Authors: Mark Lawrence Schrad
Tags: #History, #Modern, #20th Century, #Europe, #General
baptism of.
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Russian Orthodox church, conversion of Slavs to
literature in,
18
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opinion polls in,
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xii
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362
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as viewed by foreigners,
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Russia, Forward!
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Russian Christian Labor Temperance Organization.
See
All-Russian Labor Union of Christian Teetotalers
Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
15
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206
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“Russian cross,”
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333
See also
Demographics, post-Soviet crisis
Russian empire.
See
imperial Russia
Russian Federation,
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283
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291
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Academy of Sciences of,
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Accounts Chamber of,
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Anti-Monopoly Agency of,
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Border Service of,
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control of alcohol in,
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corruption in,
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93
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110
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debt default of (1998),
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economic collapse of (1990s),
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and economic recovery,
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election protests in,
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Federal Security Service (FSB) of,
344
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462
n
28
financial reliance on petrochemicals,
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354
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financial reliance on vodka,
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318
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320
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341
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356
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372
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374
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384
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389
Interior Ministry of,
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media freedom in,
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migration in,
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military in,
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304
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336
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348
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364
Ministry of Agriculture of,
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Ministry of Defense of,
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297
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303
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353
Ministry of Finance of,
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377
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382
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388
Ministry of Health and Social Development of,
365
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368
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373
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375
Ministry of Trade of,
316
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355
National Sports Foundation of,
315
Presidential Administration of,
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361
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367
Public Chamber of,
367
regionalism in,
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283
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300
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304
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306
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320
Security Council of,
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State Council of,
351
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354
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367
Tax Police Service of,
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357
“virtual economy” of,
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1995–6 elections in,
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1999–2000 elections in,
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2007–8 elections in,
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2011–2012 elections in,
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Russian Judo Federation,
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Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund (ROOF),
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Russian Orthodox church,
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27
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29
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38
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42
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50
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78
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82
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85
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108
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118
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119
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139
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177
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315
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327
conversion of Slavs to,
77
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78
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134
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255
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290
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384
corruption and,
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108
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315
drinking and,
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89
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108
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118
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119
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140
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213
Russian Revolution.
See
Bolshevik Revolution
Russians of To-Day
,
125
Russkaya mysl
(magazine),
250
Russo-Japanese War,
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Rutskoi, Aleksandr,
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Ryzhkov, Nikolai,
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Ryzhkov, Vladimir,
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SABMIller,
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Sakhalin Island,
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Sakharov, Andrei,
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Sakharov, Dmitry,
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Salerno,
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salt,
27
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salt tax,
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109
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113
Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail,
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Samara,
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sambo,
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samizdat
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Samson-Himmelstjerna, Hermann von,
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samogon. See
vodka, home-brewed (
samogon
)
San Francisco Bulletin
,
200
Sarajevo,
178
Saratov,
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204
Sardinia,
121
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155
Saversky, Aleksandr,
365
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366
Save the Children Fund,
208
Scandinavia,
27
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75
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76
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386
Schaeken, Jos,
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Scherbov, Sergei,
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382
Schlüsselberg,
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“scissors crisis,”
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Sclavonians,
28
Scotland,
62
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Scottish Exchequer Roll,
62
Scott, James C.,
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17
scurvy,
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“Secret Speech.”
See
Khrushchev, Nikita, and de-Stalinization
Segal, Boris,
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Seglin, Boris,
66
Semashko, Nikolai,
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Semenovsky regiment,
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40
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Sen, Amartya,
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Senegal,
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Serbia,
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serfdom.
See
imperial Russia, serfdom in
Sergei Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke,
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Sergeyev Posad,
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Sevastopol,
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Sevastopol Sketches
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Seven Years’ War,
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Shannon,
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Shcherbakov, Aleksandr,
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Sheridan, Philip,
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Sherman, William Tecumseh,
173
Shevardnadze, Eduard,
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314
Shevtsova, Lilia,
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Shingarev, Andrei,
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193
Shinkevich,
220
Shlapentokh, Dmitry,
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Shmelev, Nikolai,
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“shock therapy,”
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shoe polish,
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Shrovetide,
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