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I'm writing a research paper on Russian Ukrainian relations... More specifically, ana analysation of the official reaction to the 2004 election and also the Secession of Ukraine from the Russian federation in 1991, and I'm looking for some primary sources.
Would anyone know where I can search on the net to find things such as transcripts of official meetings and statements made by various Russian pundits and politicians on the subject? I know Kremlin.ru has all of Putin's statements and adresses, but I'm not looking for just Putin's point of view. I also realise that Russian TV is now pretty much controlled by the Kremlin, and I also want to look at the media's reactions to both of these events. Are there transcripts, video streams and such available online from Russian News sources other than Kanala Rossia? Also, which Russian papers should I look to for source material? I can get access to Russian periodicals and so forth through my university, but I don't know where to start. There's so much to look through and while my reading skills in Russian are decent, I don't have the time to sift through massive volumes of source material.
Any help would be muchly appreciated. Since I'm looking for Russian sources, it still counts as a post for a Russain community... Right?
*smiles winningly*
2.
And now for something completely different.
For a different course that I'm taking, I have to read primary sources about the Bolotnikov rebellion in 1601 which, conveniently have no English translation, and I'm having a lot of trouble understanding the archaic language. I'm grateful I just have to understand it and not translate it. Half of the words I looked up weren't even in lingvo! Does anyone still know how to understand old Russian? Are there any etymolology dictionaries anywhere that have arcane words in them? For example? Пошетались... What the hell does that mean?
ie:
А Курмышских всяких людей обнадежить нашим жалованьем, будет боясь от воров грабежу и убииства пошетались, и они б тот час к нам обратились, а мы их однолично пожалуим, то в опалу не поставим.
I think he's saying something to the effect of:
In order to for people who will be scared of thieves, looting and killings to be reassured by our decree, they should bring all their complaints to us (aka the government) and that we will show no mercy to the perpetrators... or something. I still have 15 pages to go *cries*
There's also a lot of religious stuff in here I can't make heads or tails of.... But I shall save that for a different post.
I'm writing a research paper on Russian Ukrainian relations... More specifically, ana analysation of the official reaction to the 2004 election and also the Secession of Ukraine from the Russian federation in 1991, and I'm looking for some primary sources.
Would anyone know where I can search on the net to find things such as transcripts of official meetings and statements made by various Russian pundits and politicians on the subject? I know Kremlin.ru has all of Putin's statements and adresses, but I'm not looking for just Putin's point of view. I also realise that Russian TV is now pretty much controlled by the Kremlin, and I also want to look at the media's reactions to both of these events. Are there transcripts, video streams and such available online from Russian News sources other than Kanala Rossia? Also, which Russian papers should I look to for source material? I can get access to Russian periodicals and so forth through my university, but I don't know where to start. There's so much to look through and while my reading skills in Russian are decent, I don't have the time to sift through massive volumes of source material.
Any help would be muchly appreciated. Since I'm looking for Russian sources, it still counts as a post for a Russain community... Right?
*smiles winningly*
2.
And now for something completely different.
For a different course that I'm taking, I have to read primary sources about the Bolotnikov rebellion in 1601 which, conveniently have no English translation, and I'm having a lot of trouble understanding the archaic language. I'm grateful I just have to understand it and not translate it. Half of the words I looked up weren't even in lingvo! Does anyone still know how to understand old Russian? Are there any etymolology dictionaries anywhere that have arcane words in them? For example? Пошетались... What the hell does that mean?
ie:
А Курмышских всяких людей обнадежить нашим жалованьем, будет боясь от воров грабежу и убииства пошетались, и они б тот час к нам обратились, а мы их однолично пожалуим, то в опалу не поставим.
I think he's saying something to the effect of:
In order to for people who will be scared of thieves, looting and killings to be reassured by our decree, they should bring all their complaints to us (aka the government) and that we will show no mercy to the perpetrators... or something. I still have 15 pages to go *cries*
There's also a lot of religious stuff in here I can't make heads or tails of.... But I shall save that for a different post.
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