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• The condition of cultural heritage sites in the Kaliningrad region

  ... article analyses the condition of settlements, manors (Landschlösser), castles, churches of East Prussia on the territory of today’s Kaliningrad region. It is shown that almost all historical sites of this type are either ruined or close to this condition. The author stresses the need to take urgent measures to preserves such sites or organise professional reconstruction. culture, architecture, history, East Prussia, World War II, Russian Orthodox Church, Teutonic Order Bakhtin A. 91-106

• On interdisciplinary connections in training specialists in theory of elasticity

  ... изгибе призм. М., 1961. 7. Уфлянд Я. С. Биполярные координаты в теории упругости. М. ; Л., 1950. Karpov G. educational process, biharmonic equation, coordinate systems, Airy function, load, stress, stress condition 79-86

• The bological effects of thermal impact on plants

  ... plants react to external and internal changes in the conditions of growth that can be used as indicators of the environment, its condition and changes. This article identifies the differences in the thermodynamic reactions of trees growing in areas with different ... ... Understanding Earth. N. Y., 2000. 8. Vidyakina S. V., Averina N. G., Rassadina V. V. et al.Opportunities of methods of indication of stress and norm reactions of plants // Ekologicheskiy Vestnik. 2008.№ 4. P. 5—15. 9. Шмидт С., Шмидт Х. Реакции ...

• Freud’s cognitive and linguistic insights in the theory of dream interpretation

  This article stresses the theoretical ‘touching points’ of S. Freud’s theory of dream in¬terpretation and modern cognitive linguistics. The authors stress the relevance of such lin¬guistic transformations as metaphor, metonymy, symbolisation, paronymy, homonymy, language game, and associative networks for Freud’s theory. Moreover, polysemy, initial context conditions, and the transfer of content from one coding into another — from the iconic image system into the symbolic conceptual one — also play an important role in dream interpretation. It is concluded that Freud anticipated key theoretical principles ...

• Moral and spiritual education in the conditions of civilisational challenges

  This article stresses the central position of moral and spiritual education in the modern educational paradigm. The values and meanings associated with the notion of ‘moral and spiritual education’ are considered. The author stresses the relevance of reintroducing ...

• Spatial Planning in the European Union: Practices to Draw on in Russia

  ... conditions in order to attain similar goals using the components of the transferred technique, model, or policy. We present a classification of spatial planning systems. We show how civil society is being involved in spatial planning in the EU and Russia. We stress the need to draw on the EU spatial planning experience, in particular, the involvement of civil society in project evaluation. At the same time, it is important to take into account the features of Russian natural and socioeconomic conditions. Chistobaev A. I., Fedulova S. I. space, territory, urban planning, projects, planning principles, best practices, civil society 86-99 10.5922/2079-8555-2018-2-6

• An assessment of the role of green belts in creating comfortable microclimatic conditions in summer

  ... background of global warming and a decline in urban vegeta­tion, they pose a danger of overheating in summer. In this article, we stress the significance of green spaces as a principal factor in reducing the overheat­ing of urban surfaces. We analyse a high-rise ... ... Voronezh to perform a simulation of microclimatic condi­tions in summer. The following parameters were used as background climatic conditions: the day of the summer solstice, cloudless and calm weather, air temperature 25° C. We assessed the level of thermal ...

• Social Facilitation: the Kaliningrad Region and Russian Mainland Regions

  ... differences in competence components identified through mathematical methods are determined by the geographical characteristics of the Kaliningrad region — its exclave nature, a relatively small territory, and proximity to the EU countries. It is stressed that the regional conditions affecting motivation, forms and areas of activities, and structure of experience should be taken into account in selecting means and methods of organising youth activities. They can also serve as a basis for the regional youth policy. 1. Goltsova,...

• The apologia of reason in J. Chr. Gottsched’s classicistic system: On the 250th anniversary of the philosopher’s death

  ... phenomenon of Gottsched is considered within the hermeneutic discourse of the so-called mystery of the German spirit. It is stressed that Gottsched was committed to a well-reasoned apologia of reason as a mediator between the reality and the spirit — ... ... fakultet. Kniga 1. Izd-vo LGU im. A. A. Zhdanova, Leningrad. 206 p. 12. Lyotard, J.-F. 1998, Sostoyanie Postmoderna [Postmodern Condition], Moscow, SPb, 160 p. 13. Mamardashvili M. K. 1996, O soznanii [About consciousness] In: Neobhodimiost sebya (Lektsii....

• The antioxidant status of plants in the conditions of urban cadmium pollution

  This article analyses the level of antioxidants (water-soluble antioxidants, carotenoids, and anthocyanins) in plants under the conditions of environmental cadmium pollution. The authors emphasise excessive background concentration of cadmium in plant samples ... ... Choupakhina G. N., Maslennikov P. V., Maltseva Ye.Yu., Frolov Ye. M., Besserezhnova M. I. technogenic pollution, oxidative stress, cadmium, antioxidants, bioindication. 16-23

• A comparison of the condition of the sand hopper Talitrus saltator Montagu, 1808 groups depending on the ecology of the Vistula and Curonian Spits’ coast

  A study into the condition of Talitrus saltator Montagu, 1808 groups on the coast of the Vistula and the Curonian Spits in April — October 2011 ... ... juveniles that replace older age groups in July — August, which can be interpreted as a response to intensified anthropogenic stress. 1. Гурьянова Е. Ф. Бокоплавы морей СССР (Amphipoda — Gammaridea). М. ; Л., 1951. С....

• Tourism in Border Regions: Theoretical Aspects of a Geographical Study

  ... systemic approach to analysing tourism in border areas and describe the particularities of tourism on such territories. It is stressed that institutional barriers have become a major obstacle to the development of transboundary tourism regions. Borders ... ... procedures. Special attention is paid to the attractiveness of state border areas. The authors identify external and internal conditions affecting tourism development and functioning in border areas. The practical significance of the study lies in the ...

• Human ecology: The modern civilisation and us

  This article presents the author’s philosophical and sociological ideas about the condition of modern society, its problems, and origins. The author stresses that the modern European civilisation is coming to a “dead end” and considers a human being as an object of manipulation. The subject of these manipulations is the bureaucratic system, whose interests lie in its own well-being. 1. Бобков ...

• The transitological dimension of constitutional changes in the Slovak Republic

  ... "reconstruction" and "dismantling". The Czechoslovak experience of constitutional legislation transformation follows that of dismantling. One of the positive features of this model is the rapid adoption of a new constitution. Experts and politicians stress that the main drawback of the Slovakian Constitution is that it has not eliminated the gap between values and rules and the actual condition of human rights. The prospects of further development of constitutional law in Slovakia are associated with overcoming the post-Communist attitudes of the Constitution. 1. История государства и права зарубежных ...

• The Emerald Network of areas of special conservation interest

  ... development of the Emerald network of areas of special conservation interest in Russia. The authors examine the role of biological reserves in conserving rare and endemic animal and plant species, including those of European significance. The article stresses the need to create a geoecological framework of a territory. For the first time, a cartographic representation of such framework is developed for the conditions of the Chechen Republic. The algorithm of its implementation is presented. 1. Белоновская Е. А., Тишков А. А. Проблемы сохранения природного разнообразия гор России (на ...

• Peat as Local Energy Source: Methodological Aspects

  This article considers the topicality of elaborating the theoretical and methodological framework of energy complex functioning and development management. The author stresses the importance of developing the methodological aspects of improving regional energy complex development management under the condition of exploiting local energy sources. 1.  Гранберг А.   Г. Основы региональной экономики. М., 2000. 2.  Долгов В. Ресурсы под ногами // Российская газета-Экономика ...

• Morality and philosophical education

  This article considers the possibility of philosophical education influencing moral consciousness in the conditions of contemporary societies. The author stresses the relevance of rational approach to moral issues from the perspective of contemporary philosophy and science. The institution of philosophical education is considered as a means to create a foundation for critical and reflective moral consciousness....

• Kant on evil in the human nature

  ... of humans as moral beings. First, the article addresses the “predispositions to the good”, which describes a human being as a natural being, cultural being, and a personality. In this connection, different types of reason identified by Kant are stressed and the features of “pure practical reason” as a necessary condition of human morality are analysed. Further, the article considers Kant’s definition of evil as a deviation of rules regulating the actions of a human being from their principle of morality. The author analyses the factors underlying the “predisposition” ...

• The assessment of the antioxidative status of plants of different ecological groups growing on the Curonian spit

  ... dependency between the anthocyans and АОА content in the leaves of plants under consideration regardless of environmental conditions. 1. Хавинсон В.   Х., Баринов В.   А., Арутюнян А.   В., Малинин В.   В.... ... Практикум. Калининград, 2004. Choupakhina G. N., Maslennikov P. V., Skrypnik L. N., Frolov E. M. oxidative stress, antioxidants, anthocyans, carotenoids, wild flora. 77-83

• The use of a gas discharge visualization technique at estimation the antioxidant status of plants in the conditions of cadmium toxic effect

  ... активных добавок, растительных лекарственных экстрактов и напитков // Приборы и автоматизация. 2004. № 11. С. 45—48. Maslennikov P., Tchoupakhina G., Krasnoperov А. oxidative stress, cadmium, antioxidants, GDV-method 14-21

• Kant and the Constitution of Russian Federation

  ... require significant improvement so that they adhere to the letter and the spirit of Kant’s ideas on state and law. The article stresses the need to take into account two provisions of Kant’s philosophy: the complementarity of morals and law and support ... ... practice. The article presents two strategies corresponding to the spirit of Kant’s constitutional state in the modern Russian conditions: the principle of developing a moral (rather than competent) personality and the principle of population preservation....

• Social capital: a threat of negative application

  ... com­posed of not only positive but also negative elements. Most researchers, in­cluding economists, sociologists, and psychologists stress the importance of the formation and development of human capital in modern society. However, they focus on the positive ... ... state of society at the moment of its development play an important role. For instance, if selfishness and money as the only conditions for success begin to dominate in society, the available personal capital starts to be used in an anti­social way. ...

• Antecedents to the idea of constitutional control in the French legal thought of the Enlightenment

  In this article, I consider the institution of constitutional control and its development during the Enlightenment. I stress that enlighteners thoroughly disapproved of French parliaments as forerunners of modern bodies of consti­tutional justice and explain why this was the case. In an early modern state, conditions for constitutional control and its very possibility were viewed in conjunction with the principles of sovereignty and the division of power. I conclude that the enlightenment doctrine of general will affected the percep­tion by enlighteners ...

• The category of the psychosomatic in the psychological discourse of the 20th century

  ... prism of various psychogenic factors of development and understood as a form of soma-tization of affective or psychopathological conditions. The author addresses the theoretical and methodological problems of modern understanding of psycho-somatic disorders ... ... psychosomatic disorder // J. Psychosom. Res. 1967. № 11. Р. 3—9. 9. Green J. W., Walker L. S. Psychosomatic problems and stress in adolescence // Pediatric clinics of North America. 1997. Vol. 44, Iss. 6. P. 1557—1572. 10. Halliday J. The significance ...

• Critical thinking and modern education in humanities

  This article addresses the transmission of critical thinking in modern conditions via the humanities. The author identifies the basic features of critical thinking and stresses its significance. The humanities — foremost, philosophy — are considered as a means to create elements of critical thinking. 1. Бек У. Что такое глобализация? М., 2001. 2. Брюшинкин В. Н. Критическое ...

• Development of Aland Islands: major trends and challenges

  This article considers key conditions and factors of the development of Aland Islands, describes main international legal regulations determining current ... ... makeup, but rather their economic and geographical position, the ‘concentration effect’, and the population influx. It is stressed that wide regional disparities observed within such small territory are indicative of the spatial structure of society ...

• The Tourist and Recreation Potential of Historical Cities in North-West Russia

  ... persisting problem of the national economy’s spatial organisation amidst the absence of a clear-cut regional policy. The authors stress the discrepancy between the distribution of economic activities and the established system of settlement. This is particularly ... ... an example. The authors explore factors behind the formation of a new development strategy for historical cities and analyse conditions necessary for the efficient exploitation of the historical cities’ tourism and recreation potential. The findings ...

• The modern concept of coast protection and hydraulic engineering on the sea coasts of the Kaliningrad region

  This article analyses the current state of the Baltic Sea coast protection system in the Kaliningrad region. It is stressed that the critical condition of hydraulic structures hampers effective protection of the seacoast. The modern concept of sea protection suggests that coast protection structures must con-trol the movement of deposits in the coastal zone to preserve and restore the beach ...

• Informal educational practices in the local communities of a metropolis: The untapped potential for a dialogue between generations

  Based on an analysis of the cultural trends and innovations in the Rus-sian system of lifelong learning, the author justifies the viability of one the vectors of development of nonformal education. The article stresses the consol-idating potential of nonformal mixed-age education at the level of local com-munities of a modern metropolis. The author emphasises the need to support their development to promote cultural continuity and create conditions for the personal development of different generations. 1. Илакавичус М. Р. Неформальное образование для разновозрастных сообществ: законодательная база и перспективы ...

• Personal determinants of somatic reactions in adolescents

  ... Personality. 1987. № 55. Р. 219—316. 11. Forman M., Tosi D., Rudy D. Common irrational beliefs associated with the psychological conditions of low back pain, peptic ulcers and migraine headache: A multivariate study // Journal of Rational Emotive Therapy.... ... Psychiatry. 1986. № 31. Р. 241—248. 13. Maciejewski P. K., Prigerson H. G., Mazure C. M. Self-efficacy as a mediator between stressful life events and depressive symptoms. Differences based on history of prior depression // The British Journal of Psychiatry....

• Playing with spectres

  ... language as a 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.... ... 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 of game theory, which is interpreted as an indirect warning against ‘chimeras ...

• Theoretical Aspects of Cross-border Integration-based Economic Cooperation

  In this article the author analyses theoretical aspects of border economy in the conditions of modern processes of integration. The author describes the existing schools and concepts of integration stressing the role of government regulation relating to the deformations in the development of the world economic mechanism. Modern studies focus on the evolution of integration processes, which has largely affected the key elements of the world economic ...

• Kant’s aesthetic theory in the light of H. G. Gadamer’s hermeneutic project

  ... 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.... ... correlation between Kant’s aesthetic theory and the ensuing romantic concepts of is established. In the conclusion, the authors stresses the influence of Kant’s theory on the development of hermeneutics, which has been aimed at avoiding pseudo-understanding ...

• Lessing’s Hamburg Dramaturgy in the “codes of hope” discourse of the Enlightenment

  ... “pre-critical” period of the Elightenment is based on trust in human sensibility, within which, probably unconsciously, in the conditions of newly established autonomy, he discovers the heteronomous orientation of the “compassion” and “fear” existentials ... ... belief in the unbreakable unity between nature and the truth manifested in the code of the category of the beautiful. In the stress field between the rust of greed and the gold of sensible heart, Lessing relies on the pedagogical power of catharsis of ...

• Baltic Studies in 2017

  ... human resources, recreation, research, and education. I place emphasis on the dependence of the Kaliningrad region on Russia’s ‘hub’ in the Baltic. With a reference to the Framework for a Strategy for Russia’s Spatial Development until 2030, I stress the need for a closer collaboration between Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad in the new geoeconomic and geopolitical conditions. I explore the opportunities for and barriers to the joint geoeconomic positioning of St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad region in the Baltic. This study has proved instrumental in inventorying all the factors, forms, and areas of cooperation ...

• The Factors, Formats, and Avenues of Cooperation between St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad Region in Today’s Eurasian Geo-Economic Context

  ... human resources, recreation, research, and education. I place emphasis on the dependence of the Kaliningrad region on Russia’s ‘hub’ in the Baltic. With a reference to the Framework for a Strategy for Russia’s Spatial Development until 2030, I stress the need for a closer collaboration between Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad in the new geoeconomic and geopolitical conditions. I explore the opportunities for and barriers to the joint geoeconomic positioning of St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad region in the Baltic. This study has proved instrumental in inventorying all the factors, forms, and areas of cooperation ...

• Minimising Investment Risks Through Optimising Public-Private Partnership: The Case of the Kaliningrad Region

  ... This accounts for the scientific novelty of examining investment risks minimisation through proving the essentiality of developing PPP mechanisms on a unique Russian territory — the Kaliningrad region. The article analyses current investment risks, conditions, barriers, and avenues to enhance the investment climate in the Kaliningrad region. The authors utilise data on current investment in the region and consider the principles of the region’s investment policy. The study stresses the need to develop the regional economy’s ‘points of growth’ within PPP schemes. It is proposed that the region and its municipalities should participate in partner projects in a manner that, firstly, is transparent to national and international ...

• Russia’s Coastal Zone as a Social and Geographic Phenomenon: Conceptualisation and Delimitation

  ... and interprets coastalisation of population and economy as a key indicator of the development of a coastal zone. The author stresses the inverted coastalisation in Russia at the macro- and meso-levels and identifies its causes. The article defines the ... ... formation in the economy. Marine cross-border clusters are identified as independent typological units. Characteristics and conditions for their formation and development are described in view of contemporary geoeconomic trends. The author examines the ...

• Crafts of peasant women in the north-western provinces of Russia in the late 19th/early 20th century

  This article explores local crafts of peasant women of the north-western provinces, namely, weaving, needlework, and lacework. The work conditions are examined. The author stresses that workers were highly dependent on dealers who provided them with raw materials and sold their products at the market. The phenomena identified are indicative of the formation of capitalistic forms of using the labour of peasant women practicing ...

• Supranational Policy of Migrant Integration in the EU

  ... almost all European states pursuing an active migration policy. This article sets out to identify socioeconomic and demographic conditions for the formation of a national migrant integration policy in the framework of implementing European directives. The ... ... European states adopt different approaches to the implementation of migration policy in the field of integration. The author stresses that in the countries characterised by a tolerant approach to immigrants, the crime rate is much higher than in the states ...

• Framework for the Analysis of Geography of Transnational Corporations Investments Abroad

  ... area of human geography that remains understudied in Russia. The authors refer to foreign direct investment (FDI) studies to stress the importance of analysing individual transnational corporations. Special attention is paid to FDI statistics, including ... ... upravlenija transnatsional’nymi korporatsijami v uslovijah globalizatsii [Management models of transnational corporations in conditions of globalization], Moscow. 5. Kuznetsov, A. V. 1999, Germanija: sovremennyje osobennosti geografii prjamyh zarubezhnyh ...

• Migration Flows in Europe: Space and Time Transformation

  ... The article presents an attempt at classifying European countries by the direction and intensity of migration connections and stresses the impact of international migration on the demographic and sociocultural situation in different European states. ... ... International Migration Review, T. 23, Vol. 3, p. 638—670. 13. Castles, S. 2002, Migration and community formation under conditions of globalization, International Migration Review, T. 36, Vol. 4, p. 1143—1168. 14. Castles, S. 2003, Towards a sociology ...

• The Baltics on Their Way towards a Circular Economy

  ... to offer an insight into the transition stage the Baltic States are undergoing today on their way to circular economy. It is stressed that the Baltic countries are not fully using the opportunities offered by a circular economy. For example, Latvia’s,... ... chains, 2014, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company, Geneva. 9. Wales and the Circular Economy. Favourable System Conditions and Economic Opportunities, 2013, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and WRAP, Cowes. 10. Towards the Circular Economy. Economic ...

• Poland’s Foreign Policy Mechanisms: Legal Framework and Policy Analysis

  ... conferred by the Constitution upon the government and president. The latter creates a potential for institutional conflict. It is stressed that the efficiency of Poland’s foreign policy mechanism is strongly affected by the relations between the government ... ....486. 29. Wolański, M. S. (ed.) 2004, Uwarunkowania i kierunki polskiej polityki zagranicznej w pierwszej dekadzie XXI wieku [Conditions and directions of Polish foreign policy in the first decade of the 21st century], Wrocław. 30. Górzyński, O. 2016,...

• On crisis trends in the legitimacy of the political regimes of the Baltic States

  ... identifies the major crisis trends in the legitimacy of the political regimes of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The article stresses the problem of legitimacy reproduction resulting from the limited representation of the national party systems. Special ... ... risks of a rift between political elites in the Baltic States, which can become a prologue to a deep political crisis. In these conditions, compensatory mechanisms cannot be considered as targeted exclusively at broad social strata. They are also aimed at ...