Stephen R. BOWERS, PhD Kelli M. NAB The changing relationship between Russia and North Korea has its beginnings when the Soviet Union and China became rivals for influence within the Communist world. In the contemporary context, there is a triangle of complicated relations involving Russia, … [Read more...]
A COSSACK COMMUNITY IN NORTH OSSETIA
Stephen R. BOWERS Few images are more associated with traditional Russia than that of the Cossacks. Often described as defenders of the frontiers of the Russian Empire, the Cossacks fortunes took a turn for the worse as the Czarist regime collapsed. Long associated with the Czarist system, the … [Read more...]