Daily Digest for 94-10-04
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#02-04 October 94 Sender: AMY@HIO.mhs.harvard.edu
Subject: ALL::Child From Ukraine
#02-04 October 94 Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Recent Publications of Possible Interest to the List
#03-04 October 94 Sender: sackman@plains.NoDak.edu (Gleason Sackman)
Subject: Chukotka: Russian Reindeer Country Telecast
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Subject: Russian Far East e-mail
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Subject: Error Condition Re: Email in Moscow
#06-04 October 94 Sender: igal@vax.ox.ac.uk
Subject: LEARNING PROGRAMME IN KYIV, UKRAINE
#07-04 October 94 Sender: Max Pyziur (pyz@panix.com)
Subject: Announcement of graduate student recruitment
#08-04 October 94 Sender: AlexRazdol@aol.com
Subject: Russian TV and radio in USA
#09-04 October 94 Sender: sackman@plains.NoDak.edu (Gleason Sackman)
Subject: Freedom Forum on the World Wide Web
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Sender: AMY@HIO.mhs.harvard.edu
Subject: ALL::Child From Ukraine
Special Request:
A ten year old child from Ukraine is in Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh
to remove a tumor (quite large). She has had the surgery, but is now not
able to talk or walk. Her mother is with her, but they have no other family
or friends in Pittsburgh, or the U.S. for that matter.
A card of cheer would go a long way in picking up the spirits of this
child. If you have the time or have school-age children and classmates could
sign and send a get well card, I know that it will mean a lot to this child.
Her name is Natasha PAVLENKO. Cards and/or letters may be sent to:
Natasha PAVLENKO
Room 7725 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
125 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Thank you.
Tinmothy Thompson
University of Pittsburgh
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Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Recent Publications of Possible Interest to the List
Two new reference items may be of interest to members of the
List. The University of Maine library has just received a new
book by Robert J. Kaiser entitled The Geography of Nationalism in
Russia and the USSR. The table of contents is provided below.
Perhaps also of interest is the newsletter published by the
International Finance corporation - IFC Review. The newsletter is
free of charge. A listing of the contents of the most recent
issue is provided below.
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The Geography of Nationalism in Russia and the USSR, by Robert
J. Kaiser. Princeton University Press, 1994
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PART ONE: Theoretical and Historical Framework
Chapter One: The Meaning of Homeland in the Study of Nationalism
-The Significance of Place
-Defining the Nation
-National Territoriality and Its Activation
-Indigenization as Territorial Response
Chapter Two: The Making of Nations in Tsarist Russia
-The Nationalization of the Elite
-The Nationalization of the Masses, 1861-1914
-The Development of a Sense of Homeland
Chapter Three: National Consolidation and Territoriality During
the Interwar Period
-Lenin on the National and Territorial Questions
-Stalin on the National Question
-The Formation of the USSR
-Geographic Mobilization, 1917-1939
-Korenizatsiay, Social Mobilization, and National Territoriality
-National Consolidation and National Territoriality
-International Integration and Russification during the 1930s
PART TWO: National Territoriality in the Postwar USSR
Chapter Four: Population Redistribution and National Territorial-
ity, 1959-1989
-National "Gravitation" to the Homeland
-Interhomeland Mobility and Its Consequences
Chapter Five: Social Mobilization and National Territoriality
-Social Mobilization and National Identity
-Social Mobilization in the Postwar USSR
-Social Mobilization and International Attitudes
Chapter Six: The Ethnocultural Transformation of Soviet Society:
Russification versus Indigenization
-Language Usage Trends
-International Marriage
-Natural Assimilation
Chapter Seven: Political Indigenization and the Disintegration of
the USSR
-Political Indigenization and Totalitarianism
-Economic Decentralization and the Problem of Regional Autarky
-Political Indigenization and the Dissolution of the USSR
Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Implications
-The Making of Nations and Homelands in Russia and the USSR
-Nationality Territoriality during the Postwar Period
-Significance of National Territoriality in Comparative Studies
of Nationalism
Appendix A: Evolution of the Soviet Federal System
Appendix B: Native Language Instruction in the USSR
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IFC Review - Newsletter of the International Finance Corporation.
Distributed fee of charge. Send request, with name/address to:
IFC Review, International Finance Corporation
1850 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20433 U.S.A.
Tel: [202] 473-7711 Fax: [202] 676-0365
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Representative articles in the Summer 1994 Issue include:
-IFC's First Project in the West Bank and Gaza
-IFC Brings Risk Management to Russia
-Building African Securities Markets
-IFC Launches Venture Capital Fund for Private Companies in China
-Short notes on:
First Investment in Viet Name Approved
IFC Invests in Polish Telecommunications
IFC to Lend in Local Currencies
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Sender: sackman@plains.NoDak.edu (Gleason Sackman)
Subject: TELCONF) Chukotka: Russian Reindeer Country Telecast, Oct 11
(forwarded message)
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SENDER: Joel Halvorson (halvor@ties.k12.mn.us)
Subject: CHUKOTKA: RUSSIAN REINDEER COUNTRY Telecast, Tues, October 11, 1994
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* CHUKOTKA: RUSSIAN REINDEER COUNTRY *
* Another in the KHOP-TV Series of Live Satellite Telecasts *
* Tuesday, October 11, 1994 *
* 10:00 a.m. CT *
* GOPHER:InforMNs.k12.mn.us/bestk-12 *
* WWW URL: http://InforMNs.k12.mn.us/rfe/chukotka *
* E-MAIL: TVLive@InforMNs.k12.mn.us *
* SATELLITE: Galaxy-6 - 74 degrees west - Transponder 19 horizontal (Ch. 19)*
* Frequency 4080 - Audio 6.2 and 6.8 *
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THIS REGION OF THE WORLD
Chukotka in the far eastern part of Russia, is adjacent to the United
States, across the Bering Sea from Alaska. This land of tundra is a virtual
ethnographic museum. From the Coastal dwelling Yup'ik whose ancestral lands
were separated on both sides of the Bering sea by the cold war... to the
reindeer-herding Chukchi, who live a semi-nomadic life on the tundra and
are believed to be ancestors to the peoples who crossed the Bering land sea
bridge to populate the Americas ... to the Slavic Russian population, who
are relative newcomers, settling in the remote eastern frontier of Russia.
THE PROGRAM
Since the end of the Cold War, there have been numerous "citizen diplomacy"
efforts building friendships with varied people of this region. One of
these efforts involves school-to-school exchanges between American and
Russian schools of this region. Video footage brought back from Chukotka
will be part of this live telecast from the television studios at Hopkins
High School. The broadcast will include elementary, junior high and high
school students from Minnesota.
Sergei Burlaev a math/computer science teacher from Amguema, Chukotka, and
Tanya Rabisheva an English teacher from Ozerny, Chukota, will be studio
guests. Students will have an opportunity to call in and ask questions. The
October 11 program will feature the following: Geographic information and
views of the unique landscape History and culture of the Yup'ik, Chukchi
and Slavic Russians of the region Visits with Russian students and
information on how American students are communicating with students in
Chukotka.The program will begin exactly at 10:00 a.m. and will be 45
minutes long. This program is free to all schools. Feel free to duplicate
this information and share it with your colleagues.
TO CALL IN QUESTIONS
The program includes the opportunity for you and your students to call in
and ask the guests questions. When you call the studio, be prepared to give
your name, grade, school and question. A phone representative will answer
the call, take down the information and give you further instructions. The
phone number is (612) 988-4668.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Here is the technical information for receiving this broadcast:
VIA SATELLITE
Galaxy-6
74 degrees west
Transponder 19 horizontal (Ch. 19)
Frequency 4080
Audio 6.2 and 6.8
AML
IDS Tower (Mpls., MN) Microwave Feed AML Channel C (Commonly known as the
pay-for-view channel) The broadcast will begin with a half-hour test
signal, starting at 9:30 a.m. Central Time. On the television screen, the
words Chukotka: The Land Of Reindeer will be displayed. If you see this on
your television screen, you will know that you are on the right channel to
receive the broadcast.
CABLE
Many cable companies across the United States and Canada may carry this
broadcast on their educational access channels. Check with your local cable
provider to see if they would be willing to carry this program.
If you are receiving the broadcast through cable, you may not see the test
signal from 9:30-10:00, however the broadcast will begin at 10:00 a.m.
For details about receiving the broadcast or other technical questions,
call Rod Pearson at (612) 588-4003.
PROGRAM GUIDE
A program guide and other resources will be available through the InforMNs
(Internet for Minnesota Schools) Gopher server:
InforMNs.k12.mn.us in the directory "Best of K-12"
or World Wide Web (WWW) server:
http://InforMNs.k12.mn.us/rfe/chukotka
If you do not have access to the InforMNs Gopher or WWW but do have an
e-mail address, you can receive a program guide by sending your request to:
TVLive@InforMNs.k12.mn.us
We hope you enjoy the program and encourage you to share your comments. You
may mail, fax, E-mail or call in your comments:
ph#: (612) 988-4668
fax#: (612) 988-4663
E-mail: TVLive@InforMNs.k12.mn.us
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Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305
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Sender: ASOLOMON@BROOK.EDU
Subject: Russian Far East e-mail
Does anyone have e-mail addresses for regional officials in Primorskii
krai or Vladivostok and Khabarovsk city officials ? If note, any ideas
as to where to look ? Thanks in advance.
Andrew Solomon
Brookings
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Sender: "Doug Eldred" (Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com)
Subject: Fwd) Error Condition Re: Email in Moscow
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All,
I have a friend who is living in Moscow, working for a non-profit religious
organization based here in the States. She is currently using CompuServe for
electronic mail with her US colleagues, but that apparently costs about
$2.00/minute -- she says long distance charges, but I think it may be network
surcharges, since she's dialing a Moscow phone number.
Is there any cheaper alternative, like Internet, available for individuals or
small non-profit groups? Even with CompuServe's surcharge for
receiving/sending Internet mail that might be cheaper than $2.00/minute for
messages of any significant size and thus transfer time.
To answer another recent posting, my experience to date has been that paper
mail is taking about three weeks to arrive in Moscow.
Doug
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Sender: igal@vax.ox.ac.uk
Subject: LEARNING PROGRAMME IN KYIV, UKRAINE
Foundation of Scientific and Cultural Development (FSCD) Kyiv, Ukraine.
LEARN UKRAINIAN AND/OR RUSSIAN, EXPLORE CULTURE AND SOCIETY,
MEET PEOPLE, MAKE BUSINESS CONTACTS IN KYIV, UKRAINE.
FSCD offers the following INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PROGRAMME:
1. Tuition: up to 36 hours a week (fully adjustable to an
individual 's pace of learning):
Example:
1) Language - 20 hours;
2) Ukrainian and/or Russian classic and/or modern literature - 6 hours;
3) History and culture - 4 hours;
4) Ukrainian and/or Russian philosophy - 6 hours.
Language of instruction: Ukrainian, Russian (you choose),
English support is possible.
2. Cultural program:
1) Excursion around city (bus);
2) Sacred places of Kyivan Rus (walking):
- St.Sophia Cathedral (founded in 1037)
- Lavra monastery (founded in 1054)
- Podol: historical part of Kyiv (6-20 centuries)
- Kyiv by Mikhail Bulgakov
3) Pirogovo village: Ukrainian folk culture and architecture
(bus, horse-riding; dinner, in summer time - forest picnic);
4) Opera Theatre, Ukrainian/Russian Drama Theatre.
3. Business contacts: on individual request, optional.
4. Conditions:
1) Transfer from and to Borispol airport (Kyiv);
2) Staying in a philological family (at least one member speaks
English), full board (discount for a couple sharing a room)
5. Options:
- sport facilities;
- studio-theatre.
COSTING: $510 per person per month (excluding travel to Kyiv).
This is a VERY competitive price.
The above program can be adjusted to your personal needs. It
can be longer or shorter, as you wish. You don't need to
take all parts. You don't need to take a whole part. And
because it is an individual program you shouldn't wait for a
group to be flown to Kyiv. You start as soon as you arrive.
You may save your money if you can offer help in teaching
English (discount 10%) and find companions (discount 10%
for each). Let us know your preferences and propositions.
If you are interested, please contact Elena Avetova,
an official representative of FSCD in UK, at the address:
89 Flat 369 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7RB UK
phone: +(0865)-514857 e-mail: igal@vax.ox.ac.uk
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Sender: Max Pyziur (pyz@panix.com)
Subject: Announcement of graduate student recruitment (x-post) (forward)
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 21:36:54 -0600
)From: Gil Rappaport (GRAPP%utxvms.cc.utexas.edu@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu)
Comments: To: seelangs@cunyvm.cuny.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list SEELANGS (SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET)
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Department of Slavic Languages at the University of Texas
at Austin announces that it has been awarded a grant by the Department
of Education under the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program
to fund graduate fellowships to be awarded to students of superior ability
who intend to pursue careers in research and teaching.
The fellowships provide both need-based stipends and generous support
for educational expenses.
The Department is actively seeking outstanding students for its Ph.D.
program, which offers majors in Slavic Linguistics and
Russian Literature/Culture. We are particularly eager to identify
promising students from traditionally under-represented backgrounds.
Interested students are encouraged to write, call, FAX, or e-mail us
for further information about our program. We would also ask that
faculty who know potential candidates for these prestigious and competitive
fellowships brings this notice to their attention.
Candidates who notify us immediately can be considered for
the Spring 1995 semester. Otherwise, we expect the current grant to be
continued for two academic years after the current one.
Information:
Graduate Advisor, Dept. of Slavic Languages
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78713-7217
Phone: (512) 471-3607
FAX (512) 471-6710
E-mail: svljc@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu
Posted by Gilbert Rappaport
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Sender: AlexRazdol@aol.com
Subject: Russian TV and radio in USA
Just to make a correction/addition: there's at least one more Russian TV
channel in the USA - "RTN". They are based in New York; some cable companies
like International Channell carry their transmissions for couple of hours a
day. Also, in October a new Russian radio station starts broadcasting - radio
"ERA", based in New Jersey.
Sincerely,
Alex Razdolski
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Sender: sackman@plains.NoDak.edu (Gleason Sackman)
Subject: WWW) Freedom Forum on the World Wide Web (forwarded message)
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SENDER: Bruce Siceloff (bsicelof@nando.net)
FREEDOM FORUM WEB PAGE
ARLINGTON, Va. -- As part of a broad strategy to expand its
educational outreach, The Freedom Forum has begun to place many of its
publications and certain other materials on the Internet.
"Our link to the Internet, together with our greater presence on
television and our greater variety of printed works, will introduce many
thousands of more people to our programs that promote free press, free
speech and free spirit around the world," said Charles L. Overby,
president and chief executive officer of The Freedom Forum.
The Freedom Forum is reaching the Internet via the NandO.net
gateway and World Wide Web page operated by The News and Observer
Publishing Co. of Raleigh, N.C. "The 'Net and The Freedom Forum belong
together: Both are committed to the free flow of information," said Frank
Daniels III, executive editor of The News & Observer. "We applaud The
Freedom Forum's decision to become a partner on the 'Net."
Besides published reports, including some color photos and graphics,
The Freedom Forum will offer selected transcripts of seminars and audio
sound bites on its Web page. You can reach the Forum's new Web page at
this address, or URL:
http://www.nando.net/prof/freedom/1994/freedom.html
Among the reports and materials now available on the Forum's page are:
* the FORUM WEEKLY newsletter.
* the cover stories from the past three issues of THE FORUM bimonthly magazine
(topics are politicians & the press, diversity in the news media and
the information highway).
* Freedom Forum reports on topics including journalism education in
Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and the media
vs. the mafia.
* the transcript of a Unity '94 panel discussion, "Handcuffed
reporting: Is crime coverage race-based?"
* the daily Freedom Forum First Amendment Calendar.
You'll need a multimedia Web browser such as Mosaic to get everything
on The Freedom Forum's home page. But, like everything on the Web,
the Forum site also is widely accessible via the popular text-only
browser Lynx. To find out whether you have Lynx access, just type the
word lynx from your unix prompt. If you are then bumped onto a WWW page,
you're in good shape. Then you can type the letter "g" without quotation
marks, which will open a prompt where you can type the URL you want to
activate. Or from the Unix prompt, if you type lynx followed by a space
and then the URL you want, you're on your way.
The NandO.net home page URL is http://www.nando.net/
For more information about the Freedom Forum's Web page, contact:
* Jerry Friedheim, Vice President / Public Affairs, The Freedom
Forum, 703-284-3521
* Maurice Fliess, Editorial Director / Publications, The Freedom
Forum, 703-284-3523
BRUCE SICELOFF Online Editor, The News & Observer / NandO.net.
PO Box 191, Raleigh, NC 27602 (919)829-4527 'The Old Reliable'
(bsicelof@nando.net) [I speak for myself only, not for The N&O.]
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