Sökning: "USSR"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade ordet USSR.

1. 1. The Nuclear Waters of the Soviet Union : Hydro-Engineering and Technocratic Culture in the Nuclear Industry

   Författare :Achim Klüppelberg; Per Högselius; Kati Lindström; Anna Storm; Melanie Arndt; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nuclear power; water; technocratic culture; USSR; energy system; hydro-nuclear entanglements; Atomkraft; Wasser; technokratische Kultur; Sowjetunion; Energiesystem; hydronukleare Verflechtungen; Kärnkraft; vatten; teknokratisk kultur; Sovjetunionen; energisystem; hydronukleära sammanflätningar; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

   Sammanfattning : After the development of nuclear weapons, civil applications were seen as a way through which protagonists of Soviet modernity could embrace a new future, which Josephson called atomic-powered communism. Where hydro-powered communism had reached its boundaries, nuclear energy was to take over. LÄS MER

3. 2. Suicide in the Baltic countries and in the former republics of the USSR

   Författare :Airi Värnik; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :suicide sex age alcohol epidemiology USSR Slavic regionBaltic region Central Asia Caucasus perestroika.;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Suicide was a prohibited topic in the former USSR. During Gorbachev's perestroika data on suicide mortality were released in 1989, for the first time in the history of the USSR. The USSR then consisted of 15 republics, forming culturally, geographically and historically disparate regions. LÄS MER

4. 3. People of reliable loyalty… : Muftiates and the State in Modern Russia

   Författare :Renat Bekkin; Jenny Berglund; Mark Bassin; Galina M. Yemelianova; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Muftiate; spiritual administration of Muslims; mufti; the economics of religion; the institution of the muftiate; Islam in Russia; Islam in the USSR.; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents a full-fledged portrait of the muftiate (spiritual administration of Muslims) in modern Russia. Designed initially for the purpose of controlling religious activity, over time the institution of the muftiate was appropriated by Muslims and became a key factor in preserving national identity for different ethnic groups of Tatars. LÄS MER

5. 4. After Space Utopia : Post-Soviet Russia and Futures in Space

   Författare :Roman Privalov; Johan Eriksson; Mats Braun; Arita Holmberg; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; space; Russia; utopia; postcolonialism; assemblage; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Sammanfattning : Since the early 2000s, new projects of space expansionism have emerged, including the commercial-, military-driven and scientific projects to colonize the Moon and Mars. The new space expansionism followed a period of comparatively lower attention to space in international politics, and it is sometimes called the New Space Race by analogy to the 20th century Space Race between the USSR and the US. LÄS MER

7. 5. Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A, B and C in Estonia

   Författare :Tatjana Tallo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :HAV; HBV; HCV; strains; genotype; phylogenetic analysis;

   Sammanfattning : During the last decade changes have occurred in the epidemiology of hepatitis A, B and C in Estonia. A shift from high to intermediate endemicity for HAV has led to a shift in age of susceptible individuals from children to adolescents and adults. LÄS MER