile people, and those that are preferred by people with low mobility. When the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014097003
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Images of the Past in British Popular Music of the 1960s : ‘Relevant History’ of the Kinks
Kolesnik, Alexandra - 2015
national history subjects in their music. The paper analyzes the mechanisms of treatment with the past in British popular music … history' …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015083
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From a Historical Source to a Narrative Form : Anecdotes in A. V. Nikitenko’s Diary and the History of Censorship
Bodrova, Alina - 2017
The study explores the narrative structure of Alexandr Nikitenko's diary, one of the core sources for the history of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958684
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History of Christianity in Alania Before 932
Vinogradov, Andrey - 2017
The article is dedicated to the history of Christian Alania in the 10th century, including its Christianization in 914 … the history of Christian Alania in the 1st half of the 10th century is reconstructed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014121920
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Writing History in the Archive : The Case of fhe Moscow Archive of Foreign College (Late Eighteenth – Early Nineteenth Century)
Lavrinovich, Maya - 2020
The paper addresses the problem of interacting of visual and written components for creating of historical narrativity, and its impact on the social practices of the archival employees in the late 18th – early 19th century. The research is focused on the case of Moscow Archive of Foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091577
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Explaining the Productivity Advantages of Manufacturing Firms in Russian Urban Agglomerations
Ksenia, Gonchar - 2012
manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096182