Published in Changing Societies & Personalities, 2026
This article explores the structure of personal legitimacy and public perceptions of political power among VK users.
Recommended citation: Ternov, N., & Mikhailov, D. (2026). "Personal Legitimacy in the Structure of Public Perception of Power Among VK Users." Changing Societies & Personalities, 10(1), 11–27.
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Published in Media, War & Conflict, 2025
This article examines representations of Joe Biden within astroturfing discourse in the RuNet and explores mechanisms of digital delegitimization in online political communication.
Recommended citation: Mukhambetova, K., Mikhailov, D., & Ternov, N. (2025). "Digital delegitimization: Biden representations in the astroturfing discourse of the RuNet." Media, War & Conflict.
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Published in Russian Politics, 2023
This paper analyzes transformations of perceived legitimacy in contemporary Russia and the emergence of competing legitimacy frameworks.
Recommended citation: Ternov, N., & Mikhailov, D. (2023). "Legitimacies Conflict: The Evolution of Perceived Legitimacy in Modern Russia." Russian Politics, 8(3), 353–374.
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Published in Internet Histories, 2023
This paper examines digital samizdat culture and its influence on the development of contemporary Russian nationalism online.
Recommended citation: Mikhailov, D., Ternov, N., & Bobrov, I. (2023). "Emigration to the internet: “Samizdat” and the genesis of contemporary Russian nationalism." Internet Histories, 7(2), 141–160.
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Published in Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2022
This article explores connections between nationalism and archeological scholarship in nineteenth-century Siberia.
Recommended citation: Ternov, N., & Mikhailov, D. (2022). "Nationalism and Siberian archeology of the 19th century." Journal of Eurasian Studies, 13(1), 56–65.
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