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The Self-Awareness of Young Adepts of the Hare Krishna Cult
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Kurachev, D. G. – Russian Education and Society, 2012
The religious movement known as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was founded by the Indian religious teacher Abhay Charan De Bhaktivedanta (1896-1977), who went by the ritual name Bhaktivinanda Swami Shrila Prabhupada. The movement first showed up in Russia in 1971. At the present time the Association of ISKCON Communes…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Networks
From Russia with Love: Unique Sources of Electronic Information on the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Schoenbrun, Cynthia – Database, 1993
Discusses the recent increase in information access to Russia and other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia, the area's only English language database, Internet resources, discussion groups, bulletin boards, electronic mail, and other information resources are described; and information on how to connect to network resources…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
There Are More than a Million Handicapped Children in Russia.
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Vishnikina, Svetlana – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Reviews materials developed by the now-defunct Russian President's Coordinating Committee for Handicapped Affairs. Reveals a system barely meeting the needs of its handicapped citizens and hampered by inadequate accounting and reporting. Provides a broad range of information on the handicapped in Russia based on approximate data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Needs