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baptism of.
See
Russian Orthodox church, conversion of Slavs to
literature in,
18
,
129

133
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139

140
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237

248
opinion polls in,
xi

xii
,
3
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91
,
190
,
362
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368
,
389
as viewed by foreigners,
xi
,
28
,
113

115
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120
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159
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161

162
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167

168
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180
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195
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208

209
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249

253
,
300
,
401
n
7
Russia, Forward!
360
,
372
Russian Christian Labor Temperance Organization.
See
All-Russian Labor Union of Christian Teetotalers
Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
15
,
201
,
205

206
,
210
,
232
“Russian cross,”
326

333
See also
Demographics, post-Soviet crisis
Russian empire.
See
imperial Russia
Russian Federation,
25
,
113
,
283
,
287
,
291
,
303
,
321
Academy of Sciences of,
364
Accounts Chamber of,
355
,
357

358
Anti-Monopoly Agency of,
365
Border Service of,
314

315
control of alcohol in,
312

319
,
346
,
353

356
,
366

375
corruption in,
92

93
,
110
,
312

316
,
319

320
,
345

346
,
351
,
356
,
360
,
364

365
,
379

380
,
383
debt default of (1998),
306
,
318
,
320
,
344

345
economic collapse of (1990s),
292

297
,
304
,
307
and economic recovery,
345

346
,
351

352
,
364
election protests in,
xii
,
92
,
379

380
Federal Security Service (FSB) of,
344
,
462
n
28
financial reliance on petrochemicals,
320
,
340

341
,
345
,
352

354
,
360

364
,
371
,
374

376
,
383

384
,
389
financial reliance on vodka,
312
,
318

320
,
340

341
,
356
,
372
,
374
,
384
,
389
Interior Ministry of,
303
,
343
,
366
media freedom in,
306

307
,
320
,
342
,
349

350
,
379
migration in,
380

381
,
383
military in,
151
,
296

297
,
303

304
,
336
,
348
,
363

364
Ministry of Agriculture of,
314
,
319
Ministry of Defense of,
296

297
,
303
,
352

353
Ministry of Finance of,
354
,
357
,
364
,
373

377
,
382
,
387

388
Ministry of Health and Social Development of,
365
,
368
,
370
,
373
,
375
Ministry of Trade of,
316
,
355
National Sports Foundation of,
315
Presidential Administration of,
351
,
361
,
367
Public Chamber of,
367
regionalism in,
133
,
283
,
300

304
,
306
,
317

320
Security Council of,
351
State Council of,
351
,
354
,
367
Tax Police Service of,
316
,
339
,
341
,
345
,
357
“virtual economy” of,
319

323
1995–6 elections in,
299
,
304

306
,
312
,
348
1999–2000 elections in,
xii
,
63
,
306
,
339

340
,
349
2007–8 elections in,
349

350
,
362

364
,
375
2011–2012 elections in,
xii
,
92
,
364
,
376
,
379
,
387
Russian Judo Federation,
358
Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund (ROOF),
xvi
Russian Orthodox church,
17
,
27

29
,
38
,
42
,
50
,
77

78
,
82
,
85
,
108
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118

119
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139
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177
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193
,
315
,
327
conversion of Slavs to,
77

78
,
134
,
255
,
290
,
384
corruption and,
104

108
,
315
drinking and,
85

89
,
104

108
,
118

119
,
139

140
,
213
Russian Revolution.
See
Bolshevik Revolution
Russians of To-Day
,
125
Russkaya mysl
(magazine),
250
Russo-Japanese War,
160

168
,
174
,
179
,
186

187
Rutskoi, Aleksandr,
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297
,
302
Ryzhkov, Nikolai,
267
,
271
,
280

281
,
294
Ryzhkov, Vladimir,
372
SABMIller,
374
Sakhalin Island,
167
Sakharov, Andrei,
241

242
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245
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257
,
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268
,
296
Sakharov, Dmitry,
291
Salerno,
71
salt,
27
,
403
n
40
salt tax,
54
,
95
,
109
,
112

113
Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail,
95
,
105
Samara,
177
,
206
,
211
sambo,
378
samizdat
,
241

244
Samson-Himmelstjerna, Hermann von,
108

109
samogon. See
vodka, home-brewed (
samogon
)
San Francisco Bulletin
,
200
Sarajevo,
178
Saratov,
135
,
204
Sardinia,
121
,
155
Saversky, Aleksandr,
365

366
Save the Children Fund,
208
Scandinavia,
27
,
68
,
75

76
,
386
Schaeken, Jos,
xvi
,
70
Scherbov, Sergei,
381

382
Schlüsselberg,
144
“scissors crisis,”
225

227
Sclavonians,
28
Scotland,
62
,
78
Scottish Exchequer Roll,
62
Scott, James C.,
16

17
scurvy,
109
“Secret Speech.”
See
Khrushchev, Nikita, and de-Stalinization
Segal, Boris,
85
,
232
Seglin, Boris,
66
Semashko, Nikolai,
217

218
Semenovsky regiment,
39

40
,
204
Sen, Amartya,
207
Senegal,
92
Serbia,
178
serfdom.
See
imperial Russia, serfdom in
Sergei Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke,
171

177
Sergeyev Posad,
38
,
319
Sevastopol,
155

159
,
162
,
175
Sevastopol Sketches
,
157

158
Seven Years’ War,
53
Shannon,
301

302
Shcherbakov, Aleksandr,
7
Sheridan, Philip,
173
Sherman, William Tecumseh,
173
Shevardnadze, Eduard,
260
,
272
,
314
Shevtsova, Lilia,
354
,
390
Shingarev, Andrei,
192

193
Shinkevich,
220
Shlapentokh, Dmitry,
191
Shmelev, Nikolai,
283
“shock therapy,”
295
,
308
,
321
shoe polish,
190
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211
,
282
Shrovetide,
43

44

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