The image of Ekaterinoslav as an unrealized potentiality in Russian travelogues of the late 18th — 19th centuries
The paper examines the representation of Ekaterinoslav’s urban space based on twenty-two Russian travelogues of the late 18
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centuries (texts by Ivan Ya. Akinfiev, Alexander S. Afanasyev, Pavel A. Bibikov, Ivan F. Vernet, Fyodor F. Vigel, Alexander F. Voeikov, Nikolai S. Vsevolozhsky, Karl I. Hablitz, ...
Post-Soviet Space: background and the results of regionalization
The article deals with the regionalization of social processes and their specific manifestations in the post-Soviet space. According to the author, regionalization is developing at four levels-international (macroregional), subregional, intraregional and on country levels. The most important one is the international level. Specific features of regionalization at each ...
Strategies for optimising intraregional space as a practical implementation of domestic state policy
The article is devoted to the analysis of strategies for optimising intraregional space in the context of implementing domestic state policy. The study focuses on comparing centralized and decentralized approaches to managing regional development, as well as their impact on the socio-economic situation of the regions. To assess the ...
Category of space in the system of intertextual connections Miciński’s essay Portrait of Kant
... illustrative and expressive function of litotes, which serves the idea of the spatial ordering of the world, a concept that, according to Miсiński, governed both the life and philosophy of Kant. The principle of continuity plays a key role in the artistic space of the essay, bringing together distant philosophical and artistic texts. The intertextual continuum is created through dialogic connections between different eras and national-cultural traditions, including ancient Greek, English, French, Russian,...
Euroregions as a factor of successful international integration in modern conditions
... cooperation in Europe. To a lesser extent, the crisis has affected the states that are actively involved in cross-border cooperation projects. The formation of European regions is closely related to the industrial development of their regions. The Post-Soviet space requires a redistribution of the overcentralized power. The abundance of Euroregions along the perimeter of certain states may be an indicator of economy's resilience to potential shocks. The provisions set forth in the article contribute to an ...
Center-periphery theory in spatial development: a critical analysis
... weaknesses of the theory. The strengths include simplicity and logic, universality, a long history of development, an evolutionary nature, and integration with other spatial theories. The weaknesses include rigid demarcation, lack of expression in real space, the necessity for complication, polydependence in modern space, and limited predictive capability. As a result of the study, it was noted that the center-periphery theory, despite its widespread recognition and frequent application, has a limited ...
Ergonyms in the structure of the onomastic space of a modern city
A special layer of proper names within the onomastic space of the modern city — ergonyms, which are used to name various commercial enterprises — is examined. Based on a large empirical material of Smolensk and Moscow ergonyms, a complex of diverse functions of ergonyms is identified, allowing their ...
