Estonian ‘Balticness’ as a social construct: meanings and contextual specifics
..., Latvian and Lithuanian leaders tend to position their states as Nordic countries [13], see also [14]. And they have achieved notable success in terms of international legitimation: in January 2017, the updated website of the UN Statistics Division categorised the three republics as Nordic states, much to the approval of Baltic politicians.<3>
Of all the three states, Estonia has the most articulated position in denying the existence of a ‘Baltic identity’. That is why the country was ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... Aleksandr Kostyaev [8], Tatyana Nefedova, and other scholars [11], [12]. This research incorporates methodologies and findings related to the typology of rural territories [4], [13], [14], changes in the occupations of rural inhabitants, the functional categorisation of rural settlements [1] and the evolution of rural-urban partnership [14]. Patterns of rural area development in the exclave of Kaliningrad have been identified using the latest statistical data.
Comparative-geographical, graph-analytical,...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... between allies, into something they should not be’, commenting on France’s overly emotional response.<42>
Examining prestige, reputation, significance, friendship, influence and other related phenomena within strategic culture, collectively categorised as ‘status’, could add to our understanding of ‘special relationships’, security communities, strategic partnerships and alliance strategies. This is especially true since, for example, the emergence of security communities must be ...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... commemorative plaques and stones) and architectural structures (churches, manors, castles), which can be divided chronologically into pre-war and post-war sites, most of the latter originating in the post-Soviet period. The ‘German’ sites can be further categorised into several types depending on the persons, groups or events that they commemorate.
1. Monuments to German public officials and politicians. There are few memorial objects of this kind in the region. During the East Prussian offensive and ...
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... 10th—19th centuries has identified several important features of expansionism as it manifests itself in Polish strategic culture. Firstly, despite its medium size and repeated military defeats, the Polish state did not embrace a complex of ideas that can be categorised under besieged fortress culture. Secondly, for a long time, Poland estimated the key military threats quite unsystematically, largely relying on diplomatic manoeuvres and flexible alliances. The theory of two enemies promoted to his day by ...
Translation: the puzzle of colour
... and color names in Russian]. М., "KomKniga" (in Russ.).
Weisberger, J., 2004. Native language and soul development [Native language and the formation of the spirit]. Moscow: Editorial Publishing House (in Russ.).
colour terms, concepts, categorisation, colour perception, translation difficulties
Shevchenko, E., Thomashevskaya, I.
105-113
10.5922/2225-5346-2019-3-8
Legal discourse and its main characteristics
... Константы. Словарь русской культуры. М., 1997.
7. Шейгал Е. И. Семиотика политического дискурса : дис. ... д-ра филол. наук. Волгоград, 2000.
legal discourse, semantics, categorisation, concepts, special communication
Chernyshev A. V.
22-28