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AT A TIME WHEN THE DOMINATING SOURCE OF CONFLICT AND THE GREAT DIVISIONS AMONG PEOPLES ARE CULTURAL, SCHOLARS MUST MAKE RENEWED EFFORTS TO COMPREHEND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL FACTORS FOR POLITICS IN THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS. THE NEW DATA-RICH ENVIRONMENT OF THE POST-SOVIET ERA CHALLENGES SCHOLARS TO TEST THEORIES THAT HERETOFORE HAVE LAIN DORMANT BECAUSE OBSTACLES TO DIRECT OBSERVATION FORCED THEM TO PRACTICE ANTHROPOLOGY FROM AFAR OR TO ENGAGE IN FLIGHTS OF FANCY THROUGH HISTORICAL EXTRAPOLATION. THIS ESSAY EXAMINES THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF SOME RECENT EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON POST-SOVIET POLITICAL CULTURE IN RUSSIA, IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN BRIDGE-BUILDING EFFORTS TO THE BENEFIT OF BOTH SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POST-SOVIETOLOGY.

The article reviews the main problems of international interaction in the political space of post-Soviet Russia. This research topic has been a burning and vital issue of the day over the last years. Moreover, it has become even more significant and urgent nowadays. From time to time the number of racial tensions and inter-ethnic conflicts is increasing everywhere. This fact is likely to indicate some disadvantages and faults of evaluating the state of international interaction. One of the reasons why it happened is the fact that scholars have not come to an agreement about this issue yet. Having thoroughly examined the current scientific theories and research areas, the author of the article took into consideration the most popular and widespread points of view on the problem. Such factors as the soviet «heritage», integration of ethnic minorities into the cultural space of civil nation, a great many opportunities for preserving national identity, etc. influenced the principles of international interaction in the political space of modern-day Russia. The results of the analysis of the above mentioned factors can be put into practice with a view to assess the potential of international interaction which will let predict their social and political importance and reveal possible flash seats of conflictogenity. The author's attention is focused on considering the issues of the role of the government in the optimization of inter-ethnic relations. The main fields of concern of public authorities have been investigated. Policy papers and special-purpose programmes have been scrutinized. The author has also outlined the leading political figures' attitude to this acute problem.

This book revisits many aspects of current social science theories, such as actor-network theory and the French school of science and technology studies, to test how the theories apply in a specific situation, in this case after 1991 in the city of Cherepovets in Russia, home of Russia's second biggest steel producer, Severstal. Using political philosophy to analyse the down-to-earth details of the real techno-scientific problems facing the world, the book examines the role of things - and urban infrastructure in particular - in political change. It considers how the city's infrastru

Soviet Russia from the very first days of the conquest of Georgia began to completely control the country. The goal of the occupiers was to eradicate elements of the country's democratic rule, suppress the centers of anti-Russian and anti-Soviet propaganda, destroy the desire of the people of Georgia to restore independence and introduce Soviet ideology. This applied to all areas of activity. On the part of the Soviet government, special attention was paid to the church and church officials