Yulia Mikhailova
Biographic Data
| ID | 2342500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yulia Mikhailova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yulia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mikhailova |
| SIGNATURE | MIKHAILOVA Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of World History |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-7850-4916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ideological Collaboration in Latvia During World War II
Ideological collaborationism fits into the history of the propaganda war in the occupied territories of the USSR. Newspapers and magazines published in 1941—1945 played a significant role in the Nazi information space in the occupied Soviet territories. This article examines the main periodicals intended for residents of occupied Latvia (in some cases, for the entire Baltic States), and also distributed in Belarus and northwestern Russia. During …
Citizen Paletsky Came to the Soviet Union
The article is dedicated to the visit of the Lithuanian journalist and public figure Justas Paleckis to the USSR. This was organized by the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and took place in January 1933. Pianist B. Dvarionas also visited Soviet Union together with J. Paleckis. After the trip Paleckis published numerous articles in the Lithuanian press, and later — a book in Lithuanian, “The USSR — Through Our Eyes”…
Formation and Development of Baltic Studies in Institute of World History RAS
The article is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Centre for Nordic and Baltic Studies of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It talks about the stages of the formation of the direction of Baltic studies at the Institute. The author focused on such issues as the establishment of relations between the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and historians of the Baltic co…
Practices of Soviet Cultural Diplomacy in Latvia on the Example of Excursion Trips and Tours of Artists. 1920s — 1930s
The article is devoted to the analysis of the practices of Soviet cultural diplomacy in Latvia in the 1920s and 1930s. The author focuses on such aspects as the organization of excursion trips and Soviet “artistic export” to Latvia — tours of musicians and theatres. This was one of the most favorable ways to create a positive image of the USSR abroad. Performances of Soviet artists (theatre groups and studios, opera and chamber singers, musicians…
Elite Women in Pre-Mongol Chronicles
This paper examines Rus’ chronicles’ information about female political participation. Frequent omission of women’s given names in the chronicles is often interpreted as evidence that Rus princesses were less politically significant than Western and Byzantine elite women. An analysis of East Slavonic name usage offered below challenges this interpretation. The paper argues that the scarcity of information about women in the extant sources does no…
Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic Region
On November 16—17, 2023, the Centre for the History of Northern Europe and the Baltics (Institute of World History RAS) held an all-Russian scientific conference “Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic region: countries and peoples in a changing world. 19th — 20th centuries” This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Сentre's founding. A number of reports presented attempts to summarize the results of the Centre’s work over a quarter of a century. T…
Poor Cousins”
The article considers the activity of the cartoonist S. A. Tsivinsky (1895—1941), who closely cooperating with a number of Latvian newspapers during the period of the first independence. Не became the author of many political cartoons reflecting the social and political life of the country. Cartoons of S. A. Tsivinsky reflected the problem of the struggle of national minorities for their rights in the political and public spheres. He illustrated …
State Sovereignty and Protection of Minorities”
The article deals with the activities of M. Ya. Lazerson — a well-known lawyer, politician and public figure of the Republic of Latvia in the 1920s — 1930s, who aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. Lazerson was a deputy of the first, second and third Saeima of Latvia and paid much attention to the topic of protecting the rights of national minorities. He saw a direct connection between the development of special legislation and the recog…
“Remembering Historical Anniversary…”
The article considers the mechanisms of formation of historical memory about the peace treaty concluded between the RSFSR and the Republic of Latvia on August 11, 1920. The construction of historical memory about this peace treaty became an important part of the concept of political development in Latvia in the late Soviet era (1988—1990). This was based on the idea of restoring sovereignty. During the period of Perestroika, the idea of the legit…
Russia and The Scandinavian-Baltic Region
The study of the history of small countries is one of the research activities of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It has its own specific features and fits into the general outline of the global historical process. On November 17—18, 2022, the International Scientific Conference “Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic Region: Countries and Peoples in a Changing World. 19—20th centuries”, organized by the Centre for t…
On the 70th Anniversary of A.A. Komarov
The Soviet-Latvian Peace Treaty on August 11, 1920
This publication of documents from the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation highlights the Soviet-Latvian peace negotiations, and issues related to the implementation of the peace treaty on August 11, 1920. These are transcripts of plenary meetings of the delegations of the RSFSR and Latvia, minutes of meetings of the Soviet-Latvian commission on the determination of the border, note correspondence (notes of the NKID to the Latvian…
Roundtable Discussion “Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty of 1920” (Moscow, November 25, 2020)
Author tells about held in Moscow on November 25, 2020 an international round table dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the signing of the treaty between Lithuania and Soviet Russia. The meeting was organized by the Russian-Lithuanian Commission of Historians, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Russian Federation, the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Lithuanian History. Leading hist…
The Historical Memory of the War of 1812 among Latvians in the Middle of the 19th — Beginning of the 20th Century
The author shows the formation of historical memory of the war of 1812 among Latvians in the Russian Empire. In the beginning and middle of the 19th century this was very much influenced by the Baltic Germans who published historical works in both German and Latvian. In the beginning of the 20th century began the new stage in the formation of the historical memory of the war of 1812 in the Baltic Provinces. That was a result of the political and …
Battle for the North 1944—1945. International Conferences Dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Soviet Arctic, Northern Norway and Finland's Withdrawal from the War
In 2019, historians celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Soviet Arctic and Northern Norway (East Finnmark) and Finland's withdrawal from the World War II. On September 19, 1944, the Armistice Agreement between the USSR and Great Britain on the one hand, and Finland on the other was signed in Moscow. Thus, Finland was withdrawn from the war, and the country began implementation of the Agreement. However, the war in the North con…
Military Coup of January 21, 1927 in Valmiera In the Reports of Soviet Diplomats
The article discusses the events on the night of January 20—21, 1927 in Valmiera, when Lieutenant Edgars Oliņš, an officer in the Latvian armed forces, attempted a coup d'état. Despite the fact that coup d'état lasted only few hours and the citizens discovered all from the newspapers one must notice the importance of the internal and external political context of the incident and its connection to similar events in Europe — the successful coup of…
Not a Word about Politics, but What Agitation! What Propaganda!”
The article discusses some aspects of Soviet cultural diplomacy in Latvia during the interwar period. Using the example of work in Latvia it is shown that Soviet cultural diplomacy is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, including state propaganda and interaction between people in addition to official state relations. Various means were used to propagate and disseminate the achievements of the Soviet Union — controlled scientific contacts, orga…
Ideological adapting of orthodox vocabulary in soviet and post-soviet dictionaries
The article is devoted to the analysis of vocabulary definitions that explain the vocabulary of Orthodoxy. The material was the basic dictionaries published in the USSR, modern explanatory dictionaries of the Russian literary language and dictionaries that represent the religious picture of the world. It is shown how by means of ways of interpretation of orthodox lexicon, system of marks and illustrations in dictionaries of the Soviet period occu…
Советско-латвийские культурные связи в 1926—1933 гг. Публикация документов по материалам АВП РФ
Baltic Line in the Investigations of the Centre for Nordic and Baltic Studies, Institute of World history RAS
Manga in Japanese History
This chapter examines how a new genre of political cartoons was born in Meiji Japan by combining comic pictures of the Edo period with the imported Western art form of the caricature and argues that political cartoons acquired a particularly significant political role during the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese were also alarmed by the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which ran across Manchurian territory. Nipponchi, while rightly crit…
Electronic media and popular discourse on Russian nationalism
This article analyzes electronic letters to the editor on the coverage of the riot in Kondopoga (2006) and the bombings in the Moscow subway (2010). Letters to electronic media are used for the first time as a source for popular opinion on nationalism and ethnic conflicts in Russia. The first argument of this study is methodological: a comparison between the polls and the letters suggests that letters to electronic media represent public opinion …
Cross Kissing
In this study, Yulia Mikhailova and David Prestel suggest that the political culture of pre-Mongolian Rus' may be similar to that of post-Carolingian Europe, where public order still existed in the absence of a strong centralized authority. In Rus' as also in the west, there was an order of norms rather than of institutions. Drawing on sources such as theTestament of Vladimir Monomakhand theHomily of Princes, Mikhailova and Prestel maintain that …
Japan and Russia
Images At An Impasse
Japanese popular culture is diverse, but anime and manga have come to be its chief representatives. The popularity of anime and manga in Russia has continued to grow, producing a new youth subculture deriving its inspiration from Japan. This chapter examines Russian youth subculture, focusing on the activities of RAnMa (Russian Anime and Manga Club). It questions Russian youth interest in anime and manga and explores their fascination with Japan …
Cross Kissing
In this study, Yulia Mikhailova and David Prestel suggest that the political culture of pre-Mongolian Rus' may be similar to that of post-Carolingian Europe, where public order still existed in the absence of a strong centralized authority. In Rus' as also in the west, there was an order of norms rather than of institutions. Drawing on sources such as theTestament of Vladimir Monomakhand theHomily of Princes, Mikhailova and Prestel maintain that …
The image of Japan in Russo-Soviet Japanese Studies
(1993). The image of Japan in Russo-Soviet Japanese Studies. Japanese Studies: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 59-74
The Aum supreme truth sect in Russia
Japan and Russia
Images At An Impasse
Japanese popular culture is diverse, but anime and manga have come to be its chief representatives. The popularity of anime and manga in Russia has continued to grow, producing a new youth subculture deriving its inspiration from Japan. This chapter examines Russian youth subculture, focusing on the activities of RAnMa (Russian Anime and Manga Club). It questions Russian youth interest in anime and manga and explores their fascination with Japan …
Japan and Russia
Electronic media and popular discourse on Russian nationalism
This article analyzes electronic letters to the editor on the coverage of the riot in Kondopoga (2006) and the bombings in the Moscow subway (2010). Letters to electronic media are used for the first time as a source for popular opinion on nationalism and ethnic conflicts in Russia. The first argument of this study is methodological: a comparison between the polls and the letters suggests that letters to electronic media represent public opinion …
Cross Kissing
In this study, Yulia Mikhailova and David Prestel suggest that the political culture of pre-Mongolian Rus' may be similar to that of post-Carolingian Europe, where public order still existed in the absence of a strong centralized authority. In Rus' as also in the west, there was an order of norms rather than of institutions. Drawing on sources such as theTestament of Vladimir Monomakhand theHomily of Princes, Mikhailova and Prestel maintain that …
Manga in Japanese History
This chapter examines how a new genre of political cartoons was born in Meiji Japan by combining comic pictures of the Edo period with the imported Western art form of the caricature and argues that political cartoons acquired a particularly significant political role during the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese were also alarmed by the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which ran across Manchurian territory. Nipponchi, while rightly crit…
Советско-латвийские культурные связи в 1926—1933 гг. Публикация документов по материалам АВП РФ
Baltic Line in the Investigations of the Centre for Nordic and Baltic Studies, Institute of World history RAS
Ideological adapting of orthodox vocabulary in soviet and post-soviet dictionaries
The article is devoted to the analysis of vocabulary definitions that explain the vocabulary of Orthodoxy. The material was the basic dictionaries published in the USSR, modern explanatory dictionaries of the Russian literary language and dictionaries that represent the religious picture of the world. It is shown how by means of ways of interpretation of orthodox lexicon, system of marks and illustrations in dictionaries of the Soviet period occu…
Battle for the North 1944—1945. International Conferences Dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Soviet Arctic, Northern Norway and Finland's Withdrawal from the War
In 2019, historians celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Soviet Arctic and Northern Norway (East Finnmark) and Finland's withdrawal from the World War II. On September 19, 1944, the Armistice Agreement between the USSR and Great Britain on the one hand, and Finland on the other was signed in Moscow. Thus, Finland was withdrawn from the war, and the country began implementation of the Agreement. However, the war in the North con…
Military Coup of January 21, 1927 in Valmiera In the Reports of Soviet Diplomats
The article discusses the events on the night of January 20—21, 1927 in Valmiera, when Lieutenant Edgars Oliņš, an officer in the Latvian armed forces, attempted a coup d'état. Despite the fact that coup d'état lasted only few hours and the citizens discovered all from the newspapers one must notice the importance of the internal and external political context of the incident and its connection to similar events in Europe — the successful coup of…
Not a Word about Politics, but What Agitation! What Propaganda!”
The article discusses some aspects of Soviet cultural diplomacy in Latvia during the interwar period. Using the example of work in Latvia it is shown that Soviet cultural diplomacy is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, including state propaganda and interaction between people in addition to official state relations. Various means were used to propagate and disseminate the achievements of the Soviet Union — controlled scientific contacts, orga…
Roundtable Discussion “Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty of 1920” (Moscow, November 25, 2020)
Author tells about held in Moscow on November 25, 2020 an international round table dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the signing of the treaty between Lithuania and Soviet Russia. The meeting was organized by the Russian-Lithuanian Commission of Historians, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Russian Federation, the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Lithuanian History. Leading hist…
The Historical Memory of the War of 1812 among Latvians in the Middle of the 19th — Beginning of the 20th Century
The author shows the formation of historical memory of the war of 1812 among Latvians in the Russian Empire. In the beginning and middle of the 19th century this was very much influenced by the Baltic Germans who published historical works in both German and Latvian. In the beginning of the 20th century began the new stage in the formation of the historical memory of the war of 1812 in the Baltic Provinces. That was a result of the political and …
On the 70th Anniversary of A.A. Komarov
The Soviet-Latvian Peace Treaty on August 11, 1920
This publication of documents from the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation highlights the Soviet-Latvian peace negotiations, and issues related to the implementation of the peace treaty on August 11, 1920. These are transcripts of plenary meetings of the delegations of the RSFSR and Latvia, minutes of meetings of the Soviet-Latvian commission on the determination of the border, note correspondence (notes of the NKID to the Latvian…
“Remembering Historical Anniversary…”
The article considers the mechanisms of formation of historical memory about the peace treaty concluded between the RSFSR and the Republic of Latvia on August 11, 1920. The construction of historical memory about this peace treaty became an important part of the concept of political development in Latvia in the late Soviet era (1988—1990). This was based on the idea of restoring sovereignty. During the period of Perestroika, the idea of the legit…
Russia and The Scandinavian-Baltic Region
The study of the history of small countries is one of the research activities of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It has its own specific features and fits into the general outline of the global historical process. On November 17—18, 2022, the International Scientific Conference “Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic Region: Countries and Peoples in a Changing World. 19—20th centuries”, organized by the Centre for t…
Elite Women in Pre-Mongol Chronicles
This paper examines Rus’ chronicles’ information about female political participation. Frequent omission of women’s given names in the chronicles is often interpreted as evidence that Rus princesses were less politically significant than Western and Byzantine elite women. An analysis of East Slavonic name usage offered below challenges this interpretation. The paper argues that the scarcity of information about women in the extant sources does no…
Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic Region
On November 16—17, 2023, the Centre for the History of Northern Europe and the Baltics (Institute of World History RAS) held an all-Russian scientific conference “Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic region: countries and peoples in a changing world. 19th — 20th centuries” This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Сentre's founding. A number of reports presented attempts to summarize the results of the Centre’s work over a quarter of a century. T…
Poor Cousins”
The article considers the activity of the cartoonist S. A. Tsivinsky (1895—1941), who closely cooperating with a number of Latvian newspapers during the period of the first independence. Не became the author of many political cartoons reflecting the social and political life of the country. Cartoons of S. A. Tsivinsky reflected the problem of the struggle of national minorities for their rights in the political and public spheres. He illustrated …
State Sovereignty and Protection of Minorities”
The article deals with the activities of M. Ya. Lazerson — a well-known lawyer, politician and public figure of the Republic of Latvia in the 1920s — 1930s, who aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. Lazerson was a deputy of the first, second and third Saeima of Latvia and paid much attention to the topic of protecting the rights of national minorities. He saw a direct connection between the development of special legislation and the recog…
Formation and Development of Baltic Studies in Institute of World History RAS
The article is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Centre for Nordic and Baltic Studies of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It talks about the stages of the formation of the direction of Baltic studies at the Institute. The author focused on such issues as the establishment of relations between the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and historians of the Baltic co…
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