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... the Kaliningrad region. The degree of social wellbeing is assessed on the basis of an analysis of statistical data and expert evaluations. Rural districts were identified in the Kaliningrad region on the basis of the following criteria: the share of population residing in the rural areas (threshold value of 50 %); the share of non-residential areas (threshold value of 75 %), the share of agricultural lands (threshold value of 50 %). Further analysis was based on the indices of geodemographic situation,...

... each scenario. It is shown that any change in the role of Estonia in Russian foreign policy depends not only on the specific actions of the Estonian elite, for example their readiness to change their position on the participation of Russian-speaking population in the democratic decision-making process or the evaluation of controversial events of the past, but also on the meaning that will be attached to these actions by the Russian elite. 1. Blagoveshhenskij, N. Yu., Krechetova, M. Yu., Satarov,...

This article studies the process of transformation of the Swedish political party system in the 1980s. The study aims to develop a typology of the Swedish political party system before and after the transformation processes commenced. The article identifies the key prerequisites for such transformation: the crisis of social democracy and an increase in the nationalist attitudes in the society caused by the negative repercussions of the system of integration of migrants into the society based on the...

... Pogranichnyj dogovor s Latviej ratificirovan [Border agreement with Latvia ratified], 2007, Segodnya [Today], September 5, 15:07. 21. Lanko, D. A. 2009, Populizm i politicheskoe uchastie: ulichnye besporjadki v stranah Baltijskogo regiona v 2007—2009 gg. [Populism and political participation: the riots in the Baltic Sea region in 2007—2009], Politicheskaja ekspertiza: POLITEKS [Political Expertise: POLITEKS], T. 5, no. 2, p. 209—230. 22. Tüür, K. 2012, Russia and Estonia, In: Tüür, K., Morozov,...

... Vostokom [The branch, which opens the gate between Europe and the Orient], ZL. LV, available at:http://balticexportcom-statja. zl. lv/nozare-kas-atver-vartus-starp-eiropu-unaustrumiem/ (accessed 30 January 2013). 7. Iedzīvotāji — Galvenie rādītāji [Population — Key Indicators], 2013, Latvijas statistika mājas lapā [Latvijas statistika], 26.02.2013, available at: http://www.csb. gov. lv/statistikas-temas/iedzivotaji-galvenie-raditaji-30260.html (accessed 12 March 2013). 8. Rabotodateli: Latvija ...

... warfare, including guerrilla strategies. The study places emphasis on the development of the guerrilla war concept in the Union periodicals. The author retraces a change in the intensity of the guerrilla warfare concept propagation amongst Lithuanian population and riflemen, in particular, through publications in the Trimitas — a periodical of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union. The author also identifies the narratives associated with the guerrilla matters employed for propaganda purposes in order ...

... 2007, Konec illjuzijam: istorija vozvrawaetsja [End of Illusions: History returns], Pro et Contra, no. 6 (39), p. 20—40. 8. Lanko, D. А. 2009, Populizm i politicheskoe uchastie: ulichnye besporjadki v stranah Baltijskogo regiona v 2007—2009 gg. [Populism and political participation:the riots in the Baltic States in 2007—2009] POLITEKS = Politicheskaja ekspertiza [Political Expertise Journal], Vol. 6, no 2, p. 209—230, available at: http://www.politex.info/content/view/713/30/ (accessed 12 ...

... ezhegodnik: stat. sb. 2010. Kaliningrad, pp. 14—15. 6. Orlenok, V. V. (Ed.). 2002. Geograficheskij atlas Kaliningradskoj oblasti. Kaliningrad,pp. 188. Belova Anna 10.5922/2079-8555-2011-1-14 111-117 small and semimedium-sized towns, settlement system, population outflow, revitalising of small and semi-medium-sized towns, unified settlement system, regional development, regional centres

The article assesses the efficiency of the state’s system of education through a wide variety of objective factors (the state and availability of infrastructure, budget, training and retraining, etc.) and subjective (psychosocial) assessments and visions of the education system (satisfaction with one’s own level of education, field of education and the attitude to it). 1. Golubeva, M. 2007. Izglītība Latvijā 21.gs. sākumā: izaicinājumi, jaunās paradigmas un perspektīvas", Izglītība zināšanu...

This article consists of a series of short essays dedicated to a certain period of the 'popular' socioeconomic history (with a particular focus on the institutional development problems) of the former East Prussia from Antiquity to present days. The authors tackle the issues of the economic history of amber, the role of the Hansa League in the development of medieval trade, the QWERTY-effects in the rail gauge standards, and the peculiarities of the development of the Kaliningrad region in the post-Soviet...

... outpost in the West on the one hand; and on the other hand, of the barrier which helped the USSR to ensure the dependence of the Eastern Baltics and domination in Poland. After the Cold War, Kaliningrad Oblast, a territory of 15,000 square metres with a population of nearly one million people, owned by the Russian Federation and located the farthest to the West, although on the Baltic Sea, ashore became isolated from the motherland and turned into an exclave. Gradually the exclave found itself first ...

... Latvia, and second, forming their new identity. The article presents a number of factors hampering the integration of ethnic Russians into Latvian society. Variations and options of socio-cultural identity and integration (or assimilation) of the Russian population of Latvia are shown. 1.      Apine I . , Volkov V . Latvijas krievu identit ā te : v ē sturisks un sociolo ģ isks ap ­ cer ē jums . R ī ga , 2007 . P.121—152; 179—188 . 2.      Statistical yearbook 2007 of Latvia ...