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Three writers at the turn of the twentieth century, Shalom Yaakov Abramovitch (1835–1917), Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873–1934), and Dvorah Baron (1887–1956) attempted to construct a uniquely vernacular Hebrew literature. They did not aspire towards a literary style which could purp…

This dissertation shows how market reforms can inadvertently foster constituencies within the ruling coalition who are willing to publicly oppose post-Soviet autocrats. In two cases of market reforming autocracies, Kazakhstan in Kyrgyzstan, defectors from the business elite have…

This is an interpretative phenomenological study examining the recalled experiences of Baptist pastors during the Soviet era in Belarus. Six pastors were studied using semi-structured interviews. Six themes were derived from the data: (a) persecution and marginalization methods;…