The Baltics and Russian North-West: the Core and the Periphery in the 2000s
This article analyses population changes in North-West regions of Russia (the former North-Western economic zone and the Kaliningrad region) and the Baltics at the level of urban districts and municipalities. The cohort component method is used to analyze the youth population dynamics in the administrative territorial units of this level, which makes it possible to estimate the international (intraregional) migration of this population group. This method is used quite rarely, ...
Commodity flow model for an exclave region: Rent-seeking in the ‘transitional period’ of the special economic zone
... article focuses on a commodity flow model for an exclave region (CFMER). The CFMER development is aimed at identifying aggregate proportions of the exclave’s economy in the transitional period of the special economic zone (SEZ) functioning. The key method of analysis is the comparison of data on the generation of gross regional product and regional foreign economic activities (including export and import of goods and moving goods from/into the Kaliningrad region to other Russian regions). It results ...
International research cooperation in the Baltic region: a scientometric analysis
... [Comparison of scientific productivity of scientists from Russia and other countries of the Group of Eight], Nauchno-tehnicheskaja informacija [Scientific and technological information], Ser. 1, Organizacija i metodika informacionnoj raboty [Organization and method of information work], no. 6, p. 18—27.
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The territorial structure of productive forces of Russian North-West in the 2000—2010s
A number of researchers are studying regional specifications of Russia from a variety of different perspectives. Economic geography has developed its own methods of approaching the study of territories, and looks, in particular, at geographical distribution of labour. In this article, we use the framework provided by this discipline to describe the changes in the economy of the Russian North-West in the ...
Strategic opportunities for economic development of the Baltic Sea coastal zones and sea industrial and port complexes
... development of these territories in the complex approach. The research methodology is based on the assessment of marine potential of coastal territories as an indicator of the efficacy of its marine economic complex development with using the indicator methods as a multi-factor and multi-level spatial system. The proposed system is applied to a complex analysis of coastal territories of the Russian Baltic, the estimation of a socio-economic factor of coastal zone marine potential, as well as recommendations ...
Assessment of the efficiency of Russian response to the implementation of US missile defence deployment concept in Europe
... responses within military and political spheres. The measures proposed are divided into three subgroups: soft, medium and hard depending on the implementation of the adopted missile defence concept by the USA. This research employs the structure-system method and the method of actualization. The authors outline both positive and negative consequences of such actions for the Russian Federation, the USA, eastern European countries and the neighbouring countries, including the Baltic Sea states. The practical ...
Modern Lithuanian foreign policy: the adjustment of traditional policy
... interdisciplinary research. Special attention is paid to the comparative-historical approach, which facilitates the analysis of the relations between the Republic of Lithuania and the neighbouring states and its principal partners. Alongside traditional methods of historical research, this work employs such methods as participant observation, content and event analysis, and simultaneous and comparative analysis. The research and practical significance of this work is explained by its emphasis on the ...
The system approach to modernisation and innovative regional development: strategic objectives
Russia must follow the path of modernisation and innovative development. The analysis conducted shows the absence of laws, strategies and uniform terminology regarding modernization and innovations. The author examines the factors affecting the content of these terms, describes the system approach to modernization and regional innovative development, develops regional methodology and identifies the strategic targets for modernisation and innovative development.
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Transport accessibility of key settlements in the context of the federal highway network development
... The article examines the provision of federal highways for key settlement centers in the Northwestern Federal District in the context of forming a sustainable socio-economic system. The methodological framework relies on the comparative geographical method and methods of geoinformation analysis, including the construction of buffer zones. The analysis reveals significant spatial heterogeneity in the district’s transport network, driven by historical and natural-climatic factors, and identifies ...
Assessment of teachers’ readiness to introduce interactive learning methods at the Russian Guard military university
The study investigates the feedback of faculty members regarding the necessity of using interactive teaching methods, as well as their readiness to transform the most preferred methods employed at the Russian Guard military university. The survey involved 126 faculty members from the Saratov Military Zhukov Red Banner Institute of the National Guard Forces. ...
Teacher as a transmitter of tradition, values and meanings: Features of the training strategy
The relevance of this study is underscored by the current deficiencies in the content of teacher education regarding anthropological and axiological issues. The aim of the article is to justify the necessity of adopting a strategy for preparing teachers as transmitters of traditions, values, and meanings. The research methodology is based on axiological, anthropological, and cultural approaches. The analysis of the current educational context and associated risks — including information accessibility...
Verbal charm as a special class of performative speech acts in Russian linguoculture
The phenomenon of verbal charms in Russian linguoculture is examined through the lens of speech act theory, one of the key directions of contemporary pragmalinguistics. The relevance of the study is determined by the need for an in-depth investigation of culturally conditioned speech genres functioning within sacred discourse, as well as their role in shaping the linguistic worldview. The aim of the research is to identify the pragmatic characteristics of verbal charms as a distinct class of performative...
Content analysis of environmental discourse texts (On the material of English-language media)
... regarding the intentional attitudes of the authors of the analyzed texts, highlighting the primary role of calls and motivation for readers to engage in active nature conservation. The study also assessed the feasibility of applying content analysis methods within linguo-pragmatic research.
discourse theory, discourse typology, media ecological discourse, content analysis, content analysis categories
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On defining cultural modality and its manifestation in L. N. Tolstoy’s short story “Polikushka”
The article addresses the issue of collective reflection on various manifestations of reality. The aim of the study is to confirm the existence of cultural modality as a linguocultural category. This objective was achieved through the methods of description, componential and pragmatic analysis, and linguocultural interpretation. Using L. N. Tolstoy’s story “Polikushka” as material, the study examines the reactions of representatives of the 19th-century peasant world to different ...
Mechanisms of adaptation of Christian anthroponyms in Votic and Ingrian: a comparative study
... typological features of adaptation mechanisms and to distinguish between universal and language-specific characteristics in the two languages. An integrated methodological framework is employed, combining comparative-historical analysis, typological methods, and systematic reconstruction. The empirical basis of the research comprises data from fieldwork, archival sources, and lexicographic materials dating from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The analysis identifies the principal strategies ...
Existential dimension of fear in Anton Chekhov’s short story “Fear”
The article examines the antinomic nature of the existence of fear in Anton Chekhov’s works, with particular attention to the short story “Fear”. The methodological framework combines the principles of New Criticism — treating the literary text as a self-sufficient structure featuring an unreliable narrator — with approaches drawn from cognitive ontology. In addition, the analysis engages philosophical conceptions of fear developed by S?ren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre,...
EU de facto membership: an attempt to adapt to current challenges
... differentiation in cooperation with the European Union. The purpose of the study is to expand existing concepts of cooperation with the EU that go beyond standard de jure membership. Event analysis and comparative analysis were employed as the main research methods. As a result, the study identifies key elements of de facto membership, including alignment of foreign policy, conditionality of integration, the significance of the energy component in economic interaction, independent initiatives by third ...
Political and digital technologies for forming macro-identity in the post-Soviet space (on the example of the Baltic states)
The study examines the instruments for shaping post-Soviet macro-identity in the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia). Macro-identification is defined in a narrow sense as a political technology of civilizational reorientation, involving a break with historical and cultural ties to Greater Russia and the formation of new connections with the Western world. The article proposes a theoretical integration of the concepts of macro-political identity (O. Yu. Malinova), hybrid identity, and the...
Fostering of traditional family values: laws, facts, suggestions
Based on a review of the contemporary state family policy of the Russian Federation regarding the formation of family values, the article presents specific proposals for its improvement, using Saint Petersburg as a case study. The novelty of the study lies in a comprehensive approach that combines the analysis of the legal framework, statistical data, and sociological surveys to evaluate the value-based component of family policy within the specific context of Saint Petersburg. The methodology...
World order, imperialism and the “theory of the fourth world”. Part one
The article constitutes the first part of a broader study devoted to the analysis of Fourth World theory and the evolution of the contemporary world order. This first part presents the results of a brief analysis of the differences and specific features in the scholarly use of the terms “world order,” “international order,” and “international relations.” The methodological framework combines elements of historical and political analysis, a comparative typological approach, and an interpretation...