International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... concepts of cultural memory and sites of memory. The idiographic and historiographic methods were employed along with general scientific methods. At the core of the region’s international memorial landscape structure are sites commemorating the German past of the area or linked to Lithuanian and, less frequently, Polish national cultures. The structure of the memorial heritage is largely a product of the selective preservation of pre-war monuments and constructions in the Soviet period and post-Soviet ...
B. Pasternak’s Black Spring: the image of time (the original and English translation)
This article focuses on the 'time' concept in Boris Pasternak's “Black spring! Pick up your pen and weeping...” and its English translation by Lydia Pasternak-Slater.
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3. Жолковский А. К. Поэтика Пастернака. М., 2011.
4. Лосский В. Н. Очерк мистического...
Political reconsideration of the Soviet past: attitudes and actions of the Lithuanian elites
Different political elite groups of post-communist Lithuania offer different accounts of the Soviet past. Even twenty years later, after the collapse of communism Lithuanian politicians (with the exception of certain conservative anti-nostalgic leaders allied with some populists) still do not have a unified and coherent view on the Soviet political ...
The image of time in B.L. Pasternak’s poem Unique days
This article focuses upon the axiological prototype of the ‘time’ category in Boris Pasternak's poem Unique Days and its English translation by Lydia Pasternak-Slater.
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Концептуальный смысл грамматических аномалий в тексте стихотворения Б. Пастернака «Единственные...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... made about the theoretical impossibility of classifying Poland’s political system as belonging to one or another commonly acknowledged type [7, s. 51].
What can be stated with acceptable certainty is that the Polish party system has stabilised in the past 15—20 years, with two political forces assuming the leading role. Below, I will attempt to describe the manifestations of this leading role and the reasons behind the formation of country’s party system. I will also analyse the current trends ...
Between profession and public engagement: Evolution of the public history movement in America
... its development and identifying factors behind changes in major trends. It is shown that pubic history has undergone significant transformations abandoning the idea of professionalising non-academic history for that of collaborative structuring of the past by historians and the general public.
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2. Савельева И. М. Публичная ...
An escape from the embrace of politics. A study into the cultures of remembrance as a means to encourage a historical dialogue in Lithuanian-Russian relations
This article focuses on the factors inhibiting a productive rethinking of the past in contemporary Lithuanian-Russian relations. The rethinking of the past is understood as a process facilitating the reconsideration of historical meanings through adjusting them to the expectations and values of the contemporary society. The author ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... paradiplomacy, conducts a case study analysis of three forms of Russian-Finnish regional interaction and defines the main trends in paradiplomacy. The author concludes that paradiplomacy intensifies globalisation and regionalisation processes. In the past years, the main paradiplomacy trends in cooperation between Russia and the Baltic Sea region states, particularly Finland, were as follows: (1) project activity gathering momentum; (2) diversification of paradiplomatic actors; (3) equal and symmetrical ...
The peaks and troughs of Russian-Estonian relations
... western neighbours have always been strained. A important role is played in these tensions by the ideological component, namely the different and often conflicting interpretations of historical events. Since the disputed events took place in the recent past, and some of the participants are still alive, these differences are sharp and acute. It would be erroneous to say that no attempts have been made to discuss the contentious issues and reconcile the differences. Bilateral commissions were set up ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
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(accessed 26.06.2022).
Over the past 20 years, gross domestic spending on R&D in Russia has remained virtually unchanged and amounts to about 1 % of GDP. Based on this particular indicator, the Russian Federation falls behind the developed countries in the region by a factor of two....
Kruglov A. N. Kant and Kant’s philosophy in Russian belles-lettres
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B. Pasternak’s “February”: infinitive writing and its translations
Based on a comparison of translations of B. Pasternak’s poem “February”, the author raises the question as to the possibility of preserving the grammar strategies of the original in translation and the degree of stability of “poetry grammar” as a meaning generating mechanism.
1. Гин Я. И. К вопросу о построении поэтики грамматических категорий //Гин Я. И. Проблемы поэтики грамматических категорий...
Historical narrative in the work of Kaliningrad poets during Perestroika: the experience of content analysis
During the years of Perestroika, discussions about Stalinism and the Soviet legacy became a focal point of public attention. In the Kaliningrad region, interest in history during this period shifted towards the regional pre-war past, the cultural heritage of the area, the history of its settlement, and the development by Soviet people. Historical themes became one of the leading motifs in the works of Kaliningrad poets. The aim of the article is to identify the “images of ...
Estonian ‘Balticness’ as a social construct: meanings and contextual specifics
... by Estonia’s political leadership. It is concluded that, despite the visibility of socioeconomic issues in the discourse, the most comprehensive image of Estonian ‘Balticness’ is constructed by interconnected narratives built around the Soviet past and the ‘security threats’ associated with Russia. The theoretical framework of regionalism, which allows one to consider the Baltics as a social construct rather than a set of material factors, provides an additional explanatory model.
...
Action-thoughts and the genesis of time in linguistic semiosis
The genesis of time is explained in the spirit of constructivism combined with the activity approach to cognition. The cardinal temporal categories of present, past, and future are discussed in terms of action-thoughts understood as elementary units of activity whose structure is determined by linguistic semiosis. Husserl’s tripartite model of the phenomenology of time (prime perception, retention, protention) ...
The Place of Hermann Cohen’s Ideas in the Philosophy of Dialogue
My aim is to prove that Hermann Cohen was not only a philosopher of dialogue but has played an exceedingly important role in the history of that current of thought. His books Ethics of Pure Will (1904) and Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism (1919) offer a detailed analysis of the relationships between I and Thou, I and It, I and We. In the first book these relationships are considered from the ethical-legal point of view and in the second from the viewpoint of religious anthropology...
Functions of somatisms in the poetry of B. Pasternak
The article analyzes the somatic vocabulary in the poetry of B. Pasternak. It is concluded that the poet actively uses the words of this semantic class that is associated with some peculiarities of his world perception. The quantitative analysis of somatic elements shows that more than 100 somatisms are used in the poet's lyrics. Of these, the words associated with visual perception (eyes, pupil, etc.) are most actively used, the second most important unit is the hand and its components (arm, shoulders...
Verb collocations of the semantic field «Memory» with the component ‘Vergangenheit’ in the German media
... ‘Vergangenheit’, which are commonly used in German media; it describes structural, semantic and syntagmatic characteristics of the verb collocations. The source of the research data is newspaper texts corpus DWDS. The keyword "Vergangenheit" (past) can be characterized by a high syntagmatic potential that indicates the importance of the denoted concept for memory processes comprehension. The author employs a functional-communicative approach, a complex of semasiological and onomasiological ...
The symbols of the temporary and timeless in B. Pasternak’s poem Sparrow Hills
This article deals with the 'time' concept in Boris Pasternak's poem “Sparrow Hills” and its English translation by Eugene M. Kayden. The focus is placed on implicitness as a basic feature of the semantic structure of a poetic text. The poem's main image – Pentecost (“Whitsun”) – proves to be a manifestation of eternity in the realm of time. In the English translation, this broad temporal context is lost.
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The Role of Political Elites in the Development of Politics of Memory in the Baltic States
The article focuses on multiple cases of the politicization of history by the Baltic political elites. Three states of development of politics of memory in the Baltic States are identified. Problems of political exploitation of the past are scrutinized in the context of political life and international relations. It is concluded that the narratives of the past where nazi and Soviet legacies are equated are actively promoted on the pan-European level. Elites of the Baltic States ...
The thought of death and overcoming of death in B. Pasternak’s cycle ‘Some Songs in Letters So She Won’t Be Bored’
The intertextual connections with the Bible found in the cycle ‘Songs in Letters So She Won’t Be Bored’ (My Sister Life, 1917) help identify the features of artistic expression of the Christian ideas of immortality in the early works of B. Pasternak. An analysis of the author’s symbolism shows that the philosophising persona of Pasternak’s book ponders on death looking for the ways to overcome it. The way to overcome “boredom”— death is the “narrow way” of the Gospel, whereas...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... Slovakia, the Czech Republic) and the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) are amongst the closest geographical neighbours of Russia. The history of Russia’s bilateral relations with them is rich in significant events from the countries’ common past and reflects all the vicissitudes of European development. In the 21st century, Russia is having difficulty in maintaining harmonious bilateral relations with these countries, Hungary being the only exception. Problems stem from the fact that these ...
Representation of the image of Kaliningrad in the names of guided city tours
... image formed after visiting the city, or the image formed after the tour itself. The study has shown that such a discrepancy in the image of Kaliningrad is typical because of the dichotomy Koenigsberg — Kaliningrad, the contrast between the German past and Russian present, and the intention to represent Koenigsberg as a city that still exists. The article provides recommendations for overcoming the discrepancy problem.
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The intertexteme as an instrument in the past — present — future dialogical space of urbanism practices: an intersemiotic analysis of graffiti and inscriptions in Gdansk and Kaliningrad
This paper discusses intertextual and intervisual tools for creating the past — present — future dialogic axis in urban practices, using the example of graffiti and inscriptions in Gdansk and Kaliningrad. The authors describe the urban space as an object of research, give a definition of the urban inscription, characterize ...
Explication of autobiographical memories in Herman Hesse’s short stories
The author explores the importance of the autobiographical component in literary works. The article offers a linguostylistic analysis of short stories by the German writer H. Hesse. In these stories, the writer reconstructs his past based on his memories. The article analyses methods of linguistic actualisation and reproduction of past experiences as an integral element of autobiographical memory and describes the verbalisation of obliviscence. The author holds that H. Hesse ...
The effect of railway network evolution on the Kaliningrad region’s landscape environment
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9. Kjonigsberg - Kaliningrad: illjustrirovannyj jenciklopedicheskij spravochnik [Königsberg - Kaliningrad: ...
The mythical thinking of B. Pasternak in the cycle Romanovka
This article considers the features of the manifestation of B. Pasternak’s mythologism in his early cycle “Romanovka” (included in the book My Sister, Life). The author emphasises the Christian nature of the poet’s interpretation of the war and revolution period of 1917. Special attention is paid to the means of the implementation of the author’s idea of the Fall, punishment, and atonement in Russia at that historical moment. The article stresses the role of Biblical allusions in the literary...
Fruit and Mirror: on Intersection of Images in Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke and Boris Pasternak
The article considers the interrelated images of the 'fruit' and the 'mirror' in poems by Rainer Maria Rilke and Boris Pasternak in the context of
their artistic worldviews. The author compares the function of both images in the oeuvre of the poets.
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Geopolitical regionalisation of the Baltic area: the essence and historical dynamics
... navigable waterways has, of course, changed over time: some rivers that were fully navigable in ancient times may now only accommodate smaller boats, whilst others are plied by ships with significantly greater carrying capacity than those of centuries past. A significant portion of Finland falls within the catchment area. Yet, the country’s navigable inland waterways are linked to the sea only through the now-closed Saimaa Canal constructed in the mid-19th century. Although modern land transport ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... centre, Kaliningrad, is predictably the economic leader in the share in the total and per capita incomes. At the same time, the long-term (since 2012) trend in the indicator under consideration is the reduction of intermunicipal differences. Over the past years, the Guryevsk MD has assumed growing importance in the region’s economy. This area in the suburbs of Kaliningrad has been the leader in housing development since 2010, with over 50 % of the total regional volume in 2015—2016. From the beginning ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... Vladislav Ivchenko investigates the possibility of maritime transport as the backbone of economic cooperation between the region and St. Petersburg [20]. The literature also pays attention to the prospects of reverting the fishing industry to its past capacity [22], embracing new technology, introducing innovation into production, and creating innovative clusters [23], [24].
In his annual message, Governor Anton Alikhanov stressed inter alia the need to reorient international ties towards Belarus,...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... that both offers coastal areas new opportunities, such as saturating the local food market with Russian goods [49], and presents them with risks [50].
As rightly noted in [51], the proclaimed Zeitenwende in the Baltic region has become a thing of the past, a completely unrealised ideologeme, whilst the ‘space of cooperation’ has rapidly militarised. The new geopolitical landscape calls for revising the status of Russian Baltic territories as autonomous and geopolitically distinctive entities — ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... when an alum returns to their homeland after completing their education.
Contemporary state of the research
The examination of education as a soft power instrument has been a subject of increasing interest in a burgeoning body of literature over the past few decades. This interest originated in the late 1980s when Joseph Nye introduced the concept of ‘soft power’ [1, p. 153—171], [2, p. 223—232]. American scholars have often characterized the Scandinavian experience, particularly that of ...
Geoecological aspects of various types of archaeological sites in the North-West of the Russian Plain
The study of geo-ecological factors allows not only to determine the nature of human economic activities but also reveals natural influences affecting the placement of archaeological objects in the past. Special attention is given to «Stone piles» («Lappish cairns») — stone piles widely found within the studied territory. Despite years of archaeological research, the nature of these structures remains enigmatic, though archaeological artifacts ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... is manifold. In many regions, the share of online commerce, which became the driver of economic development during the lockdown, is minimal. Based on the results of the study, several recommendations have been formulated.
Introduction
Over the past few decades, there has been an active diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT),<1> in particular, the Internet, into all spheres of human activity. The related changes in recent years in technologies, production methods,...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... centripetal trend is dominant in the country, affecting the population structure, traffic and socio-economic development. It persists despite the numerous attempts of authorities of different levels to restore the polycentric spatial development of the past, which is not touted as a goal for the future.
Until 1991, most towns had thriving local manufacturing enterprises involved in furniture, electronic appliance and garment production, precision engineering, prefabricated building, construction, and ...
Labyrinths of memory in “Animal triste” by Monica Maron
... nature of memory is analyzed in terms of memory and forgetting as necessary components of this phenomenon. For this study, the process of purposeful ousting certain fragments connected to the late love story with a tragic finale, from the storyteller’s past, has been analysed. The selective nature of the nameless character’s retrospective activity is based on the desire to level out her commitment to the death of her beloved who betrayed her. The author concludes that the role of the forgetting leitmotiv ...
Dismantling monuments as the core of the post-2014 ‘decommunisation’ in Ukraine and Poland
... historian and member of the French Academy
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Memory policy as a Symbolic policy area
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Preserve vs dismantle: major trends in the Baltics’ politics of memory regarding Soviet monuments at sites of mass violence
... sites of mass violence. The official policy of the Baltics towards these memorial sites has been largely shaped by the international agenda and the perception of the commemorated events. During the Euroatlantic drift, the concept of the Baltic States’ past incorporated the Holocaust narrative, recoding the symbolic space of Soviet sites remembering Nazi crimes against Jews and integrating them into the national culture of remembrance. Soviet memorials at sites commemorating the tragedy of local peoples ...
Cultural code of the city
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‘Polish Question’ in Lithuania and Problems of Polish-Lithuanian Relations at the Turn of the Century
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Watershed or Cul-de-Sac? Disputes in the Theological Reception of Kant’s Philosophy
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The identity and collective memory of Kaliningraders in recent Polish studies
... development of Kaliningrad regional identity – a process closely related to collective memory changes and politics of memory. Scholars have explored the ‘identity dilemmas’ of Kaliningraders, commemorative conflicts between different groups about the past, and strategies for the ‘invention of traditions’. However, studies into the identity of certain groups of local residents (the Polish diaspora or Catholics) cast doubt on the very validity of the question about the identity of Kaliningraders....
Discursive practices of the Russian diaspora in Estonia: language contacts
... features. The results of the diasporic speech analysis show that the key components of a typical diasporic discourse are the following ones: spatial-temporal localization (space: Estonia — Russia —the West relations; significant locations, space in the past and today (the empire, the Republic of Estonia, the Soviet Union); information space; time: historical periods, dates, holidays; time in information space, etc.), linguistic reflections (metalinguistic units denoting co-existence, knowledge, language ...
The functional determination of speech aspects of a document
... takes into account parameters affected by both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. The article describes speech representations of the key genre elements. These are the communicative goal, the image of the author and the addressee, the image of the past and the future, the content of the dictum, the language of a genre, and relevant means of speech representation. The authors conclude that the informative-explanatory function, which is central to the Development Concept, necessitates the use of ...
Preaching activity of Ludwig Ernst Borowski, a Königsberg pastor, during the Napoleonic wars (1806—1816)
The article explores the life of the Königsberg preacher Ludwig Ernst Borowski (1740—1831). Special attention is paid to his biography and his pastoral activities. A detailed analysis of Borowski's patriotic sermons (1806—1816) is undertaken; the idiosyncrasies of his literary style are emphasized. The main themes and subjects of pastor Borowski's sermons are vcarefully examined. The author emphasizes the significance of Borowski's personality for the intellectual and political life of Königsberg...
Battlefield memories of the youth in Yu. N. Ivanov’s oeuvre: The novel In a besieged ci
... 1945. It is shown how descriptions of the works of architecture and art contribute to the artistic understanding of the history of Königsberg. The literary text based on what the author saw and experienced helps him to not only immerse himself in the past and relive it but also rewrite the past and change it to fit his concept of it.
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Discursive and media borders of criticism in arts (based on written materials in German)
In the information society, criticism assumes a special role in the system of genre and stylistic differentiation of media texts. The media culture of new generation is faced with the problem of studying the discursive characteristics of criticism of modern media genres. The analysed examples of criticism from German press focusing on arts and culture make it possible to reveal certain trends in the media perception in the early 21st century
1. Богоявленский А. Е. PR и журналистика:...
The concept of time in the late poetical cycles of R. M. Rilke and B. Pasternak: back to mythological sources
This article presents the key results of an analysis of time concepts in poetic cycles of R.M. Rilke and B. Pasternak. The author emphasises the isomorphism of evolution of ideas of time in the late works of the poets.
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