Development of personnel at the Kaliningrad Rail-Car Manufacturing Plant in 1946—1951: quantitative and qualitative dynamics
Using the example of the Kaliningrad Rail-car Manufacturing Plant, the article analyzes personnel policies and the composition of the workforce at industrial enterprises in the USSR during the early postwar period. The objective of the study is to identify key problems and the dynamics of workforce formation amid postwar devastation, a shortage of qualified personnel, and the challenges of reconstructing a new Soviet region. The methodology, based on a comprehensive analysis of the enterprise’s...
"This man is a very respectable military man": on the establishment of a personal national retirement benefit to V.M. Lermontov
... of Russian literary classics, his biography is 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 ...
Illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the context of digitalization: a systemic challenge to Russia's national security
... 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 a multilevel threat, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis, and comparative ...
Basic principles of formation of recreational nature management in the Pskov region
... the Pskov Region, made it possible to identify zones and districts according to the indicator of “suitability for recreational nature management.” The article emphasizes the need to enhance the efficiency of the use of recreational lands.
methodical approach, evaluation criteria, recreational environmental management, recreational resources, district groups
72-89
10.5922/vestniknat-2025-4-5
Historical narrative in the work of Kaliningrad poets during Perestroika: the experience of content analysis
... themes became one of the leading motifs in the works of Kaliningrad poets. The aim of the article is to identify the “images of the past” that shaped the historical narrative in Kaliningrad poetry during the Perestroika period. The primary research method employed is content analysis conducted using the Max QDA 2020 software. The analysis is based on 126 poetic works by 47 authors published from 1985 to 1991. The “images of the past” are examined in the article through the prism of the reflection ...
Forensic aspects of the state prosecutor’s participation in jury election. Situational approach
... and analyze existing tactical issues of the state prosecutor’s involvement in this stage of judicial proceedings and develop proposals for their resolution. The research methodology is 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 ...
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 noise". The purpose of this analysis is to identify the specifics of political communication under conditions of international bifurcations. The methodology of the analysis is based on the symbiosis of modern theories: mathematical...
Right-wing radical ideologems in the politics of South American states
... societies of South American countries. We relied on a synthesized approach to the "ideologeme" through the concept of the morphology of ideologies by M. Frieden and the theories of "de-ideologization" by D. Bell and S. Lipset. Methods of regional and binary synchronous comparison made it possible to establish indicators of the influence of right-wing radical ideologemes, as well as to record similarities and the most significant differences in individual country cases. An ...
Forensic aspects of cyberbullying as a form of destructive behavior on the Internet
... criminological approach in considering the psychological characteristics of such behavior, as well as forms and types of its manifestation. The research described the most socially dangerous forms of cyberbullying, carried out the problem analysis of existing methods of prevention and counteraction to cyberbullying in modern science. The problems of investigation and prevention of bullying are incurred by very limited control in the digital space, first of all social networks due to anonymity of their users....
Institution of criminal proceedings for economic offences
... prosecution of such crimes also is not defined clearly. The purpose of the research is to develop the optimal scenario for initiating these criminal cases and determining the most appropriate procedure for their investigation. This study relied on the methods of comparative studies, analysis and synthesis. Using the method of comparative studies, the norms of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the initiation of criminal cases in ...
Socio-political moods of the residents of the Kaliningrad region as an indicator of the geopolitical security of the region
... political activity, migration attitudes of the inhabitants of the Kaliningrad region were revealed. The study was based on the theoretical and empirical provisions of FCTAS RAS of socio-political sentiments and social tensions in Russian society. The main method is a personal semi-formalized interview of the population over 18 years old (n = 915). As a result of the study, it was revealed that the significant problems of the Kaliningrad region for the inhabitants of the region continue to be problems related ...
Symbolism of loyalty to the power of Teutonic order among the Old Prussians in the 13—14th centuries
... loyalty that is the purpose of the article allows to characterize the comprehension of Old Prussians their own status in new political conditions. For this purpose by the using of the old comparative-historical, typological and diachronous-synchronous methods were researched both written sources and funds from the Old Prussian necropolis. It allows to define that Old Prussians expressed their loyalty by the reception of Middle High German language, Christian names and symbols and sign of Teutonic ...
The relationship between student’s tendency to manipulation and the results of project activities in university education
... Economy and 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
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Initiative as a type of document
The article is dedicated to identifying factors that determine the documental specificity of an initiative. An initiative is characterized as a document aimed at engaging the addressee in solving a socially significant issue and convincing them of the necessity of societal changes.
The analysis of the text is conducted using a genre-based approach and the parameterization methodology based on the concept of a "genre model," allowing for a comprehensive description that takes into account...
The attitude of teachers of additional music education to inclusive education of blind and visually impaired children
The article presents the results of an empirical study of conditions and factors in assessing the prospects of inclusive additional music education for blind and visually impaired children. The positive attitude of experienced and highly qualified music teachers to the prospects of wider introduction of inclusive practice in music additional education programs, a humane attitude towards children with special educational needs, a positive assessment of the prospects for creating special conditions...
Digital didactic games as a means of remote support for schoolchildren
... shown.
The work expands the search base of research in the field of teacher education by analyzing the technology of using digital didactic games in the educational process of general and inclusive secondary education.
Methodology and research methods. The study relies on general research methods of systematization and generalization, structural and functional analysis of the targeted use of digital didactic games to prevent and eliminate the difficulties experienced by schoolchildren in educational ...
The category of pity in «The Great Divorce» by C.S. Lewis and «The Lord of the Rings» by J.R.R. Tolkien
... good and evil are not relative categories inherent in the consciousness of the perceiving person, but existential categories of the world order. This binary opposition is, according to Lewis’s thought, “the key to understanding the universe”. The method of comparative analysis makes it possible to reveal the unity and at the same time minor differences in the representation of the category of pity in the work of the two inklings. From the point of view of correlation with the basic ethical binary ...
Urban speech as an object of linguistic research: written and spoken varieties
The article focuses on methodological tendences in urban language research. Authors, meanwhile, substantiate rationality of its spoken and written varieties as separate fields of study. These studies are marked with a high rate of activity and they highlight a new concept of the «regiolect» — a regional variety of the national language. The analysis of the scientific results of linguo-urbanistics reveals the dominance of the onomastic vector and obvious lack of research into urban speech. The authors...
Characterization and use of synthesized antimicrobial peptide in the composition of biodegradable food film
... strains of C. albicans, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis. The confirmation of the purity and primary structure of the peptide was conducted using mass spectrometry. The antimicrobial activity of the peptide was studied using the disc diffusion method on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The degree of film biodegradation was determined after 1, 3, and 6 months by exposing it to microorganisms. The peptide ACSAG was synthesized, and its quantitative and qualitative composition of ...
Vulnerability assessment of coastal systems in the Kaliningrad region using the coast vulnerability index (CVI)
... selected, which is considered the most versatile compared to others but requires specific parameters for the studied object/territory. The research goal is to assess the vulnerability of the coastal zone on the Kaliningrad Oblast coastline. The CVI method represents a classic scoring system that allows identifying key areas and suggesting a series of measures to prevent the deterioration of the coastal condition.
vulnerability of the coastal zone, stability of the coastal zone, CVI, coast of ...
Composition and structure of plant communities in milled peatlands during the post-disturbance successions: a case study from the Rossyanka Carbon Supersite, Kaliningrad, Russia
... the composition of herb-shrub and moss cover. The described community types are considered as non-hierarchical units in the classification of vegetation cover (at the micro-landscape level). Their identification through electronic and field mapping methods allows for a rapid visualization of the vegetation cover's characteristics on a map and enables its quantitative assessment, which is of practical importance for the purposes of the carbon supersite.
abandoned milled peatlands, post-disturbance ...
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 of geographical science is presented. The article...
Comparative evaluation of the biological effect of native and synthesized peptides
... biological activity of synthesized peptides compared to native peptides. Synthesized and native peptides from bovine colostrum with the code names T1.1 and mpT2 were used as the objects of the study. The peptides were synthesized using the solid-phase method. Peptide T1.1 is similar to the peptide «POSSUM_01-POSSUM-C-EMBRYO-2KB», the biological activity of which has not been studied. Peptide mpT2 is similar to the anti-diabetic peptide «LL-16 Alytes obstetricans». It has been proven that the synthesized ...
Experience of assessing the ethnic contrast of the borders of the republics of the Ural-Volga region
The 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...
Methods of combating hogweed (Heracleum spondylium) and the possibility of their application in the Kaliningrad region
... problem of the hogweed thickets spread and ways to solve this issue. Initially, hogweed was grown in the USSR for livestock feed, but it grew uncontrollably and became a threat to the local flora and humans. The study describes a variety of control methods for hogweed, including chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical methods, as well as grazing and mulching. The methods have been evaluated and compared, and it is suggested that an integrated approach combining several methods may be the most ...
Geoecological aspects of various types of archaeological sites in the North-West of the Russian Plain
... cairns») — stone piles widely found within the studied territory. Despite years of archaeological research, the nature of these structures remains enigmatic, though archaeological artifacts are often absent. The application of geo-chemical research methods enables the assessment of ancient human impact on the surrounding environment and also provides insights into their activities and motivations for selecting specific locations. Analysis of geo-chemical indicators such as SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO,...
The urban environment quality in the Leningrad region in 2018—2021
... correspondence between the Urban Environment Quality Index (UEQI) values, the city’s remoteness from agglomeration centers, population changes and migration growth, absolute population and municipal budget expenditures. The use of cartographic and mathematical methods made it possible to conclude that there is no significant direct correlation between the values of the UEQI and the indicators previously specified. Spatial differentiation of cities according to the values of UEQI was revealed. The study has ...
Strategies for optimising intraregional space as a practical implementation of domestic state policy
... comparing centralized and decentralized approaches to managing regional development, as well as their impact on the socio-economic situation of the regions. To assess the effectiveness of various management models, the paper uses an institutional research method and comparative analysis. The main findings emphasize the importance of a flexible approach to managing the intraregional space of the state, regardless of the form of political structure, which would take into account the unique conditions of ...
NATO militarisation of the Baltic region and risks security of Russia
... including the possible use of nuclear weapons. This has a negative impact on the entire European security and significantly worsens the situation of the Kaliningrad region, surrounded by hostile countries. In the course of the study, various modern methods of political science were used to identify signs of the most important risks that could cause significant political and economic damage to Russia in the Baltic region. For a qualitative, unbiased scientific analysis of the trends, challenges and ...
The concept and typologisation of defects in the criminal procedure law
In the article, in the context of a systematic approach, views on the understanding of defects in law and the law are presented and analyzed, and the lack of a unified methodological basis for defining the concept of a defect in law is revealed. The criteria are formulated to identify the presence of a defect in the criminal procedure law. After studying the various views of scientists on the prospects for the development of the theory of legislative defects, taking into account the specifics and...
Mass media and technologies of influence on the electoral behavior of citizens
... published on the RG.RU website from June 1, 2020, to July 1, 2020. The research hypothesis assumed that state publications influence audiences toward conformity in electoral behavior by utilizing informational and normative influence techniques. Among the methods of informational influence, the study identified adherence to the official agenda, the predominant use of informational genres to cover events, and fragmented presentation of information. Normative influence, according to the results, was realized ...
Peculiarities of ceramic production from the Neolithic settlements Pribrezhnoye and Ushakovo-3
... foreign ceramics were identified, indicating some external connections. Thus, the results of these interdisciplinary studies, which sometimes yield unexpected and significant insights that are difficult or even impossible to obtain using traditional methods, demonstrate the clear potential for further research in this field.
ceramics, raw material sources, Primorskaya culture, Funnel Beaker culture, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
41-55
10.5922/vestnikhum-2024-3-4
Interaction between party bodies and police in the Kaliningrad region of the USSR in the post-war period
... 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 system. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that this issue is ...
Domestic violence against women: facts, law, prevention measures
... of domestic violence comprehensively, presenting relevant facts, conducting an in-depth analysis of legislative acts, regulatory documents, and their application in the context of preventing and eradicating domestic deviations. The primary research method was the secondary analysis of data from open sources and Rosstat statistics. The review resulted in proposals for implementing measures to prevent domestic violence. The main approach to working with victims of violence should be based on interagency ...
“Aspects of self-criticism”: Russian press on the activities of the commission for the revision of the Civil Service Statute in 1895
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 ...
The Use of Big Data in the appointment and conduct of forensic environmental examinations
The article explores contemporary issues and questions related to the application of forensic environmental expertise within the framework of preliminary investigations, and evaluates its role in law enforcement activities. The research formulated and proposed the main tasks of forensic environmental expertise at the current stage, highlighted its features, and identified problems associated with the imperfection of the current methodological support for this type of forensic examination. Based on...
Legislative Flaws in the Provision of Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “ Sabotage Activities Encouragement”
... within Russia led to the introduction of Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which establishes criminal liability for aiding and abetting sabotage activities, analogous to Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code. Using formal-legal methods, comparative analysis, and the analysis of qualitative (court rulings) and quantitative (statistics) data, the article identifies the technical-legal shortcomings of this new provision, which may complicate qualification and hinder the effective ...
Legal regulation of extradition in Russia: the interplay between international and national provisions
... national legal frameworks for extradition, focusing on a mechanism for safeguarding national interests within international treaties on extradition. The study follows the general research principle of objectivity, using, in particular, the formal legal method, abstraction, generalisation and general logical methods. The investigation of mechanisms for defending national interests when applying extradition norms made it possible to identify specific regulation problems. Factors hindering more effective ...
Determination of students personality type and its impact on the quality of learning
... taken in the first year of the “Public and Municipal Administration” program. It is important to note that the study’s conclusions were formulated with the assumption that the ordinal grading scale behaves as an interval scale due to the specific method of assessment based on a point-rating system with a smoothed grading scale (where the “weights” of points are approximately equal). As a result of the study, a linear regression model was proposed, which allows for the prediction of the development ...
Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language by D.N. Ushakov as an ethnolinguistic source
... Ushakov’s dictionary contains intriguing designations of Russian cultural realities, offering country-specific information that allows for a portrayal of Russian life. For this study, only subject-specific vocabulary was selected, using a random sampling method of words from certain groups reflecting ethnolinguistic content. The subsequent analysis of this vocabulary will enable the identification of the national and cultural specificity of the Russian language in the post-revolutionary era.
Explanatory ...
Transdisciplinarity as a mechanism of educational innovations: synthesizing pedagogical experience
... and described: digitization of traditional or existing didactic tools, application of the latest scientific achievements to obtain new quality educational outcomes in pedagogical practice, application of the theory of optimality, the trial and error method, as well as the implementation of general scientific approaches in educational practice. The experience presented in the article can contribute to the development of student pedagogical startups and improve the quality of innovations in education....
The story Coward by V.M. Garshin and the novella The Yoke of War by L.N. Andreev: linguistic and stylistic analysis
Researchers of L. N. Andreev’s work agree that the artistic methods of the first expressionist in Russian prose were significantly influenced by the work of V. M. Garshin. Taking this continuity into account, the article compares the texts of Garshin’s story Coward and Andreev’s novella The Yoke of War. The ...
Unlocking the potential of the educational process at university colleges for cultivating a culture of life safety
This article presents research findings on the potential of the educational process at a University college. It analyses the concepts of ‘potential’, ‘society’, and ‘potential of the educational process’. A model of educational potential is proposed and the requirements of the federal state standard for general and professional competencies within the disciplines Fundamentals of Life Safety and Life Safety in students of technology is examined. The study uncovers and examines forms of educational...
Teacher training for the formation of functional literacy in primary school: the problem of individualisation
... as the primary objective of a teacher’s professional role, the evolving nature of a future teacher’s individuality and the importance of cultivating the capacity for making meaningful professional choices. Theoretical sources were explored using methods of analysis and synthesis, while empirical research involved the group discussion method. The study emphasised the importance of focused efforts to cultivate among students of pedagogical universities the professional competencies needed for an ...
Self-acceptance and social support of younger students with different levels of stress
This study posits a correlation in younger school children between high levels of current stress and reduced self-acceptance, as well as between an increase in current stress and decreased satisfaction with emotional and instrumental support. The respondents were 131 pupils aged 8 to 12 years from years 3 and 4 of a school in the Moscow region. Methodologically, the study relied on the Bazhin-Etkinds colour relationship test, which helped analyse the ranks of preferred colours associated with the...
The cognitive model of ‘NARCISSISM’ as represented in Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray
This article aims to describe the linguistic features of explicating the cognitive model of ‘NARCISSISM’ in Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Methodologically, the study draws on cognitive salience theory, dealing with elements such as trajectory and landmark when analysing the verbalisation of the model in question. This way, it becomes possible to describe the processes of focusing and defocusing and thus identify the most prominent features of characters in the novel constituting...
Semantics of phraseological units featuring direct kinship terms in modern media texts
... native speakers. Empirically, the study draws on the newspaper corpus of the National Corpus of the Russian Language. A broad understanding of phraseology is adopted, encompassing phraseological expressions and fixed naming units. Continuous sampling methods were employed, along with observation, lexicographic, lexico-semantic and contextual analysis, systematisation and classification of linguistic material.
The analysis demonstrates that contemporary media language unveils the semantic richness ...
Problems of linguistics as presented in university textbooks
... society, writing systems, languages of the world and the laws of language development, each explored in more than a third of the analysed textbooks. In addition, the following topics are occasionally raised: applied problems of linguistics, linguistic methods, speech and communication, language and thinking, history of linguistics, linguistics among other sciences and the comparative historical method. None of the textbooks, however, provide a rationale for introducing the topics in the selected order....
Polydiscursive paradigm of specialised translation in the glocal multilingual coordinates
... translational features of this discourse. The goal and research tasks are centered on identifying the features of the poly-discursive nature of specialized translational discourse (using horticultural discourse as an example). Hermeneutic-interpretative methods and discourse analysis allowed for the determination and modeling of a three-component field structure of specialized translational discourse, its nuclear and allied types of integrated discourses. This emphasizes the distinction from monodiscursive ...
Molecular genetic identification of bacterial isolates — xylanase producers
... lignocellulosic materials, the highest xylanolytic activity was observed in nine strains. Based on morphological and staining characteristics, these strains were identified as Gram-positive spore-forming rods. Molecular genetic identification using the 16S rRNA method revealed that the strains belong to the species Peribacillus acanthi, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus zanthoxyli, and Bacillus badius. The identified microbial strains have the potential to be used as industrial producers of highly active xylanases, ...