War Years Research Articles

Effects of World War II on Infectious Diseases in the Persian Gulf.

With the allied invasion, the southern half of Iran became the scene of a large presence of British and American occupation forces. The negative consequences of the styling of foreign elements during all the years of war and even afterward affected these areas in various dimensions of their health. The negative consequences of the occupation of southern Iran, the health and healthcare system of this part of Iran suffered problems in various forms of shortage of medicines, equipment, and treatment staff, especially the spread of various infectious and communicable diseases. The article aims to examine the effects of World War II on the southern, southwestern, and eastern regions of Iran from 1939 to 1945 and its consequences in the spread of infectious diseases in these regions. The research with an analytical-historical method relies on the library method and is based on the study of the data of unpublished documents from the archives of the National Archives and Library Organization, medical and economic social publications, and various local and public newspapers of Iran during this period. The study of documents and publications shows that due to Allied restrictive policies and successive waves of famine and widespread malnutrition, epidemic diseases, and drug monopoly, these areas experienced a period of severe decline in public health and spread of various infectious diseases.

Aimée Redondo, the First Female Neurosurgeon Professor in France

It is crucial to promote the role of women in surgery, particularly in the field of neurosurgery, which is still predominantly male-dominated. Without recognition and support, these talented and pioneering women may continue to be overlooked, despite their significant contributions to the field. One such remarkable woman is Professor Aimée Redondo, the first female neurosurgeon professor in France. She was born in 1944 during the last years of World War II to immigrant parents from Spain. Thanks to grants and scholarships from the French government, Aimée Redondo was able to continue her education. She excelled in high school and even passed the entrance exam for medical school on her first attempt - a rare achievement at the time. In 1975, at the young age of 31, she became the first female professor of neurosurgery in France. After completing her residency, she worked as a senior neurosurgeon at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris and then joined the newly established department of neurosurgery at Beaujon Hospital. For over thirty years, she was a crucial member of this department and served as its head from 2004 until her retirement. Sadly, she passed away in 2022 at the age of 78.

The Thought of Yaroslav Stetsko Compared with the Views of Vojtech Tuka to 1941: On Two Variants of Integral Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe

The inter-war period and the first years of the Second World War were a period when integral nationalism and Fascism were triumphant throughout Europe. The Ukrainian and Slovak national movements were no exception in this regard. These ideologies developed primarily within the framework of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, respectively. This article compares the thought of representatives of the more radical factions within these two organizations: Yaroslav Stetsko and Vojtech Tuka.

40 years of democracy and post-Malvinas War

40 years of democracy and post-Malvinas War

Estate Planning in the Digital Age: RUFADAA as a Lesson to be Learnt to Improve the Syrian Personal Status Law

For any country to effectively regulate new technology and keep up with technological advancements, serious legal measures must be taken to ensure that the law is up-to-date. Today's world is increasingly digitalized, with almost all actions taking place in the virtual world. Since then, our data has become digital and can be stored on multiple devices or networks. As a result of this digital transformation, the issue of digital inheritance emerged, which determines what happens to digital assets after a person dies. In Syria, as in many countries worldwide, the years of war and economic issues have driven the attention of legislators away from technological advancement, leaving a variety of legal gaps. Regarding digital inheritance, no specific law or even research has addressed the legal issues arising from digital inheritance and estate planning, adding an additional layer of ambiguity that requires in-depth legal analysis. Thus, this study will examine the viability of the Syrian inheritance law to address the legal issues raised by digital assets after death. The study follows doctrinal legal research, critically analysing legal provisions to improve the current state of the law. The result showed the absence of any clarification on the concept or legal approach to digital assets after death, limiting their provisions to tangible assets while ignoring the role and value of digital assets. Various suggestions have been proposed to fill in this legal gap. These measures must be taken to ensure that the law is up-to-date with the latest developments in technology.

The venereal morbidity in Russia in 1914-1924

It is accepted to explain increasing of venereal diseases during years of the Revolution by degradation of morality and general disorder of system of state administration and sanitary services in Russia. The cross-verification of information presented in scientific publications and primary information sources makes it possible to look into following issues: degree of venereal (syphilitic) contamination of population of pre-revolutionary Russia; influence on sanitary statistics by erroneous diagnostics and convictions of Zemstvo medicine about predominantly non-sexual path of transmission of syphilis pathogen in Russian countryside; dynamics and sources of venereal morbidity in wartime. The high indicators of pre-revolutionary statistics of venereal infections could be affected by diagnostic errors. The "village syphilis" encountered in public milieu could be completely different disease not sexually transmitted and not chronic form of disease. The primary documents allow to discuss increasing of the number of venereal patients during war years, that however, does not reach catastrophic numbers that can be found even in scientific publications. This is also confirmed by data of Chief Military Sanitary Board of the Red Army for 1920s and statistical materials of People's Commissariat of Health Care of the RSFSR. The high morbidity was demonstrated by same Gubernias that were problematic before the Revolution and only later by those ones through which during the war years passed army masses. In Russia, total level of syphilis morbidity after the end of Civil War occurred to be more than twice lower than in pre-war 1913 and continued to decrease under impact of sanitary measures of Soviet public health.

Exploiting the “white coal” of the Pasvik River. Negotiating corporate and national interests in the border region during the German occupation of Norway

ABSTRACT The history of the Pasvik River, demarcating Norway’s border with Russia in the north is inextricably linked with issues of security and national interests on the one side, and exploitation of natural resources and business interests on the other. This applies not least to the war years, as German warfare in Europe increased the value of the hydropower and the strategic metals of the border region. Drawing on sources from the archives of the mining company AS Sydvaranger and Norwegian state administration, this article traces the negotiations on hydropower exploitation in the Pasvik River throughout the Second World War focusing on Norwegian key actors, and analyses Norwegian national and corporative interests and strategies in the border area during the German dominance in the region.

THE PLACE AND ROLE OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

The years of the Second World War are marked as one of the periods in history that will never disappear from the memory of human society with its terribly sad realities and consequences. This war has led to millions of innocent people, endless destruction and losses. In this research, issues such as the patience and courage of women who worked day and night in the fields instead of men who were mobilized to the front with their slender body during the war years were analyzed.

Transwar Japanese Thought at “the End of Ideology”

In 1957, the Japanese affiliate of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an international anticommunist organization dedicated to the liberal ideals of the “free world,” convened a symposium under the title “Tradition and Transition in Japanese Culture” (“Nihon bunka no dentō to hensen”). The event put noted Kyoto School intellectuals who had earlier conceptualized Japan's unique mission within world history during the war years—including Kōsaka Masaaki, Suzuki Shigetaka, and Nishitani Keiji—into dialogue with postwar thinkers who advocated for freedom of thought in opposition to what they viewed as the closed-mindedness of ideology. Drawing on rarely cited archival documents, this article explores how the symposium raised key questions about the fate of world historical thinking in transwar Japan at the same time that it tested the putative universality of postwar liberal ideals against what the symposium participants called the particularity of Japanese culture.

"Merdeka"! and the dynamics of extreme violence; The first year of the Indonesian Revolution through the eyes of three Dutch journalists

In the first year after World War II, there was a power vacuum in Indonesia. The Indonesians had declared their independence. The Allies had assigned the administration of the former Dutch colony to the British. The Dutch thought they could continue their colonial ambitions. It was a year of utter chaos and extreme violence. While most Dutch journalists remained in Jakarta, three went to the war zones: two of them as reporters and the other as a soldier. The analysis of three texts on the first year of the Indonesian War of Independence by Dutch eyewitnesses shows the importance of subjecting them to closer scrutiny. In the massive focus on the violence in the Indonesian freedom struggle, literary texts of this kind are too often not taken into consideration, even though they are crucial to gaining an insight into the thinking about this war at that time. Because of their hybrid nature, this type of text is pre-eminent in revealing the tension between clashing conceptions, realities, and truths.

India and the Bay of Bengal region: ‘losing' the Cold War year’s advantage?

ABSTRACT This article discusses India’s perceived Sphere of Influence and examines New Delhi’s strategy in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) region during the Cold War (1947–1991) years. Then, this paper discusses how India had largely managed to keep the foreign powers away from the BoB region to maintain its influence and shape a favourable regional architecture. Finally, this paper briefly examines the changed strategic and political situation in the BoB region in present times.

MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WAQF IN AFGHANISTAN

This research delves into the importance and pertinence of Waqf in Afghanistan, charting its historical administration across time and emphasizing its customary utilization only for mosques and religious instruction across the country. It examines a number of aspects of Waqf in Afghanistan, such as its historical development of Waqf, the existence of Waqf laws in the country, its evolution throughout time, common difficulties of Waqf, a lack of awareness among the general public even on institutional level, and the required and necessity of updating Waqf customs in the nation. Amidst Afghanistan's ongoing problems with extreme poverty and high jobless rates brought on by years of hostilities and civil war. We believe that there is a chance to revive the Waqf tradition and modify it for use in modern settings. Afghanistan might learn from other prosperous Muslim countries by using Waqf as a tool for economic growth and creating a structure and plan that support charitable endeavors and self-sufficient Waqf-based institutions in the nation. Waqf is well-positioned to assist governmental initiatives in meeting community needs and achieving development goals within Waqf institutions in Afghanistan by fostering social welfare and promotes growth and development of the economy. Afghanistan's Waqf institution is excellent; it can help the government with a wide range of official duties.

Ukrainian healthcare providers under siege during the first year of war: challenges and adaptations.

The overlapping COVID-19 crisis and the war starting in 2022 threaten front-line healthcare workers' mental health, well-being and job retention in Ukraine. This paper provides a synopsis of a panel discussion held by the Global Mental Health Humanitarian Coalition in May 2022 and expert consultations with clinicians between December 2022 and February 2023 on these challenges. The crises created new problems and exacerbated many pre-existing difficulties. We found that healthcare workers had needed to mobilise previously untapped strengths, including portable emergency medical documents and bespoke local psychosocial support services, amid the costs and pressures of ongoing healthcare reforms.

Eastern Bloc Agents in West Germany

This paper highlights how contemporary archaeology can contribute to our knowledge of contemporary history, in a case where written sources no longer exist and any surviving protagonists either will not or cannot divulge what they know. Its focus is on a Soviet spy radio from the last years of the Cold War which was discovered during a recent archaeological excavation in Germany’s Rhineland. The radio was probably produced in 1987 and was soon afterwards concealed in woodland, most likely by someone working for Soviet military intelligence, the GRU. The findspot is close to various Cold War military installations involving nuclear weapons, and the radio would have enabled the swift transmission of military information into the Eastern Bloc that would have been useful in the event of war. As rare archaeological evidence of espionage, the radio can also help us to understand continuities between the Cold War and the present time.

Comparative Characteristics of Patients Structure in the Orthopedics Department of a Clinical Hospital in a Region Remote from the Front Line during Peacetime and the First Year of a Full-Scale War in Ukraine

Objective. To analyze changes in the nosological structure of patients, treatment technologies, to outline the peculiarities of surgical interventions in the trauma profile of a civilian clinical hospital during the war period and to emphasize the need for relevant knowledge and skills of specialists in the treatment of combat trauma and its consequences.Methods. A comparative analysis of the clinical and nosological structure of 2,475 patients were treated during the year before the war and 3,838 patients during the full-scale war year. Among them, 83.1 % were civilians, 7.7 % were temporarily resettled, and 9.2 % were military personnel. The study utilized bibliosemantic, medical-statistical, and clinical methods. Results. During the active phase of the war, the Orthopedics Department of the civilian clinical hospital provided specialized medical assistance to both civilian populations and military personnel injured during hostilities. The relative number of hospitalized men increased by 4.83 %, and although the absolute number of those urgently hospitalized decreased. Despite the overall increase in the number of operations per patient, surgical activity in the Orthopedics Department decreased from 86 to 80 %. The intensification of inpatient treatment organization, patient preparation for subsequent stages of surgical interventions in the Rehabilitation Department, and outpatient medicine work collectively reduced the average bed-day in the Orthopedics Department by 12.3 %. Conclusions. Thus, during the war, the structure of patients in the Orthopedics Department of the civilian medical clinical institution changed, with an increase in the relative number of male patients and those with multiple and combined injuries. A notable feature of the treatment process organization during hostilities is the phasing of the treatment of the wounded not only at the levels of medical evacuation but also within the clinical hospital. The intensification of the organizational component and the outpatient link of the treatment process allowed for a reduction in bed-days and the provision of inpatient treatment to a larger number of patients.

«Учреждение, где ведают страхом и ужасом»: Архангельское губернское жандармское управление в 1908–1915 годах

The paper analyzes the peculiarities of the development of political investigation in the Arkhangelsk province in 1908-1915, when the Provincial Gendarmerie Department was headed by Colonel, later Major General, Nikolai Illarionovich Mochalov. For such a position, it was a very long period of leadership, which was characterized by three stages: the active struggle of the gendarmes and police against the revolutionary movement during the “Stolypin reaction”, then some stabilization of the situation by 1914, and the first years of the World War. The purpose of the paper is to substantiate the decisive importance of N.I. Mochalov’s personality as an experienced functionary of political investigation, who was quite effective in relieving social tension that had been growing in the region since the end of the XIX century and reached its apogee during the Revolution of 1905-1907. During wartime the aggravated espionage, combined with the problems of the complicated service, made the figure of N.I. Mochalov inconvenient for the Gendarmerie and Police authorities. Methods of combating the “internal threat” in peacetime turned out to be irrelevant in the war period due to the need to qualitatively increase the activity of the gendarmes and cooperation with the military authorities.

Anglo-Russian Military Cooperation in the Year of 1799:
 Based on the Materials from the «Journal of the Dutch Expedition» by I. Fiodorov

For centuries England and Russia most often acted as antagonists during
 major military conflicts. Only three times in the century-long history of relations were
 they military-political allies and partners: in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
 during the First and Second World Wars. In this article, based on the analysis of the
 «Journal of the Dutch Expedition» by Ivan Fiodorov – a document stored in the archives of the Federal Institute of the Russian History of the Russian Academy of
 Sciences of St. Petersburg, which had never before been involved by historians, an attempt is made to characterize (based on the text of this document) Anglo-Russian military cooperation in the years of the Second Coalition war against Republican France, an important element of which was so-called «Secret Expedition» in the autumn of 1799 to Holland in which both English and Russian troops took part.

MARKET OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT THE PRESENT STAGE IN UKRAINE

In modern conditions, the role of education is growing along with the development of human activity. The issue of the further development of the educational services market is becoming even more urgent, and especially in the conditions of the war in Ukraine. The article focuses attention on the important role of the market of educational services in providing alternative learning opportunities due to security measures. The concept of the market of educational services was analyzed and its main subjects were determined. It is noted that the market of educational services exists in conditions of fierce competition. The author identified the factors affecting the market of educational services. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the educational services market is a leading factor in economic growth, employment and income. The number of students of higher education institutions in Ukraine, the number of foreign students and other indicators of the educational services market were analyzed. It has been noted and proven that education acts as a stabilizing force, and it is especially important during the years of war in Ukraine, despite the fact that some students are abroad. The author singled out serious challenges faced by the education market in Ukraine in the context of Russia’s military aggression. Proposed directions for solving challenges in Ukraine at the current stage.

Забытое имя: Лостанби Гуружевич Афашагов

The article presents a creative and biographical portrait of one of the forgotten representatives of Kabardian literature of the early Soviet period – poet and publicist L.G. Afashagov. Based on ar-chival sources, the history of his public activities has been reconstructed. The main directions of his work are tracked using art materials and journals, and the value accents of his works, mostly poems, which exist both original and in translation, are disclosed. The segment of the biography that covers the war years has been expanded. The reasons for his arrest have been clarified using archived information that has not before been made public. An outline of the biography of one of the KBASSR's educational figures, L.G. Afashagov's wife, F.N. Afashagova (Keyserman). New information on L.G. Afashagov's life and work has been published in scientific journals.

Experimental investigation of transition composite connections in historic style buildings

Historic timber buildings possess immense historical, artistic, and scientific value, but a few of them have survived after thousands of years of natural disasters and wars. Historic style buildings with modern construction material, imitating historic timber buildings forms, have emerged to inherit and promote traditional culture. To investigate the seismic performance of transition columns commonly used in historic style buildings, two full-scaled composite column transition (CCT) connections between steel reinforced concrete (SRC) square column and reinforced concrete (RC) circular column were designed and tested under invariable axial load and cyclic lateral load. Both failure patterns and force mechanism were studied based on the test process of the CCT connections. Then, the influence of axial compressive ratio on the mechanical behaviour of the CCT connections was assessed by looking at the hysteretic curves, backbone curves, characteristic loads, ductility, energy dissipation capacity and strength degradation. The results demonstrated that the failure patterns of the CCT connections were typical flexural failure, with the failure zone occurring at the upper column-root. The CCT connections exhibited excellent capacities of deformation and energy dissipation. As axial compression ratio increases, the failure of the CCT connection becomes more severe, leading to enhanced energy dissipation capacity. However, the strength and ductility of the CCT connection decrease. Based on the experimental results, an equation for calculating the lateral stiffness of CCT connections between SRC square column and RC circular column in historic style buildings was proposed, and verified to be accurate. The findings can provide necessary basis for the rational design and widespread application of historic style buildings.