Kant in Nikolai Strakhov’s philosophical research (An experience of epistemological orientation)
This article considers the major references to Kant’s works in the texts of an authoritative Russian thinker Nikolai Strakhov (1828—1896), whose legacy has been revised in recent historical and philosophical studies. The author of the article analyses the materials of Strakhov’s works ‘The key feature of thinking’, ‘On time’, ‘On ...
Heritage aspect of personal insurance
... reforming domestic civil legislation, and in particular, the rules of insurance. A number of proposals for changing the current legal regulation, formulated in the Concept for the Development of the Provisions of Part Two of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on Insurance Contracts, naturally need a thorough doctrinal assessment. Such proposals also include the hereditary aspect of personal insurance highlighted in the Concept (paragraph 1, clause 2, article 934 of the Civil Code of the ...
Potential of Russian-Indian scientific cooperation (the case of western border regions of Russia)
... increased number of collaborative articles and citations are five fields of science, i. e. physics, engineering, chemistry, mathematics, and medicine. Humanities and social sciences are least involved in the process of co-production of knowledge by Russian and Indian scholars. The main constraints to the implementation of the existing potential of Russian-Indian scientific cooperation are the language barrier, the priority of state support for certain areas of knowledge, territorial remoteness and ...
The “illegal” branch of the Russian national patriotic opposition in the USSR: the case of the All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People
This article is devoted to the activities of the Russian patriotic anti-Soviet organization All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People, which operated in the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The author examines the ideological basis, program, composition, and structure of the Union ...
The restoration of the political independence of Lithuania in the late 1980s-early 1990s: a historiographical review
... Lithuanian independence in the 1980s-early 1990s and the establishment of Lithuania-Russian interstate relations in the early post-Soviet years. The topic of the article serves as a context for the analysis of the sources and general trends characteristic of Russian and foreign historians.
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2. Бусыгина И. Россия и страны Балтии: формирование ...
The theoretical aspects of history of social and cultural adaptation of Russian emigrants in England in the 1870s—1890s
This article considers the basic directions and research tasks of the study of Russian emigration to England in the 1870s-1890s, defines such important concept as “Russian diaspora”, and examines the methodology of the study of social and cultural adaptation of Russian emigrants.
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Russian Philosophy Abroad: Development of Conceptual Framework
Russian philosophy abroad is associated with the names of those representatives of Russian culture who left the country or were forced to leave after the well-know revolutionary events, for instance, the outstanding Russian thinkers: Nikolai Berdyaev,...
Important Staging Sites of Geese and Swans in the Cross-Border Wetland Complex of the Neman Delta
... (particularly Greater White-fronted Goose) and by human impact.
In order to preserve the wetland complex of utmost importance for migrating birds, it is necessary to develop the cross border Ramsar territory and to grant the corresponding status to the Russian part of the Neman delta.
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Булгаков Д.Б., Гришанов Г.В.
Характеристика весенней миграции гусей на территории Калининградской области // Казарка....
The development of Kaliningrad regional economy: A new stage of restructuring
... authors analyse complex statistical data from 1990—2012 and the modern condition of the Kaliningrad regional economy compared to the national average. The article relies heavily on the results of the survey of specialists working in regional companies. Russian accession to the WTO and the abolition of certain customs privileges planned for 2016 form the basis for the import substitution manufacturing and will significantly affect the conditions of regional economy development. Implementation of the ...
The “Polish question” in Soviet-German relations in the second half of the 1920s (based on the materials of the USSR consulate in Königsberg)
On the basis of earlier unknown documents of the Soviet consulate in Königsberg retrieved from the Archive of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, the author analyses relations between the USSR and Germany in 1925—1930. The author focuses on the role of the “Polish question”, which largely affected the nature of bilateral relations. The consulate documents indicate that ...
The concepts of enclave and exclave and their use in the political and geographical characteristic of the Kaliningrad region
... between the related concepts of enclave and exclave and the scope of their use in different sciences, fields of knowledge, and everyday speech. The author examines the circumstances of their emergence in the reference and professional literature in the Russian language. Special attention is paid to the typology of the world’s enclave territories as objects of political geography; at the same time, their new categories and divisions (international enclave, overseas exclaves, internal enclaves of different ...
Electric energy cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and the role of Russia in it
... http://www. vae. lt/files/ Visagino%20AE%20leidinys%20A4+3mm%20ENG. pdf (accessed 30 March 2013).
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19. Pol'sha otkazalas' ot uchastija v stroitel'stve litovskoj AJeS [Poland refused to participate ...
On the international cooperation of North-West Russia in the field of innovations in the Baltic
This article focuses on the cooperation between the constituent entities of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation and the Baltic countries (Finland, Estonia, and Norway) in the field of innovations at national and regional levels, as well as at the level of corporate cooperation. The author reviews successful implementation of innovation projects ...
International research cooperation in the Baltic region: a scientometric analysis
... doi: 10.5922/2079-8555-2009-1-11, available at: http://journals. kantiana. ru/upload/iblock/107/Klemeshev%20A.,%20Fedorov%20 %20G. pdf (accessed 5 August 2012).
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The foreign policy of Poland and the Kaliningrad region in 1989—2012
... about by the collapse of the Yalta-Potsdam order resulted in Poland redefine the priorities of its foreign policy. One of the most important challenges for the Polish diplomacy after 1989 was the development of economic and political relations with the Russian Federation. Cross-border cooperation between Poland and the Kaliningrad Region is conducted, inter alia, through euroregional structures functioning in the border areas. The analysis of this issue is vital for further cooperation in the Polish-Russian ...
Innovative factors and conditions of sustainable development of rural territories
... and technological cooperation in the Baltic region is emphasised as a priority area.
1. Koncepcija ustojchivogo razvitija sel'skih territorij Rossijskoj Federacii na period do 2020 goda [The concept of sustainable development in rural areas of the Russian Federation until 2020], Rasporjazhenie Pravitel'stva Rossijskoj Federacii ot 30 nojabrja 2010 g. № 2136-r [Order of the Government of the Russian Federation on November 30, 2010 № 2136-r].
2. Ob utverzhdenii Doktriny prodovol'stvennoj bezopasnosti ...
Assessment of the efficiency of Russian response to the implementation of US missile defence deployment concept in Europe
... 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 significance of this study consists in the proposed and justified responses of the Russian Federation that may serve ...
Diplomatic protocol as a tool of international economic relations
... diplomatic) and business protocols are frequently used in Europe; in Russia, it has become a focus of attention in recent years. Thus, there arises a need of training specialists in protocol. However, this aspect has not been tackled effectively by Russian universities. This article is aimed at identifying the need for the professional study of protocol at Russian universities. The paper analyses the level of teaching protocol disciplines in Europe and Russia and considers the results of the first ...
Russia's accession to the WTO as an important factor of the country's integration into the world economy
... This determines the objective of the research. This article offers the author's assessment of the reasonability of Russia's accession to the WTO and suggests methodological approaches to the assessment of preparedness of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for functioning in the new economic conditions based on the algorithm of choosing a system of indicators, as well as the organisation of enterprise monitoring according to this system, which makes it possible to formulate rational administrative ...
The International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature and its Activity in the Baltic Sea States
The article offers general information about the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL) and its main lines of activity. The authors focus on the activity of MAPRYAL in the Baltic Sea States offering a detailed description of the International Festival of Russian Language in the Baltic Sea States,...
Emperor Nicholas II during the First World War through the eyes of Russian monarchical circles
The views of representatives of monarchist circles within Russian society toward the last Russian emperor during the years of the First World War are examined. The study concludes that two models of monarchists’ attitudes toward Nicholas II during the specified period can be identified. The apologetic model ...
Abolition of Courts of Conscience in the Russian Empire: general provisions (1828—1866)
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, the positions of judges of conscience were not ...
Digital transformation of Russian prosecution bodies: current status and development prospects
The article discusses the development and implementation of digital technologies in the supervisory activities of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation. The main aspects of the state policy on the digital transformation of the bodies and organizations of the Russian Prosecutor’s Office have been studied. The authors focus on general trends in the informatization of prosecutorial ...
NATO militarisation of the Baltic region and risks security of Russia
The article examines the dynamics of the development of relations between the countries of the Baltic region, the influence of NATO and the United States on them in the conditions of the emerging polycentric world order. The main risks and threats to Russian regional security at the present time are identified, and measures to localize and neutralize them are proposed. The development of the international situation in the Baltic Sea in the medium term is predicted, and the possible consequences of ...
Dichotomies of Eurasianism: A Socio-Geographical Analysis
... geostrategy. The importance of the postulates and approaches cultivated within Eurasianism has notably increased in the context of the sharply manifested conflict in the “Russia-West“ system in recent years and the corresponding reorientation of the Russian Federation’s geoeconomic priorities towards the countries of the “Global Majority.“ The actualization of Eurasianism and its broad entrenchment in Russian academic discourse is combined with its contemporary conceptual “fuzziness,“ variability ...
Opportunities for Using Data on the Perpetrator in Human Trafficking Investigations
... range of general scientific and special methods of scientific cognition (analysis, comparison, analogy, systemic method, etc.). Results: Based on the analysis of empirical material (statistics from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation over the past five years, as well as the practice of investigating criminal cases in the Russian Federation under Article 127.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the author attempts to construct a descriptive model of ...
The choices of readers and writers in Russian fanfiction
This article provides a brief overview of the current situation in Russian fanfiction, using texts from the popular Ficbook website. Although the research draws primarily on established concepts of the communicative component of fanfiction, it also offers a novel perspective on the relationship between readers and writers....
The language of muteness: examining the work of Gazdanov and Salkazanova in Paris
... the principles and methods of constructing discourse that emerges through a unique combination of socio-cultural and linguistic factors in the context of a European metropolis. Participants involved are representatives of the first and second wave of Russian emigration: Gaito (Georgy Ivanovich) Gazdanov, a prominent writer of the Russian diaspora, and Fatima Salkazanova, an aspiring journalist who crossed paths with Gazdanov in the 1960s in Paris while working in the Russian service of Radio Liberty[60]....
Dispute about Holbein as a dispute about faith: discussion around Fedor Dostoevsky’s novel ‘The Idiot’
... Рo vekham imen [Dostoevsky: According to milestones of names]. Saratov (in Russ.).
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Begicheva, V., 2012. Dostoevsky and Holbein: faith versus disbelief....
The dialogue between linguistics and the poetic avant-garde in Russia in the 1920—1930s: experiments with a universal language
... 1917—1919 godov [Anarchy in the Dream: Publications 1917—1919]. Moscow (in Russ.).
Cheshikhin, V. E., 1913. Novye varianty esperanto: nepo i neposlava. Russkii klyuch s parallel'nym tekstom na nepo [New versions of the esperanto: nepo and neposlava. Russian key with parallel text in nepo]. Riga (in Russ.).
Drezen, E. K., 1928. Za vseobshchim yazykom (Tri veka iskanii) [Behind the universal language (Three centuries of searching)]. Moscow (in Russ.).
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Lyubov Axelrod on Kant: Reflections on Marxist Discussions of the 1920s and 1930s in the USSR
... legacy (most notably her correspondence with Plekhanov) show that, for her, rethinking the ideas of Kant was a reference point in the “critique of criticism” directed at the epistemological reasoning of Neo-Kantians, on the one hand, and at the Russian thinkers who had embraced “idealism” on the other. This was essentially the approach adopted by scholars at the Historical Materialism Department of the USSR Academy of Sciences (headed by Vladislav Zh. Kelle) and, even more importantly, this ...
‘Hallberd of Balderdash’ or an attempt at decoding Alexei Chicherin’s construemes (dedicated to the 100th anniversary of their publication)
This paper is the first attempt to interpret the visual 'construemes' by the constructivist poet Alexei N. Chicherin, published in the anthology Mena vsekh (Moscow, 1924). 'Construemes' can be considered the most enigmatic artefacts of the Russian avant-garde. Although 'construemes' can be easily confused with meaningless visual zaum ('the transrational'), Chicherin's actions and the very nature of his personality prevent one from interpreting 'construemes' as actionist endeavours ...