CAUCASUS INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL (CISS)
Summer School CAUCASUS INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL (CISS) 8th – 12th July, 2013 The deadline for application is Monday, May 20th, 2013. http://events.unitn.it/en/ciss2013 Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the region of Southern Caucasus has experienced a difficult transition towards constitutional rule of law and democracy, as dramatically represented by the occurrence of armed conflicts. Armenia, Azerbaijan and...
The last of the Molokans
The Economist Eastern approches Preserved in all its Soviet glory IVANOVKA, Azerbaijan, is home to the last Soviet collective farm and a group of dissident Christians called the Molokans, who were forced out of Russia by Catherine the...
