The dynamics of linguistic situations with the participation of Slavic languages in the 20th century (a case study of the Russian Far East and Northeastern China)

Currently, invasive species spreading is becoming a key problem on the global scale. Scope of invasive species control get solved at governmental level in many countries; hundreds of billions dollars a year are allocated as financial support; global programs are created. For the first time, biological control of invasive species Ambrosia artemisiifolia using an introduced phytophage insect was applied in Russia (former USSR) in the 60-70s years of the 20th century and it remains a unique large-scale example until to nowadays. Ambrosia leaf beetle (Zygogramma suturalis (Fabricius, 1775) was brought to the Russian Far East for biological control of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in the 80-90s years of the 20th century for the first time, however the targeted result was not achieved. At present, Zygogramma suturalis were adapted at the Primorskii Krai in the south of the Far East, but due to climatic conditions its numbers are low and, as a result, the impact on ambrosia is minimal. The search for native insect species with capable of effectively suppressing the spread of aggressive quarantine weed in local conditions remains in the area of focus. At the moment, two species of native leaf beetles have been identified, using Ambrosia as an additional element in the diet. Climate changes and the shift of biogeographic boundaries cause the natural expansion of the areals of some East Asian insect species to the north within the Russian Far East. Bug-edge Molipteryx fuliginosa (Uhler, 1860) is one of such species. Expanding the area to the north and east, the species also corrects trophic preferences. As a result of our research in the south of Primorskii Krai, the trophic relations of Molipteryx fuliginosa were studied in the field conditions and in rearing cages. The same work was carried out in places where Ambrosia artemisiifolia were growing in a great number. For insects observing were used standard methods. As a result, firstly was established and confirmed that the bug-edge uses Ambrosia artemisiifolia as a feed plant only in select developmental stages, including imago. The feeding of larvae of IV – V ages was noted in natural conditions. The long-time Molipteryx fuliginosa development cycle on ambrosia leads to break the course of normal plant ontogenesis and causes wilting of individual organs.

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Success Factors of Social Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Russian Far East

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social, economic, and academic leadership (ICSEAL-6-2019) ◽

10.2991/assehr.k.200526.017 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Valentina Zhokhova ◽

Daria Sokolova ◽

Larissa Lehtyanskaya

Keyword(s):

Social Entrepreneurship ◽

Success Factors ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

The Russian Far East

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Research on Exchange and Cooperation between China-Russia International Friendship Schools-A case study of Primary and Junior Schools in Heihe.

Historical and social-educational ideas ◽

10.17748/2075-9908-2020-12-4-5-172-180 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4-5) ◽

pp. 172-180

Author(s):

Haijing Zhu ◽

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Priority Areas ◽

International Partner ◽

Partner Schools ◽

The Russian Far East

This article examines and summarizes the problems of development and exchange of experience and cooperation between Chinese and Russian primary and secondary schools, and also indicates the priority areas of the dynamics of exchange and cooperation between partner schools. The purpose of the article is to analyze the inter-action of educational institutions in Heihe District with educational institutions in the Russian Far East. The novelty of the topic is to notice the problems of cooperation and communication between Russian and Chinese international partner schools for the de-velopment of communication. To this end, the author describes in detail examples of interaction between Russian and Chinese international partner schools and analyzes the exchange and cooperation activities between them.

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Depopulation of the Russian far East. Magadan Oblast: A Case Study

Miscellanea Geographica ◽

10.2478/mgrsd-2006-0022 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 185-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tomasz Wites

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Spatial Differentiation ◽

Magadan Oblast ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

Lower Lever ◽

Administrative Units ◽

The Russian Far East

Abstract The paper presents spatial differentiation and causes of depopulation processes that began in Magadan Oblast in the Russian Far East after the fall of the Soviet Union. In the region under investigation, depopulation is very intensive. The analysis of changes in population in the lower-lever administrative units allows for showing the differences in spatial distribution of depopulation in individual regions [“rayons”]. During the research surveys, allowing for a fuller understanding of the conditions and the process of depopulation, were conducted.

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Smuggling and Fighting It in the Russian Far East in the End of the 19th and in the First Quarter of the 20th Century: Prospects of Forming a Source Base

Herald of an Archivist ◽

10.28995/2073-0101-2018-4-1081-1091 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1081-1091

Author(s):

Natalya A. Belyaeva ◽

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Natalya A. Shabelnikova ◽

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Scientific Activity ◽

Historical Research ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Record Keeping ◽

The Far East ◽

History Of ◽

The Russian Far East

The article is devoted to the problems of forming a sources base for studying the history of fighting smuggling in the Russian Far East, a subject which is becoming a line of historical research. In many respects, this is due to activation of scientific activity in the Far Eastern departmental universities. Transfer of the Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East from Tomsk to Vladivostok has played its role in studying smuggling as a historical phenomenon in the Far East. Although they appreciate the work done for introducing into scientific use Soviet period documents from state and departmental archives, the authors can’t help noting fragmentary use of documents of the RGIA DV. This is what prevents reconstruction of a complete and objective picture of fighting smuggling in the periphery. The authors study new possibilities of forming a source base for studying the history of combating smuggling in the first decades of the 20th century. They note that opening all fonds the RGIA DV for researchers in 2013 created favorable conditions for comprehensive study of customs records, this peculiar source on the history of smuggling. A complex of these documents is preserved in the fonds of the customs agencies that operated in the Amur and Trans-Baikal area in the pre-revolutionary period: regional offices of customs administration, custom offices, custom posts. They had to shoulder the bulk of counter-smuggling work in the absence of border guard. Study of some archival cases demonstrates information potential of customs record keeping. The authors contend the need to improve the methods of identification and introduction into scientific use of sources on the history of fighting smuggling. Further prospects for development of this line of historical research are associated with use of the entire complex of customs agencies documents which is supposed to expand the subject-matter and to force researchers to address it not just as a crime, but also as a social and cultural phenomenon.

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Crustal Deformation of Northeastern China Following the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake Estimated from GPS Observations: Strain Heterogeneity and Seismicity

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs11243029 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 3029 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Guojie Meng ◽

Xiaoning Su ◽

Weiwei Wu ◽

Shestakov Nikolay ◽

Hiroaki Takahashi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Velocity Field ◽

Crustal Deformation ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Northeastern China ◽

Strain Rates ◽

Viscoelastic Relaxation ◽

Shear Rates ◽

Gps Observations ◽

The Russian Far East

Using global positioning system (GPS) observations of northeastern China and the southeast of the Russian Far East over the period 2012–2017, we derived an ITRF2014-referenced velocity field by fitting GPS time series with a functional model incorporating yearly and semiannual signals, linear trends, and offsets. We subsequently rotated the velocity field into a Eurasia-fixed velocity field and analyzed its spatial characteristics. Taking an improved multiscale spherical wavelet algorithm, we computed strain rate tensors and analyzed their spatial distribution at multiple scales. The derived Eurasia-referenced velocity field shows that northeastern China generally moved southeastward. Extensional deformation was identified at the Yilan–Yitong Fault (YYF) and the Dunhua–Mishan Fault (DMF), with negligible strike–slip rates. The principal strain rates were characterized by NE–SW compression and NW–SE extension. The dilation rates show compressional deformation in the southern segment of the YYF, northern end of the Nenjiang Fault (NJF), and southeast of the Russian Far East. We also investigated the impact of the 2011 Tohoku Mw 9.0 earthquake on the crustal deformation of northeastern China, generated by its post-seismic viscoelastic relaxation. The velocities generated by the post-seismic viscoelastic relaxation of the giant earthquake are generally orientated southeast, with magnitudes inversely proportional with the epicentral distances. The principal strain rates caused by the viscoelastic relaxation were also characterized by NW–SE stretching and NE–SW compression. The dilation rates show that compressional deformation appeared in the southern segment of the DMF and the YYF and southeast of the Russian Far East. Significant maximum shear rates were identified around the southern borderland between northeastern China and the southeast of the Russian Far East. Finally, we compared the multiple strain rates and the seismicity of northeastern China after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Our finding shows that the ML ≥ 4.0 earthquakes were mostly concentrated around the zones of high areal strain rates and shear rates at scales of 4 and 5, in particular, at the DMF and YYF fault zones.

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Uncovering the nuances of criminal motivations and modus operandi in the Russian Far East: A wildlife crime case study

Methodological Innovations ◽

10.1177/20597991211022015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 205979912110220

Author(s):

Allison Skidmore

Keyword(s):

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Ethnographic Case Study ◽

Conservation Science ◽

Modus Operandi ◽

Wildlife Crime ◽

Criminological Perspective ◽

The Russian Far East

Wildlife crime is a relatively new line of inquiry for scholars of criminology; traditionally it has been the purview of conservation science. However, as conservation is fundamentally about changing human behavior, the value of a criminological perspective to understand both the theoretical underpinnings of wildlife crime commission and practical mitigation strategies is being increasingly recognized. Based on an ethnographic case study on the poaching and trafficking of Amur tigers in the Russian Far East, this article reflects upon the use of criminological ethnographic methods to understand the complexity and subtleties of wildlife crime by directly interviewing the poachers, middlemen, buyers, and smugglers involved. The article seeks transparency on how qualitative methods can be successfully employed to engage in fieldwork with active criminals in peripheral settings.

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