Despite Cultures: Early Soviet Rule in Tajikistan. By Botakoz Kassymbekova. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016. xiv, 272 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Tables. Maps. $28.95, paper.
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DOI: 10.1017/slr.2017.323
Abstract: objectives set out by Iosif Stalin. Sokolovsky was a protégé of Marshal Georgii Zhukov who rose to become Minister of Defense at the peak of his career, so it was to his advantage to omit… read more here.
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Courts and Courtly Cultures in Early Modern Italy and Europe: Models and Languages. Simone Albonico and Serena Romano, eds. Studi lombardi 8. Rome: Viella, 2016. 504 pp. €60.
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DOI: 10.1086/695186
Abstract: dieval Italy demonstrates their close association with war and politics in an age in which armed conflict was both endemic and inconclusive. Andreas Bihrer explores the uses of memory in his analysis of the contemporary… read more here.
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