This is the first English translation of Jangar, the heroic epic of the Kalmyk nomads, who are the Western Mongols of Genghis Khan’s medieval empire in Europe. Today, Kalmykia is situated in the territory that was once the Golden Horde, founded by the son of Genghis Khan, Juchi. Althou...
By Serhiy Kudelia, author of “The Ukrainian State under Russian Aggression: Resilience and Resistance” Current History (2022) 121 (837): 251–57.
The Ukrainian military counteroffensive launched in August has restored Ukraine’s control over most of Kharkiv province and parts of the Done...
A much celebrated author and food scholar, Darra Goldstein has devoted her career to interpreting Russian culture, and presents a new look into how Russian cuisine has developed in response to economic hardship and political oppression. Her newest book, The Kingdom of Rye, takes reader...
UPDATE: The Asian Survey special double issue “The Impact of the Ukraine War on Asia” is now available, and free to read for a limited time.
by Sheena Chestnut Greitens, author of an article in Asian Survey‘s forthcoming special November/December 2022 double issue, “The Impact of the U...
by Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers, authors of “Health and Environmental Tolls of Protracted Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa“ Current History (2021) 120 (830): 339–345.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed the brutal strategy of seeking to bombard cities into...
The beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 shocked the world, setting off the largest-scale land war in Europe since at least the Balkan wars of the 1990s, and driving more than 1.5 million civilians to flee to countries to the west. Russian President Vladimir Put...
As Russia, Ukraine, and the West appear to be locked in an escalating conflict, the most commonly asked question is: what does Russia want? To provide some context and analysis of Russia’s part in this crisis, this virtual issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies presents a range of ...
During the past week, Kazakhstan has seen the rapid spread of demonstrations and violence across the country after protests first emerged in western regions on January 1, 2022 as a result of the sudden rise in the price of gas. Confronting a major challenge to its authority, the country’s...
Margarita Zavadskaya is a postdoctoral researcher at University of Helsinki’s Aleksanteri Institute, and research fellow at the European University at St. Petersburg. She recently joined UC Press’s journal Communist and Post-Communist Studies as Associate Editor, where she focuses on elec...