Based on meticulous study and analysis of Soviet sources, particularly the Soviet press, it encompasses Soviet Ukraine from the death of Stalin to Shcherbytsky's rule as first party secretary. A final chapter on society examines economic aspects,…
CIUS seminar audio.On October 12, 2012 CIUS hosted a round table on the topic: “The Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine and ‘The Cat’: Politics Meets Folklore” (cosponsored by the Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography).Presenters included Bohdan…
CIUS seminar audio (7 Parts)On November 21, 2012, CIUS hosted a round table on the topic: “Famine in Ukraine, 1928–1933” (co-sponsored by the Department of History and Classics, U of A).Presenters included: Stanislav Kulchytsky (Institute of…
CIUS seminar audio.In this recording, Bohdan Harasymiw (CIUS and the University of Calgary), David Marples (CIUS and the Department of History and Classics, U of A), Mykola Riabchuk (Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professor, Departments of Modern Languages…
CIUS Seminar Audio Part 1 and 2.The first Institute seminar of the 1978-79 academic year at the University of Alberta was held on October 17. David R. Marples, doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Alberta, spoke on…
Chernobyl and Nuclear Power in the USSR provided the first detailed account of the Soviet nuclear power industry and of the nature, impact and consequences of the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) disaster of 28 April 1986. Marples places the Chornobyl accident…
This collection of fifteen stimulating interviews with well-known figures and academics is relevant. It includes discussions with Adam Michnik, Vitalii Karpenko, Pavlo Movchan, Mykola Riabchuk, Yurii Pokalchuk, Ivan Drach, Anatolii Pohribnyi,…