«Intended to prepare a march replenishment for active Red Army»: to the history and perpetuation of memory of 39th Omsk reserve rifle brigade (division) by A. V. Sushko

“…The article proved that during the years of World War II, the brigade sent to the front the largest number of fighters in comparison with other units formed in the Omsk region and sent to the front in full force. …”
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Development of Ukrainian statehood and authorities of Carpathian Ukraine by S. Yu. Ivanov

“…The influence of external factors on the process of state formation in Zakarpattia before the Second World War is studied, the role of Carpathian Ukraine in the development of the national statehood is analysed. …”
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Jewish national autonomy in Lithuania in 1919-1926th by Raimundas Valkauskas

“… After World War I, the problems of the racial, linguistic, and religious minorities were brought to the attention of the Peace Conference of Paris. …”
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A special division of the Police Department and its participation in political life of Russian Empire. 1900–1914 by S. V. Novikov

“…An analysis of the work of the Special Department of the Police Department in the period preceding the First World War and subsequent social upheavals allows us to draw the following conclusions. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…When the Roma are discussed or invited to speak, it is typically limited to their experience with the atrocities of World War Two, and so their voices become narrowly contextualized before the backdrop of a history of persecution, especially during the Holocaust. …”
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Modern Conflicts Features in Latin America. The Role of the OAS in the Settlement of the Falklands Conflict by Y. I. Strashko

“…The 30-40th of the XX century were marked by major military conflicts in South America that, however, were sidelined after the Second World War. Created on the verge of the Cold war the OAS was considered by the States as a barrier to the spread of communist threat in the Western Hemisphere and in such a capacity the organization went on up to detente policy implementation. …”
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Analyse de l’enseignement en architecture de paysage à travers la recherche sur l’évolution de la profession d’architecte-paysagiste en Lituanie by Vaiva Deveikienė

“…In the 20th century, between the two world wars, architects, town planners and landscape architects trained in French schools. …”
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The Concept of Ideology and the Struggle between Capitalism and Communism in Sezai Karakoç’s Political Thought by Selin Şahin, Enes Şahin

“…Especially after the Second World War, the world system was shaped around capitalism and communism, the dominant ideologies of the period. …”
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JAPANS’S CHINA STRATEGY by A. A. Kireeva

“…Japan’s China strategy in the aftermath of World War II prior to 2010-2011 can be characterized as engagement with elements of containment. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…When the Roma are discussed or invited to speak, it is typically limited to their experience with the atrocities of World War Two, and so their voices become narrowly contextualized before the backdrop of a history of persecution, especially during the Holocaust. …”
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Classical Universities in the Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Empire and the USSR: Leaving the Ivory Tower by M. V. Gribovskiy

“…These components include: the work of some departments (primarily the department of technology), the promotion of ideas of industrial development in Russia by the professors, participation in all-Russian manufacturing (art and industrial) exhibitions, and the implementation of research work by universities commissioned by industrial enterprises; It is shown how during the First World War the emphasis on the practical component of higher education activities increased, for which it itself was not quite ready.Particular attention is paid to the profound (and not entirely positive) transformation that universities underwent in the first Soviet decades. …”
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Diplomatic History of the Great Patriotic War and the New World Order by A. Y. Borisov

“…In this context, the Second World War has been a shining example not only to curb the aggressor states, the liberation of peoples from the Nazi tyranny, but also an attempt by the victor to organize a new, better postwar world order to guarantee a durable and lasting peace based on the cooperation of the allied states. …”
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Why Rights are Wrong in ASEAN and Beyond: A Critique of the Foundations of Universal Human Rights by D. Brian Scarnecchia

“… The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a battleground, one theatre in what Pope Francis has referred to as a “World War” where universal human rights, ersatz rights, and Asian values clash. …”
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The 500-year Cultural & Economic Trajectory of Tobacco: A Circle Complete by Christopher A. Jones, Amanda Wassel, William Mierse, E. Scott Sills

“…Global tobacco consumption rose sharply after 1914 and became especially prevalent following World War II, particularly among men. Indeed, overall tobacco sales increased by more than 60% by the mid-20th century, and cigarettes were a critical driver of this growth. …”
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Keeping the memory of Napoleonic wars: forms of international cooperation between Russia and the German Empire at the beginning of the twentieth century by A. S. Lizogub

“…Based on archival documents, press materials and personal testimonies, the preparation, semantic content and attitude of society towards Russia’s participation in commemorative projects implemented on the territory of the German Empire on the eve of the First World War are analyzed. The focus is on considering the features and problems of building narratives about the joint military past of the two empires within the framework of the international exhibition in Breslau and the opening of monuments in Leipzig. …”
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Introducing “Disrupted Histories, Recovered Pasts” by Sian Sullivan, Michèle Baussant, Lindsey Dodd, Olivette Otele, Irène Dos Santos

“…Our aim has been to interrogate relationships between oral histories and amateur histories with more formal written archives and historiography in a series of disrupted settings: evictions in colonial and apartheid west Namibia (SULLIVAN); memories and historical interpretations of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora (BAUSSANT); the evacuation of children in Second World War France (DODD); recent maritime exodus of migrants from Africa (OTELE); and rupture from a hegemonic imperial-nostalgic narrative in Portugal (DOS SANTOS). …”
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Bejlisova aféra. Antisemitismus a ruský politický život v letech 1911-1913 by Zbyněk Vydra

“… Beilis Affair (1911-1913) was the biggest anti-Semitic affair in Russia before World War I. The background of the affair was primarily political. …”
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Auch eine Gewerkschaft? Der Deutschnationale Handlungsgehilfenverband und die Angestellten by Martin Otto

“…Already before the First World War, the DHV moved towards a more pragmatic position. …”
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Acceptance of international criminal justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina by G. Šimić

“…That hundreds of mass graves would be scattered around, and that war crimes unseen in Europe since the Second World War would be repeated. That severe crimes like systematic rape, torture, and massive destruction of cultural heritage and property would finally culminate with genocide. …”
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Residential Landscapes Sponsored by Companhia União Fabril (CUF) in Barreiro (1945-1972). Promotion of Multi-Family Working-Class Housing in Post-WWII Portugal by Ana Vaz Milheiro, João Cardim

“…This article deals with the promotion of housing for the working class in Portugal after World War II. The starting point of the research is the strategies followed by Companhia União Fabril (CUF) — a major Portuguese chemical company — between 1945 and 1972 in Barreiro, a town on the southern bank of the Tagus River, where the company had been gradually establishing its main factory grounds since the beginning of the twentieth century. …”
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