L N Mazur

Biographic Data

ID5802732
NAMEL N Mazur
GIVEN NAMESL N
FAMILY NAMEMazur
SIGNATUREMAZUR L N
AFFILIATIONSUral Federal University
ORCID0000-0003-0407-3816
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The Rural Family in the Middle Urals in the 1959 All-Union Population Census

    Open AccessL N Mazur, О В ГорбачевARTICLEQuaestio Rossica2026

    This article examines the family organization of the rural population of Sverdlovsk Oblast in the mid-twentieth century, at a turning point in the second demographic transition. The aims of the study are to reconstruct the size, types, and sociodemographic characteristics of rural families based on primary forms from the 1959 All-Union Population Census and to identify how the census materials reflect the later stages of the demographic transitio…

  • The Russian peasant family in the twentieth century

    L N Mazur, О В ГорбачевARTICLEThe History of the Family2023References: 3

    The study discusses the transformation of the peasant family in Russia in the twentieth century and focuses on the materials of the budget surveys of peasant households in the Middle Urals in 1928/1929 and in 1963. The population censuses of 1926, 1939, and 1959 allow us to compare the family structure in rural areas of the Urals diachronically and to chart the evolution of the Russian peasant family. While the Ural budget surveys reflect the nat…

  • Russian Town Museums and Cultures of Memory

    Open AccessL N Mazur, Natalya Gramatchikova et al.ARTICLEQuaestio Rossica2022

    This article is devoted to the theoretical and methodological problematisation of the role played by museums in the formation of memory cultures in small towns. The authors refer to materials from field expeditions (2021–2022) in ten Russian towns selected based on their geographical location, origin, age, and other parameters. The museum network is usually analysed regarding larger cultural centres but this concept applies to smaller towns, wher…

  • Autonomy of Russian Universities

    Open AccessL N Mazur, Ekaterina KarmanovaARTICLEVestnik Volgogradskogo…2020

    Introduction. The article compares the charters of Russian universities and brings to light the principles of universities’ operation throughout their history from the 19th to the 21st century. The article describes the model of university autonomy in Russia and its influence on the development of the academia, including contemporary universities’ ambitions in terms of global rankings. Methods and Materials. The conceptual framework is based on t…

  • Youth and Revolution

    Open AccessL N MazurARTICLEQuaestio Rossica2017

    This article considers the implementation of the “social bulldozer” by young Communist Party members of the early 1920s. The period was characterised by intensive social changes in many spheres of society, and the youth was supposed to play a special role as a strike force in the process. The Party and the government of the country aimed at the indoctrination of young people’s consciousness, their political education, militarisation, and organisi…

  • The Visualization of History

    Open AccessL N Mazur, Lyudmila MazurARTICLEQuaestio Rossica2015

    The author analyzes the transformational processes of historical research in the advent of a society of visual culture. The development of visual anthropology became the most obvious factor of the visual turn in historical research, and it studies different manifestations of visuality, using new tools for collecting and registering data (such as a video camera). The increasing popularity of historical films and documentaries, museum installations…

  • Primary sources on the history of the Soviet family in the twentieth century

    L N Mazur, Lyudmila Mazur et al.ARTICLEThe History of the Family2015References: 2

    In this article, the main groups of primary sources for studying the history of the Soviet family in the twentieth century are observed. The data sets of population censuses are traditionally used for this purpose, yet available mainly in an aggregated form. Therefore, other types of primary nominative sources have special meaning. In addition to a description of the vital registration documents, attention is paid to the research potential of the…

  • Golden age mythology and the nostalgia of catastrophes in post-Soviet Russia

    Liudmila Mazur, L N MazurARTICLECanadian Slavonic Papers2015Cited by: 5References: 7

    This article discusses the formation of nostalgic sentiment in contemporary Russia. Nostalgic emotions which idealize the Soviet experience are typical of Russian society today. To a great extent, they are a natural consequence of the forming of historical memories concerning the recent past. However, to a greater extent, they must be viewed as a socio-cultural phenomenon formed in the context of the social catastrophe that accompanied the collap…