Modern understanding of ‘geoeconomic position’ and the Saint Petersburg agglomeration
... [Humanitarian geography: Space and language of geographical
images], Saint Petersburg, 296 p.
16. Lachininsky, S. S. 2013, Opyt tipologii geojekonomicheskih riskov [Experience of typology of geoeconomic risks], Geografija i prirodnye resursy [Geography and natural resources], no. 2, p. 15—22.
17. Lachininskii, S. S. Experience on the typology of geoeconomic risks, Geography and Natural Resources, 2013, Vol. 34, iss. 2, p. 111—117.
18. Lachininskii, S. S. 2012, Jevoljucija jekonomicheskogo prostranstva ...
Civil protection in the EU and its effect on the safety of the Baltic region
This article describes civil protection activities of the EU in the framework of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism — a system for coordinating civil protection resources and in-kind assistance to countries stricken by natural and manmade disasters. By analyzing the legislation and actual activation of the Mechanism, the authors present the functioning of this system as well as the ongoing changes towards a more planned approach to providing civil protection. The authors ...
The main environmental problems of the Baltic Sea and the ways to solve them
... In:Feistel R., Nausch G., Wasmund N. (Ed.). State and evolution of the Baltic Sea 1952—2005. Hoboken, N. J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, pp. 5—44.
3. Ducrotoy, J. P, Elliott, M. 2008. The science and management of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea: Natural history, present threats and future challenges. Mar Pollut Bull. Vol. 57, pp. 8—21.
4. Pawlak, J. 1980. Land-based inputs of some major pollutants to the Baltic Sea. Ambio Special issue on the Baltic, pp. 163—167.
5. Herrmann, J. 1998. Levels ...
Transport accessibility of key settlements in the context of the federal highway network development
The relevance of the study stems from the need to reduce interregional disparities, as stipulated in strategic planning documents. 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...
Teacher as a transmitter of tradition, values and meanings: Features of the training strategy
... Using the example of teacher training in a confessional higher education institution, the article demonstrates the logic by which students identify and internalize values and meanings both in psychological and pedagogical knowledge and in the content of natural sciences.
tradition, spiritual and moral values, meanings, teacher training, religious culture, anthropology
107-116
10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-1-9
Metatheatricality in “La Grotte” by Jean Anouilh
... metaplay works, explicitly and elegantly situating himself and his text within the metatheatrical tradition. The article demonstrates Anouilh’s virtuosity in using theatrical techniques to create a profound philosophical subtext that explores the nature of theater and the relationship between the author and his creation.
Jean Anouilh, metatheatricality, metadrama, intertextuality, author
83-96
10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-1-7
On the question of possible prototypes of Chapurin’s Patape in P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky’s dilogy “In the Woods” and “On the Mountains”
... the dilogy: Patap Chapurin, Makar Maslyannikov, and Danilo Snezhkov. The research is based on a comparative analysis of literary texts, epistolary materials, and documentary evidence. The study concludes that Chapurin’s character has a polygenetic nature, combining traits of several real individuals with the author’s creative design.
P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky, N. A. Nekrasov, Old Belief, Old Believers, literary prototype, merchants, Bugrovs, L. S. Maslennikov
41-52
10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-1-4
Content analysis of environmental discourse texts (On the material of English-language media)
... themes of the articles were identified for each of the main categories. Conclusions were drawn 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
...
On defining cultural modality and its manifestation in L. N. Tolstoy’s short story “Polikushka”
... ideas about social life. It is established that cultural modality has a collective character, which underscores its objectivity. A cultural norm manifests itself in behavioral standards within its relevant environment, thereby objectifying the actional nature of cultural modality. The study demonstrates that cultural modality is formed at an archetypal level. Analysis reveals that a text, as a model of reality, reflects numerous specific cultural modalities generated by its characters. Plot development ...
The concept of translation strategy viewed in the light of needstailored theory of translation: a proposal of definition and typology
... grounded in the needs-oriented theory of translation. Treating translation as a service and conceptualising it as a tool, this definition reflects the realities of professional translation practice. Depending on the translation brief, determined by the nature of the need and the task to be by the initiator and/or end user, the translator is expected to produce a target text with a linguistic composition appropriate to the intended purpose. Since a given communicative situation may require the creation ...
Mechanisms of adaptation of Christian anthroponyms in Votic and Ingrian: a comparative study
... underlying anthroponymic transformation. The findings demonstrate that a substantial proportion of Votic and Ingrian personal name forms derive not from canonical Christian names, but from their Russian dialectal variants, highlighting the complex nature of interlingual contact. Differences in the operation of adaptation mechanisms between Votic and Ingrian are shown to stem from the specific phonological and morphological structures of each language. Particular attention is devoted to processes ...
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 ...
Motifs of “The Ladder” by St. John Climacus in the spiritual letters of St. Ambrose of Optina to the laity
... Pustyn in 1862. Quotations from “The Ladder”, as well as references to the name of St. John Climacus, occur in twenty letters from the corpus of St. Ambrose’s correspondence with the laity. The genre dominant of these letters is determined by the nature of the spiritual problems they address. As one of the principal forms of spiritual guidance offered by the elder to his followers, the letters reflect the ascetic experience of the Holy Fathers, which in turn shapes the motif structure of St. Ambrose’s ...
Reading signs and being in the world: a dual perspective on semiotics
... examples, that reflection on signs relates to two distinct mental operations: the exchange of sign messages between subjects (communication), and the interpretation of signs and sign systems that lack a subjective sender and originate either in natural objects or in the impersonal domain of “culture”. This duality of the object of analysis gives rise to persistent terminological difficulties, which surface in Aristotle’s treatment of the relationship between sign and symbol, in Charles ...
"This man is a very respectable military man": on the establishment of a personal national retirement benefit to V.M. Lermontov
... уточнена, and the degree of kinship with the poet is established. The authors of the study are guided by the principles of historicism and scholarly objectivity. The historical and biographical method, based on the analysis of documents of a personal nature, made it possible to reconstruct the life history of V. M. Lermontov against the background of Soviet reality. The main sources include documents from his personal (pension) file, including an application addressed to the editor-in-chief of the ...
“Staldsen Switzerland”: an episode from the history of nature conservation in East Prussia in the first third of the 20th century
... substantive correspondence of 1923 between Kusling, Chief Inspector of the dams of the Memel Delta, R. I. Detlefsen, Conservator of Historical and Cultural Monuments of East Prussia, and W. Sch?nichen, Director of the State Commission for the Protection of Natural Monuments in Prussia, is published. The correspondence discusses the need to protect an untouched area of wilderness in the north-west of East Prussia, which received the unofficial name “Staldzen Switzerland.” The content of the letters,...
Evaluation of acute contact toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid to honey bees: A comparative analysis of effects on survival and behavioral activity
... 1758). The experiment assessed survival and behavioral activity of insects at 4, 24, and 48 hours after a single exposure to various concentrations of the insecticides. It was found that both compounds exhibit high insecticidal activity; however, the nature of their effects differs significantly. Thiacloprid shows an earlier onset of toxic effects and bee mortality, particularly at the maximum concentration (10 μg/ bee). Imidacloprid acts with a temporal delay, reaching maximum effectiveness 48 hours ...
Landscape structure of the coastal zone of the north-western part of Sevastopol
... landscape map was created for both the terrestrial area and the marine waters. The study identifies the characteristics of the landscape structure in the investigated region. Most of the coastline is occupied by high structural watershed plains. The natural coastal landscapes have been transformed by economic activities. In the marine area, landscapes dominated by Ericaria crinita, Gongolaria barbata, and Phyllophora crispa are prevalent, while in the bays Zostera marina, Zostera noltei, and Stuckenia ...
How can the ability of six-month-old infants to learn words, meanings, and referential categories be explained?
...
Althaus, N. and Westermann, G., 2016. Labels constructively shape object categories in 10-month-old infants. Journal of experimental child psychology, 151, pp. 5—17,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.11.013
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Bergelson, E. and Aslin, R. N., 2017. Nature and origins of the lexicon in 6-mo-olds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 114 (49), pp. 12916—12921,
https://doi.org/10
. 1073/pnas.1712966114.
Bergelson, E. and Swingley, D., 2012. At 6—9 months, human infants know the meanings of many common ...
The Old Believer question in the works of the classics of Russian anarchist thought
... on a number of issues, anarchists’ views on Old Belief differed little from the perception of this religious movement held by thinkers of a state-protective orientation. In particular, both camps of theorists sought to identify in Old Belief a “natural” inclination toward anti-monarchical protest, revolutionary radicalism, and even readiness for armed rebellion.
Old Believers, anarchism, Old Belief, M. A. Bakunin, P. A. Kropotkin, L. N. Tolstoy, church, revolution
69-78
10.5922/vestnikhum-2025-4-6
Political communication in the period of international bifurcations
The avalanche-like nature of information flows has led today to the destructuring of all communication links in the world. Political communications under these conditions look more and more like channels with expanding "black boxes" and improperly used "white ...
Gothic components of science fiction’s genealogy
... science fiction began to form: in M. Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus”, the motives of the supernatural are rationalized through the use of scientific and technical issues. The goal of the presented research is detecting the nature, methods and specifics of the transformations of the Gothic plot that led to the formation of the science fiction genre. It is achieved by the use of comparative, historical-genetic, hermeneutic, mythopoetic methods. Gothic literature reacted ...
The role of the concorded renaming in the formation of the oikonymy in the Kaliningrad Region
... the renaming activists to concord oikonyms. The author states that agreed renominations are insignificantly represented in the study material, not exceeding 11 % of all regional renominations, and concludes that they are predominantly accidental in nature.
renaming, renomination, oikonym, antonymy, allusion
36-42
10.5922/pikbfu-2023-2-4
Adventures of the soul: transmission of the system of mystical poetry in the language of Veniamin Blazhenny
The poetry of Veniamin Blazhenny (the Blessed) can be seen as a vivid example of the translation of the typological properties of the language of mysticism in late 20th century poetry. The artistic nature of the work of the Blessed during this time did not receive a fundamental analysis. The soul, a key concept of Blazhenny’s poetry, reveals undoubted similarities with the conceptualization of the soul and the idea of metempsychosis in Jewish ...
Directions and prospects for the development of geography and geoecology in Kaliningrad State University — Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University: The role in personnel training
Currently, there is a growing need for a more precise theoretical justification and the definition of a methodology for studying geographical disciplines to optimize the interaction between society and nature, ensuring environmental safety. The specificity of modern education requires the implementation of a new, practice-oriented approach. A historical perspective on the development of scientific research and the training of specialists in the field ...
Northern cities of Russia: geographical features and modern approaches to research
Contemporary scientific literature lacks clear formulations of the concepts «Arctic city», «city of the Far North», and «Northern city». This is largely due to the vague boundaries between the territories of the North and the Arctic. Within the framework of this study, the main approaches to defining the boundaries of the North were considered, and a comparative analysis of northern cities located in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, Far North regions, and areas equated to them was conducted...
Geoecological aspects of various types of archaeological sites in the North-West of the Russian Plain
The study of geo-ecological factors allows not only to determine the nature of human economic activities but also reveals natural influences affecting the placement of archaeological objects in the past. Special attention is given to «Stone piles» («Lappish cairns») — stone piles widely found within the studied ...
Population and settlement of the Kaliningrad region at the beginning of 2023
... between the centers of municipalities with their rural settlements, and within municipal districts, which testifies to the strengthening support functions of the centers of the first level municipalities.
Kaliningrad region, demographic processes, natural human movement, migration, settlement system
18-30
10.5922/gikbfu-2023-2-2
The concept and typologisation of defects in the criminal procedure law
... into types is justified, bringing the author’s view of such a division.
defects of law, defect of the criminal procedure law, classification and types of defects, gaps, collisions, inconsistency of norms, flaws of a stylistic and linguistic nature
25-37
10.5922/vestnikhum-2024-4-3
Culture of historical memory of modern German monarchism
... monarchism. It is suggested that the visualization of collective historical memory regarding the unique historical experience of monarchy, including the narrative and discursive tactics and strategies of contemporary monarchists, enhances the heterogeneous nature of Germany’s memorial tradition, fostering the consolidation of unique perspectives on the past, which form the foundation of monarchist historical imagination and memorial culture as a form of alternative memory.
Germany, monarchism, ...
Peculiarities of ceramic production from the Neolithic settlements Pribrezhnoye and Ushakovo-3
... culture ceramics was established. Moreover, it was found that most of the Funnel Beaker pottery was made from non-local clays, suggesting that a substantial portion of the ceramics may have been brought by the settlers, likely reflecting the seasonal nature of the settlements and the specific activities of the migrants. In contrast, the results of the analysis of pottery fragments from the coastal culture at the two settlements revealed a clear similarity, which can be attributed to the use of the ...
General legal principles in modern Russian law: concept and features
... theoretical approaches of legal scholars related to the essence and understanding of general legal principles, and analyzes the distinctive aspects of general legal principles compared to others. The relevance of the article is due to its contentious nature regarding the content and essence of general legal principles among different authors. The novelty of the article lies in the analysis of contemporary general legal principles, and the identification of the relationship between legal principles ...
Legal regulation of extradition in Russia: the interplay between international and national provisions
... investigation of mechanisms for defending national interests when applying extradition norms made it possible to identify specific regulation problems. Factors hindering more effective implementation of the said provisions include their complexity, multi-level nature, insufficient legal regulation, the lack of bilateral treaties and the influence of national political dynamics on the implementation of international obligations. Analysing relevant legal norms and research perspectives leads to several conclusions....
Legal nature of marketplaces
The advancement of information technology and the digital economy pose a challenge that calls for developing specific legal approaches to comprehend phenomena such as marketplaces. This article reviews the stances adopted by Russian and international legislators regarding the understanding of marketplaces. It is shown that legislators apply a similar legal regulation logic and consider marketplaces as subjects in a legal relationship, defining them based on a set of distinctive traits. Some lawmakers...
An onomasticon-based quantitative method for identifying of storylines in a literary work
... Variety Theater and its employees, and Margarita’s story. The story of Woland and his retinue was closely intertwined with the other plots and did not form an independent fragment.
analysis of a literary work, literary work, onomasticon-based, natural language processing
47-60
10.5922/vestnikpsy-2024-4-5
Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language by D.N. Ushakov as an ethnolinguistic source
... It is demonstrated that Ushakov’s work not only fulfills all the normative functions of an explanatory dictionary but also objectively contains a significant amount of dialectal vocabulary, as it was still in demand among speakers of that time and naturally of interest to ethnolinguists. The extensive system of stylistic and emotionally expressive labels in the dictionary today aids in identifying, on the one hand, new vocabulary from the Soviet era, and on the other, obsolete vocabulary that was ...
Implementation of the principle of learning though speech patterns in profile-oriented foreign language training
... language teaching for students in the field of information technology is proposed. The study concludes that the quality of such foreign language training indicators as visibility, authenticity, time efficiency, functionality, and complexity (multi-aspect nature) is improved in the process of forming professionally-oriented speech skills and developing students’ speech abilities.
speech pattern, speech cliché, speech skill, principles of profession-oriented foreign language teaching
95-108
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