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Karpo, Vasyl, and Nataliia Nechaieva-Yuriichuk. "Information Component of Disintegration Processes in Spain and Great Britain: the Comparative Aspects." Mediaforum : Analytics, Forecasts, Information Management, no. 7 (December 23, 2019): 142–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.31861/mediaforum.2019.7.142-154.
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From ancient times till nowadays information plays a key role in the political processes. The beginning of XXI century demonstrated the transformation of global security from military to information, social etc. aspects. The widening of pandemic demonstrated the weaknesses of contemporary authoritarian states and the power of human-oriented states. During the World War I the theoretical and practical interest toward political manipulation and political propaganda grew definitely. After 1918 the situation developed very fast and political propaganda became the part of political influence. XX century entered into the political history as the millennium of propaganda. The collapse of the USSR and socialist system brought power to new political actors. The global architecture of the world has changed. Former Soviet republic got independence and tried to separate from Russia. And Ukraine was between them. The Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine was the start point for a number of processes in world politics. But the most important was the fact that the role and the place of information as the challenge to world security was reevaluated. The further annexation of Crimea, the attempt to legitimize it by the comparing with the referendums in Scotland and Catalonia demonstrated the willingness of Russian Federation to keep its domination in the world. The main difference between the referendums in Scotland and in Catalonia was the way of Russian interference. In 2014 (Scotland) tried to delegitimised the results of Scottish referendum because they were unacceptable for it. But in 2017 we witness the huge interference of Russian powers in Spain internal affairs, first of all in spreading the independence moods in Catalonia. The main conclusion is that the world has to learn some lessons from Scottish and Catalonia cases and to be ready to new challenges in world politics in a format of information threats.
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Šorn, Mojca. "Spremembe v medčloveških odnosih v obdobju pomanjkanja in lakote (Ljubljana: 1914–1918)." Studia Historica Slovenica 20 (2020), no. 3 (December 20, 2020): 713–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.32874/shs.2020-20.
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The following contribution, which focuses on Ljubljana and its inhabitants during World War I, shows how everyday life was influenced by the military and political as well as economic and social aspects. It underlines the food shortage, which did not only result in an increased incidence of diseases and deaths but also adjusted nutrition as well as modified daily rhythms and mental and psychological processes. The present contribution, which focuses on the interpersonal relationship changes in the extraordinary wartime circumstances or during the period of shortage and hunger, reveals that the code of behaviour as well as the established societal and social norms of the pre-war period often became a thing of the past.
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Bukalova, S. V. "Social Support Organization in Russian Empire During World War I: Financial Aspects." Nauchnyi dialog 13, no. 5 (June 29, 2024): 371–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-5-371-389.
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This study examines the interplay between state and public involvement in financing social support for the affected population during World War I (1914-1918). The research focuses on the income components of the budgets of the Supreme Council for the Care of Families of Enlisted Persons and the Moscow Committee of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna for providing charitable assistance to families of enlisted individuals. Quantitative data on charitable donations and government subsidies serve as sources. The total amount of collected charitable donations is disclosed for the first time, with a conclusion drawn regarding their stable dynamics. It is demonstrated that the volume of charitable donations was incomparable to the need for assistance. Despite measures to stimulate donation inflow (such as lotteries and rewards for donors), charitable contributions could not establish a reliable financial foundation for the social support system. The author concludes on the increasing significance of state funding. The institutionalization of social assistance required formalization and regulation of support measures, recipient tracking, and the establishment of uniform organizational structures, among others. Thus, the pre-revolutionary period of World War I marks an important stage in the genesis of state social policy.
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Astashov, A. B. "MOBILIZATION AND SANITATION AT THE RUSSIAN ARMY HOME FRONT IN 1914–1918: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS." Вестник Пермского университета. История, no. 2(53) (2021): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2219-3111-2021-2-27-37.
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Written on the basis of archival sources drawn for the first time, the article is devoted to the problem of changing the sanitary and ecological conditions of the theatre of military operations at the Russian front during the First World War. The aim of the article is to analyze the sanitary and hygienic state of the theatre of military operations on the western outskirts of Russia during the First World War and the factors of its deterioration; to evaluate the effectiveness of combating the negative aspects of the sanitary state of the front-line territory; to identify the actual environmental practices of the front-line territory and their interrelation with the social aspects of the struggle for the improvement of the territory in conditions of total war. The focus is on the pre-war sanitary situation in the western region of Russia, reflecting its cultural and socio-political peculiarities, its exacerbation during the war and mobilization, as well as sanitary and hygienic measures taken both in eliminating epidemics of contagious diseases and in "sanitating" the front-line territory. The issue is considered in the light of total war, which formed a unified, front and rear, landscape of sanitary hazards. Attention is paid to the activities of society, bureaucracy and military commanders, who generally succeeded in transforming the belligerent landscape and localizing the spread of disease. The technical activities of the engineering and sanitary services of the front and rear are described in detail. The author concludes that the Great War was an important impulse and frontier in solving the problem of improving the ecological condition of Russia's western outskirts. During the war, the belligerent landscape was transformed into an anthropogenic landscape, becoming the basis for the area's future infrastructure in terms of sanitation and hygiene
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Reyent, O. "The World War First and its Consequences for Ukraine." Problems of World History, no. 1 (March 24, 2016): 64–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.46869/2707-6776-2016-1-4.
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In the article, the World War First it examined from the perspective of a global cataclysm that essentially determined the further development of human civilization not only in the twentieth, but also in the early twenty-first century. It is indicated that the tragedy of war especially manifested in the total character, which it has acquired, and the rapid fall in the value of human life. In its universal scope and demographic losses, this war greatly surpassed everything that happened thereto during the largest international military conflicts in human history. The influence of the global confrontation 1914-1918 on the Ukrainian ethnic land is shown. Being divided between the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary they have been the object of geopolitical encroachments of the warring parties and for four years became the theater of fierce fighting, and their population found itself on opposite sides of the front line. Considerable attention is paid to elucidating the main «Ukrainian aspects» of the war in the political, ideological, military, economic and social planes. It is shown both negative and positive consequences of the World War First for the formation of modern nation and the establishment of statehood.
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Shikunova, Inna A., and Pavel P. Shcherbinin. "Nurseries as a special form of social care in the Tambov Governorate in the early 20th century." Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 184 (2020): 136–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-184-136-145.
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We consider the formation and development features of the nurseries as a special social institution in the Tambov Governorate in the early of 20th century. The governorate and county levels of declared scientific problem consideration allows to conduct the successful reconstruction of the formation and activities of infant nurseries for foundlings, orphans in both urban and rural areas, which reflected the practice of social care and charity of “trouble children”. We reveal the implementation features of county initiatives for the social protection of foundlings and orphans, as well as the levels and forms of such support for such categories of Russian society by local authorities. We clarify the possibilities of organizing nurseries for foundlings at the governorate and county hospitals and maternity wards. We note the role of particular medical workers in the development of civic initiatives and public service in the rescue of foundlings. We identify the historiographic traditions of both domestic and foreign historians in the study of the orphans charity in the context of the social work organization and the social institutions development, including nurseries. Based on the analysis of a wide range of historical sources, it was possible to identify the most successful and effective practices of organizing nurseries both in the peaceful years and in the periods of Russian-Japanese War of 1904–1905 and World War I 1914–1918, which allowed us to consider various little-studied aspects of the stated scientific problem. We reveal the regional features of the social protection system for orphans through the prism of nursery care. We clarify the position and role of the Orthodox Church on the organization of orphan charity in monasteries during the war years of 1914–1918. We reveal the main posing issues of the prospects for studying a wide range of problems in the history of orphanhood in the Tambov Governorate in the early 20th century. We pay attention to the importance of taking into account regional specifics and specific historical manifestations of social policy when conducting a study of charitable support and private public initiatives of the considered period.
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Shcherbinin, Pavel. "“Physically defective children” and their care in the first third of the 20th century: the regional aspect." Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 178 (2019): 140–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2019-24-178-140-148.
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We systematically study the practice of social protection of children with hearing and vision disabilities, as well as other categories of “physically defective” children and adolescents in the Tambov Governorate in the first third of the 20th century. On the basis of a wide range of primary materials, first of all, periodicals, archival sources, memories, statistical data, various little-known aspects of the claimed scientific problem were studied. We summarize the domestic and foreign experience of studying the social security system of “special” children in provincial Russia. The variants of social care for children with disabilities, including in the context of charitable activities, have been clarified. The legal aspects of the regulation of physical and social defectiveness during the Soviet period are specially considered. The main stages of the charitable and public initiative to support children with disabilities are identified. Attention is drawn to the impact of the First World War of 1914–1918, revolutionary upheavals, Civil War, regional specificity and the specific historical manifestations of the care of these “special” children at the level of a particular region – Tambov Governorate. The influence of regional trends on education and training, as well as the subsequent socialization of children with hearing and vision disabilities is clarified. It is proved that the new economic policy has had a powerful negative impact on the entire system of social security of orphans, children’s homes, in fact eliminating all the positive developments and experience that has developed in the Tambov Governorate.
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Čížová, Júlia, and Roman Holec. "1918 and the Habsburg Monarchy as Reflected in Slovak Historiography." Historical Studies on Central Europe 1, no. 2 (December 3, 2021): 206–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.47074/hsce.2021-2.08.
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With regard to the “long” nineteenth-century history of the Habsburg monarchy, the new generation of post-1989 historians have strengthened research into social history, the history of previously unstudied social classes, the church, nobility, bourgeoisie, and environmental history, as well as the politics of memory.The Czechoslovak centenary increased historians’ interest in the year 1918 and the constitutional changes in the Central European region. It involved the culmination of previous revisitations of the World War I years, which also benefited from gaining a 100-year perspective. The Habsburg monarchy, whose agony and downfall accompanied the entire period of war (1914–1918), was not left behind because the year 1918 marked a significant milestone in Slovak history. Exceptional media attention and the completion of numerous research projects have recently helped make the final years of the monarchy and the related topics essential ones.Remarkably, with regard to the demise of the monarchy, Slovak historiography has focused not on “great” and international history, but primarily on regional history and its elites; on the fates of “ordinary” people living on the periphery, on life stories, and socio-historical aspects. The recognition of regional events that occurred in the final months of the monarchy and the first months of the republic is the greatest contribution of recent historical research. Another contribution of the extensive research related to the year 1918 is a number of editions of sources compiled primarily from the resources of regional archives. The result of such partial approaches is the knowledge that the year 1918 did not represent the discontinuity that was formerly assumed. On the contrary, there is evidence of surprising continuity in the positions of professionals such as generals, officers, professors, judges, and even senior old regime officers within the new establishment. In recent years, Slovak historiography has also managed to produce several pieces of work concerned with historical memory in relation to the final years of the monarchy.
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KAMINSKA, Oksana. "PARTICIPATION OF SIDOR HOLUBOVYCH IN SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE GALICIAN LANDS DURING THE WORLD WAR I." Skhid, no. 2(3) (December 27, 2021): 28–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2021.2(3).248231.
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The civic-political activity of Sydor Golubovych during the World War I was analyzed in the article based on the complex study of archive sources, periodicals and scientific literature. His role in the political organizations in Vienna during his emigration period in 1914-1915-s and after his return to L’viv in 1915-1918-s was determined. Namely, the prerequisites of reorganization of the Main Ukrainian Council into the Common Ukrainian Council, problem of political struggle among different party groups within the political circles in Galicia and Bukovina were highlighted. The main aspects of Golubovych’s activity in the Common Ukrainian Council (CUC) were revealed, within the council his main attention was drawn to the issues of the “Military bank” creation, issues related to the Ukrainian refugees, migrant workers, internees from Galicia and Bukovina, who according to the official data were 90 thou in different parts of Austria, Germany and Czech Republic. Moreover, it is mentioned that S. Golubovych was a participant of the political actions for autonomy of Ukrainian schooling, separate Ukrainian university opening in L’viv, transformation of the STC into the Ukrainian academy of science, etc. It was found that after his return to L’viv in August 1915, S. Golubovych as a member of the L’viv’s delegation of the CUC and member of the Regional Credit Union (RCU) was predominantly responsible for the problems of region’s restoration after the military actions. Simultaneously, the main attention was drawn to the busy social activity, namely he was included into the senior council at Stavropigijskyi institute – former Moscow-oriented institution transferred to the Ukrainians by the Austrian governor general Kollard, and was a founder and editor of the newspaper “Ukrayinsʹke slovo” that was the main media source in Galicia. Furthermore, during 1917-1918-s the politician frequently visited Ternopol’s region where he endeavored to keep close contacts with his electorate.A role of S. Golubovych was described before the November events of 1918, where he as a figure of the Ukrainian National Democratic Party (UNDP) and member of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Representation (UPR) participated in meetings and demonstrations’ organization devoted to the independence proclamation of the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), peace treaty agreement in Brest-Lytovsk, was actively involved in implementation of so called “viche week” organized to support the autonomy demands of the Eastern Galicia as a separate Ukrainian territory within the Austrian monarchy, etc.
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Cendrowicz, Dominika. "Zadania administracji publicznej z zakresu pomocy osobom bezdomnym w II Rzeczypospolitej." Prawo 327 (June 11, 2019): 39–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/0524-4544.327.4.
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Tasks of public administration in the field of providing help to homeless people in the Second Polish RepublicThe article describes the legal aspects of providing help to homeless people by public administration in the Second Polish Republic. Homelessness in the interwar period in Poland had taken on particularly worrying dimensions and was not only the result of war damages from the years 1914‒1918, but also of many social problems which had been accumulating throughout the whole interwar period. Despite all these difficulties, the Polish state made a great effort in order to establish the legal system of social assistance which focused on helping the homeless. However, the Social Assistance Act of August 16, 1923, differentiated homeless people into two categories. In the first category were homeless who deserved help from the state and its administration. In the second group were those named “beggars” and “vagrants” who, as it was thought, didn’t deserve help and in respect of whom repressive measures were taken. Despite many shortcomings of the social assistance system of that time, it was based on the principle of subsidiarity which is worth mentioning here. The basic subject obliged to provide help to the homeless in the Second Republic of Poland was a commune. It was also noticed then that poor housing conditions result in homelessness. The continuity of the system of social assistance from the interwar period was interrupted when World War II broke out. It was then thwarted in the People’s Republic of Poland which was a time when the problem of homeless was hidden and state administration was not concerned with it.
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McCaffery, Susanne Leigh. "They will not be the same : themes of modernity in Britain during World War I /." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06112009-063627/.
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Bridges, Jennifer. "Reclaiming Female Virtue: Social Hygiene, Venereal Disease and Texas Reclamation Centers during World War I." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404551/.
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During the Progressive Era in the United States, social hygiene reformers underwent a fundamental change in their stance toward women accused of prostitution or promiscuous behavior. Rather than viewing such women as unfortunate victims of circumstance who were worthy of compassion, many Progressives deemed them as predatory villains who instead deserved incarceration, forced rehabilitation, and non-consenting medical interference. Texas, due to the many military bases within its borders, became a key battleground in this moral crusade against women as the carriers and proliferators of VD. "Promiscuous" women were seen as not only dangerous to the soldiers but also as a threat to the nation's security, creating an environment that led Texas Progressives to suppress women's civil liberties in the name of protecting soldiers. The catalyst for this change in attitude was World War I. The Great War brought to the forefront an unpleasant reality facing a significant percentage of America's fighting men: venereal disease. While combating sexually transmitted diseases was a serious medical and manpower concern for the military in the era before penicillin, the sole focus on women as the carriers and proliferators of VD led to a nationwide campaign against the "social evil" that demonized women and led to the suspension of thousands of women's habeas corpus rights. This dissertation examines how the twin crusades of Progressivism and the War to End All Wars created conditions in Texas that for many women meant appalling repression rather than progress toward the enjoyment of greater equality.
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LAUWERS, Delphine. "Le Saillant d'Ypres entre reconstruction et construction d'un lieu de mémoire : un long processus de négociations mémorielles de 1914 à nos jours." Doctoral thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/32116.
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Defence date: 14 March 2014Examining Board: Professeur Heinz-Gerhard Haupt, Directeur de thèse, EUI Professeur John Horne, Directeur de thèse extérieur, Trinity College Dublin Professeur Kiran Klaus Patel, EUI/Maastricht University Professeur Laurence Van Ypersele, Université Catholique de Louvain.
Le présent travail propose d'étudier le lieu de mémoires plurielles qu'est le Saillant d'Ypres dans une optique transnationale, de 1914 à nos jours. Le Saillant d'Ypres, situé en Flandre occidentale, fut l'un des secteurs les plus meurtriers du front de l'Ouest. Il a été défendu presqu'exclusivement par les troupes impériales britanniques et est devenu un haut lieu de mémoire impérial à l'étranger, dès 1914. Sorti entièrement détruit de quatre années de combats, le Saillant avait acquis une dimension symbolique forte et devint dès 1919 un centre majeur de tourisme et de pèlerinage vers les champs de bataille. Les populations locales, attachées à leur patrimoine historique, voulurent reconstruire un cadre de vie familier lors de leur retour d'exil. La ville médiévale d'Ypres devint un véritable carrefour entre différentes identités et mémoires collectives. Les locaux souhaitaient la voir renaître de ses cendres, telle qu'elle était avant 1914. Cependant de nombreuses voix, britanniques mais aussi belges et françaises, s'élevèrent en vue d'une préservation, au moins partielle, de ses ruines. Les débats concernant sa reconstruction illustrent l'incompatibilité des projets mémoriels concernant Ypres, de même que l'incapacité du Gouvernement belge à canaliser les volontés locales. Le Saillant fut finalement reconstruit presqu'entièrement à l'identique, mais reste visiblement marqué par les lieux de mémoire de la Grande Guerre, essentiellement britanniques. L'étude, sur le long terme, du tourisme de guerre, permet de mettre en évidence les évolutions physiques et imaginaires de ce paysage hautement significatif, au rythme des démobilisations culturelles. Les préparatifs du centenaire du conflit, sur lesquels nous concluons cette étude, montrent que l'harmonie n'est toujours pas au rendez-vous malgré un pacifisme omniprésent dans les commémorations de 1914-1918. Enjeux symboliques, identitaires et économiques se mêlent encore dans ce paysage reconstruit, mais ayant conservé sa puissance évocatrice d'un conflit terminé il y a maintenant un siècle.
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Pavils, Janice Gwenllian. "ANZAC culture : a South Australian case study of Australian identity and commemoration of war dead / Janice Gwenllian Pavils." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22186.
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Pavils, Janice Gwenllian. "ANZAC culture : a South Australian case study of Australian identity and commemoration of war dead / Janice Gwenllian Pavils." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22186.
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"December 2004"Bibliography: leaves 390-420.
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Schuster, Casey Elizabeth. "The War in the Classroom: The Work of the Educational Section of the Indiana State Council of Defense during World War I." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3223.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, many Americans quickly rallied to support the nation. Among the numerous committees, organizations, and individuals that became active in the mobilization process were the forty-eight state councils of defense. Encouraged to form by President Wilson and his administration in the days and weeks following U.S entry in the war, the state councils grew as offshoots of the Council of National Defense and assisted in bringing every section of the country into a single scheme of work. Everyone was expected to do their part in WWI, whether they were fighting overseas or helping on the home front. The state councils, broken down into various sections and county, township, and high-school level councils, made sure that this was the case by reaching down into local communities and encouraging individuals to become involved in the war effort. Their work represented the embodiment of a “total war” philosophy and, yet, studies on these organizations are surprisingly scarce, giving readers an inadequate understanding of the American home front during the conflict. This thesis therefore places the focus directly on the state councils and examines the work they undertook to make the United States ready for, and most effective in wartime service. In particular, it explores the efforts of the Educational Section of the Indiana State Council of Defense. By concentrating on this one section, readers may gain a better understanding of the lengths that the state councils went to in order to put every person – teachers and students included – on a wartime footing.
Books on the topic "World War, 1914-1918 – Social aspects – Scotland"
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Livingstone, Thomas Cairns. Tommy's war: A First World War diary 1913-18. London: Harper Press, 2008.
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Livingstone, Thomas Cairns. Tommy's war: A First World War diary 1913-18. London: Harper Press, 2008.
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Livingstone, Thomas Cairns. Tommy's war: A First World War diary 1913-18. London: Harper Press, 2008.
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1949-, Horne John, ed. A companion to World War I. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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John, Laffin. World war I in postcards. Melbourne: Sun Books, 1990.
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Horne, John. A companion to World War I. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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1955-, Coetzee Frans, ed. World War I & European society: A sourcebook. Lexington, Mass: D.C. Heath, 1995.
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1949-, Horne John, ed. A companion to the First World War. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Pauwels, Jacques R. De Groote Klassenoorlog 1914-1918. Anvers (Berchem): Editions EPO, 2014.
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America's Great War: World War I and the American experience. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000.
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Sarancha, Viktor, and Viktoriia Shabunina. "THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLTAVA PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCIAL SOCIETY IDEOLOGY." In Traditional and innovative approaches to scientific research: theory, methodology, practice. Publishing House “Baltija Publishing”, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-241-8-13.
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The everyday social and cultural life of the rear Ukrainian provinces during the First World War has not been studied sufficiently. The thorough research of the phenomena that had been taking place during the Great War of 1914–1918, as well as the study of their impact on fundamental changes in social, political, economic and cultural life, require special attention. For a long time, researchers have not been properly considering the development of provincial societies against the background of global transformations. In this context, regional studies on the problems of the First World War with the application of modern methodology have acquired special scientific importance. The purpose of the paper is to characterize the socio-cultural processes and social views of the provincial society of the Poltava province under the influence of the First World War; to consider the phenomena that arose during the war of 1914–1918 and to investigate their influence on fundamental changes in the social, political, economic and cultural life of the province. Methodology of the study is based on general research methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, observation and abstraction, which are used to systematise various aspects of socio-cultural, economic and political life that arose or underwent significant changes as a result of the all-pervading impact of the war on all aspects of provincial society. Results of the study showed that at the end of the 19th – at the beginning of the 20th century, the public consciousness of the population of Poltava province represented a complex system of ideas, views and attitudes, having been formed under the influence of cultural tradition and modernization processes. In the early 20th century, the cultural life of Poltava province was distinguished by a wide range of diverse practices: from folk and ritual to urban and neoteric ones. Under wartime conditions a mass culture was formed, and its influence was extending to the greater part of society. Practical implications. The conducted research has made a significant contribution to the development of the “culture of war” issue, which is one of the promising areas of historiography and has honoured the historical memory of the First World War as well. Value/originality. Crisis periods of history associated with large-scale military, political, economic and revolutionary transformations play an important role in the creation and presentation of the past. The research is an attempt to satisfy the acute need for the latest and radical rethinking and reformatting of the modern palette of regional / local history in the constructions of the all-Ukrainian past.