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Formation of the State of Teutonic Order in Prussia in the XIIIth—XIVth centuries based beside military oppression on the relations with local population supported by the incorporation of them in the system of condition landholding. These relations implied, from the one hand, the representation by the Order its own status as a collective ruler, and from the other hand, symbolic expression of ...

The article examines the features of the functioning of realia words in the text of Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight’s Children." The delimitation of the term "realia words" is car­ried out in its comparison with the concept of "realia." The language specificity of the novel is noted, which consists of intentionally incorporating exotic vocabulary into the text without corresponding authorial commentary, the meaning of which can be understood by a non-native reader only...

... environ­mental indicator. Leaf collection took place at seven points in the city with varying anthropo­genic loads. The research aimed to determine the impact of aerotechnogenic pollution on the magnitude of the fluctuating asymmetry of the leaf blade of the populations of mountain ash within the city of Orenburg. The study revealed that the leaf blades of mountain ash in urban conditions are affected by anthropogenic factors, experiencing air pollution and accumulating harmful substances. The fluctuating ...

... railway network, competition from air and road transport, as well as the specific transport policies in the countries of the region. The im­provement of the situation is associated with the potential expansion of domestic railway communication as the population's income grows and as a result of changes in transport poli­cy. railway transport, regional transport system, Transcaucasia, passenger transportation, route network 23-37 10.5922/gikbfu-2023-4-2

... experience of determining the ethnic contrast of the borders of the republics in the Ural-Volga region is presented based on a methodology that relies on assessing interethnic marriage rates between the titular nations of the republics and the Russian population. To achieve this, the study introduces an indicator called the Ethnic Contrast Coefficient, or the Soroko coefficient. The calculation of the coefficient is based on the assessment of «interethnic distances» defined by E. L. Soroko for pairs ...

... agricultural system of the Kaliningrad region contin­ue to be an important structural element. At the same time, for the rural area of the region, they perform a more complex role, ensuring, among other things, an increase in the quality of life of the rural population. The current geopolitical and geo-economic conditions in which the Kaliningrad region operates have required strengthening and differentiation of measures and forms of state support for such enterprises. The region has a large-scale program ...

... analysis and forecasting. The regional level is seen as a suitable choice for spatial analysis of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality due to the availability of statistics, as well as data on geographical patterns, characteristics of the distribution space (population density, concentration in one city, density of the transport network, distance to the focus of the disease, etc.). The case of the Pskov region shows that the regional healthcare system experiences a significant shortage of personnel and a ...

... for land development in the Teutonic Order’s state. The position of a locator entailed establishing a settlement, attracting residents to its territory, and managing the social life of the new community. The formation of this group from the local population during the period of 1300-1370 raises the question of their status within the new social system, the key characteristics of which include their composition and functions. These aspects have been defined using typological and historical-comparative ...

... interaction between the militia and party administration in the Kaliningrad region during the post-war period. The study covers the time from the establishment of militia authorities in the region in 1946 to the completion of the deportation of the German population in 1948. The research primarily employs general scientific methods, such as analysis, synthesis, and induction. The relevance of the article is due to the need to study the specific features of the formation of the domestic law enforcement ...

The article examines the intangible factors of U.S. influence in Latin American and Caribbean countries and the U.S. ability to utilize them in the context of the entertainment industry at the present stage. The aim of the study is to determine the role and assess these factors, considered through examples of cinema, streaming service content, and the video game industry. The author adopted a constructivist approach and employed the method of statistical data analysis from open sources. A comparative...

Using the method of content analysis, this article examines publications from popular Russian newspapers “Novoe Vremya,” “Russkie Vedomosti,” “Svet,” “Nedelya,” and “Russkoe Slovo” dedicated to the activities of the Commission for the Revision of the Statute on Civil Service of 1895. By utilizing data from unpublished documents of the Russian State Historical Archive (RGIA), the author aims to answer questions regarding public opinion towards civil ranks, the reform of the civil rank system, and...

... does not align with the interests of either the EU, whose focus is on mitigating the consequences of the migration crisis, primarily as regards refugees from Africa and the Middle East, or Russia, whose principal concern is the Baltics’ Russophone population. 1. Агафошин М. М., Горохов С. А., Дмитриев Р. В. Беженцы из Сирии и Ирака в Швеции: особенности расселения в период миграционного кризиса ...

One of the branches of digital humanities research is the analysis of the structure of literary works. Among the research directions in this field, the creation of a social network of character interactions is particularly popular. Another important task is the analysis of the structure of a work, the identification of narrative units, and their comparison. This article proposes a quantitative method for identifying plot lines based on the analysis of character names and location names. The author’s...

Industrial dumps serve as natural habitats for numerous biocenoses due to the specific features and directionality of early soil formation processes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of soil cover and bioremediation on coal dumps. It is demonstrated that the lithological heterogeneity of disturbed territories in Kuzbass is influenced by mining technologies, which directly affect the methods of coal extraction. The study establishes that eluviated material on technogenically...

The challenging situation in the labor market of the Russian Federation, both nationwide and in individual regions, necessitates the search for new solutions to address workforce shortages. Currently, there is virtually no region where this problem has been fully resolved. Government measures have made it possible to establish various approaches to overcoming labor resource shortages. In the Kaliningrad region, one such initiative has been the implementation of a career-guidance tourism project for...

... municipalities and regions of the AZRF based on the presence of ethnocultural topics in the strategies and their corresponding socio-economic indicators. A final grouping of municipalities is conducted according to the actual proportion of ISNP in the population of Arctic municipalities and the degree to which ISNP-related issues are reflected in SEDS, determined by the frequency of the marker word “Indigenous Peoples (ISNP).” Five groups of municipalities are identified, with particular attention ...

... the following periodization: the observation and knowledge accumulation stage; the fundamental research enhancement stage; and the contemporary stage. The review provides a characterization and trend analysis of studies on the anthropogenic impact on populations of ticks from the Ixodidae family, highlighting the most significant scientific works and results obtained on the subject. The concluding section emphasizes the importance of accumulating and structuring research to ensure the epidemiological ...

In the context of modern globalization processes, the volume of population involved in international educational migration is growing increasingly intensive, and its results are having a more noticeable impact on socio-political and socio-economic processes. This article examines international educational migration ...

Problems of energy security remain relevant for Russian regions in the current condi­tions. On the one hand, there is a pressing need to protect the economy and the population from energy-related threats at a regional and national level. On the other hand, the tense post-2022 international situation poses new industrial development challenges for regions, prompting some to reorganise domestic and export energy supply....

... South Africa — as key markets for Russian education exports. This study aims to analyse the capacity of BRICS countries to import Russian educa­tional services. Statistical data is utilised to conduct a time-series analysis of demographic factors, population structure and economic growth in BRICS countries. Russian education exports to BRICS countries are quantified using measures such as the enrolment of BRICS nationals at IKBFU and employing the trend extrapolation method. The findings suggest ...

... Umbrella Term. In: Medium, [online]. Available at: https://medium.com/opex-analytics/why-business-leaders-should-think-of-ai-as-an-umbrella-term-dba8ba... [Accessed: 20.08.2023]. Weizsäcker, E. U., Wijkman, A., 2018. Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet. New York, NY: Springer. Zilber, A. S., 2023. Kant and the New Enlightenment: On the Balance between Duty and Utilitarian Ends. Kantian Journal, 42(2), pp. 40-67. http://dx.doi:10.5922/0207-6918-2023-2-3 ....

Georges Gurvitch’s research paper summarises the Paris period of his scientific activity and introduces the results obtained during this period to the anglophone reader. Gurvich analyses the degrees of cohesion of various social groups and shows the relationship between group cohesion and the sociality (or sociability) of the individuals who make up these groups. The first Russian translation of this article, as well as its English-language original, are provided with the publisher’s notes, revealing...

Kant is compared with Socrates because the two philosophers have much in common. Both thinkers were central figures in their time. Kant revolutionised the philosophy of the modern period dealing with questions of ethics and epistemology; Socrates brought about a similar revolution in ancient Greek philosophy. The image of Socrates continues to inspire modern scholars, the main features of this image being rationality and publicity. Socrates is seen as an arch-rationalist and the founder of science...

The modern popularity of the Kantian definition of enlightenment often leads to a distorted notion that his understanding of enlightenment was dominant already during his lifetime, expressing the quintessence of all-European Enlightenment. This turns our attention away from entire layers of philosophical thought, since the Kantian definition of enlightenment in the late eighteenth century was neither the only one nor the preeminent one. The study of alternatives represented in the German philosophy...

This article explores the phenomenon of online political activism, specifically political blogging, from the perspective of the author's concept of prosumer activity. It focuses on the multimodal texts of websites that convey political messages using a range of semiotic codes. The study aims to demonstrate how the political identity of the addresser is encoded and expressed in the information product. The analysis results in a typology of multimodal texts, classified into three types based on their...

The paper adopts a sociopragmatic approach to the study of emotion processes and investigates discursive traits of the reader’s interest. The field of written popularization was examined to establish how it conceptualizes the reader’s interest through discourse structures. The text materials were obtained experimentally. They consist of 104 pairs of expository text; each of the pairs includes a text published in an academic source and a popular science text created by the participant for provoking...

Today the so-called problem of discourse should boil down to (1) identifying relevant con­textual variables, (2) matching these to specific linguistic categories, and (3) operationalizing the former vis-à-vis the latter. Having posited this, the purpose of the article is twofold. In a more theoretical sense, the purpose is to outline one possible model of context each 'tier' of which is potentially related to certain linguistic categories and linguistic analytical toolkits. The suggested model has...

Despite the popularity of many of Kant’s ethical notions, such as autonomy, dignity and respect for persons, there is a perception, even among Kant scholars themselves, that one cannot reliably derive concrete duties from Kant’s moral philosophy. Against this, I shall argue that — properly understood — Kant’s ethics is of prime importance even today. I shall argue that Kant’s preferred procedure is actually the way we develop new ethical rules during the recent Coronavirus pandemic. In order to demonstrate...

Kant’s mourning letter or necrology for his student Johann Friedrich von Funk (1760) has hardly been received. This study attempts to change this by explaining the contexts of the short missive. In the first part this concerns in particular the influence that Gottsched exerted on the style of such printed speeches or necrolo­gies. Kant’s references therefore to the ‘Royal German Society’ in Königsberg and its founder Flottwell, a friend of Gottsched’s, are described. The influence of the Roman Stoa...

The authors attempt to look back on discussions of Marxist philosophy and historical materialism in this country without censoring, obfuscating, or simplifying issues in order to assess the prospects of their development. They focus on the work of a follower of Georgy Plekhanov, Lyubov Axelrod, who, in developing the concept of historical materialism, turned to Kant. Axelrod’s published works (from early articles and a dissertation on Tolstoy’s worldview, to her mature works on the history of materialism...

In the post-revolutionary era, the population's adoption of a new political vocabulary demanded the Soviet authorities to play the role of the interpretant. They engaged in the pro­cess of assigning meanings to new concepts through mass media and fiction. Simultaneously, established concepts ...

... postgumanizm [Philosophical Posthumanism]. Mos­cow, 360 p. (in Russ.). Fokin, A. A., 2007. Obrazy kommunisticheskogo budushchego u vlasti i naseleniya SSSR na rubezhe 50—60-kh gg. XX veka [Images of the communist future among the authorities and the population of the USSR at the turn of the 50—60s XX century]. PhD Dissertation. Chelyabinsk, 218 p. (in Russ.). Gromyko, Yu. V., 2013. Klass RAZVITIE [RAZVITIE class]. Moscow, 240 p. (in Russ.). Henrich, D., 2018. Myshlenie i samobytie. Chteniya ...

... structure of contact zones between Slavic and Turkic peoples in the Volga-Ural region during the second decade of the 21st century. The empirical basis of the study consists of ethnic statistics at the municipal level, derived from the 2010 and 2021 population censuses. The article employs original methodologies for identifying the external boundaries of two-component ethno-contact zones, assessing their degree of distinctiveness and ethnic contrast, and determining the stages of their development ...

Migration flows across Russia are highly heterogeneous: some areas are characterized as depressed, repelling population outflows, while others serve as "migration centers" that at­tract large numbers of residents. The migration appeal of such centers is often determined by specific factors related to their economic and geographical position, including ...

Currently, significant attention is being devoted at various levels of government to the development of civil society, with support directed toward projects initiated by non-profit organizations (NPOs), local communities, and territorial public self-government bodies (TPSGs). A key requirement for these projects is the direct involvement of citizens in the pro­cesses of discussion, decision-making, and project implementation. This article analyzes the historical development of TPSGs in Russia, noting...

Modern digital technologies play a key role in the preservation of cultural heritage, providing new opportunities for its study and documentation. One of the most promising methods is three-dimensional modeling, which makes it possible to create accurate digital cop­ies of historical objects. The purpose of this study is to analyze international practices of im­plementing 3D modeling in the field of preservation of architectural and archaeological mon­uments. Methods of laser scanning, photogrammetry...

The article explores the biography of Professor Paul Henry Gerber (1863-1919), a bright representative of the intellectual elite of Königsberg at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. A native of the capital of the German province East Prussia, he was an outstanding otorhino­lar­yngologist, a lecturer at the University of Königsberg, as well as an original poet and pub­li­cist. The study, based on biographical and narrative methods, reveals the main stages of Ger­ber’s life, and clarifies the dating...

The article considers death denial as the crucial constituent of the concept ‘denial of grief’. The research aims at studying peculiarities of actualization of death denial in humorous discourse. The data comprise recordings and scripts of 50 stand-up specials and 20 comedies. The relevance of the research is supported by increasing number of humorous works in recent years where death is actualized as well as by insufficient covering value characteristics and comic objectification of death. The article...

The canonical title of the song “Prervannyi polet” (“Interrupted Flight”) is not clearly established in Vysotsky’s handwritten or audio archives. This raises the question of the exist­ence of alternative titles in the song’s textual history, their origins and textual status, the source of the title “Prervannyi polet”, and the reasons for its eventual textual consolidation. The creative history of the text is traced based on surviving manuscripts, authorized type­scripts, and materials from audio...

Local authorities are the closest level of government to the population, and it is at the municipal level that political and administrative decisions are made which directly affect the interests of every citizen. This underlines the importance of digitalizing the activities of local self-government bodies. The ...

Based on the analysis of the data from a mass survey of the population of the Kaliningrad region conducted in 2023, a preliminary hypothesis is proposed regarding the specifics of the regional variant of the “pantheon of heroes” — an important structural element of the cultural memory of Kaliningrad residents....

... Soviet troops during the Gumbinnen and East Prussian offensive operations of the Red Army, the periodization of military actions, the role of specific branches of the armed forces, as well as the relationships between the advancing units and the local population. At the same time, this is also the history of the frontline correspondents themselves, who accompanied the active army throughout East Prussia. war correspondents, «Izvestia», «Krasnaya Zvezda», «Pravda», «Stalinskiy Sokol», East ...

... formulated by members of the underground movement “Sword and Plough.” A distinguishing feature of these projects was their greater emphasis on enhancing Poland’s international standing and their inclusion of racist practices toward the indigenous populations of the colonies. Overall, Polish overseas colonization projects during the Second World War continued the legacy of the Maritime and Colonial League. Poland, Second World War, colonies, colonisation, emigration, «Polska na Morzach»,...

... the author analyzes materials from the State Archive of the Republic of Mari El (GARME) to trace the development trends of the priesthood within the Mari traditional religion and to reconstruct the broader context of religious practices among the Mari population living in the Mari Autonomous Region during the 1920s—1930s, according to the administrative division in force at the time. The findings of the study complement previously accumulated ethnographic data, shed light on specific features of ...

The article examines the general trends in the development of legal regulation of the digital (Internet) space in the Russian Federation. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between the development of technologies and their involvement in economic turnover with the level of legislative regulation. The purpose of the research is to identify the main patterns of Russian law-making activity. The following methods were used as the methodological basis of the research: legal hermeneutics...

Drawing initially on the “Introduction” to Agents of Translation (Milton & Bandia 2009) and my work on Monteiro Lobato (Milton 2010, 2019), this article presents a number of the elements of the agency of translation such as patronage, habitus, and gatekeeping. Agents are also involved in an Actor Network, and they may act as ambassadors for the author or school they are attempting to introduce. The study then summarizes the work I have done on the Brazilian editor, author, and translator, José Bento...