The spatial structure of Baltic Sea ferry services
Ferry service is a transport system of regular routes which links areas separated by water bodies. Sometimes ferries are the only connection of an island and the mainland which is not rare in the Baltic Sea. A typical example of this is the island of Saaremaa....
On countering the illegal provision of massage services by legal means
The article deals with medical and legal issues related to the conceptual background of massage services. The purpose of the study is to analyze the legislative requirements of the Russian Federation for the medical and regular massage services, to establish the criteria for distinguishing these services when it comes to qualification of socially ...
Means to express appeal in the public service announcement discourse in the Russian, German, and English languages
This article considers the means to express appeal in public service announcements in the Russian, German, and English languages. Attention is paid to the characteristic features of appeal as a directive speech act. The comparative aspect of research makes it possible to identify both similarities and differences ...
Peripheral means to express incentive modality in the public service announcement discourse
Public service announcements attract attention to social problems and encourage the general public to solve them, which requires influencing the recipient using speech methods. The means to exert such influence create a functional and semantic field. The authors ...
The formation and development of regional system of commissioning non-profit organisations for social services
This article is an attempt at a comparative analysis of legal documents regulating social services commissioning in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, the authors specify the concept of the given form of interaction of public authorities and noncommercial organizations and describe the advantages of social ...
Count M. A. Miloradovich in life, creativity and the fate of F. N. Glinka
... began as an ensign and ended his military career as a Colonel, a writer and poet, a chronicler of three wars, editor of the first «Military magazine» and organizer of the military library, a Decembrist and philanthropist. This is not a complete «service record» of Glinka before the December uprising of 1825. M. A. Miloradovich played a visible role in this various acts and functions of F. N. Glinka.
The article clarifies the facts concerning the military service of F. N. Glinka and his personal ...
The methodology of cluster formation and its testing in the Kaliningrad hotel market
... article considers the method of cluster formation through applying the principles of hierarchical cluster analysis of multidimensional statistical data of factors affecting the competitive advantages of hotel firms and its testing in the Kaliningrad hotel services market. The authors identify the clusters in the Kaliningrad hotel services market and describe the objects most involved in competition, as well as the objects potentially possessing both similar and unique factors affecting their competitive ...
Pollination as an ecosystem service in agricultural nature management
This article discusses the role of pollination by honeybees as an ecosystem service in the structure of agricultural production. Forest, marsh, and mea-dow communities are considered as basic conditions for pollination in the eco-systems of the Kaliningrad region. A classification of the area for beekeeping is conducted according ...
