Vestnik

These articles were all published as part of Vestnik, a scholarly journal for student research concerning the post-Communist space. The journal, run by SRAS, accepts student research on any subject related to this geographic area from any historical period (pre-Communist, Communist, and post-Communist). The work is published across the SRAS Family of Sites, which itself covers a wide range of subjects.

The Call for Papers and other information about the journal can be found on GeoHistory. Any interested students, or professors interesting in incorporating student publication into capstone projects, are encouraged to apply.

April 23, 2013

Dueling as a Commentary on Gambling and Risk Taking

One of the biggest gambles a person can make is a gamble with their life. A duel is one such example of a gamble. Dueling consisted of two individuals with matched weapons and agreed upon rules (such as the distance apart and the role of a dueler’s second). The weapons employed in these contests ranged […]

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Grutas Park and the Fate of Soviet Statuary in Lithuania

Кем Быть: Whom Shall I Be: Children’s Literature; A Reflection on the Uncertainties of the Early Soviet Pedagogical Experimentation

Dueling Demons: Mikhail Vrubel’s Demon Seated and Demon Downcast

Baba, Proletarka and the Kolkhoznitsa: Soviet Depictions of Women in Anti-religious Posters

The Legacy of Unofficial Art in St. Petersburg: The Case of Pushkinkaya-10 Art Center

From Image to the Salvation of Mankind: Discovering Differences in Theology and Culture in a Comparison of Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic Sacred Art

Russian Literature in Kyrgyzstan at the Beginning of the 21st Century: A Reflection of the Social, Spiritual, and Moral State of Society

The Conscript and the Commander: The Pictorial Tradition in Sokurov’s Confession

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