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• Civil protection in the EU and its effect on the safety of the Baltic region

  ... countries stricken by natural and manmade disasters. By analyzing the legislation and actual activation of the Mechanism, the authors present the functioning of this system as well as the ongoing changes towards a more planned approach to providing civil protection. The authors address the issue of extending the current civil protection system by introducing preventive measures. The project, co-financed by the by the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, is used as an example of the introduction of preventive measures ...

• Civil law of pre-revolutionary Russia as a factor of influence for the development of modern legal doctrine (the case of the personality of the state)

  The article evaluates the achievements of Russian pre-revolutionary civil law as the basis for modern civil law. The author identifies the basic elements of the Russian system of civil law, which are unique in their character. The author draws a conclusion about certain similarities in defining the legal position of the state in pre-revolutionary and contemporary Russia....

• Passages from the history of the Kaliningrad region: The first sitting of the Königsberg regional Office for Civil Affairs on June 26—27, 1946

  ... материалам ГАКО) // Калининградские архивы: Материалы и исследования : науч. сб. Калининград, 2004. Вып. 6. Maslov V. Königsberg region, Kaliningrad region, military authorities, civil authorities, German population, trade, political party work 83-96

• Functionalist evaluation of the effectiveness of political institutions in Russia

  The article investigates the specifics of the interaction between political institutions and civil society. Analyzing relevant research literature, the author studies the effectiveness and legitimacy of political institutions in Russia. The author identifies the main trends in their activity of political institutions, which should be given special attention when establishing functional connections between ...

• The Baltic-Pontic region in the Europe-Eurasia dual system

  ... geochronopolitical characteristics of the region, as well as the models of intercivilisational interaction between Europe and Eurasia. The author addresses the issue of the political identity of the region and its ability to play an independent role in the world politics.... ... European Hegemony: The World-System A. D. 1250—1350, N. Y., Oxford university. 2. Halecki, O. 1980, Borderlands of Western Civilization. A History of East Central Europe, Safety Harbor, Simon Publications. 3. Halecki, O. 1962, The Limits and Divisions ...

• The content and vectors of the reforms in the higher education system of modern China

  ... guidelines on employing the positive Chinese experience in the modernization of higher education in Russia. In conclusion, the author offers multiple-factor models of the education process management. 1.      Васильев Л.   С. Проблема ... .... The shape of the turtle. Myth, art and cosmos in Early China . Alba­ny, 1991 . 23.   Ancient China . Studies in Early Civilization. Hong Kong , 1978 . 24.   Carter Th. Fr. The invention of printing in China and its spread westward. 2-d ed ....

• European court of human rights’ judgments in the legal system of the Federal Republic of Germany

  The article evaluates the achievements of Russia’s pre-revolutionary civil law as the basis for the civil law of today. The basic elements of the Russian system of civil law are unique in their character. The authors argue that there is a certain correlation between the legal position of the state in the prerevolutionary Russia and Russia of today. The article ends with a conclusion It is necessary to develop a new conception of the participation of the state ...

• On the legal nature of collateral in view of the reforms in the Russia civil legislation

  This article addresses certain issues of the legal regulation of collaterals in view of the civil law reforms. The author considers the problem of establishing the legal nature of the collateral, as well as the possibilities of using certain types of collaterals. 1. О совершенствовании Гражданского кодекса Российской ...

• The conflict of the intellectual and the boor in the plays by S. Mrożek “Tango” and A. Chekhov “Cherry orchard”

  ... Cherry Orchard” and in S. Mrożek play “Tango”. The comparative analysis of the works reveals the national, historical and social specificity of the conflict between the intellectual and the boor in the context of the crisis of modern Western civilization. The author concludes that the disintegration of the bourgeois ethos in Chekhov's metaphysical theatre is more than natural and the paradoxical reconciliation of the parties to the conflict in Mrożek's absur­distic play, devoid of metaphysics, is also more ...

• The literary revision of Négritude in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop

  ... imagology — the study of cultural stereotypes as presented in literature. Within the ideational structure of the novel, the author analyses the theory of négritude, which holds that the African civilisation plays a special role in the world. It is concluded ... ... through grotesque and the theory of négritude should be analysed in the context of philosophical and historical categories of civilization and barbarism. 1. Andreev, I. L., 1999. Is the African a "European on the contrary"? Voprosy filosofii ...

• The Awareness Department of the Don Government in 1919

  This article is devoted to the Department of Awareness of the Don Government and its activities during the Russian Civil War. The author describes in detail the structure of the organization, it principal activities, and the reasons behind its closure. The author pays special attention to the political situation in Russia in 1919 and the importance of agitation during the disintegration ...

• The contentious issues of adoption in civil procedure

  This article analyses the problem of maintaining the secrecy of adoption at the trial stage. The author makes certain proposals regarding the improvement of adoption legislation and analyses different scholarly perspectives ... ... конференции. Воронеж, 2007. С. 230—235. 10.  Семейный кодекс РФ. М., 2011. Yaroshenko T. V. civil procedure, special procedure, adoption, secrecy of adoption 60-64

• Hannah Arendt's political philosophy and the modern age: the internet as a public realm

  On the basis of Hannah Arendt's political philosophy, the author analyses the capability of the Internet to fulfil the functions of public realm, as well as the significance and prospects ... ... Chicago Press, 1958 5. Bauman Zugmunt // Search of Politics. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999. 6. Levine Peter. The Internet and Civil Society. URL: www.imdp.org/artman/publish/article_29.shtml 7. Sorj Bernardo. Internet, őffentlicher Raum und politisches ...

• Pardon committees as central institutions of the civil society

  This article considers the issues of improving the efficacy of pardon committees in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The author puts forward proposals concerning the improvement of the criminal and penal legislations and emphasises the need for the restoration of certain institutions of the civil society that successfully functioned as early as the Soviet period. 1. Порядок издания актов об амнистии и помиловании» // Виртуальный юридический справочник. URL: ...

• Foreign culture images and the civilisation/barbarianism opposition in Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall

  The author examines Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall from the imagological point of view. The author identifies and analyses ethnic stereotypes reflected in the images of members of ‘other’ peoples and races. The article ... ... should be analysed in connection with the heterostereotypes of English culture and the philosophic and historical categories of civilization and barbarism. 1. Бердникова И. В. Идейно-философская основа и культурно-художественные ...

• On the post-war reconstruction of the Kaliningrad region: the conflict of authorities

  ... pabaiga Ryt ų Pr ū sijojefaktai ir istorin ė s įž valgos / Akta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis XVIII . Klaip ė da , 2009. Fedorova O. G., Kretinin G. V. Königsberg, Kaliningrad region, post-war organisation, military authorities, civil authorities, regional administration, security services. 64-70

• Rationality of acting and philosophical education

  This article analyses the axiological features of the phenomenon of rationality of acting in the framework of social-philosophical and cultural discourse. The author identifies the functions of philosophical education in the conditions of system crisis of modern civilization. Philosophical education is considered as a means to increase rationality of thinking and acting. 1. Бохеньский Ю. М. Духовная ситуация времени // Вопросы философии. 1993. № 5. С. 94—98....

• Development of the Soviet public administration system on the territory of the Kaliningrad region (April — June 1945)

  This article analyses the formation of the Soviet public administration system in the Kaliningrad region in the first months after the Battle of Konigsberg. The author focuses on the functioning of military commandant’s offices and the temporary civil administration. 1. Кретинин Г. В. Военные комендатуры 3-го Белорусского фронта в Восточной Пруссии (октябрь 1944 — май 1945 года) // Вестник Балтийского ...

• The role of notary system in establishing correspondence between the will and expression of will of citizens of the Russian Federation

  ... article considers the problems of analysing will and will expression of citizens when performing legally significant actions. The author stresses the importance of analysing citizens’ will in view of the changes to the provisions of the law on the limitation ... ... natural persons. The article stresses the need to extend the role of notaries in documenting the will and will expression of civil circulation participants. 1. Токарева М. В. Взаимная ответственность государства ...

• Possession and possessory protection: the problems of legal regulation and practical implementation in the context of civil law reforms

  This article focuses on the issues of introduction of possession and possessory protection into the Russian Civil Code. It is emphasized that the authors of the draft bill did not manage either to develop a consistent approach to possession as a fact or justify theoretically the need for such innovation and its practical significance for modern Russian law and order. 1. Концепция развития ...

• The system and structure of sources of corporate law

  This article considers the system and structure of sources of Russian corporate law. Research approaches to the notion and legal nature of sources of corporate law and their place in the system of civil law sources are analysed. The authors address the legal nature of corporate regulations, including the rules and standards of self-regulatory organisations as sources of corporate law. 1. Диденко А. А. К вопросу о развитии отечественной концепции ...

• The antinomy of political reason. Some deliberations on Kant’s “Answer-ing the Question: What is Enlightenment?”

  ... isstressed that the project can function only when the interests of government and citizen coincides. Russian history is addressed to illustrate that even “common interests” of the ruler and the citizen leave room for a conflict between them. The author analyses Kant’s paradox stating an inversely proportional connection between the level of civil liberties and that of spiritual freedom. The article proposes a hypothesis about the dissident movement as a possible political form of implementingthis paradox. This dilemma helps to formulate the idea of antinomy of political reason, as well as ...

• The concept “people” in the modern European political thought: Hobbes, Spinoza, Pufendorf

  ... mystical body. Protestant science makes a clear choice in favour of interpreting the concept as an “arti­ficial person”. The author emphasizes that the introduction of the concept “natural state” led to changes in the ontological status of people ... ... theory. The concept “people” becomes “a flickering subject” that appears during the transition from a natural state to a civil one and disappears when the transition goes in the opposite direction. In a civil state, people become an active subject ...

• “The point of departure of peoples determines their fate”: Peter Chaadaev and Alexis de Tocqueville

  ... threat of violation of the intentions of both authors. Based on the analysis of the word usage in the texts of both thinkers, the author suggests a number of recommendations aimed to clarify the translations of Chaadaev and Tocqueville works into Russian. ... ... François Guizot to American interlocutors). Bulst, N., Koselleck, R., Meier, Ch. and Fish, J., 2014. Revolution, riot, turmoil, civil war (Rebellion, Aufruhr, Bürgerkrieg). In: Yu. Zaretsky, K. Levinson and I. Schierle, eds. Slovar’ osnovnykh istoricheskikh ...

• Studies into the history of Russian Neo-Kantianism in Poland

  ... in the Polish Neo-Kantianism Russian studies is associated with the works on Russian thought by Sister Teresa Obolevitch. The authors consider A. Noras’s idea about the development of the neo-Kantian concept into post-Neo-Kantianism as rather heuristic.... ... Shchukin V. G. 2009, Jewropejskije lanshafty i cyvilizacija bolshoj ravniny (F. А. Stepun) [European landscapes and high plains of civilization (F. A. Stepun)] // Rossija: voobrazenije prostranstva/prostranstvo i voobrazenija / pod red. I. I. Mitina, D. N. ...

• The concepts of citizenship and estate in Russian history — conti­nuity and / or intermittence

  ... its possible interpretation as a bearer of sovereignty. This concept goes back to the time of early bourgeois revolutions. The author holds that there are certain parallels between the ideology of citizenship, the development of the concept “people / ... ... “class” became a legal term in Soviet Russia. Only “workers” received political rights and thus full citizenship. The official civil status or citi­zenship was an integral part of the ideology of workers and “exploited” classes as opposed to “non-working,...

• Duty and Coercion in Kant’s Republican Cosmopolitanism

  ... Rechtslehre. Some troubles with Kant’s alleged foundation of liberalism, in: Studia Kantiana 15, pp. 103—120. 23. Sánchez Madrid, N. 2014. Has social justice legitimacy in Kant’s theory of right? The empirical conditions of the rightful State as a civil union, in: Revista Trans/Form/Açâo 37/1, pp. 127—146. 24. Valentini, L. 2012. Human Rights, Freedom, and Political Authority, in: Political Theory 40/5, pp. 573—601. 25. Varden, H. 2011, A Kantian conception of global justice, in: Review of International Studies 37, pp. 2043—2057. 26. Verdross, A., Simma, B. 2012, Universelles Völkerrecht: Theorie und Praxis,...

• The transfer of the ownership of the objects of cultural heritage of the Kaliningrad region to the Russian Orthodox Church: the social and cultural aspects of the conflict

  ... having influenced the formation of the conscious attitude to the past of the Kaliningrad region in the local residents. The author shows that a special regional identity, which developed in the interaction with the unique cultural environment, requires ... ... historical objects to a religious organisation are made. Karpenko A. M. regional identity, Kaliningrad, collective memory, civil society, church-government relations. 92-95

• The concept “people” in A. S. Shishkov’s manifestoes in the discourse of the Patriotic War of 1812

  ... na­tional consciousness. At that time, imperial and class identities coexisted. With the de fac­to ban on discussing the idea of a civil nation, Russian intellectuals focused on the cultural and linguistic components of nationalism. The aim of this study was ... ... of the concept of ‘people’ in the manifestoes by Shishkov. These texts expressed the official posi­tion of the supreme authority on national unity. The method of discourse analysis employed by the author, made it possible to place Shishkov’s texts ...

• The coastalisation of population in today’s Russia: A sociogeographical explication

  ... explores prospects of the further coastalisation of population in the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions and Saint Petersburg. The author argues that against the background of increasing socioeconomic risks — particularly due to the change in Russia’s geostrategic ... ..., no. 4, p. 50—66. DOI: 10.5922/2074-2079-8555-4-4. 8. Mechnikov, L. I. 1995, Tsivilizatsiya i velikie istoricheskie reki [Civilization and the great historical rivers], Moscow, 461 p. (In Russ.) 9. Brodel, F. 2006, Material'naya tsivilizatsiya, ekonomika ...

• Eastern Europe. On the centenary of the political project

  ... Intermarium. It is shown that Eastern Europe as such is an objective reality, whose history has not ended. At the same time, the author advances and proves the thesis that various ‘Baltic/Black Sea’ cooperation models aimed at isolating Russia act against ... ... Governance and World Order in the 21st. Century London. Profile. 8. Huntington, S. 2003, Stolknovenie civilizacij [Clash of Civilizations], Mos-cow. 9. Toffler, E. 2003, Shok budushhego [Future Shock], Moscow. 10. Brzezinski, Z. 2006, Poslednij ...

• The problem of education in the conditions of anthropological crisis

  This article analyses the contemporary crisis of education in the context of modern civilization crisis. The author offers possible ways to overcome the educational crisis by altering a number of fundamental principles of the education system. 1.      Анатомия кризисов. Арманд А.   Д., Люри Д.   И., Жерихин В. ...

• Organization of passenger transport: сivil law regulations

  ... article examines the main problems of regulating public relations in the organization of automobile passenger transport as well as contractual obligations of parties ensuring the performance of passenger transportation services within the framework of the civil law. The organization of automobile passenger transportation is described in the subject matter of the service contract. The author concludes that there is a need for further specification of the subject of contracts on the organization of automobile passenger transport. 1. Об организации регулярных перевозок пассажиров и багажа ...

• Проблемные аспекты процессуального положения прокурора в гражданском процессе

  ... правового статуса прокурора. Анализируются различные точки зрения ученых по спорным вопросам. This article considers the feature of procedural position of a prosecutor in civil procedure. The author makes suggestion regarding the improvement of legislation relating to the legal status of prosecutor. Different scholarly perspectives on contentious issues are analysed. 1. Гражданский процессуальный кодекс РФ....

• «Political banditism» at the north-western border of the Soviet state in the 1920s

  .... №   15. Ст. 153. 5. Плеханов А.   М. ВЧК-ОГПУ в годы новой экономической политики 1921—1928. М., 2006. 6. ЦА ФСБ РФ . Ф. 1. Оп. 5. Д. 179. Л . 115—115об. Matveev S.Ye. civil war, political situation in the country, law enforcement authorities, banditism. 159-165

• The development of philosophical education and the problem of rationality

  This article considers the connection between the phenomenon of philosophical education and the problem of rationality in the framework of socialphilosophical discourse. The author examines the process of development of philosophical education institution as a means to transmit the basic values of classical European rationality. The role of philosophical education in the resolution of civilization crisis is analyzed in the context of system approach. 1.  Йегер В. Воспитание античного грека. М., 2001. 2.  Марру А.-И. История воспитания в Античности (Греция)....

• The practical problems of bank card usage

  This article examines the practical aspects of the use of bank cards in civil circulation. The author analyses the existing legal framework and practice of the courts and puts forward proposals concerning the improvement of legislation regulating the bank card payments. 1.  Ротко С.   В. Банковские карты как ценные ...

• The Russian sociological thought of the 19th century: the specific features of a study into social pathologies

  This article focuses on the specific features of a study into social pathologies in Russian sociology. The author emphasises that the addressing of moral problems is a tradition of Russian social thought. 1.  Лавров П.   Л ... ... социаль­ных наук и права М.: М. и С. Сабашниковы, 1916. C . 120—188. URL : http :// civil . consultant . ru / reprint / books /136/122/ (дата обращения: 17.10.2010). 6.  Кистяковский Б....

• The official as a public officer

  This article considers the correlation between the definitions of the concept of ‘official’ given by the civil law and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The author analyses relevant academic views and judicial practice and formulates proposals on the legislative foirmalisation of the characteristics of a public officer in view of the Supreme Court’s position 1. Бриллиантов А. В., Четвертакова ...

• Bank Card Operations

  The article considers civil problems of payment by bank cards and analyses the existing legal base. The author suggests methods of improving the legislation regulating payments by bank cards. 1. Положение об эмиссии банковских карт и об операциях, совершаемых с использованием платежных ...

• Unification of international rules on the form of will

  This article concerns the harmonisation of international private law rules regarding the form of will. The author analyses universal and regional contracts in this field, bilateral agreements on assistance in civil, family, and criminal cases. The article offers conclusions of the features of current development of international rules regarding the form of will. 1. Гаагская конвенция о коллизии законов, касающихся ...

• The unification of economic activity concepts in education: the legal aspect

  This article analyses civil and educational legislation as to the use of concepts pertaining to economic activities in education. Special attention ... ... entrepreneurial, and profit generating activities, as well as the criteria of its implementation in the field of education. The author emphasizes the need to standardize these concepts in the framework legislation. 1. Об образовании в Российской ...

• Key conceptual trends in the study of nationalism

  The article examines the main approaches to the study of nationalism. The author describes characteristic features of conceptual trends, reveals their strengths and weaknesses. The article shows that ... ..., 1977. 17. Rothchild D. Managing ethnic conflict in Africa. Washington, 1997. 18. Shils E. Primordial, Personal, Sacred and Civil Ties // British Journal of Sociology. 1957. № 7. P. 13—45. Urazbayev E. E. nationalism, nation, identity, primordialism,...

• Joint accounts

  This article analyses provisions of the draft civil code on joint accounts. The authors focus on enforcement practices and justify the need for the legal regulation of this type of accounts. 1. Положение об эмиссии платежных карт и об операциях, совершаемых с их использованием ...

• Workers’ settlements in the Kaliningrad region and their subsequent renaming in 1946—1947

  ... decision to establish workers’ settlements in the Kaliningrad region was discussed in September 1946 — July 1947. Local authorities sought to create more settlements of the kind. However, the RSFSR leadership insisted on the establishment of one ... ... committee. Gosudarstvennyi arkhiv Kaliningradskoi oblasti (GAKO) [State Archive of the Kaliningrad region], F. R-297. 2. Office of Civil Affairs of the Kaliningrad Region. GAKO [State Archive of the Kaliningrad region], F. R-298. 3. Council of Ministers of ...

• Peasant’s personal land ownership during Stolypin’s reforms: Myths and reality

  ... provides a legal analysis of personal ownership of estate, parcels of land in homestead villages, and fortified communal land in the village, which was acquired by peasants under the legislative acts of the agrarian reform. Based on a comparison of general civil and peasant legislation, the author emphasises the differences between personal ownership, which replaced the family ownership of a peasant homestead, from private ownership. They related to maintaining a special status of allotment lands and the limitations on the rights of use,...

• Königsberg Cathedral and Kant’s tomb in Soviet Kaliningrad

  ... of philosopher Immanuel Kant in former Kneiphof. The study investigates the authorities’ and general public’s attitudes towards this monuments. Throughout the Soviet period until the beginning of Perestroika, the local Communist party and state authorities attempted to demolish the ruins of the Cathedral, which was damaged during the war, and relocate Kant’s grave. However, this goal was not achieved, because members of Kaliningrad intelligentsia and the emerging civil society, who had the support of Moscow cultural organisations and institutions, including the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR, furthered the cause of protecting the main attractions of Königsberg/Kaliningrad. Thе article discusses the projects ...

• The phenomenon of globalization and the problem of cultural diversity of society

  This article considers the phenomenon of globalisation. The author analyses the content and perspectives of this phenomenon in various aspects with particular emphasis on cultural aspects ... ... кибернетику / пер. с англ. Новосибирск, 1999. Andreichuk N. V. globalisation, identity, culture, local civilizations, cultural diversity, cultural unification, education. 57-67

• The traditions of Russian and European perception of the state frontier in the conditions of transborder regional cooperation

  ... trans-border regional cooperation. The term ‘state frontier’ is defined through a prism of regional integration processes. The authors examine the role of trans-border relations between Russia and the European Union in promoting mutually beneficial strategic ... ... cooperation: the North-West Russia], Polis, no.5, p. 145—153. 5. Le Goff, Zh. 1992, Tsivilizatsya srednevekovogo Zapada [The civilization of the medieval West], Moscow. 6. Pozdnyakov, E. A. 1995, Geopolitika, Moscow. 7. Prokhorenko, I. L. 1993, Ponyatie ...

• Social conflicts as seen by residents of Saint Petersburg: An empirical study

  ... during the time of economic, social, and political turbulence. The research aims to examine the existing threats and identify opportunities for reducing social tension. The article makes a practical contribution to the development of social policy and civil society. The author describes the attitudes of Saint Petersburg residents to various social conflicts. They believe that religious and ethnic conflicts are the most dangerous ones and consider ‘conflicts over property and status’ a minor threat. Residents, associating ...