The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

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of Russia – Geoffrey Hosking, Lindsey Hughes and Susan Morrissey”, while he “also learned a lot from Russia specialists in different disciplines. As supervisor and mentor, Hosking has given me a model of how to write in a broad and ambitious way about Russian history, though I don’t claim to have lived up to it!” Perceived stress was significantly associated with depression; Insomnia mediated the association between perceived stress PL: introduction. GM: methodology. GT: data and conclusion. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version. Conflict of interest Mark B. Smith delivers a historically rooted, level-headed blow to the dominant Russophobia that is very much the current view of the 'Russian Bear' on the international stage today; and, as Smith persuasively reveals, an uncritical skepticism and mistrust of Russia has long been the dominant view in the West. Popular sovereignty and constitutional rights in the USSR’s Supreme Soviet elections of February 1946’, in Ralph Jessen and Hedwig Richter (eds), Voting for Stalin and Hitler: Elections under Twentieth Century Dictatorships (Campus Verlag, 2011): 59-80

The mean GAD-7 score was 7.86 ± 5.32, with 22.3% and 13.7% of the participants exhibiting moderate and severe anxiety symptoms, respectively. Females had a significantly higher GAD-7 score than their male counterparts (8.64 vs. 6.11; Sig. < 0.001). No statistically significant differences were found between participants of different age groups ( Sig. = 0.798) or nationalities ( Sig. = 0.113). The students who came from cities with >500,000 inhabitants had the highest GAD-7 scores (8.30 ± 6.09) compared with other pre-university residences.There are important differences between the impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The requirement to socially distance made it harder for people to support each other, Salkovskis said. Trauma-focused coping and forward-focused coping modify the relationship between COVID-19-related anxiety and stress A total of 591 students participated in this study, of which 400 (67.7%) were females and 335 (56.7%) were aged 22 years or below. The most contributing region was South Moravian Region (59.9%), followed by Moravian Silesian Region (7.8%), Vysočina Region (6.8%), and Zlín Region (5.4%). Regarding their pre-university residence, 38.6% of the participants came from cities with >100,000 inhabitants, while 30.6% came from towns/villages with ≤10,000 inhabitants and the rest came either from cities with >10,000 or >500,000 inhabitants. Moderate-severe anxiety and stress were 21.34% and 28.14%, respectively; 50.43% reported a significant impact of COVID-19 The studies included in the review showed that stress and anxiety increased during the pandemic and war, with gender and uncertainty playing a critical role in it. The studies provided insights into the widespread use of problem-focused and task-focused coping strategies, despite their impact on increasing stress and anxiety. Higher learning institutions have an opportunity to provide interventions for students going through the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the RUW, and other future crises. Longitudinal studies provide an opportunity for understanding students’ long-term stress and anxiety outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the RUW and the impact of different coping strategies. Author contributions

This is a very important book in today's international political climate that urges us to take a historical perspective in judging Russia. In this endeavour, it is, quite simply, a success. It is ironic that there has been some strong, albeit misguided, criticism of The Russian Anxiety from reviewers maintaining the very viewpoint against which Smith cautions; this is regrettable, though not at all surprising. Yet, the historical research that underpins the book's central arguments is sound, as one would expect from a distinguished Cambridge historian. Instead, its critics quarrel not with the evidential foundations but with the possible implications of what is demonstrably a more nuanced historical understanding of Russian history and Russia today, compared with that so often peddled in western news media. In the Russia Anxiety, readers are given far more, not less, understanding both of the West and Russia; and, even those acquainted with the Russian past are sure to gain from the many insights within the penetrating and concise volume. The author is a highly informed guide, [who] prompts a review of prejudices ... Smith makes an important fundamental point: we must talk to the Russians and live alongside them. The wave of Russophobia sweeping through Western states and societies today is, according to Mark Smith’s compelling book, powered by a “fake history” that he aims to refute.

The question is, why for some people is it particularly severe? And why is it particularly persistent?” Peaceful coexistence at all costs: Cold War exchanges between Britain and the Soviet Union in 1956’, Cold War History, 12:3 (2012): 537-58 The findings on the moderating role of the courses taken by the students were mixed. While some researchers ( 27) found that the students in the STEM courses, such as health and medicine, had lower perceived stress and anxiety levels than those in non-STEM courses, such as arts, Essadek et al. ( 42) found that the medical students had higher anxiety than non-medical students. with Moritz Foellmer, 'Urban societies in Europe since 1945: towards an historical interpretation', Contemporary European History , 24:4 (2015): 475-91

It is entirely understandable that Russia’s neighbours fear a country which has so often invaded and occupied them. It is harder to explain the near hysteria of a distant country such as Britain, which has only twice encountered Russia on the battlefield – and then as the invader, not the invaded. As Smith says, simply asking such questions destabilises the Russia Anxiety and helps to deflate the excessive and bombastic moral certitude of Western policy towards Russia.The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Publisher’s note

Khrushchev’s promise to eliminate the urban housing shortage: rights, rationality and the communist future’ in Melanie Ilic and Jeremy Smith (eds), State and Society Under Nikita Khrushchev (Routledge, 2009): 26-45 In the datasheet, we extracted the following information from every study: author’s name(s), year of publication, country of origin, study design, sample size, screening tools, primary objective, secondary objective, and main findings. Quality appraisal Equality, welfare, myth, and memory: the Artek Pioneer camp at the height of the Khrushchev era', Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 23:2 (2022): 255-87 If you’re really struggling with anxious thoughts, set aside a time of the day that’s specifically dedicated to worrying — perhaps at the end of the day, from 5 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Sit down and write out everything that worries you. Sometimes, just the act of putting that list down on paper can help de-escalate some of those worries, Bullis said. Social rights in the Soviet dictatorship: the constitutional right to welfare from Stalin to Brezhnev’, Humanity, 3:3 (2012): 385-406Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said only 300,000 reservists with previous military experience would be called up, but there has been public irritation – even among officials and pro-Kremlin commentators – at the large number of unsuitable or ostensibly ineligible people being conscripted. The present study revealed that Czech university students were highly concerned about the Russian–Ukrainian War 2022 (RUW-22) news, with a mean score of 7.17 ± 2.50 (0–10). Most participants (61.7%) reported following the war news at least once a day, with digital news portals being the most utilized outlet (82.8%), followed by social media networks (72.4%) and television (37.5%). More than one-third of the participants exhibited moderate (22.3%) and severe (13.7%) anxiety, and more than two-fifths exhibited moderate (22%), moderately severe (11%), and severe (7.1%) depression according to GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scales.