Russian Federation

Sources Related to the Social-Political Movement in the Territory of the Black Sea Governorate in 1905-1907 (Based on Materials from the Archive Repositories of the Russian Federation)

This article examines a set of sources related to the social-political movement in the territory of the Black Sea Governorate during the First Russian Revolution (1905-1907). The author analyzes and classifies sources discovered in the archive repositories of the Russian Federation. The author concludes the article by pointing out that there is a copious set of sources covering the socialpolitical movement in the territory of the Black Sea Governorate during the First Russian Revolution. These include judicial/investigative materials, print media, documents of a personal nature by members of political organizations, memoirs, and correspondence.

War as a Social-Psychological Phenomenon

This article analyzes war as a social-psychological phenomenon. The author dwells upon the difficulties of war veterans’ shift from military to peaceful life. The primary sources for this work are letters, diaries, and memoirs by World War II servicemen and veterans. The author concludes the article by pointing out that the capacity for survival in the extreme conditions of the early postwar years had been buoyed up both by post-victory optimism and hopes engendered by it and the need to withstand post-war hardship – an unsettled everyday life, famine, disease, and crime. Amid all this, Soviet society exhibited a great capacity for life, which testified to its considerable

A Comparative Analysis of the Estuary Ecosystems of Russia's Large Rivers in Terms of Anthropogenic Load

Based on monitoring hydro-chemical information, amassed for many years (1980–2012), from the State Service for Observations (SSO), the author conducts an assessment of anthropogenic load on the estuary ecosystems of Russia’s large rivers, as well as of their condition by hydro-chemical indicators. The results have helped to rank the estuary ecosystems by anthropogenic load and their condition with a view to identifying the more prosperous ecosystems.