“Royal game” on the “royal mountain”: сhess in Königsberg
The article explores the history of chess in Königsberg in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The author gives the data on competitions held in the capital of East Prussia, as well as biographical data on players and chess composers who lived there and visited Königsberg. The reconstruction of the history of the chess movement includes the localization of chess clubs in the city. The researcher states, that in the 1850s — 1870s chess clubs with general and specialized membership...
Tool-Kit for Ethical Analysis of Video Games: Answer to the Challenges of the New Enlightenment
... Richter T., 2007. Persuasive Effects of Fictional Narratives Increase over Time. Media Psychology, 10(1), pp. 113-34.
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Bay, J. L. and Blackmon S., 2014. Inhabiting Professional Writing: Exploring Rhetoric, Play, and Community in Second Life. In: J. deWinter and R. M. Moeller, eds. 2014. Computer Games and Technical Communication. Critical Methods & Applications at the Intersection. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 211-231.
Belov, S. I., 2022. Historical ...
Theatrical interpretation of a literary work from the standpoint of semiotic creativity
The study presents the results of linguosemiotic analysis of sign correlations between the play “The Elder Son” by Vampilov and 22 theatrical performances based on it (The International on-line Festival “The Elder Son — 55”, November, 2020). The play and its multimodal interpretations are viewed as parts of a unique communicative ...
Kant’s aesthetic theory in the light of H. G. Gadamer’s hermeneutic project
... distinguishes between aesthetic judgment and cognition, whereas Gadamer defines art as a method of cognition, an event that can become genuine under the condition of maximum of understanding. The author analyses the key categories of aesthetics — taste, play, and the beautiful. It is concluded that Kant understands the category of play from the perspective of the subject, whereas Gadamer interprets it as an instance of movement, independent from the observer. The correlation between Kant’s aesthetic ...
The conflict of the intellectual and the boor in the plays by S. Mrożek “Tango” and A. Chekhov “Cherry orchard”
This article examines the social and cultural conflict, the essence of which lies in the opposition of the intellectual and the boor in Chekhov's play “The 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 ...
Playing with spectres
... heterogeneous structure in the realm of interactions between the ‘semiotic’ understood as a pre-linguistic condition of instinctive drives and the ‘symbolic’ manifested in socially oriented identification and discursive practices. The problem of play at the interface of its interactions is examined in the context of a danger of an ‘offensive of spectres’ against the reality, which can turn the latter in a ‘simulated hyperreality’. The author stresses Kant’s moral rigour in the context ...
The international experience of integration of education, research, and business
The article considers three main types of integration of education, science and business. There are: American type, Japanese type and Mixed type. The main role in American type of integration plays Research University; the main role in Japanese type plays Government; the main role in Mixed type (mostly prevalence are in Central and Northern Europe) plays technological parks. The article considers merits and demerits of these types.
1. Карпенко ...
Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... Lithuania, forming the ‘core’ of a multinational tactical battalion group. From 2017 to 2021, troops from the 10th Armoured Division were sent to Rukla on a rotational basis, with the 37th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 10th Armoured Division playing a key role. During this period, approximately 7,000 troop rotations occurred, with some soldiers and officers serving two or more terms there.
The choice of Rukla for the deployment of the tactical battalion group of eFP was determined by the ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... weapons, scabbards, and sheaths;
Non-electric lamps and lighting equipment;
Parts of lamps and lighting equipment made of glass;
Products and accessories for all kinds of billiards;
Games operated by coins or tokens, excluding equipment for bowling;
Playing cards;
Game consoles and video game equipment;
Other entertainment goods, tabletop or indoor games;
Skis, ski bindings;
Other skis and other equipment for skiing;
Windsurfing boards;
Water skis and equipment for water sports;
Hockey sticks, sets;
...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... conflict-prone areas along Russia’s borders. The intensification of the confrontation between Russia and the West heightens the relevance of economic security issues for the Russian regions located along the Baltic Sea coast.
Russia’s Baltic regions play a crucial role in the country’s economy [30]. St. Petersburg, in particular, holds significant importance, ranking 4th among the Russian Federation’s subjects in terms of population, 3rd in GDP volume, and 2nd in foreign trade turnover (Table ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... the support of cutting-edge information technologies to discover fresh ideas, innovations, and market opportunities for the development and promotion of novel products and services. Technical tools infused with elements of artificial intelligence (AI) play a pivotal role in this process. One such tool is an AI-powered chatbot known as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, or ChatGP T. These tools introduce diverse dimensions to the connection between the Theory of Planned Behavior and the concept ...
Information and propaganda strategies in German non-state media discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic
... data demonstrates a deep politicization of the pandemic discourse, revealing the decisive role of politicians in shaping the agenda of traditional media [4], [6]. It can be assumed that media outlets, by broadcasting the authorities’ point of view, play a significant role in influencing and managing the public’s response during emergencies [7]. Thus, certain attitudes broadcast through the media encourage society to follow the line chosen by authorities [8]. In this regard, a question arises as ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... environmental and humanitarian processes.
Despite the growing tensions between Russia and the rest of the BSR countries in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, Moscow has not abandoned multilateral diplomacy in the region, including the CBSS. Russia played a crucial role in the reformulation of the CBSS long-term priorities, which took place amidst the Ukrainian crisis. In light of an evaluation and review of the CBSS five long-term priorities approved at the 7th Baltic Sea States Summit, held in ...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... miniature model for reference, the sculptor Harald Haacke reproduced the lost 1857 monument by Christian Daniel Rauch. The restored statue was unveiled in 1992 and put up on the extant pedestal of the original monument. A vital part in the restoration was played by Countess Marion Dönhoff, in whose manor the original monument was hidden during the war. A memorial plaque to Countess Dönhoff, an icon of West German political journalism, was installed in the village of Kamenka (Friedrichstein until 1947),...
Expressiveness in the theatre as a meaning-making technology and the role of gestures in its realization
... meaning-making resource responsible for the form-content fusion. The analysis is carried out on the basis of two different kinds of theatrical discourse: theatrical performance and public play-reading. The author turns to theatrical interpretations of the plays by Alexander Vampilov, Alexander Kazantsev, Natalya Sadur, and to two public readings of the play “A man from Podolsk” by Dmitry Danilov, with the total duration of 740 minutes. The focus is on gesture as a pivotal semiotic resource of the theatre....
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... be noted that today French foreign policy remains a popular research topic both for Russian and foreign authors. For instance, Obichkina explores the diplomatic strategy of the Fifth Republic in the modern world emphasizing the intention of Paris to play the role of an all-European leader [6]. Chernega studies the European policy of President Macron in detail and notes that the attempts to make Europe more autonomous meet Russian interests, yet having several nuances [7], [8]. For their part, Narochnitskaya ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... need of support.
State of research
A surge of scientific interest in tourism development in the Baltic States as a cohesive region coincided with the independence of these countries. Agita Šļara and Iveta Druvaskalne have examined the role tourism played when the three states were joining the common European space [2]. Russian geographers focus on international cooperation in tourism and its specific spatial forms, such as transboundary tourist and recreational regions (TTRR). Irina Dragileva, ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
.... In the regions classified as such, the main challenge faced by the authorities was the timely move to remote working to reduce the passenger flow.
In the regions dominated by the spaces of places, the central role in the spread of the pandemic was played by isolated hotbeds: small closed towns, in-patient care facilities, retirement homes, etc. (Table 6). Here, the authorities had to deal with local outbreaks, often by imposing lockdowns.
Local hotbeds of the pandemic in Russia’s Baltic regions
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Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... partnership model for their interaction. The reputation of Russia’s authorities is a critical component of the national symbolic capital and an intangible resource for the development of the state and municipal system of administration. Reputation plays a vital role in determining the success of the authorities’ political, economic, and social positions, as well as the overall competitiveness and efficiency of the country, ultimately leading to the development of the state. Researchers note that ...
Cultural heritage protection in Russia and Germany: challenges and solutions
Cultural heritage sites play an important role both in terms of the study and preservation of the culture and history of a particular territory, and in terms of their importance in recreation and tourism as a “soft power” for shaping a positive image in the geopolitical ...
On the less obvious manifestations of the poetic function: a translator’s view
The paper examines the interaction of the poetic function with the emotive and expressive functions in belles-lettres texts. The authors attempt to prove that the poetic function should not be equated with the aesthetic one. The former overlaps all the above-mentioned functions, but alone bears the responsibility for the form-content fusion. The paper focuses on the less evident mechanisms of the poetic function, beyond the obvious effect of tropes and figures of speech. Not unlike meiosis, its...
Functions of syntactic structures in the context of jakobson’s model of communication
... this study, it is understood as an interaction between the writer and the reader in the process of interpreting a poetic work. The poetic function of syntactic means is analysed on the example of Yevgeny Boratynsky’s poem "Autumn", which plays a special role in his creative heritage. Along with the poetic function, the emotive, phatic, conative, referential and metacommunicative functions of syntactic constructions are revealed. The author demonstrates the breadth of the functional ...
Legal Consciousness at the Early Stage of Personality Development from the Perspective of Russian Neo-Kantian Philosophy of Pedagogy
... state of morality and legal consciousness during early childhood, and Rubinstein’s position on this issue is closer to the position of Natorp than to that of Hessen. Furthermore, I examine the differences in the views of the Russian Neo-Kantians on play as an activity crucial for the understanding of human childhood. According to Hessen, play is anomic, whereas Rubinstein sees it as a collaborative activity that can engender respect for other people and their rights, i.e., to legal consciousness....
The dynamics of the world market of gold in the context of the present pulse geopolitical processes. Part 1. Introduction to the problem
The article is devoted to the analysis of the behaviour of bidders in the global gold market affected by short-term and medium-term geopolitical disturbances. The direction, volume, speed and time range of investments in gold are determined depending on the nature of geopolitical threats. Based on non-economic factors, the author reveals the main patterns of making trivial and non-trivial decisions on investing in gold. The first part of the article describes the influence of geopolitical processes...
Children's daily life play in the post-war years (based on the material of the Ukrainian SSR)
The author makes an attempt to characterize the daily life play of the Soviet children in the postwar period. The analysis of the issue was carried out on the background of theoretical works on the topic, as well as archival materials and the results of the questionnaire. The study allows to identify the main ...
The thematic field of black humour
... as cultural phenomenon thematically is organized as a semantic field and focuses on six major components: death and associated with it, destruction of human physiology, fear of danger, threats to beloved ones, social catastrophes, necrophilia. A “play principle” is actively being implemented in all these cases.
1. Борисов С. Б. Эстетика «черного юмора» в российской традиции // Из истории русской эстетической мысли....
The formation of the political elite in Lithuania at the turn of the 1980s—1990s: the role of “moral politicians”
... article considers the trend of structural changes in the political elite of the Republic of Lithuania in the post-Soviet period through analyzing the role of the so-called “moral politicians” — intellectuals, artists, and cultural figures, who played a decisive role in the period of the communist system disintegration and further development of the country's policy. The role of the political elite, which is understood according to R. Putnam and J. Higley's definition, is considered in the conditions ...
Geopolitical regionalisation of the Baltic area: the essence and historical dynamics
... Uppsala University, Sweden, this programme involved at one point universities from 14 countries [17, p. 17]. Today, the number of participating nations has reduced to ten. The catchment area of any sea is, however, heterogeneous, with the largest rivers playing the key geopolitical role. Lev Mechnikov (1888) went as far as associating the emergence of the earliest civilizations with the major historical rivers flowing through the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia [18].
It appears that the majority ...
University performance and regional development: the case of Russia’s North-West
... part of the article presents the main conclusions.
Functional approach to regional university assessment
The functional approach asserts that an object’s essence and characteristics are defined by the execution of its primary functions. Each function plays a crucial role in determining the overall performance of the object.
Researchers apply the functional approach to studying higher education systems. For example, Firsova and Chernyshova [11] analyse educational, research, innovation and partnership ...
Evangelical Lutheran church of Denmark: socio-economic and territorial-organisational aspects
... permit in Denmark and certify their activities.
The Church is actively engaged in education. It operates three music schools in Vestervig, Løgumkloster, and Roskilde, as well as branches in several other cities, providing a variety of courses related to playing musical instruments, conducting, and singing. Special attention is paid to inclusive education.
Since 2014, the Centre for Pastoral Education and Research has been operating in Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Løgumkloster. Its work includes training ...
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... continuity of the radical Danish approach to countering the ghettoization by the Swedish liberal political system based on the cultural diversity of modern society.
Ethnic criteria of Danish ghettos
In 2001—2011, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) played a significant role in a Venstre-Conservative coalition government. One of the main areas of the Danish government’s activities during this period was the tightening of immigration policy and the regulation of mechanisms for the integration of ...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... seizure of Russian property. The Baltic States have always been at the forefront of anti-Russian policies, insisting on the radical option of using Russian assets for not only the needs of Ukraine but also their own.<4> Nevertheless, these countries play a very modest role in the international financial system, and the volume of frozen assets they hold is insignificant: given the negligible volume of investment in their economies, a lack of international trust will not have catastrophic consequences ...
The influence of S.T. Shatsky’s pedagogical views on the organization of children’s life during the formation of the pioneer organization (1922—1929)
... modern conditions, when a new stage of development of children’s organizations is observed in the Russian Federation. Despite the primary goal of ideological education in the pioneer organization, its activities reflected comprehensive elements such as play, labor education, art, and social education. According to S. T. Shatsky, these are fundamental elements in organizing children’s life. The connection between the theoretical views of S. T. Shatsky and practical work with children in the pioneer ...
Polynominativity of geographical objects in the linguocultural context
... phenomenon of polynominativity—multiple names for a single object. This investigation employs toponyms as a case study. The exploration delves into several key factors that give rise to polyonyms: 1) linguosociocultural factors: these factors play a pivotal role in shaping subsystems of names, encompassing both official and unofficial, widely used and niche terms, as well as neutral and connotatively charged expressions. 2) linguogeocultural factors: they contribute to the differentiation ...
‘People in Black’: Semantization of the concepts ‘sectant’ and ‘baptist’ in the anti-religious campaign of 1958—1964
In the post-revolutionary era, the population's adoption of a new political vocabulary demanded the Soviet authorities to play the role of the interpretant. They engaged in the process of assigning meanings to new concepts through mass media and fiction. Simultaneously, established concepts had to undergo reshaping to align with the new worldview of the 'Soviet citizen’....
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
This paper aims to study how geopolitical shifts affect regional economies and their structures. Border functions and regimes act as tools for the economy and society to adapt to the redistribution of political influence, movements of people, goods, capital and information between integration associations, individual countries and their cores. A changed environment may slow down the development of some industries (and even cause them to decline) and give a boost to others, with these two processes...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... transformation requires a significant part of cooperation ties with unfriendly countries to be restructured.
Introduction and Problem Statement
Innovations serve as a catalyst for the reorientation of industrial and technological structures [1], [2], playing a pivotal role in the restructuring of a regional economy and its adaptation to rapidly changing circumstances [3]. During times of crisis, regions that embrace innovative advancements tend to be more successful in navigating the aftermath of ...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... This was an attempt to provoke a military-political crisis requiring NATO intervention, in which the new members, especially Sweden with its appreciable naval capabilities, having the island of Gotland as an ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’, would play an important role.
Although the threat of ‘losing Kaliningrad’ is still highly exaggerated, it is clear that those in the West who are calling for a tougher line against Moscow to force it to capitulate in Ukraine, openly view pressurizing Kaliningrad ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... analysing extensive geospatial datasets. This includes the incorporation of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques [5], [6].
The widespread adoption of the internet and information and communication technologies (ICT) on a global scale has played a pivotal role in the development of open databases containing geocoded spatio-temporal data, which are now readily accessible for geographic analysis. This has formed the cornerstone for various fields of study focused on distinct facets of digitalization,...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... increasing proportion of agricultural production, declining employment in the industry in the periphery, population outflow from peripheral municipalities and economic diversification in the rural areas.
3. In the case of Kaliningrad, the factors at play are as follows:
— the growing rural population of the urbanised western part of the region, attributed to a positive net migration rate and the rural population decline in the eastern periphery, which is occurring against the background of declining ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... establishing a comparative advantage for cities [1]. The expansion of agglomerations is also linked to the rapid expansion of financial services, transportation, commerce, real estate transactions, construction, and warehousing [2], [3]. Notably, transport plays a pivotal role in agglomeration development, and the infrastructure required for transport comes with substantial and ever-increasing costs [4]. Larger cities generally exhibit improved economic productivity, except in polycentric urban configurations ...
Book-centric picture of the world in O. Tokarchuk’s novels “The Journey of the Book-People” and “The Books of Jacob”
The authors have conducted a comparative analysis of the novels by Olga Tokarczuk, "The Journey of the People of the Book" and "The Books of Jacob,", where the conceptual role is played by motifs of travel and books, and the theme of religious-mystical societies of the 17th-18th centuries becomes significant. The genre specificity of the two texts, features of their narrative structure, and character systems are considered. It ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... (regions, cities) that is “parallel to, often co-ordinated with, complementary to, and sometimes in conflict with their central governments’ diplomacy” [3 р. 48]
Twin cities Imatra-Svetogorsk
Owing to globalization processes, nowadays cities play a significant role in transnational cooperation. This phenomenon is called “city diplomacy”, that is, “the institutions and processes by which cities engage in relations with actors on an international political stage with the aim of representing ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... for the country, particularly in the realms of culture, education, and research.<7> The Institute has carried out an active scholarship policy towards concrete countries and regions in various forms since the 1990s. The Swedish Institute also plays a pivotal role in executing the nation branding policy, as it is tasked with promoting Sweden as a nation that offers ideal conditions for top-tier higher education, impactful global social initiatives, and cutting-edge research endeavours. The ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... of the Soviet threat, the acceleration of globalization, the emergence of new challenges, and the adoption of humanitarian interventions. Furthermore, some analyses underscore the significance of Minister of Foreign Affairs Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, who played a key role in the decision to deploy HDMS Olfert Fischer to the Persian Gulf for its involvement in enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq [24], along with Prime Minister Rasmussen. There are three key perspectives on the correlation between transformation ...
‘Definition of poetry’: Frege vs. Jakobson
... engaging along two axes — extralinguistic and linguistic. This approach enables the consideration of an artistic statement not as deficient but, conversely, as abundant in its referential connections. It helps reveal the common semiotic mechanisms at play in any work of art, which motivate the ‘definition of poetry’ as a distinct statement about a unique world.
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