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This article explores the parallels between the Lithuanian movements for national independence in 1917—1920 and 1988—1991 as analyzed in the Anglo-American historiography of the first half of the 1990s. Such scholars as A. Lieven and other authors characterize some main similarities and differences between those movements. These scholars emphasize the ambiguity of the Soviet experience, as well as the internal conflicts within the Lithuanian political elite and demonstrate the productivity of the...

This paper analyses theoretical approaches to studying interorganizational networks offered in foreign economic sociology. The authors describe main conceptual problems, the key aspects of network form of interorganizational interaction, and embeddedness effects. 1. Alter C., Hage J. Organizations working together. Newbury Park, 1993. 2. Benson K. J. The Interorganizational Network as a Political Economy // Administrative Science Quarterly. 1975....

This article analyses the features of the modern Russian society from the perspective of synergetic concept of social development. The author maintains that the type of rationality formed by synergetics can become the basis for practical activities in the 21st century Russia thus contributing to the solutions to acute socioeconomic problems. 1. Гэлбрейт Д. Новое индустриальное общество. М., ...

This article explores the possibility of using the methods of public-private partnership (PPP) in integration processes, including those at a regional level.The author offers a typology of PPP projects and models of cooperation between business and authorities with regard to integration. The article describes specific practices of implementing PPP projects within foreign economic activity and attraction of foreign investors. The author formulates the priority tasks of developing interaction between...

This article considered the stage and features of formation of the state border with Poland and Lithuania, as well as the delimitation of the Russian marine area in the Kaliningrad region zone. The Polish border was established by the Soviet-Polish border agreement of 1945. It was of astronomical nature and did not take into account the earlier administrative and economic structure of East Prussia. Since 1993, representatives of the Kaliningrad region participated in the negotiation on the Russian-Lithuanian...

This article considers the human rights issues in relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the context of formal agreements and real policy from 1994 to the beginning of 2013. The EU regards human rights as fundamental values, which serve as the basis for its foreign relations. Russia tends to consider this issue as an attempt of an ill-disposed external actor to interfere in the domestic politics of the state. 1. Программа сотрудничества ЕС-России (Тасис/ИЕСП). Официальный...

This article analyses different aspects of the development of electronic form of culture. Particular emphasis is placed on the philosophical and sociological study of the phenomenon, which has been pronounced since the second half of the 20th century. The author considers the conditions and factors of the interdisciplinary ...

This article analyses the major ideological campaigns of 1946—1953 on the basis of earlier unknown materials from the archival funds of Kaliningrad kolkhozes. The author considers the influence of campaigns on the mass consciousness of peasants and their social behaviour from the perspective of «everyday history». Special attention is paid to the ideas of rural residents about themselves and the word, and their reaction to major social and political events. The author comes to a conclusion that,...

Сделана попытка раскрыть содержание реальной (логической, дей-ствительной) уголовно-правовой нормы, показана взаимосвязь между нормой уголовного права и нормативным предписанием и роль последнего в формировании субинститутов Особенной части уголовного законодательства. This article attempts to describe the contents of real (logical, actual) rules of criminal law and shows the connection between a rule of criminal law and regulations, and the role of the latter in the formation of subinstitutions...

... приносит помимо положительных явлений негативные последствия, связанные с отчуждением личности от свободы и ответственности. This article analyses the forms of realization of personal freedom and the mechanism of its embodiment through legal responsibility. The author pays attention to the trends relating to the penetration of the Internet into all spheres of public life, which has not only positive,...

Рассматриваются проблемы обеспечения в современных условиях количественной и качественной сохранности продовольственных товаров, поставляемых для длительного хранения в государственный резерв, которые в условиях формирования экономики информационного общества имеют принципиально новое звучание. Анализируются вопросы сохранения качества и безопасности продовольственных товаров в процессе хранения. Обосновывается необходимость модернизации производ- ства продуктов питания с учетом инновационных достижений...

This article focuses on the formation and implementation of the programmе of development of US fleet during World War II for providing military and economic support to the anti-Hitler coalition — Great Britain and the USSR. The author considers the most typical projects of marine transport vessels built at US shipyards, the main routes of travel from the USA and Great Britain to the USSR in the framework of the end-lease programme. 1. Блэйр К. Подводная война Гитлера. Охотники. 1939—1942 :...

The author focuses on the historical events of the late war period and the first post-war years, which resulted in the loss of the pedigree livestock and sorted seeds created by East Prussian stock-breeders and plant-breeders. The article describes the variety of breeding conditions of the first years in the Kaliningrad region. 1. Агроуказания по плодоводству для колхозов и совхозов Калининградской области. Калининград, 1951. 2. Беднова Е. Т. Сорные травы Калининградской области и меры борьбы с...

This article focuses on the problems of preserving ethnocultural identity in the conditions of globalisation and blurring of cultural distinctions, first of all, the possible loss of ethnocultural identity of Russian-speaking population in the post-Soviet space of the Republic of Lithuania. A specialised survey is used as material for the analysis of the role of education as one of the most important social institutions ensuring the formation, preservation, and reproduction of cultural identity...

This article reconstructs the situation of total ignorance that the Soviet settlers faced when reclaiming the alien cultural space of former East Prussia. The author analyzes the settlers' cognitive activity of cultural assimilation of new territories, which became an everyday routine and vital necessity. 1. А ну-ка, подумай! // Калининградский комсомолец (далее КК). 1948.12 дек. 2. Адамович О. Почин комсомольцев // КК. 1951. 26 апр. 3. Андрущенко Ю. Прегель-река // КК. 1948. 26 дек. 4. Валова...

This article is devoted to the important issue of development of parliamentarianism in post-authoritarian countries through the case of Poland. Having passed several stages of constitutional changes and political crises caused by the situation of political infighting, the Polish political system has reached sustainability, which ensures its effective functioning. 1. Керимов А. Д. Понимание парламентаризма и перспективы его развития в России // Гражданин и право. 2002. № 7/8. С. 25—33. 2....

This article analyzes the attitude of Marx and Engels to Kant’s philosophical legacy. The author proposes a similarity between Marx’s idea on nature as a substantive implementation of a human being, their reflection and analog, and Kant’s doctrine of the world of phenomena created by the subject from things-in-themselves. The article criticizes the Marxist interpretation of Kant's philosophy as agnostic and divorced from practice. 1.  Горский Д.   П., Смирнов С.   Н. Актуальные проблемы диалектическо-мате­риалистического...

This article analyses fashion from two points of view — as a closed system of “the world of the fashionable” with its own specific hierarchy, where creative imagination becomes a criterion for success and as a field of social imagination that influences social behavior and the structures of identity presentation formation. The concept of creative imagination is considered as a concept distinct from that of artist’s creativity and imagination. The author elucidates the connection between creative...

This article reveals the key problems in the activity of small enterprises in Russia in view of the stage of enterprise’s life cycle of and its industry features. The author identifies the areas of formation and implementation of financial policies in small business. 1. О развитии малого и среднего предпринимательства в Российской Федерации : федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 24 июля 2007 г. № 209-ФЗ. [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс»....

This article considers the basic provisions of the methodology for providing telecommunication infrastructure for business activities at different management levels. The author proves that it is possible to develop this methodology on the basis of queuing theory. The author proposes an algorithm of forecasting changes in infrastructure provision for business activity. 1. Бирман И. Я. Оптимальное программирование. М., 1968. 2. Исследование операций / под ред. Дж. Моулдера, С. Элмаграби. М., 1981...

This article examines the results of municipal reform, analyses the budgetary policy of the Kaliningrad region, and identifies the problems of formation of local budget revenues. The author described the methods to improve budgetary policy, which could level the differences in economic and social development of municipalities and solve the problem of stability and independence of local budgets. 1. Об областном бюджете на 2010 год и плановый 2011 и 2012 годы : закон Калининградской области № 402...

The article recounts the biography and professional activity of the professor of the Department of History of Kaliningrad University, former rector of Kaliningrad Pedagogical Institute, Yakov Pichkurenko (1904—1993) 1.  Калининградская правда. 2008. 8 мая. 2.  Государственный архив Калининградской области (ГАКО). Ф. 65. Кали­нинградский государственный педагогический институт. Оп. 1. 3.  ГАКО. Ф. 1105. Личный фонд Я.   Л. Пичкуренко. Оп. 1. 4.  ГАКО. Ф. 1105. Историческая справка к личному...

This paper considers the dynamics of different scientific opinions on the correlation between endogenous and exogenous factors in the choice of national modernization model. The authors formulate the question about the urgency of searching for the optimum in the choice between general and unique features for the construction of a more efficient modernization model. 1.  Алексеев В.   В., Побережников И.   В. Опыт российских модернизаций XVIII — XX вв. М., 2002. 2.  Бокарев Ю.   П. Теории...

This article considers the image of medieval Lithuania in the historiography of the first half of the 19th century. The author identifies the key components of the formation of perception of Lithuania in the historical discourse of the first half of the 19th century. 1.  Бантыш-Каменский Д.   Н. История Малой России. М., 1842. 2.  Бестужев-Рюмин К. Н. Рецензия на книгу «Витовт и его политика до Грюнвальдской битвы (1410)». Соч. А. Барбашева. СПб., 1885 // Известия Санкт-Петербургского...

The article analyses the development of photography in the 19—20th centuries, the themes of East Prussian resort photos, as well as the professional activity and biographical facts about German photographers. 1.  Stiegler B. Zeigen Fotografien Geschichte? // Fotogeschichte: Beiträge zur Ge­schichte und Ästhetik der Fotografie. 2005. Heft 95. 2.  Wagner R.   M. Ostpreußen in alten Ansichtskarten. Würzburg, 2001. 3.  Der Kreis Samland: Ostpreußen in historischen Ansichten...

The influence of German-Polish relations on the status of the Polish national minority in East Prussia in 1918—1939 is considered in the article. 1. Wrzesi ń ski W . Ruch polski na Warmii , Mazurach i Powi ś lu w latach 1920—1939. Wroc ł aw ; Warszawa ; Krak ó w , 1993. 2. Cha ł upczak H . II Rzeczpospolita a mniejszo ść polska w Niemczech . Zasady i formy finansowania mniejszo ś ci polskiej w Niemczech w latach 1919—1939 // Prze ­ gl ą d Zachodni . 1988. №   1. 3. Gąsiorowski...

Historical examples reveal the peculiarities of bilateral intergovernmental relations. There are two non-convertible variants, based on the positive contribution of the actual international agent into the formation of a new state — the prospective added value variant — or aimed at deliberated suspension/breach of relations — the prospective tension variant. This suspension of sovereignty leaves a permanent scar in the national memory and leads to continuous alienation of the states. 1.  Путин В...

... training. The deep changes in the political and socioeconomic life of the USSR resulted in the growth of opposition attitudes. It necessitated higher efficiency of the officers of the National Commissariat of Home Affairs. The author considers the main forms and methods of the interaction between the law enforcement institutions and local population. 1.  Архив Управления Федеральной службы безопасности по Псковской об­ласти. Д. 4124....

The article analyses the mechanisms of the development of American foreign policy towards Central and Eastern Europe on the example of Poland.The author considers a number of factors that influenced the process of the foreign policy development. 1. Печатнов В.   О. Мистер «Икс» в 1945 г . (неизвестное письмо Джорджа Кен­нана) // Проблемы всемирной истории. СПб ., 2000. 2. Alternative concepts of United States foreign policy 1943—1947. European and global aspects of postwar...

The author substantiates that among basic elements of mechanism of food security provision one should consider monitoring and forecasting of factors defining threats for food security in the exclave region. 1.  Демографический ежегодник: статистический сборник. Калининград, 2008. 2.  Калининградская область в цифрах, 2008: статистический сборник. Кали­нинград, 2008. 3.  Муниципальные образования Калининградской области в разрезе городов и районов в 2004—2007 годах: статистический сборник...

The forms of crossborder and transborder cooperation of mediumsized cities of Kaliningrad region in Baltic Sea Region are described. The description of wto European Union’s instruments for international cooperation in Baltic Sea Region is presented. The ...

... Federation: (a) possible changes in the organisation of regulatory material alongside with the conservation of today’s approaches to comprising legal classifiers by means of current legal sources; (b) improvement of legal classifiers by new content, new forms of law’s being and new sources of law in force. 1. Единый правовой классификатор / утв. Указом Президента Республики Беларусь № 1 от 4.01.1999 г.; в ред. от 23.07. ...

Transport is one of specialization branches for the economy of the Kaliningrad region providing 1/10th of employment and Gross Regional Product. The article presents special features of types of transport and tasks for its further development as a united system. The author considers twp main development trends: infrastructural and institutional. 1.  Концепция развития транспортного комплекса Калининградской области. URL : www.balticgatewey.se 2.  Стратегия развития Калининградской области /...

The role of tourism as one of the priority of regional development is grounded. The positive and negative factors of transforming tourism into the leading branch of the Economy of the Kaliningrad Oblast are formulated. The existing programmes targeting the tourism development are examined. There is characteristic of tourism services in Kaliningrad region by branches focusing on the economic activities of tourist companies and accommodations as an example. 1.  Драгилева И.   И., Корнеевец В.  ...

This article focuses on the factors having influenced the formation of the conscious attitude to the past of the Kaliningrad region in the local residents. The author shows that a special regional identity, which developed in the interaction with the unique cultural environment, requires a public discussion as decisions concerning the transfer of the ownership of cultural and historical objects to a religious organisation are made.

This article compares the frequency of the use of the toponym 'Baltic' in the names of small enterprises in Baltic cities. The author draws conclusions on the role of small business in the development of regional identity in the Baltic Sea region and assesses the prospects for the formation of a regional business community in the Baltic region. 1.  Барыгин И.   Н. (ред.) Дискурс в региональном контексте — Балтийское из­мерение: материалы исследовательского семинара. СПб., 2005. С. 9—13. 2...

The problem of definition of the regional aims and purposes is revealed on the basis of economic theories of growth and development. The author puts forward the concept of the strategic purposes of region which is constructed on hierarchy and coalition principles. 1.  Системный анализ и принятие решений / под ред. В.   Н. Волковой, В.   Н. Козлова. М., 2004. 2.  Шеховцева Л.   С. Стратегическое целеполагание развития региона: моно­графия. СПб, 2007. 3.  Шеховцева Л.   С. Управляемое развитие...

The article presents basic reasons of world economic crisis and their negative influence on economic development of Russia including Kaliningrad region. One could find substantiation of forming new financialeconomic model as long-term development program for Russia. 1. Макиавелли Н. Князь. Минск, 2000.

Cross-border cooperation between administrative and municipal districts enlarges fast in the Baltic Sea macroregion. Intensification of Russian regions’ participation in such cooperation as well as formation of trans-border socio-economic systems may shift their development to the innovative type.

This article analyses the decision-making process in the field of formation and development of organisations’ potential and justifies the application of Analytic Hierarchy Process. The author considers the key stages of the implementation of this method and evaluates the advantages of its application in comparison to other multicriteria alternative assessment methods. 1.  Дэвид Г.   Метод парных сравнений / пер. с англ.; под ред. Ю. Адлера. М., 1978. 2.  Кини Р.   Л., Райфа Х. Принятие решений...

This article is devoted to the training of Soviet school teachers in the 1920s. The author considers the mechanism of the Soviet staff policy, the so-called purges. The article reveals the forms, methods, basic stages, and results of the work of purge commissions. 1. Вестник Наркомпроса. 1918. №   43. 2. Государственный архив Ростовской области (далее — ГАРО)....

The concept of regional innovation system builds upon prospective innovation and takes into account the subsystem generating the knowledge that regulates the context and enterprises in regional innovation activity. This article considers the importance of innovation-investment activity evaluation for the construction of regional innovation systems, technological development of the economy, more efficient knowledge distribution, and the formation of competitive advantages. 1.  Олейник А.   Н ....

This article deals with the system of taxes paid by the residents of special economic zones, tax benefits provided to the residents, and the application of special rules and tax payments procedures in special economic zones on the territory of Russia. The author pays attention to the imperfections of certain legislative formulations decreasing the efficiency of legal regulations. 1. Комментарий к Налоговому кодексу РФ / под ред. Б.   Н. Топорнина   [и др.]. М., 2005. 2. Собрание законодательства...

This article addresses the problem of the realisation of political interests in the Russian Federation in the context of political diversity stipulated in the Constitution. The author distinguishes the social groups of political process actors, analyses their current state, and formulates the problems and possibilities of the realisation of their political interests. 1. Абдулатипов Р.   Г., Болтенкова Л.   Ф., Яров Ю.   Ф. Федерализм в истории Рос­сии: в 3 кн. М., 1992. Кн. 1. 2. Барабанов М.  ...

This article is dedicated to the topical issues of socially responsible information management in the communication media of Russian media space. The author considers the role of management sociology in the formation of Russian media space. 1. Бергер П., Лукман Т. Социальное конструирование реальности. М., 1995. 2. Бузин В.   Н. Медиапланирование как метод управления информационны­ми потоками в средствах массовой коммуникации // Социология власти. 2008. №   5. С. 114—127. 3. Бузин В....

This article examines the charter statute as a new type of legislation of constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the basis of the analysis of the Charters of the Kaliningrad and Krasnoyarsk regions. The emphasis is placed on the theoretical and practical issues of the charter statutes incorporation in the sources of law system. 1.  Устав (Основной Закон) Калининградской области (в ред. закона Кали­нинградской области от 24 декабря 2009 г . №   314 «О внесении изменений в Ус­тав...

This article analyses the methodological framework of research on strategic potential of organizations in dynamic global environment. The author examines the factors responsible for sustainable competitive advantages of an organization and considers the role of intangible assets, predominantly, such unique assets as organizational and administrative skills, in the structure of potential. The article describes the features of formation of potential of learning organizations. 1.  Баззел Р., Гейл...

On the basis of the resource approach to analysing the mechanism of the formation and application of competitive advantages of organisation, this article stresses the need for the examination of the category of the "strategic potential of an organisation. The author considers the ability of the management of organisation to cooperate at the international level, or the international cooperation capability (ICA), in the framework of a more advanced version of the resource approach — the dynamic...

The authors suggest differentiating between integral and industrial zoning. Correspondingly, regions (integral regions) and industrial regions are distinguished within a state. The interaction of several states results in the emergence of transnational regions, while the development of mutual connections between international regions brings to the formation of transboundary regions. Regions, including international (transboundary and transnational) ones have a certain hierarchy but, unlike national...

This article considers the events of the synodal period in the history of Russian Church. In the first half of the 19th century, the formation of governmental bodies – eparchial consistories – was completed. Many consistories faced the opposition of archiereis who still resisted the church reform of Peter I. 1.  Государственный архив Пермского края. Ф. 198. Оп. 1. Д. 256. 2.  Чернавский Н М. Оренбургская епархия в прошлом ее и настоящем. Орен­бург, 1901—1902. 3.  Материалы для истории Православной...