Southeastern Ukraine Research Articles

Bioacoustics and systematics of the Poecilimon heroicus-group (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Barbitistinae)

The species of the Poecilimon heroicus-group occur around the Caucasus (from north-eastern Turkey to south-eastern Ukraine). We describe the diagnostic morphological characters of all these species and the male calling song of three of the four spe- cies. Based on this data the following phylogenetic relationship is derived (P. tschorochensis (P. tricuspis (P. heroicus, P. bifenes- tratus))). Within the genus Poecilimon, the species can be recognised by a relatively wide pronotum and large tegmina. In one species, Poecilimon tschorochensis Adelung, 1907 (type species of the monotypic genus Artvinia Karabag, 1962, syn. n.; P. rammei Miram, 1938, syn. n.), the tegmina are very large and the song has unusually low spectral components. This species produced di- syllabic echemes at intervals of about 10 s. In two other species of the group, P. heroicus and P. bifenestratus, the calling song of males consists of an uninterrupted dense sequence of long syllables (syllable duration around 0.5 s; ca. 1 syllable/s at 20°C). In these species the auditory spiracles are reduced in size in both sexes, and the females have extremely small tegmina and are unable to respond to the male song acoustically, which would be typical for Phaneropteridae. The change in communication from acoustically responding to mute females has not been previously documented within a group of closely related species.

IDENTITY CONFLICT IN THE ROUMEAN COMMUNITY

The Roumean ethnic group is located in Priazovye, the Donetsk region of south-eastern Ukraine. The Roumeans, who speak a version of Modern Greek, moved to Priazovye from the Crimea in the 1770s, together with Ouroums (a turkophone Orthodox group) and other Christian ethnic groups. Like many other ethnic minorities, Roumeans are experiencing an ‘ethnic renaissance’ which evolved during the 1980s in what was then the Soviet Union. By ‘ethnic renaissance’ I refer to the creation and propagation of myths and symbols which, first, draw a positive image of the ethnic group needed for its consolidation and mobilization, and, second, utilize its symbolic heritage—cultural traits, prominent figures, language, and historical events—through appropriate interpretation. An important actor in this process is the elite of the group. This article looks at the existing disagreement between the Roumean elite and others in the community on what the appropriate interpretation of Roumean symbolic heritage entails.

Equilibrium exchange rates in South Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey: Healthy or (Dutch) diseased?

This paper investigates the equilibrium exchange rates of three South Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania), of two CIS economies (Russia and Ukraine) and of Turkey. A systematic approach in terms of different time horizons at which the equilibrium exchange rate is assessed is conducted, combined with a careful analysis of country-specific factors. For Russia, a first look is taken at the Dutch disease phenomenon as a possible driving force behind equilibrium exchange rates. A unified framework including productivity and net foreign assets completed with a set of control variables such as openness, public debt and public expenditures is used to compute total real misalignment bands.

The Mismanaged Integration of Zaporizhzhya with the World Economy: Implications for Regional Development in Peripheral Regions

VAN ZON H. (1998) The mismanaged integration of Zaporizhzhya with the world economy: implications for regional development in peripheral regions, Reg. Studies 32, 607-618. In Soviet times, Zaporizhzhya, a major industrial town in South Eastern Ukraine, developed in almost complete isolation from the world economy and world society. After the independence of Ukraine in 1991, Zaporizhzhya endured rapid industrial decline. The internationalization that has taken place was mostly confined to markets rather than to productive structures. The export base became very weak mainly based on the export of subsidized steel and aluminium. This paper analyses the modalities of the integration of Zaporizhzhya into the world economy and the impact this had upon endogenous development potential. In particular the institutional barriers, such as the lack of 'social capital', to Zaporizhzhya's beneficial integration into the world economy are considered. VAN ZON H. (1998) L'intégration mal dirigée de Zaporizhzhya dans l'économie mondiale: des conséquences éventuelles pour l'aménagement des régions périphe ´riques, Reg. Studies 32, 607-618. A l'époque soviétique, Zaporizhzhya, une importante ville industrielle située dans l'Ukraine du Sud-Est, s'est développée presque à l'écart de l'économie et de la société mondiales. Au lendemain de l'indépendance de l'Ukraine en 1991, Zaporizhzhya a subi un déclin économique rapide. L'internationalisation qui a eu lieu a concerné dans une large mesure les marchés plutôt que les structures productives. La base des exportations, surtout l'exportation de l'acier et de l'aluminium subventionne ´s, s'est affaiblie. Cet article cherche à analyser les modalités de l'intégration de Zaporizhzhya dans l'économie mondiale et les conséquences pour le potentiel de développement endogène. En particulier on considère les barrières institutionnelles, telles que le manque de capital social, à l'intégration avantageuse de Zaporizhzhya dans l'économie mondiale. VAN ZON H. (1998) Die fehlgeschlagene Eingliederung Zaporizhzhyas in die Weltwirtschaft: Implikationen für regionale Entwicklung in Randgebieten, Reg. Studies 32, 607‐618. Zu Zeiten der Sowjetunion entwickelte sich im Su ¨dosten der Ukraine in Zaporizhzhya eine bedeutende Industriestadt in fast völliger Abgeschiedenheit von der Weltwirtschaft und Weltgesellschaft. Nach der Unabha ¨ngigkeit der Ukraine im Jahre 1991 erlitt Zaporizhzhya einen raschen industriellen Niedergang. Die Internationalisierung, die stattgefunden hatte, beschränkte sich meist mehr auf Märkte als auf Produktionsstrukturen. Die Exportgrundlage war sehr geschwächt worden, da sie hauptsächlich auf der Ausfuhr von subventioniertem Stahl und Aluminium beruht hatte. Dieser Aufsatz analysiert die Modalitäten der Eingliederung Zaporizhzhyas in die Weltwirtschaft und auf die Wirkung, die sie auf das endogene Entwicklungspotential ausübte. Es werden vorallem die institutionellen Hindernisse ‐ wie der Mangel an Sozialkapital ‐ für Zaporizhzhyas vorteilhafte Eingliederung in die Weltwirtschaft behandelt.

New Data on Geology and Oil and Gas Prospects of the Ukrainian Carpathians

The western region of the Ukraine occupies the Carpathian and the Volyn-Podolia hydrocarbon provinces in which 81 oil and gas fields have been discovered. Seventy-four of these are concentrated in the pre-Carpathian foredeep. Drilling of deep and superdeep wells, yielding a lot of geological information, resulted in the discovery of only five accumulations in the depth range of 4-7 km. Evaluation of zones lacking discoveries demands a new exploration approach. This concerns mainly the Carpathians, where allochthonous and underthrusted units and the Paleozoic sedimentary cover of the autochthonous foreland platform are recognized. Tectonic transport of the Carpathian nappes onto the European platform is about 30 km in Poland and 35 km in the southeastern Ukraine. The prospectivity of the autochthonous series is highlighted by the Lopushnya oil field in the Bukovinian part of the Carpathians, the Frasyn field in Romania, 19 fields in Czechoslovakia, and 11 fields in Poland. In these accumulations, flysch nappes play the role of a regional seal. In the allochthonous Carpathian flysch, plays are related to the Lower Cretaceous and Paleogene Scybian and the Paleogene Krosnian zones. In the Scybian zone, commercial flow rates of gas were obtained in the Grinyava well from Oligocene sediments belowmore » the Black Mountain nappe. In the Shevchenkovo well, Lower Cretaceous sands yielded gas shows and water influx at depths of 6930-6990 m, thus giving evidence for reservoir development at great depths. Because allochthonous, multikilometer thrusts act as cap rocks, plays are aimed mainly at parautochthonous units. The Borislav-Pokutian zone of the pre-Carpathian foredeep holds, despite considerable past exploration activity, the potential for significant future discoveries in lower elements of the Carpathian parautochthonous units, as indicated by oil recoveries from depths of 5740-5796 m.« less

Review of cenozoic ooidal ironstones

Cenozoic (Tertiary) ooidal ironstones (COI) in 20 districts (39 deposits) developed between the equatorial zone and 60° N, except for one Eocene district in mid-southern latitude. Stratigraphic distribution. Paleocene OI occur in northern Pakistan, western Siberia, southern Germany, northwestern Venezuela, and northeastern Colombia: Eocene OI in western Siberia, southern Germany, northwestern Romania, central North Africa, central-west Saudi Arabia, southwestern Central Africa, northwestern Venezuela, northeastern Colombia, south-central USA, and northwestern Australia; Oligocene OI in northwest and west-central Kazakhstan, central Denmark, and north-central Iran?; Miocene OI in northwestern Venezuela, northeastern Colombia, and southeastern Malaysia; Pliocene OI in southeastern Ukraine. Geotectonic framework. Ten districts developed in an interior or fractured craton: five along the south-trending Uralian Seaway, and one along the east-trending Northern European Seaway, the south-trending Trans-Saharan Seaway, in or near an early Red Sea embayment, in southeastern Malaysia, and in northwestern Australia. Ten districts lay near a eratonic margin: one along divergent margin and nine along the broad east-trending Caribbean and Tethyan seaways. Almost all COI accumulated during the Paleogene relatively high stand of sea level, especially in Early and Middle Eocene time. As sea level fell gradually in Neogene time COI developed in only three marginal districts (including the giant Pliocene Kerch-Taman deposit in southeastern Ukraine). Sedimentary environment. Almost all of the COI developed in deltaic to shallow marine facies. These are commonly associated with shoaling-upward siliciclastic sequences; a few are in mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sequences. A few COI apparently occurred in fluvial and lacustrine facies; some of these may have been reworked from laterite or from marine ironstones. Sedimentary petrology. Many COI are less than a few tens of centimeters thick and sporadic. The ooids are entirely or predominantly ferric oxide. A few contain a minor amount of berthierine (7A); only the oldest one (northern Pakistan) contains chamosite (14A). More than half of the COI are associated directly or more remotely with glauconite. Nearly all the COI need much more rigorous examination for both their individual composition and their comparison with older ooidal ironstones.

Investigation of the suitability of quartzites of the Southeastern Ukraine for production of dinas refractories

Investigation of the suitability of quartzites of the Southeastern Ukraine for production of dinas refractories

Comparison of craniological parameters in Mus musculus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 and Mus hortulanus Nordmann, 1840

To analyse craniological parameters of M. m. musculus and M. hortulanus, 14 measurements were taken, two indices were calculated, and three qualitative traits were considered. The material comprised 169 skulls of M. m. musculus captured in the European part of the U.S.S.R., in the central Ukraine, and in Poland, and 225 skulss of M. hortulanus captured in central and south-eastern Ukraine and Moldova.

Panslavism in Practice: Cherniaev in Serbia (1876)

Previous articleNext article No AccessPanslavism in Practice: Cherniaev in Serbia (1876)David MacKenzieDavid MacKenzie Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Modern History Volume 36, Number 3Sep., 1964 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/239427 Views: 4Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1964 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:John O’Loughlin, Gerard Toal, Vladimir Kolosov Who identifies with the “Russian World”? Geopolitical attitudes in southeastern Ukraine, Crimea, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, Eurasian Geography and Economics 57, no.66 (Feb 2017): 745–778.https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2017.1295275