scholarly journals Africa: «The Rainbow Period» and Unfulfilled Hopes. Interview with Apollon Davidson, Academician of RAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-225
Author(s):  
D. A. Degterev ◽  
V. I. Yurtaev
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
African History ◽  
Silver Age ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Academician Apollon B. Davidson is an outstanding Soviet and Russian expert in African history, British Studies, also known as a specialist in Russian Silver Age literature. He is an author of more than 500 scientific papers, including 11 monographs, most of which are devoted to the new and recent history of the countries of Tropical and South Africa. Graduate of Leningrad State University (1953), Professor (1973), Doctor of Historical Sciences (1971), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011). Under his leadership, at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences a scientific school of African history based on archival documents was created. He prepared more than 30 candidates and doctors of sciences, among famous students - A. Balezin, S. Mazov, I. Filatova, G. Derlugyan. In 2001-2002 two volumes of documents “Russia and Africa” [Davidson 1999] were published under his editorship; the book “USSR and Africa” [Davidson, Mazov, Tsypkin 2002], in 2003 - the volume of documents “Comintern and Africa” [Davidson 2003]. In 2003, a two-volume edition of the documents “South Africa and the Communist International” [Davidson, Filatova, Gorodnov, Johns 2003] was published in London in English, and in 2005-2006 - the fundamental three-volume “History of Africa in Documents” [Davidson 2005-2006]. In 1988, he participated in the South African program at Yale University. In 1991, he lectured for several months at universities in South Africa and worked in the archives of this country. In 1992-1993 he worked at the Rhodes University, in 1994-1998 organized and chaired the Center for Russian Studies at the University of Cape Town. In 1981-1991 he visited Ethiopia, Angola, Lesotho, Botswana and several times - Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. From 1977 to 1991 he participated in the Soviet-American Dartmouth conferences as an expert on Africa. In his interview he talks about the outcome of decolonization for southern Africa, the actual problems of the modern development of the continent, the role of China in Africa, and the Afro-Asianization of the world. Special attention is paid to the problems and prospects of the development of Soviet and Russian African studies and Russian-African relations.

Sociology of medicine:freedom to be yourself – both a doctor and a sociologist (Based on an interview with Andrey V. Reshetnikov,an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-101
Author(s):  
Andrey V. Reshetnikov ◽  
Nadezhda V. Prisyazhnaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Sociology Of Medicine ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The article is the quintessence of a detailed conversation, that is, an interview by the author with an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, the founder of modern sociology of medicine in Russia, and the Director of the Institute of Social Sciences of Sechenov University Andrey V. Reshetnikov. The interview was officially conducted on the occasion of the academician A.V. Reshetnikovs birthday. However, other reasons for conducting this interview were as follows: the increased interest of the professional community in the history of the formation of the sociology of medicine a young but already established branch of big sociology the need for researchers to discuss the theory as a tool for learning the fundamental principles of the development of modern society; and the need to determine strategic guidelines and coordinate the vectors of scientific research in line with the discipline. At the same time, the tireless, painstaking work of Andrey Veniaminovich on the development of the scientific school of the sociology of medicine, the formation of a team of like-minded people, and the strengthening of Russian and international relations between medical sociologists are inspiring examples of the realization of a professional vocation.

scholarly journals Ethnic minorities in the southern territories of the country: problems of the formation of Laz in the conditions of the Soviet period (1918–1950s)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Nikolay F. Bugay ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Sequential Presentation ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
National Question ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The proposed article, based on new archival documents identified in the archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the involvement of researchers in the history of ethnic minorities on the territory of the USSR, Russia, reveals the role and place of the Laz ethnic minority in the south within Abkhazia and Georgia. Laz, as an ethnic minority, have undergone all those difficulties of transformation, including negative ones. Destructive measures were taken against them by the Government of the USSR – forced resettlement, deportation. Mohamed Vanlishi, Laz by nationality, being a member of the government of the Adjarian ASSR, minister, writer, sent a letter to L. Be-ria, the content of which touched Beria's feelings. The Lazes were returned from the special resettlement to their own homes. This side of the life of the ethnic minority of Georgia – Laz was reflected in the documents of "Stalin's special folder" The publication mentions many of the current representatives of the Laz in different periods of the his-tory of Georgia and Abkhazia and ethnic minorities living on their territory. The life of the Laz was also influenced by the policy carried out in Georgia to implement the "crys-tallization of society", pursuing the formation of statehood with one ethnic community, one culture. Introduction. The development of the problem itself in the scientific works of the author and other researchers is briefly stated. This is also a kind of reaction to complaints from the Laz themselves that the history of the ethnic minority is not being paid enough attention to. Little is known in the historiography of the Laz and their leaders, who led various kinds of movements for freedom and justice, the solution of social problems in society, the involvement of the Laz in party and state building. The content of punitive measures taken against Laz is partially revealed, the reasons and possibilities to overcome the built system in relations between the state and society, ethnic minorities are shown. Methods. The content of the article is based on different research methods. First of all, the method of historicism, a sequential presentation of the series of events that charac-terize the content of historical events, their relationship with accompanying events. It is also important to use the prosopographic method of presenting material about the main political figure of the Laz, representatives of the highest authorities. By using the narrative method, the ethnic community of the Laz is more widely represented and its participation in solving many issues in national state policy, the interaction of the ethnic community itself in the system of interethnic ties. The use of the information method is of particular value for building up an event series. This method is also quite applicable to the analysis of national processes taking place in the region where the Laz live. In the presentation of the article, the method of comparative historical analysis was also ap-plied. Results. This article was based primarily on archival documents about the holes, identi-fied in the archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This allowed a broader charac-terization of the Laz as an ethnic minority. Along with the well-known materials, show the settlement of Laz in the territory of the regions of residence. The documents of the archive make it possible to reveal the role and place of the Section for the Study of the National Question created in the structure of the Communist Academy. The forms and methods of work in the Communist Academy in the study of the history of the national question and ethnic minorities have been clarified.

scholarly journals On the History of the Formation and Processing of the Collection of the Tibetan Texts from Khara-Khoto Kept at the IOM, RAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Alexandr V. Zorin ◽  
Alla A. Sizova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Period ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Current State ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The Tibetan manuscripts and block prints from Khara-Khoto that were passed to the Asiatic Museum with other texts brought by P.K. Kozlov from his Mongolia and Sichuan Expedition have been insufficiently studied. Their processing was initiated in the second half of the 1960s and continued in the Post-Soviet period. The collection of the Tibetan Texts from Khara-Khoto, according to our analysis, included a number of documents from other sources. Trying to understand why it took place, we looked for and found some archival documents that shed light on the history of the formation of this collection and, simultaneously, helped to clarify some general issues concerning the fate of texts brought by P.K. Kozlov from Khara-Khoto. This paper presents the results of our study of the documents found in the St. Petersburg Branch of the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Archives of the IOM, RAS, the Russian Ethnographic Museum and the Russian Geographic Society. The description of the events is divided into two parts: the first one reconstructs the chronology of the process of transferring manuscripts and block prints of P.K. Kozlovs Expedition to the Asiatic Museum; the second one deals with the history of the processing of the Tibetan texts from Khara- Khoto starting from the 1920s and up to present, when the contents of the collection have been critically revised. The table that reflects the current state of the Collection of the Tibetan Texts from Khara-Khoto kept at the IOM, RAS is provided in the appendix.

scholarly journals Unknown plots of the Crimean ethnographic research: Evgenia Spasskaya

2020 ◽  
pp. 151-167
Author(s):  
Andrei A. Nepomnyashchy ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Scientific Biography ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Given ◽  
Crimean Tatar

The given article discloses the unknown pages from the history of the Crimean studies, associated with the rich events of the 20s of the XX century. There were reproduced the unknown directions in the study of ethnography of the Crimean Tatars, in particular, was given the analysis and publication of material collections of the Crimean Tatar embroidery of the ethnographer-collector A. M. Petrova. the material is based on personal archival documents of a great researcher of the Crimea – ethnographer Evgenia Yurievna Spasskaya, they were identified in the National Archival Funds of manuscripts and phonorecords of the Institute of Art, Folklore and Ethnography. M. T. Rylsky NAS of Ukraine. The previously unknown facts of her scientific biography, related to the research in the Crimea and contacts with the Crimean scientists on the basis of her personal documents, were identified in the St. Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the epistolary heritage of an ethnographer.

scholarly journals SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF ACADEMICIAN OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES G. A. TOLSTIKOV

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
С.Ю. Шавшукова ◽  
Н.Н. Михайлова
Keyword(s):  
Photochemical Reactions ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Photochemical Processes ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

В работе рассмотрены результаты исследо- ваний фотохимических реакций, полученные в научной школе академика РАН Г.А. Толстикова. Приведена краткая история создания и развития фотохимии, изучения фотохимических процессов в научно-исследовательских организациях Башки- рии в период 1940–1980-х гг. The paper considers the results of the research on photochemical reactions obtained at the scientifi c school of academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences G.A. Tolstikov. A brief history of the creation and development of photochemistry and the study of photochemical processes in research organizations in Bashkiria during the 1940s-1980s are given.

scholarly journals UNKNOWN REVIEW BY ALEKSANDR NIKITENKO OF THE COMEDY THE FOREST BY ALEXANDER OSTROVSKY IN THE RECEPTIVE HISTORY OF THE PLAY

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-131
Author(s):  
Kirill Yu. Zubkov ◽  
Vladimir V. Tikhomirov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Imperial Academy ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Theatrical Criticism

For the fi rst time, we publish an unknown review written by Aleksandr Nikitenko, a member of Imperial Academy of Sciences, of the comedy by Alexander Ostrovsky «The Forest». This review was compiled on behalf of the commission that distributed Aleksey Uvarov’s awards for the playwrights after Alexander Ostrovsky submitted his play to the competition. Review by Aleksandr Nikitenko was read at a meeting of the commission; its copy has been discovered in his personal archive. Alexander Ostrovsky participated in the competition for Aleksey Uvarov’s award for more than 15 years, but he achieved success only twice: with his «The Storm» in 1860 and with the drama «Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All» in 1863. Aleksandr Nikitenko, himself a member of the academic commission, for several years was reviewing all the works that competed for the prize, and almost always gave negative conclusions about them. He reacted sharply negatively to «The Forest» as well. In the article, Aleksandr Nikitenko’s review is considered in the context of literary, critical and theatrical criticism of the comedy by Alexander Ostrovsky, which were released shortly after its publication and production. The publication was prepared on the basis of archival documents found in St. Petersburg department of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Manuscript Department of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences

scholarly journals Concerning the International scientific conference “Science and Technology in the Years of Storm and Shock (to anniversaries of A. P. Karpinsky and L. S. Berg)”

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-2021) ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
K. S. Kazakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Scientific Session ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The publication is devoted to the international conference, which is held annually at the S. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of RAS in Saint-Peterburg. In 2021, the conference is dedicated to the anniversaries of A. P. Karpinsky and L. S. Berg. Within the framework of the conference, the St. Petersburg Branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPbF ARAN) traditionally organized scientific session “History of archival affairs, archival funds and collections”, the participants of which discussed a wide range of issues related to the peculiarities of the formation and use of archival documents and collections.

scholarly journals The History of Systematic Catalogue of the Russian Academy of Sciences Library. The Initial Stage of Creation, 1924—1929

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-204
Author(s):  
Nailya V. Bekzhanova
Keyword(s):  
Functional Basis ◽  
Scientific Terminology ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Systematic Catalogue ◽  
Scientific Classification

The article, based on the results of planned research carried out in the Department of scientific systematization of literature (DSSL) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Library (RASL), considers the poorly studied period in the history of the RASL systematic catalogue — the second half of the 1920s. The purpose of this article is to reconstruct the initial stage of creation of systematic card catalogue of RASL, basing on archival documents. The author presents the history of the first functional Department of the Library — Systematization Department of the II (Foreign) Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Library, organized to complete the systematic card catalogue. The article describes the circumstances of the formation of the Department: existence of two branches of the library (I — Russian and II — Foreign), domestic difficulties, acute shortage personnel, the presence of an array of items without shelf marks, the use of outdated classification. The author presents a number of persons who started to work in the Department in 1924—1925: S.S. Abramovich-Baranovsky, A.A. Arnoldi, N.A. Burov, G.G. Geld, A.A. Gizetti, V.S. Zolotilov, S.V. Melikova-Tolstaya, V.S. Serebrenikov, etc. The article considers the main functional responsibilities assigned to the Department: systematization of the book collections, organization of systematic card catalogue, foreign books acquisition, composing and reviewing of the rules and instructions, preparation of scientific conclusions on books, participation in the organization of exhibitions, compilation of bibliography. The author describes in detail the results of work in 1924—1925: the restored method of book systematization according to K.M. Baer system, preparation of the instructional and methodical apparatus, and compilation of the card catalogue of publications up to 1914. The article presents the brief observation of the proposals to improve the classification of K.M Baer. The improvement included expansion of the classification, destruction of completely outdated units, transfer of some units of the system in the relevant modern scientific classification departments and subsections, and updating of the scientific terminology. The author highlighted and marked the traditions established in the 1920s, which later became the basis for human, organizational and methodological policy of the RASL Department, existing now for 95 years: reflection in the systematic catalogue of all types of publications coming to the library, involvement in the Department of specialists of certain branches of knowledge and activities, assignment to specialists of the relevant sections of catalogue. The refusal of K.M. Baer classification in 1930 marked the entry of RASL into the next stage of the history, during which the restructuring of the entire library was carried out on the functional basis, and the development of its own classification schedules began.

Young Scholars Conference “Slavic World: Commonality and Diversity”. 21–22 May 2019. Session “Linguistics”

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 295-297
Author(s):  
Sergej A. Borisov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
International Context ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Current State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

For more than twenty years, the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences celebrates the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture with a traditional scholarly conference.”. Since 2014, it has been held in the young scholars’ format. In 2019, participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Togliatti, Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, and Rostov-on-Don, as well as Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania continued this tradition. A wide range of problems related to the history of the Slavic peoples from the Middle Ages to the present time in the national, regional and international context were discussed again. Participants talked about the typology of Slavic languages and dialects, linguo-geography, socio- and ethnolinguistics, analyzed formation, development, current state, and prospects of Slavic literatures, etc.

All men and beasts, lions, eagles, quails… Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Representations of Nations and States in Slavic Сultural Discourse

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Empire ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
The South ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The book was compiled on the materials of the scientific conference “Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic representations of nations and states in the Slavic cultural discourse” (2019), held at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) and devoted to the history of the nations’ personifications and generalized ethnic images in period of “imagined communities” formation. This process is reconstructing on verbal and visual sources and by methods of various disciplines. The historical evolution of such zoomorphic incarnations of nations as an Eagle (in the Polish patriotic poetry of the first third of the 19th cent), a Falcon (in the South Slavic and Czech cultures in the 19th cent), a Griffin (during the formation of the Cassubian ethnocultural identity) is considered. The animalistic national representations in the Estonian caricature of the interwar twenty years of the 20th cent., so as the functioning of the Bear’s allegory as a symbol of Russia in modern Russian souvenir products are analyzed. The originality of zoomorphic symbolism in Polish and Soviet cultures is shown оn the examples of para- and metaheraldic images in XXth cent. The transformation of the verbal and visual images of “Mother Russia” personifications in Russian Empire was reconstructed. The evolution of various allegories of ethnic “Self” and “Others” is presented by caricatures of 19th – 20th cent. in Slovenian periodic and in Russian “Satyricon” journal (1914–1918).

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