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Migration processes are amongst the most relevant issues in the geography of the Baltic States. The authors analyse the changes in migration patterns from the early 1990s until today. The focus of the study is the recent trends of migratory movements in the case ...

... the aggregate of international clusters existing and emerging in the region and put forward a hypothesis about the prerequisites of their formation. The methodological framework of the research is an integrated case study. The article considers the processes of transboundary and transnational regionalisation in the countries of the Baltic region aimed at the development of international clusters. ‘International cluster’ is defined as a new form of spatial economy. The author identifies and maps ...

To identify the structure of network ties within Polish political elites; to study the features of network ties formation and the impact that both primary and labour socialisation periods and diaspora characteristics have on this process; to describe the structural features of the resultant network structures over different periods of time and analyse the structural dynamics of political elites for the purpose of forecasting major trends in the structural transformation of Polish ...

Network cooperation — the most efficient form of unlocking the economic and natural potential of territories — is rapidly developing in Russia under the influence of global processes. Due to its unique geopolitical position, the Kaliningrad region is one of the regions where such networks develop at both the regional and international levels. When studying such forms of cooperation, the traditional methods of social sciences ...

... the country’s integration into international research, technological, and innovative space is the development of Russia-EU cooperation in the Baltic region. It is established that, with the development of integration connections and regionalization processes, interorganizational networking takes on special importance in the organization and development of the innovative space. The authors analyze the existing typologies of forms of cooperation in the field of research, technology, and innovation,...

The processes related to the development of international tourism in Lithuania are of importance for the growth of economic, social, and cultural welfare. The increasing tourist and recreational attractiveness of such cities as Druskininkai, Trakai, Palanga,...

This article examines the development of a new process within Russian-Belarusian-Kazakh integration — interregional transborder cooperation. Network modelling is suggested as a mechanism for its regulation. The authors present a network model of transborder cooperation between the Russian Federation ...

... development is concerned; yet our national pace here is comparable to that of Poland and the three Baltic States. At the same time, the features of innovative cooperation vary a great deal depending on the group of countries involved in cooperation processes. Independent of its type, however, international cooperation is beneficial for all parties concerned and should therefore be more actively encouraged. Northwestern Federal District traditionally plays a special role in the development of EU-Russia ...

This article focuses on the factors inhibiting a productive rethinking of the past in contemporary Lithuanian-Russian relations. The rethinking of the past is understood as a process facilitating the reconsideration of historical meanings through adjusting them to the expectations and values of the contemporary society. The author argues that in this process historical research — as an important tool for encouraging the ...

This article focuses on the problems pertaining to the regionalisation of geo-demographic situation in the Baltic region. Particular attention is paid to the influence of ethnic factors on the parameters and trends of demographic processes. The author comes to a conclusion about the achievement of demographic homeostasis in most ethnos-nations in the Baltic region. 1. The EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy Towards a Sustainable, Prosperous Future.2009. Brussels: European Commission,...

The paper presents the result of a spatial analysis considering the effect of demographic ageing and ageing-in-place processes in Germany according to spatially differentiated ageing patterns among urban, sub-urban and rural counties up to 2025. As to the latest official population forecast counties of urban core regions will undergo a slower ageing process than other ...

This article analyses the demographic problems of the Pskov region. The authors propose a system of government regulation of demographic processes in view of the functions of the regional executive authorities. 1. Predpolagaemaja chislennost' naselenija Pskovskoj oblasti do 2030 goda 2010. In: Statisticheskij bjulleten. Pskov. 2. Pskovskaja oblast v cifrah: statisticheskiy sbornik. 2010....

... influence on the audience play a crucial role in the presentation of epistemic warrants — guarantees that shape the epistemic credit history of communicants and may sometimes result in epistemic default. Some communicative techniques used in this process are analyzed: appeal to the guarantor of truth and reliability (authority), cognitive and communicative maneuvering, toggle words in media texts, etc. Austin, J. L., 1962. How to do things with words: ( The William James lectures delivered ...

... 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 of vocalic and consonantal adaptation, including consonant gemination, palatalization, and epenthesis. Morphological aspects of adaptation are also described, notably the use of the ancient Finnic suffix *-oi and its variants. The results contribute ...

... fixation. The dynamic interplay be­tween the affirmative strategies of wokeism (foregrounding justice, equality, and inclusivity) and the sanctioning strategies of cancel culture (boycott, exclusion, ostracism) constitutes a bidirectional cognitive process. On the one hand, it ensures the reproducibility and legitimisa­tion of emergent moral norms; on the other, it contributes to the entrenchment of collective cognitive patterns that delineate new boundaries of social identity, moral evaluation,...

... result of the analysis, the veiled historical content of the story was explicated, thanks to which it can be considered as a specific representation of historical reality, close to oneiric representation: historical characters and events in it undergo a process of symbolization reminiscent of dream work, according to Freud, and the historical itself is reduced to the “family”. Although such a reduction excludes history as such, it provides great opportunities for representing the meaning of historical ...

... Gavryusha, nicknamed the Forty Martyrs, who emerges as a crucial entropic factor in the story, counteracting the total immersion of existence in horror. Finally, the article raises the question of how religious and non-religious agents influence the process­es of encoding, decoding, and recoding a person’s cognitive structure. Chekhov, cognitive architecture, devil, fear, God, neurosystem 71-87 10.5922/2225-5346-2026-1-5

... Barthes’s theo­ry of connotation. These two dimensions of sign activity receive a macrosemiotic interpreta­tion in Yuri Lotman’s concept of the “system” and, more particularly, in his theory of the semio­sphere: a distinctive participant in sign processes that combines subjectivity with a uni­versal character. Against this background, the understanding of the two types of semiosis can be seen to evolve historically: from philosophical reflection on individual signs (Aristotle, Peirce) to linguistic ...

... 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 of nation-building processes under conditions of imperial transformation. The article offers a general explanation of the current role and possible future of the foundation of contemporary “international relations”—the phenomenon of the nation-state. The author argues ...

... documents of applicants for personal national retirement bene­fit from among relatives of Russian writers and poets underwent preliminary consideration at the level of members of the Soviet government, as well as the emergence of a curator of this process. During the period under study, these functions were assigned to the Deputy Chair­man of the Council of Ministers of the USSR V. M. Molotov. The study emphasizes that Vla­dimir Mikhailovich was not a direct descendant of M. Yu. Lermontov; therefore,...

... wilderness in the north-west of East Prussia, which received the unofficial name “Staldzen Switzerland.” The content of the letters, the issues they raise, and the circumstances of their writing are of particular interest given the limited study of the process of formation and development of nature conservation activities in East Prussia in the first third of the twentieth century. Additional interest for historians of regional culture may be represented by the fact that Detlefsen, who is known primarily ...

... technologies. The objectives of the study in­clude a comprehensive analysis of contemporary threats to the national security of the Rus­sian Federation caused by the transformation of illicit drug trafficking under the influence of digitalization processes, as well as an assessment of the effectiveness of existing means and methods of countering this type of crime. The methodological framework of the study is based on a systemic approach, which makes it possible to consider this phenomenon as ...

... this field of knowledge have been formu­lated, modern realities associated with the active introduction of information technologies and elements of artificial intelligence into law receive a new interpretation, taking into account the specifics of the process of systemic integration of information and communication technol­ogies into various areas of legislation, and therefore require timely reconsideration. electronic criminal case, legal defect, artificial intelligence, electronic evidence,...

... Caspian Sea ecosystem). The study emphasizes that unlocking the potential of the INSTC requires not isolated measures but systemic modernization across several dimensions: standardization, large-scale infrastructure investment, deep digitalization of processes, strengthened environmental responsibility, and the creation of effective mechanisms of interstate coordination. Successful implementation of the corridor is possible only through the consolidation of efforts by all participating countries, ...

... dynamics of this indicator in the inter-census periods was calculated and mapped for all regions of the country. Between the 1959 and 1989 censuses, almost all regions of Russia saw an increase in the concentration of Karelians, which indicated the process of their migratory dispersal across the country. In the period from 1989 to 2021. In the overwhelming majority of regions of Russia, negative dynamics of the Karelian concentration indicator was observed, which is primarily due to assimilation ...

... not tones) facilitate object categorization: evidence from 6- and 12-month-olds. Cognition, 105 (1), pp. 218—228, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2006.09.005 . Gliga, T., Volein, A. and Csibra, G., 2010. Verbal labels modulate perceptual object processing in 1-year-old children. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 (12), pp. 2781—2789, https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21427 . Havy, M. and Waxman, S. R., 2016. Naming influences 9-month-olds' identifi­cation of discrete categories along ...

Based on a wide range of unpublished archival sources, the process of abolishing courts of conscience in the Russian Empire between 1828 and 1866 is analyzed. The mass abolition of courts of conscience dates to 1852, when, following all regulatory procedures, 18 courts of conscience were closed. At the same time,...

... out within the framework of pre-trial proceedings. Empirical materials illustrating typical mistakes made during this procedure are provided. The authors also emphasize the necessity of working with the recognized individuals during the identification process. Examples of procedural and criminalistic errors in presenting individuals for identification in conditions that exclude visual observation by the identifier are examined. The essence of presenting individuals for identification is defined as ...

... organization, etc., this microhistorical study explores the final years of the “Novaya Znizn (New Life)” collective farm in the Pravdinsky district of the Ka­liningrad region. The research goal is to reconstruct the views of collective farm members on the processes occurring in the country in the late 1980s to early 1990s. The analysis presents the main challenges faced by the farm during the period of Perestroika. Despite numerous transformations initiated by M. S. Gorbachev in the agricultural sector,...

... based on a combination of general scientific and specialized methods, as well as a situational approach. Tactical tasks facing the state prosecutor at this stage of legal proceedings are outlined. From the perspective of the situational approach, the process of establishing and maintaining psychological contact between the prosecutor and potential jury candidates is examined. The ways in which the state prosecutor studies the personalities of potential jurors are presented. The author identifies typical ...

The specific features of doctrinal principles of law, complicating the process of their clas­sification, are noted. Based on a positivist legal understanding, three original classifications of doctrinal principles of Russian law are proposed. The first classification is based on criteria such as the source of origin and ...

The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of right-wing radical ideologies on political processes in South America. Right-wing radicalism has a long history of presence in the political reality of South American states. Having gone a long way from the usual ideas and concepts of the continental elites to the organization of right-wing radical ...

... mathemati­cal and information cycles in the context of interdisciplinary integration in the field of math­ematical education. Three directions for modernizing the teaching of the fundamentals of queueing theory are proposed (target aspect, organizational processes, substantive aspect of knowledge transfer), which include updating the goals of mathematical education for bachelor students in pedagogical disciplines, creating organizational infrastructure to ensure digitiza­tion and informatization of mathematical ...

... Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federa­tion (RANEPA). The students' inclination toward manipulation was assessed using T. Bant's scale. The research showed that the inclination to use manipulative techniques and methods in the process of project-based learning at the university negatively affects the overall results of project activities of individual creative groups. manipulative relations, project activities, impact on education, stu­dents, results of learning 86-95 ...

The author examines the main aspects of the modern university activity related to the transformation of the educational system and current socio-cultural conditions of society. Possible strategies for organizing the educational process in a modern Russian university were formulated based on the integration of existing developments in higher education man­agement. These strategies create conditions for responding to the educational needs of young people, taking into account ...

This article focuses on an in-depth analysis of the poem “On the way to Skyros” by Joseph Brodsky. The goal of this article is to identify the ways the author expresses his guidelines in the process of transformation of the mythological plot (the myth of Theseus). The analysis has been carried out on three levels: linguistic, compositional and ideological in order to determine the specifics of expression of the author’s modality in the ...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the research done on Solzhenitsyn’s literary works in China from 1979 to 2021 on the basis of data from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The article highlights three stages in the process of publishing and perceiving the writer’s works, studies the opinions of various researchers about the artistic value of the writer’s work, and analyzes the specific features of the development of research about his works. Chinese researchers ...

... in the function of written and spoken language in linguistic, semiotic and psychological aspects. They also state destructive results of simple mechanical transfer of oral speech techniques to urban epigraphy, the differences between word-formation processes in written and oral speech are described. The visuality of a written sign, the possibility of hybrid word formation with the help of other symbolic and graphic systems, as well as the activity of language norms are listed as features of written ...

Land reclamation must ensure that the quality of the land complies with environmental quality standards and the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation. The pur­pose of this work was to study the process of formation of a reclamation layer in open-cast coal mines. The indicators of the quality of the fertile soil layer should correlate to the quality of the fertile soil layer on average for the region. For effective recultivation, the fertile ...

... rural-urban ties 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

... (with the isolation of their content block directly related to "internal geopolitics"), their inventory and systematization are carried out (taking into account the special role of individual municipalities and their groupings in geopolitical processes, the general trend shift of the focus of political-geographical, socio-economic and ethnodemographic problems to the municipal the level, as well as the multidimensional influ­ence of geopolitics on the situation of municipalities). Particular ...

... healthcare policy. The article shows that graph-based models are more likely to be efficient for adequate modeling at the interregional and regional level, while the geographical distribution of patients should be taken into account for the analysis of processes in individual settlements. COVID-19, the pandemic of the new coronavirus, morbidity and mortality from COVID-19, mathematical modeling, GIS mapping, medical geography 22-35 10.5922/gikbfu-2023-1-2

The article studies complexes of documents that were compiled in the Executive Authorities’ Archives and that are connected with citizens’ appeals to different authorities. The author reveals that it was the local executive bodies that chiefly processed citizens’ appeals, most of which were returned to the Executive Committee for them to be finally solved. Such applications concerned first of all citizens’ particular daily needs, such as electricity and food products supply, public utilities....

... Löbenicht to the leading real gymnasium in East Prussia, which was attended not only by the inhabitants of the region, but also by other countries, including Russia. Changes in the educational programme of the school, the organisation of the educational process, and the quality of the teaching staff are analysed. The article may be of interest to researchers of the history of Königsberg-Kaliningrad, students of history faculties, researchers of the history of pedagogical science, including the history ...

... legal and historical science (formal legal, comparative legal, historical, systemic method, method of analysis and synthesis, method of legal interpretation). Based on historical and legal material on relevant topics, the author traces not only the process of changing the dominant position of the doctrine of Ottomanism in the circles of Ottoman intellectuals, but also the transition to a position of sympathy for the ideas of Turkism on the part of some of the late Ottoman power elites. In addition,...