The Transformation of Soviet Industrial Relations and the Foundation of the Moldovan Dniester Republic

The debate about post-socialist internal conflict has overcome the ‘ethnic turn’ and increasingly focuses on actors. For the case of separatism in the Moldovan Dniester Valley, research has highlighted the crucial role of industrial factory directors. These managers mobilised their factories’ employees. To refine the knowledge of how collective conflict actors are formed, this article asks the question: what enabled directors to mobilise ‘their’ workers? The sources show that, on the one hand, the managers’ political power was rooted in typical Soviet enterprise structures; on the other, it was further strengthened by perestroika market reforms and the economic crisis entangled to them. These results suggest that separatist mobilisation and internal conflict were entangled to social transformation and functioned as a catalyst to the process of (re-)distribution of capital and power.     

Taiwan and the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Taking into account recently published evidence on Taiwan's relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, this article examines the official and secret contacts between Moscow and Taipei from 1949 to 1988. It argues that despite some consideration given to a possible cooperation, Cold War hostility suited Taiwan and the Soviet Union more than collaboration. Taipei resorted to the ‘Soviet card’ in the 1970s to hinder Sino–American rapprochement, but never abandoned anti-Sovietism as the foundation of its diplomacy. The Soviet Union, for its part, prioritized normalization of relations with China and avoided rapprochement with the ROC, which could have only further strained ties with the PRC and accelerated the formation of the Sino–US united front against Moscow.     

苏共与德共关系及其启示--1917年至1991年的历程

1917年的俄国十月革命和1989-1991年的苏联解体可能是20世纪欧洲历史上最重大的事件,它对欧洲劳工运动产生了巨大而深远的影响.这对其邻国,即最受马克思主义影响、并组织得最好的德国工人运动产生了很大的冲击.德国工人运动的最早理论家和发言人是罗莎·卢森堡.1917年的十月革命,这一预示着残酷的一战结束的伟大历史事件,向每一位社会主义者发出了号召,各就各位,准备战斗.但是曾经积极支持帝国主义战争的德国社会党右翼领导人却严厉地反对俄国革命,并反对德国共产主义者追随布尔什维克的尝试.     

电视政论片《居安思危-苏共亡党的历史教训》史实质疑

《居安思危--苏共亡党的历史教训--8集DVD教育参考片解说词》史实失真之处随处可见,据此得出的许多结论并不符合事实,用这样的资料对党员干部进行教育,不利于我们的社会主义建设事业.本文就其史实失真之处,按照历史时期的线索,择要析之,认为对党员干部进行正确的史观教育,从苏联剧变中吸取教训,应该根据历史的真实得出结论.     

苏东地区“现实社会主义”的垮台和当前社会主义计划的重新制定

前言自社会主义作为理论和政治实践出现以来,一直是人们思考和分析的问题。在整个20世纪,不同国家的社会主义革命补充了社会主义计划具体形成的根本问题并对已经出现的社会主义经验做出评价,其中一些经验继续朝着乐观的方向发展。     

苏联解体与苏联海军的命运

考察苏联解体后苏联海军的命运有三个视角:一是苏联海军是怎样被分割的;二是分割苏联海军过程中最难解决的问题;三是作为苏联海军主要继承者的俄罗斯海军发展趋势如何。本文介绍了独联体国家对前苏联海军瓜分情况,分析了独联体国家在瓜分苏联海军过程中存在的主要矛盾,最后对俄罗斯海军的发展战略和趋势作了探讨。     

Demographic trends in the Soviet Union

Current population trends in the USSR are reviewed, with particular reference to data available from the 1981 census. Topics considered include regional demographic variations, ethnic fertility differentials, the effects of deteriorating health care, and the continuation of Islamic cultural influences. The political and economic consequences of current demographic trends are discussed.