Factors of European Integration and Geopolitical Positioning in Formation of the Baltic states Foreign Policies in 1991―2014
... processes of European politics of the historical period of 1991–2014 in the formation of their foreign policy. The author establishes that the factor of European integration started to determine the policy of Baltic states towards their neighbours yet in times of their preparartion for the EU accession. The factor of Baltic positioning as “small states” contributed to the securitization of the western vectors of their foreign policy. And the factor of "Baltic unity" was largely based on ...
Social capital: a threat of negative application
... be included in the personal capital, can be used not only for the benefit of society, social groups but also against it. Negative social elements can damage social connections and relations and lead to desocialisation of the individual. At the same time, the value dominants that characterize the state of society at the moment of its development play an important role. For instance, if selfishness and money as the only conditions for success begin to dominate in society, the available personal capital ...
Coastal and western border centers in the system of large cities of modern Russia: socio-economic and innovation development.
... commissioning of houses and the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals, indexed in Scopus) the study confirmed the hypothesis on ‘coastalizing’ socio-economic and innovative potential and advanced growth of coastal centers. At the same time, there is also a high differentiation within the group of coastal cities, indicating that such trends are valid only at the national level. Differentiation and the gap on a number of indicators are fixed with respect to the group of Western Russian ...
The prejudicial significance of decisions in Russian judicial proceedings
Prejudice is one of the most problematic procedural institutions. It substantiates the inviolability of the facts established by a judicial act that has entered into legal force. At the same time, the issue of the intersectoral nature of prejudice is relatively new for domestic science and requires close research, taking into account the specifics of various branches of legal proceedings. This issue is of particular importance in criminal ...
Factors of self-actualization of student youth in the context of cross-cultural interaction and the mastering of a macro-mediator language
... Exploring culture from a distance: The utility of telephone interviews in qualitative research // International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 2012. Vol. 25 (3). P. 251—268.
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13. Myers M. B., Calantone R. J., Page T. Jr. J., Taylor C. R. An application of multiple-group ...
Moscow and its region: structural and functional transformations
... geopolitical role in the modern world. The author identifies the main trends as Moscow’s dependence on global geopolitical transformations, growing spatial and other forms of mobility resulted in a decline of its population’s reflection. At the same time, the Greater Moscow is being shaped through the integration of Moscow and its ‘periphery’, a gap between the rich and poor is widening, and the phenomenon of a ’Deep Russia’ independent form Moscow is emerging. Such mega-cities usually ...
The dynamics of the world market of gold and the current geopolitical processes. Part 2. The analysis of behaviour patterns of the main gold market participants
... the-difference-between-the-london-and-new-york-gold-and-silver-prices.php (дата обращения: 27.03.2019).
8. Xan Rice. Gold: In search of a new standard: The London fix has been in place for almost a century but critics say the system needs reform // Financial Times. April 14, 2014. URL:
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On some particular functions of the Palestinian national administration
... Transformation: Vol. 1st ed. Routledge., 2004. Р. 141—167.
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palestinian-election-may-be-easy-part.html (дата обращения: 02.03.2020).
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Modern indicators of urban development: challenges and opportunities for creating integral approaches to city management
There is an increasing need for the assessment of urban development rates in the world. In modern Russia, this need is reaffirmed by the transformation of regional economies, the economic acceleration of many major cities, and by the active introduction of strategic management tools (KPI, etc.). The article analyses the current indexes and rankings of urban development. The author explored the main methodological approaches to the assessment of the rate of urban development. One of the topical...
Konigsberg Cyrillic editions of the calendars of the 1720s in the collection of the Russian State Library
... relies on source study, historical chronology, bibliography, book science. The Konigsberg editions of the Korven-Kvasovsky calendars are found to be original works which rely on the author’s knowledge in the field of calendar-chronological of his time that performed practical and educational functions. The calendar for 1727 included the original author's text of the "Home Healer", and the calendar for 1730 included the first chapter of the arithmetic textbook. Three copies of calendars ...
An “ideal city”, its statics and dynamics
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Developing the computer database as a structural element of geoinformation system on the pogrom movement history
The article analyzes of the creation of a computer database on the pogrom movement history. In the research, systematization methods enabled to prepare several maps with a breakdown of the pogroms' speeches by time intervals in accordance with the main stages of the revolutionary process of 1917—1918 and the composition of participants. One of the objectives of this work is to demonstrate the need to optimize the databases and offer the most illustrative ...
The image of a ‘good Frenchman’ in Russian press between the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars
... laid on creating a positive image of some social strata of French society. The author identifies the reasons for this phenomenon. The image of a ‘good Frenchman’ reveals the attitude of Russian press towards acute political and social issues of the time.
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2. Барсуков Н. Жизнь и труды М. П. Погодина : в 22 т. СПб., 1889. Т. 2.
3. Вестник Европы. 1827. № ...
Fiscal policies stimulating private investment in the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region
The authors explore incentive mechanisms of stimulating private investment as it is reflected in the law on the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Kaliningrad region. Statistics accumulated during the validity period of the law, allows the author to analyze the situation and to draw conclusions about the specificity and the main results of the SEZ mechanisms. The aim of this research is to identify patterns of investment activity in the Kaliningrad SEZ and assess the impact of the zonal fiscal mechanism...
The subjects of legal monitoring of Justice of the Peace
... study of this type of sources is provided by using interdisciplinary approach. The author finds that travelers’ notes to be sources of considerable value which substantially widens our knowledge about the state and law of Central Asia. At the same time travelers’ notes presume the personalities of authors, their national and professional affiliation therefore their information must be verified by comparing with other sources.
1. Граменицкий Д. Постановления мусульманского ...
On demographic development trends in the Kaliningrad region during Perestroika
... of the Soviet administrative and political system. Priority attention is given to changes in the population reproduction model. It is concluded that the main trends in the regional population development were similar to the national ones, at the same time retaining the regional age.
1. Демографическая модернизация России, 1900—2000 / под ред. А. Г. Вишневского. М., 2006.
2. Государственный архив Калининградской ...
Changes in prices for basic consumer basket goods: The case of the Kaliningrad region
This article presents the results of a study into changes in prices for goods constituting the minimum consumer basket. The analysis uses the indicative method based on studying variations in the chain growth rate of prices, trends method, and time series variation. The calculations made it possible to describe changes in prices for staple food in the Kaliningrad region over the past ten years.
1. Борисова А. А., Ермолаев М. Б. Проявление закона Филлипса ...
Criminalistic characteristics of crimes committed by intoxicated minors
... minors (as an object of forensic investigation) present an interesting area of research for both practitioners and scholars. These characteristic features include the following ones: data about the type, mechanism, and the setting of a crime (place, time, conditions), as well as the necessary information about the perpetrator and the victim.
1. Архив Ленинградского районного суда г. Калининграда. Уголовное дело № 01-2824/09.
2. Аверьянова ...
Russian pre-revolutionary scientific ideas of criminal penalties of material nature
... The author provides an analysis of N. Sergeevsky’s treatise on criminal financial sanctions in the XVII century Russia. Special attention is paid to the research works of N. Tagantsev, I. Foynitsky and others. The author analyses the views of the time concerning expropriation and fines, and identifies reasons for the prevailing attitude to criminal penalties of material nature, which was consistently negative.
1. Бернер А. Ф. Учебник уголовного права. Ч. Общая ...
A management analysis of operating activities at a regional furniture enterprise
... Гатауллина Р. Р. Достоинства, недостатки и дискуссионные вопросы маржинального анализа финансовых результатов деятельности организации // Science Time. 2014. № 12. С. 87—89.
2. Редин Д. В. Формирование ассортиментной и ценовой политики организации как инструмент максимизации маржинального дохода ...
Queuing Russia: The Formation of New Social Practices in the Russian Cities of 1914-1918
The First World War was the time of major social shifts in the life of Russian society, the formation of new social practices that allowed the urban population to adapt to the extreme conditions of the Great War. Queue (the «tail») was one of them, gradually transforming from ...
Paradoxes of Legal Procedure in Mr. K’s Complaint to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the Defense of Pension Rights of a Serviceman
... ресурс] : постановление Конституционного Суда РФ от 26.02.2010 г. № 4-П. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс».
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Filling the space between two opposite parties: Edward Stanleyand a centre party
... Robert Peel after 1830. L., 1972.
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The renaming of district centres in the Kaliningrad region in 1946
... of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of September 7, 1946 on renaming the district centers of the Kaliningrad region is analysed based on documents of federal archives. Principles behind giving Soviet names to former German towns were changed several times in the process. At different stages, new names were given in view of the former Russian, Polish, or Lithuanian name, a town’s geographical position, Russian and Soviet military history, and communist ideology.
1. Государственный ...
Some trends and features of investment activity in the Kaliningrad region
In 2016, the Kaliningrad region economy is entering a new stage of development. It is important to establish whether the new investment mechanism proposed in the framework of amended SEZ legislation can ensure the development of regional economy. In recent years, investment performance has deteriorated in almost all areas, since the expected abolition of customs preferences brought about dramatic changes in the business environment. The investment mechanism proposed in the new SEZ law could not create...
The formation of Israeli foreign policy concept towards the Baltics in 2009—2012
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Population aging and the problems of the sandwich generation: Socioeconomic and psychological aspects
The advance of the population aging process leads to new socioeconomic consequences, including the formation of the so-called sandwich generation — 55-65 year olds, predominantly females, who care for their elderly parents, raise children (or grandchildren), and perform their professional duties. One of the key problems faced by people in this situation is psychological adaptation to the changing life conditions. This article considers changes in the 50-65 year old population in Russia and identify...
The political success of the Baltic People’s Fronts as a result of the 1989—1990 elections
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What did Winston Churchill say about the Battle of Gumbinnen?
... Восточной Пруссии 20 августа 1914 года //
Вестник Балтийского федерального университета им. И. Канта. 2012. Вып. 6.С. 144—148.
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The evolution of the essence of the concept of “business efficiency” and its features in the regional media business
This article classifies the concept of "business efficiency", which have been used by economic scholars for a long time. The innovative component of this work lies in the authors’ definition of media business efficiency alongside the identification of the primary goal of media company management in today’s Russia. The article offers a classification of methods ...
The history of opposition between formal and dialectical logic in Russian philosophy
This article shows that the opposition between formal and dialectical logic first emerged within Hegel’s dialectical logic. The article shows that in the framework of the division of time into «now» and «not now», the incorrect formal logical description of dialectical opposition disappears. The author comes to a generalised conclusion: the rejection of language description of dialectical opposition as a true conjunctive proposition ...
The major transformations of scientific views on public ad-ministration: a sociological analysis
This article examines transformation of the social administrative resources through different historical periods. The author suggests criteria for analyzing evolution of scientific views on public administration: sociological time and the volume of the social ties. On the basis of these criteria, the author identifies the stages of cardinal changes in public administration. The optimum administrative model is suggested for each of these stages. The article emphasizes the dependence ...
Simon Dach in the history of Königsberg University
... closely connected. One of Dach’s university works is the poetic composition “Prussiarchus” dedicated to the centenary of Albertina (1644). This work is a poetical-allegorical depiction and
interpretation of the history of the Prussian land in the time of duke Albrecht, the founder of the university.
1. Восточная Пруссия. С древнейших времен до конца Второй мировой войны. Калининград, 1996.
2. Лавринович К. К. Альбертина....
The strenghts of Russian garrison and Polish-Lithuanian army during the Siege of Pskov
... works of Polish contemporaries. The author describes the perspectives of prerevolutionary, Soviet and contemporary researchers on the strength of the opposing forces. The author comes to a conclusion that Stefan Batory's army of was at least 2—2,5 times stronger than the Russian forces defending Pskov, including armed citizens.
1. История СССР с древнейших времен до наших дней : в 12 т. М., 1966. Т. 1.
2. Псковская 3-я летопись. Окончание ...
The methodology of research on anomie and social reality: Polish and Russian dimensions
... Durkheim’s approach to social pathology and the application of P. Sztompka’s concept of cultural trauma. Special attention is paid to R. Merton’s theory of anomie and strain and D. Murphy and M. Robinson’s concept of maximization. At the same time, the author takes into account
the specific features of post-communist transformations, Polish and Russian experience of overcoming social unrest relating to the period of transition, and the modern contemporary problems faced by states today.
...
The formation of the image of East Prussia by Soviet military propaganda and its use in the post-war period
On the basis of war-time sources, this article reconstructs the image of East Prussia created by Soviet propaganda and considers the context of its formation. The author demonstrates the use of this image over post-war decades. Propaganda discourse is interpreted as a practice of cultural assimilation of East Prussia.
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Structure of Production and Management of Agricul¬tural and Industrial Sector of Kaliningrad Region in Historical Evolution (1945-1993)
The article is dedicated to the structural change in the management of the agricultural and industrial sector in the Kaliningrad region that took place in the Soviet times under the influence of both technical innovations and the change in the policy line.
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Гальцова С.
П.
Основные этапы развития сельского хозяйства Калининградской области ...
Riga censorship as a manifestation of censorship policy of autocracy during Paul I’s reign
For the first time in the Russian historiography, the issues of functioning of Riga censorship commission during Paul I’s reign are considered. The author arrives at a conclusion about the prosecution of cultural works filled with revolutionary spirit.
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Justice of the Peace in Russian Empire: Ideas and Analogies (XVIII — first half of XIX cent.)
The article considers the state and law institutions analogous to the Justice of Peace in Russia in the XVIII — first half of XIX cent., as well as the ideas on magistrate court establishment in the political and legal works of that time.
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Optimistic future!
... организации сотрудничества: Иран, Китай и Россия заинтересованы в создании геополитического противовеса Соединенным Штатам //
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The international legal regulation of the status of voluntary human shields
... Humanitarian Law // International Review of the Red Cross. 2008. Vol. 90. №
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The prioritising of functional immunity criteria
In the course of establishing legitimate limitations and control over trade navigation in the open sea, the need to define the nature of vessel's activity is of utmost importance for the ascertainment of vessel's immunity. At the same time, today, the international legislator establishes two criteria of the commercial character of a deal: the "purpose" of the deal and the "nature of the deal", the latter being the crucial one. The author considers the theoretical ...
The concept and features of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose
This article is dedicated to the definition of the concept of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose. Through analysing criminal statutes and
criminal law literature, the author identifies and examines the features of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose: objective termination of intended crime, voluntariness, finality, and timeliness. The article offers a definition of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose
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On the dynamics of economic activity and its impact on the budgetary stability of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
... activity of the population, expressed in the number of operating SMEs. Federal institutions and the regional government are implementing measures to support the subjects of the IPU, including in the peripheral municipalities of the region. At the same time, the analysis of the current situation shows that along with programs to support existing organizations, a lot of important aspect is the implementation of programs aimed at increasing entrepreneurial activity among the local population, mainly in ...
IL-1β and IL-8 influence on cytoprotective mechanisms in liver tissue in morbid obesity patients with comorbidities
Obesity is a global health problem. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese patients is 62—93 %, in type 2 diabetes is prevalent and reaches 55.5 %. The development of chronic subclinical inflammation in obesity contributes to the development of oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction, which underlie the pathogenesis of obesity-associated diseases, i. e., type 2 diabetes and NAFLD.
The study included 130 patients with morbid obesity and comorbid diseases (NAFLD and type 2 diabetes)...
Research methodology and geoecological assessment of watersheds of small water currents of polder lands in the Kaliningrad region
... concentrations of certain chemicals can be obtained in laboratory conditions, using the methods described in the regulatory documents adopted in the territory of the Russian Federation, then obtaining their mass indicators, for a certain period of time, is not a trivial task. The main methods for calculating this characteristic indicate the need for a diverse and capacious information base, which is almost completely absent for the polder lands of the region. The aim of the work is to develop a ...
Disturbance of the vaginal microbiome and the risk of HIV infection in women: analysis of scientific studies
... strategy to reduce the incidence of HIV infection. The review provides an analysis of the mechanisms and factors by which the vaginal microbiome can contribute to HIV infection. Most viral infections begin to develop on the mucous membranes. At the same time, the female reproductive tract has a unique susceptibility to viral infection, since tissue-specific immunity must cause rapid antimicrobial responses to pathogens, while maintaining tolerance to spermatozoids. In addition, the vagina is lined ...
Territorial differentiation of the rural population of the Kaliningrad region
Rural territories of the Kaliningrad Region are affected by polarization processes, which can characterize all regions of Russia. But at the same time, due to the small size of the region, they have their own features. In particular, they have a higher level of transport connectivity and a more developed infrastructure, compared with an average rural territory of Russia. The purpose of this article ...
Agglomerations management practices abroad
... the status of metropolitan areas is underrepresented in modern Russian conditions. Spatial planning documents concerning agglomerations usually do not reflect the realities and relations within these formations, which have de facto existed for a long time. Moreover, the experience in managing such forms of settlement is accumulated abroad, where active reorganization of the management system is regularly taking place, the paradigms and principles of development of spatial planning documents of large ...