Since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, questions of identity have dominated the culture
not only of Russia, but of all the countries of the former Soviet bloc. This timely collection …

Russian women's writing is now attracting enormous interest both in the West and in Russia
itself. Written from a feminist perspective, this book combines a broad historical survey with …

… and Stalinist terror … Kelly never discovers the real murderers … ‘Along with some masterly
detective work, Catriona Kelly … upheavals tragically co-existed … Kelly has the talent of a fiction …

Advice literature (etiquette manuals, guides to hygiene and house management, and treatises
on upbringing) enjoyed massive popularity in Russia between the late eighteenth and the …

… Copyright © 2014 Catriona Kelly The right of Catriona Kelly to be identified as author of this
work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act …

Lawrence Stone appears to have elected himself as the defender of" history" against the
threefold threat of" post-modernism", namely, in Stone's terms, structuralist and post-structuralist…

Vitamin D and cholesterol metabolism overlap significantly in the pathways that contribute
to their biosynthesis. However, our understanding of their independent and co-regulation is …

Close cellular proximity and correct anatomical arrangement within islets are essential for
normal patterns of insulin secretion. Thus, segregation of islets into single cells is associated …

In Soviet sources from the Brezhnev era, the history of architectural preservation after 1917
was presented as a triumph of rational state‐building and cultural organisation: with the …

Retinal endothelial cell dysfunction is believed to play a key role in the etiology and
pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Numerous studies have shown that TRPV4 channels are …