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Институциональная ловушка. Неформальные практики хозяйствоания и управления советским предприятием в послевоенные годы
РЕТРОспектива. Историко-архивный журнал. 2012. № 2. С. 13–16.
Article is made on the basis of a series of inquiries , complaints and memos stored in Perm State Archive of Contemporary History . Soviet economic system operates in a very peculiar way . She was full of postscripts in the official reports , the results of the plans overstatement , propaganda and reality is very different from each other . Act only through formal procedures was impossible. More or less , this system functioned effectively only if the informal practices of doing business . In the late Stalin era documents preserved description of how to buy a locomotive boiler, without having the financial capacity to carry 500 cubic meters as forests, without paying a penny , what and how best to pay with a team of builders , for which premium pay unrecorded , who take a job , but someone fired, how to create an informal social network in the upper echelons . All these and other practices allowed to perform work in an environment where the work was impossible.
Kildyushov O., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2026 Т. 35 № 2 С. 6–21
This article examines a heuristic framework for analyzing the significance of Russian themes in Max Weber’s corpus, in connection with the completion of the complete edition of his works as a comprehensive source base. It highlights the ambivalent position of Russian themes in the his legacy: while Russia was never central to his scholarship, the issue ...
Added: May 20, 2026
Паникар М. М., Polar Journal 2026
The article attempts to explore the process of formation of a new sphere of relations between the USSR and the countries of the Arctic region in the period from 1986 to 1990. The April Plenum of the Communist Party Central Committee in 1985 laid the groundwork for a profound transformation in both the domestic and ...
Added: May 15, 2026
Кузнецова А. Д., Славяноведение 2025 № 6 С. 5–18
The article examines the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth`s description in «Opisanie sveta», a Russian translation of the Latin cosmography «Descriptio Orbis» by Luca de Linda. This description, to which Luca de Linda paid special attention, has been changed in the translation: the parts about geography, ranks, and Polish kings are reworked and contain details absent in the original. ...
Added: May 15, 2026
Loshkareva M. E., Шестакова Н. Ф., Новое прошлое 2026 № 1 С. 98–11
The article is devoted to the problem of constructing one of the important elements of the historical memory of Wales, the alleged abduction of Princess Nest. The myth surrounding Nest originated in the Middle Ages and, despite the rarity of female figures in historical chronicles, she emerged as a prominent heroine within the national narrative. ...
Added: May 14, 2026
Vinogradov A., Slovĕne 2025 Т. 14 № 2 С. 38–55
The article deals with the reconstruction of the political governance in Novgorod from the first half to mid-11th century, which was being interpreted very differently due to significant discrepancies in the sources. The Novgorod prince was usually the son of the Kiev one, but not necessarily the eldest (who could also occupy another see, e.g., ...
Added: May 11, 2026
Bodrova M., Археология евразийских степей 2026 № 1 С. 287–292
The article examines a Neo-Babylonian seal discovered among the grave goods of a Sarmatian burial in Kurgan No. 3 near the village of Tbilisskaya (Pre-Caucasus region). Although the burial itself dates to the late 1st – early 2nd century CE, the seal’s iconography and carving technique indicate its origin in the Neo-Babylonian cultural sphere of the ...
Added: May 8, 2026
Gužvica S., Tokovi Istorije 2026 No. 1 P. 15–52
The paper analyzes the intellectual climate and political circumstances that shaped and heavily influenced the literary imagination and the semantic horizon of two novels—The Optimists: the Novel of a Revolution by Ervin Sinkó and Like a Tear in the Ocean: A Trilogy by Manès Sperber. Besides introductory remarks and conclusion, the paper’s structure is threefold, ...
Added: May 7, 2026
Крол А. А., Кузнецов Д. А., Ladynin I. A., Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность 2026 № 1 С. 244–261
The publication presents a new translation and commentary of the Quban Stela of Ramesses II (Musée des beaux-arts Grenoble, Collection égyptienne, inv. 1937, 1969, 3565). This monument dates to the beginning of his reign (ca. 1287 BC); it was found near the ruins of the fortress of Baki, close to the Nubian village of Kuban. The composers of the ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Дашкина А. Р., Проблемы истории, филологии, культуры 2026 № 1 (91) С. 24–37
The article examines two aspects of the integration of Nubia (with particular attention to Lower Nubia) into the statehood of ancient Egypt during early antiquity (up to the end of the 2nd millennium BC). During the First and Second Intermediate Periods, Nubia demonstrates the adoption of Egyptian traditions of royal power, incorporating its territory into ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Вестник древней истории 2024 Т. 84 № 1 С. 5–26
The article analyses a set of Classical evidence reflecting the Egyptian conquest of Bactria or its attempt (Diod. I. 46–47; Tac. Ann. II. 60. 3; Strabo XVII. 1. 46), a statement of Manetho of Sebennytos on the vast conquests of king Sethos-Ramesses (I) (Manetho. Frg. 50 = Ios. C.Ap. I. 15. § 98–102), and the ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Немировский А. А., Social Evolution & History 2025 Vol. 24 No. 2 P. 162–167
The article deals with the problem of the state formation in the two key areas of the early civilizations, i.e. Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Egypt the stage of the so-called nome states was largely avoided, as the local polities had probably the nature of chiefdoms and the state emerged when they were integrated into larger ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Medakin S., Новое прошлое 2026 № 1 С. 129–147
The article deals with the peculiarities of the representation of history and culture of the XIX century on the pages of the magazine “Krokodil” in 1941–1945. It was the 19th century, excluding the events of the 20th century, that received the most coverage in “Krokodil” during this period — a little less than a third ...
Added: May 1, 2026
Zemlyakov M., Средние века 2026 Т. 87 № 1 С. 168–175
The publication establishes a full text of a report made by Professor Vladimir M. Lavrovsky at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of History). This report focuses on the results of his scientific mission to the Anglo-Soviet Conference (London, September 1958). Lavrovsky describes in details the discussion on his own report and accentuates the advantages of ...
Added: April 29, 2026
Прошин А. В., Vox Medii Aevi 2025 Т. 1 (12) С. 13–36
Поскольку древнерусским князьям приходилось постоянно принимать участие в походах и сражениях, идеал правителя должен был, несомненно, отражать представления о них как о воинах. Предполагаемая рядом исследователей первостепенная важность воинского образа
князей, включающего их ратные и полководческие качества, однако, не находит подтверждения среди летописных некрологов (посмертных панегириков). Эти текст конструируют посмертный образ князя, отмечая его важнейшие качества ...
Added: April 29, 2026
Новикова А. Д., Электронный научно-образовательный журнал "История" 2026 Т. 17 № 2(160)
This article examines the residence of the British envoy James Harris in St. Petersburg (1777—1783) as an instrument of his diplomatic mission. Despite growing scholarly interest in informal diplomacy, the embassy house as a space for representation and everyday sociability has rarely been the subject of dedicated research. Drawing on a wide range of sources, ...
Added: April 29, 2026
Гребенников Н. Ю., Ежегодник финно-угорских исследований 2025 Т. 19 № 4 С. 628–634
The article examines an inconspicuous episode that occurred during Batu's second campaign against Rus’, which is usually dated by researchers to 1239–1241. The author puts forward and substantiates the possible reasons that prompted the Mongol military leaders to send a second military expedition to North-Eastern Rus’ in the winter of 1239/1240, which also affected the ...
Added: April 27, 2026
Strizhkova D., / Институт русской литературы (Пушкинский Дом) РАН. Серия B001 "Репозиторий открытых данных по русской литературе и фольклору". 2026.
В базе данных представлена роспись русскоязычных литературных произведений и отрывков, напечатанных в учебниках по словесности, хрестоматиях, книгах для чтения, сборниках стихотворений и рассказов, выходивших во Франции, Германии, Латвии, Эстонии, Болгарии, Сербии в период первой волны русской эмиграции с 1918 по 1939 гг. Датасет представляет интерес для исследователей школьного литературного канона, эмиграции и детского чтения ...
Added: April 22, 2026
Жигунов А. Ю., / Basic Research Programme. Серия HUM "Humanities". 2026. № 1.
The article attempts to describe the features of the educational potential of Russian animation programmes in aspect of the representation of traditional spiritual and moral values. Based on media and semiotic analysis, the method of cultural and historical interpretation, animated Russian projects created from 2000 to the 2025, which were translated on television channels or streaming ...
Added: April 19, 2026
Aleksei A. Popov, Russian Journal of Economics 2026 Vol. 12 No. 1 P. 121–136
This paper examines the impact of economic reforms in the USSR and the Comecon countries, in particular the Kosygin reform (1965), on the development of a system of international economic comparisons in 1962–1969. Using previously unpublished archival materials from Comecon and Soviet statistical agencies, the author shows that reform initiatives stimulated methodological innovations, such as ...
Added: March 31, 2026
Barsukova S., Denisova-Schmidt E., Journal of Eurasian Studies 2026 Vol. 17 No. 1 P. 19–32
Based on interviews with political strategists, officials from regional administrations, and CEOs, this article describes the mechanism for using administrative resources in the electoral process in Russia. Administrative resources are the set of informal or semi-formal practices used by government officials to ensure a predetermined result in an election. These resources are deployed to keep ...
Added: February 7, 2026
Малахов В. С., Симон М. Е., Летняков Д. Э. et al., / SSRN. Серия Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2020.
The notion of “political accommodation” applied to the theory and practice of managing cultural diversity could enrich the Russian academic dictionary. Liberal democratic states invented specific mechanisms for political accommodation of cultural differences. Thanks to these mechanisms, the part of the population of a democratic state that is not ready to dissolve into the ethnocultural ...
Added: September 26, 2025
Melville A. Y., Каберник В. В., Mironyuk M. et al., / МГИМО МИД России. 2024.
Данный аналитический доклад является одним из результатов исследований в рамках консорциума НИУ ВШЭ и МГИМО. В нем прежде всего раскрыты вопросы концептуализации национальной мощи и сопутствующих категорий и дается обзор прецедентов. Далее рассматриваются вопросы операционализации предлагаемых нами компонентов национальной мощи. В следующих разделах доклада предлагается анализ вопросов методологии, используемой в докладе. На этой основе предложен ...
Added: September 19, 2025
Shishkina A., Korotayev A., Вестник РГГУ. Серия «Политология. История. Международные отношения» 2024 No. 5 P. 12–34
Recently, West Africa is represented in the research literature as the epicenter of socio-political instability. That is most relevant for such countries asMali, Nigeria or Burkina Faso. However, it is worth saying that, despite a number of factors that could lead to potential destabilization in Ghana, the country has been characterized in recent years by a ...
Added: August 11, 2025
Минасян К. Х., Ponamorenko V., Российский юридический журнал 2025 № 2 С. 62–76
This article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the legal, institutional, methodological, and informational-technical frameworks for countering the laundering of corruption proceeds in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia.
The authors aim, through this analysis, to formulate recommendations for improving mechanisms to combat the laundering of corruption proceeds in Russia and the Eurasian ...
Added: May 12, 2025