First finding of tooth of Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes) in moraine of the Kaliningrad Region
... genus Ptychodus has been discovered in the Kaliningrad Region, within boulder-pebble material along the seashore near Zelenogradsk. Previously, the geographically closest remains of Ptychodus were known from Upper Cretaceous reworked deposits in Lithuania. The morphological features of the studied tooth suggest that it is a symphyseal tooth and may be classified as Ptychodus cf. latissimus Agassiz, 1835. This new find expands our knowledge of the distribution of Ptychodus during the Cretaceous ...
Prayers of S.I. Shakhovsky: between “sleeping” and “travel” prayer rules
... showing his familiarity with the traditions of the Trinity Monastery and the influence of the early compilers of the Moscow Printing House. Particular attention is paid to Prince Shakhovsky’s acquaintance with the prayer practices of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, including editions of the Vilnius Brotherhood. It is shown how the relatively new tradition of compiling collections of private prayer books, not included in the liturgical cycle, could have served as a stimulus for Shakhovsky’s independent ...
Representation of the image of Kaliningrad in the names of guided city tours
The article offers a qualitative content analysis of the names of Kaliningrad city tours and identifies the main distinctive features of the image of the city represented in them. The name of the tour is a message sent by the tour operator to the addressee — the potential consumer of tourist services. This type of communication is not exclusively commercial; it has an indirect impact on the accomplishment of a broader range of socially significant goals, first and foremost, the formation of a positive...
Czesław Miłosz’s “Theological treatise” in the context of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s religious worldview
The article investigates a religious and philosophical dialogue of Miłosz and Dostoevsky. The antinomic content of Miłosz's poem “Theological Treatise” is analyzed in the context of Dostoevsky's Christocentric worldview, as well as religious and heretical teachings of early Christianity, which aroused Milosz's interest throughout his career. In their works, Dostoevsky and Miłosz explored the theological problem of apoсatastasis and offered their interpretation of it. The paper also examines Miłosz’s...
«Hagiography in the Russian Cultural Space. For the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia» third international research seminar (IKBFU, October 9—10, 2018)
.... Thousand and Thirty Years of Holy Russia: On Russian Holiness through the Prism of Statistics. Blagovestnik. Izdanie Klaipedskogo blagochiniya Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi v Litve [Blagovestnik. Publication of Klaipeda Prosperity of the Orthodox Church in Lithuania], 11, pp. 5—8 (in Russ.).
Toporov, V. N., 1995. Svyatost' i svyatye v russkoi dukhovnoi kul'ture: v 2 t. [Holiness and Saints in Russian Spiritual Culture: in 2 volumes]. Vol. 1. Moscow: Shkola: «Yazyki russkoi kul'tury» (in Russ.).
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Indirect translation: Main trends in practice and research
This article concerns indirect translation (ITr), understood broadly as translation of translation, and has the aim of facilitating systematic research on this long-standing, widespread yet underexplored phenomenon. The article thus provides an overview of some of the main patterns in ITr practice and research and explores suggestions for related future studies. The overview follows the ‘Five W’s and One H’ approach. The what question concerns terminological and conceptual issues related to ITr and...
Sambia belts and their prototypes
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12. Chilińska-Drapella A. Próba nowego spojrzenia na «pasy sambyjskie» // Wiadomosci archeologiczne. 2009—2010. T. 56. S. 3—79.
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Poetry sets the pace of life
This article is the author’s lyrical reflection on the literary life in modern Lithuania. One of its particular aspects is poetical festivals of different levels. In this context, the author considered the 50th festival “The spring of poetry” dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of Kristijonas Donelaitis. The festival ...
The Russian language, dialogue of cultures, and F. M. Dostoyevsky
... for many educated people – that interactions limited to a close circle of ‘us’ impoverishes one’s life and that many values cannot be divided into ‘ours’ and ‘theirs’. The article analyses the increasing interest in Russian culture in Lithuania, as well as the motivation for learning the Russian language, which can be explained by the desire to learn and understand Russian culture, read a book, watch a move or a play, feel a poem, etc. It is stated that a certain motivation for learning ...
What They Say and Write on Russian Language in Lithuania Today
1. Белорусов в Литве развлекают по-русски. URL: http://ru.delfi.lt/news/live/belorusov-v-litve-razvlekayut-po-russki.d?id=45216061 (дата обращения:08.06.2011).
2. Зверко Н. В курортных ресторанах без русского языка не трудоустроиться. URL: http://ru.delfi.lt/news/live/belorusov-v-litve-razvlekayut-po-russki.d?id=45216061 (дата обращения: 18.09.2011).
3. Зверко Н. В Литве английский проигрывает русскому языку в деловой сфере. URL: http://ru.delfi.lt/news/economy/v-litve-anglijskij-proigryvaetrusskomu-yazyku-v-delovoj-sfere...
About the status of Russian language, educational reform and teaching Russian language in Lithuania
1. Афанасьева Г. Я русский бы выучил, только какой? URL: http://ru.DELFI.lt (дата обращения: 05.04.12).
2. В Литве английский проигрывает русскому языку в деловой сфере.URL: http://ru.DELFI.lt (дата обращения: 01.02.12).
3. В Литве большинство учеников национальных школ, изучающих второй иностранный язык, выбирают русский. URL: http://www.gramota.ru/lenta/news/8_2073 (дата обращения: 19.03.12).
4. Грихачева Н. Истребление сознания. URL: http://inosmi.ru/baltic/ 20101110/164153003.html (дата обращения:...
Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Germany: Models of Memory and Cultural Recollections
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Some Notes on the Lives of Russians in Lithuania
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Passionate Personalities in Lithuania: Pyotr Stolypin and Lev Karsavin
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Kant and His Heritage in Belarusian Philosophy of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods
... Degree of Ph.D. Minsk: BSU. (In Rus.)
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Donelaitis and Kant: to the issue of the hermeneutic of survival in the era of the “mystery of iniquity”
This article analyses the so-called chornosoteriology as viewed by Kristijonas Donelaitis and Kant. Special attention is paid to the differences between the ontological foundations of these soteriologies stemming from differences in the hermeneutic circles. The influence of pietism on the development of the hermeneutic principles is analysed in the works of both authors. An attempt is made at a partial revision of Donetlaitis’s and Kant’s chronosoteriological concepts in the context of modern global...
The history of the Russian anthroponymic formula in the Smolensk region: Commercial documents of the 17th century
The author studies commercial documents (Smolensk, 17th century) from the perspective of anthropolinguistics and sociolinguistics to trace the development of the official anthroponymic formula in the western region of Russia. At that time, Smolensk was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The article places emphasis on the specifics of the naming process.
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Cognitive and speech characteristics of an author of a mnemonic text
The focus of the article is on various aspects of the creative identity of an author of a mnemonic text represented by the concept of cognitive and communicative subject. The features of the author’s cognitive, communicative, discursive, and linguistic identities are described and the ways of their representation are shown in the case of the memoirs of the Lithuanian writer B. Sruoga Dievų miškas. The term ‘mnemonic discourse’ is introduced as a linguistic phenomenon connecting texts with the general...
On the models of modern research and education pol-icy in the Baltic region states
This article provides a comparative analysis of the mechanisms of education policies pursued by the governments of Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The authors identify similarities and differences in the funding mechanisms, direction of reforms, the role of education system modernization in the innovative development of the Baltic Sea region, and the mechanisms of ...
Dialogical aspect of the examination discourse (based on the oral Russian Language exam)
The article examines the basic verbal attributes of the communicators’ dialogic speech, using the responses received at the oral Russian language examinations at Russian-speaking schools of Lithuania for the period of 2005—2010 as an example. A structure of the dialogue during the exam is suggested.
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Ignacy Paderewski on the borders and foreign policy of independent Poland (1914—1921)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in the Russian Empire, for many years he was working for the glory of the world-famous composer and pianist, and during the World War I he suddenly plunged headlong into politics, becoming one of the “founding fathers” of the Polish state, which revived in 1918. The article attempts to identify Paderewski's views on the borders and foreign policy of Poland, to assess his contribution to the process of restoring its independence. The views and activities of Paderewski...
Exclavity as a challenge and a resource for foreign positioning of the Kaliningrad region
... comparable social and economic guarantees Here, paradoxically, the situation can open up opportunities for increasing the coherence of the narrow, purely peripheral interests of the Russian exclave and the regions of neighboring countries, primarily Lithuania and Poland.
On the 20th anniversary of the Department of criminal procedure, criminology and legal Informatics of the I. Kant Baltic Federal University
... (bachelors, masters, postgraduates); managing research and extending methodological support; interacting with other departments of leading universities of Russia and the region, as well as cooperating with foreign colleagues from the universities of Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Germany, England, USA; cooperating with practical departments of the region; managing the Criminalistics Situology research group under the leadership of T. S. Volchetskaya; undergraduate research activity; keeping traditions ...
The history of populating Prussian Lithuania: the case of Tolmingkemen parish and its environs
Rothe W., Wiemer D. Zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Preussisch-Litthauen am Beispiel der Region des Kirchspiels Tollmingkehmen und Umgebung. — Freiburg, 2016. — Bd. 1 : Zur Besiedlung der Region. — 464 S. ; Bd. 2 : Anlagen- und Dokumentensammlung. — 288 S.
The impact of Russia’s counter-sanctions on Lithuania’s foreign economic activities
This article explores Russian-Lithuanian trade relations under the EU sanctions against Russia and Russian counter-sanctions. The authors identify changes in the structure of foreign economic activities and examine the main trends, features and problems of trade. The authors analyse transformations in bilateral trade — the role of Russian in Lithuanian foreign trade and the volume of Russian-Lithuanian exports and imports of goods and services.
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The renaming of district centres in the Kaliningrad region in 1946
The preparation of the Decree of the Presidium 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...
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The political success of the Baltic People’s Fronts as a result of the 1989—1990 elections
This article considers the political success of the Baltic Popular Fronts in the years of perestroika on the materials of 1989—1990 elections. The author analyses the motives behind the establishment of mass movements and their ideational imperatives, describes the dynamics of changes in the demands of popular fronts, and comes to a conclusion about their significance for the establishment of a multi-party system in the Baltics.
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This article analyses the ethnonymy and other ethnocultural markers (denomination, language) of the residents of Belarusian lands during the partitions of Poland on the basis of works by S. Plescheev, H. F. Hackmann, L. M. Maksimovich, V. M. Severgin, and other scholars. The urban population was ethnically identified as Polish, whereas the rural peasant one as predominantly Lithuanian.
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Migration processes in the Kaliningrad region, Klaipeda region, Warmia and Mazuria in 1945—1950: a comparative study
... majority of population of the Kaliningrad region, more than two-thirds, was made up of Russians, migrants from Belarus, Ukraine and other republics of the USSR were also represented there. The countryside in the Klaipeda region was settled by peasants from Lithuania, and the Russian-s peaking population, mainly from the three Slavic republics, prevailed in the cities. Poles absolutely dominated (over 90 %) in the Olsztyn Voivodeship, but they were represented by very different groups: a fifth were indigenous ...
On trends in the development of cross-border cooperation in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation
In this article, I examine trends in the development of cross-border cooperation between the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation and the Republics of Lithuania and Poland within a range of cross-border cooperation programmes. I analyse all the projects approved within three cross-border cooperation projects over the past ten years. I focus on the projects that were successfully completed by the Immanuel ...
Update of age data of the palvesk formation ("green wall") of Sambian peninsula (the Kaliningrad region)
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Macroalgae Suggested for Inclusion in the New Edition of the Red List of the Kaliningrad region
This article is the very first description of macroscopic algae suggested for inclusion in the list of species protected in the Kaliningrad region. The regional significance of our findings relates to the preparation of the second edition of the Red List of the Kaliningrad region. The previous 2010 edition lacked an algae section due to the scarcity of pertinent research. In this work, we aim to identify rare and endangered species of macroscopic algae found in the Kaliningrad region. To this end...