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Science 12 March 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5408, p. 1621
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5408.1621
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SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:
Bright Spots in a Bleak Russian Landscape

Constance Holden

Its economy in tatters, Russia trails many of its former satellites in pulling the social sciences from the ideological morass into which they sank during the Soviet era. Many universities are simply repackaging old, dogma-riddled courses; a streak of nationalism in the intellectual community also threatens to undermine reform. Nonetheless, some beacons have appeared on the horizon--think tanks, renewed departments in universities, and freestanding institutions for graduate education.

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