Ghana: Separatism in Western Togoland

The article analyzes the reasons for the rise of separatist sentiments in Ghana’s eastern region of Volta, which became part of Ghana only after the country gained independence in 1957. The authors examine the activities of separatist organizations and the reaction of incumbent government of Nana Akufo-Addo, as well as the factors preventing the secession of the eastern region and/or its annexation to neighboring Togo. The relevance of the subject of the study is due to both the growing threat of separatism in Africa and the absence in Russian African Studies of works devoted to this aspect of contemporary history of Ghana.

Conflict Dimension of Serbo-Albanian Delimitation in the Fall of 1913

The article is devoted to the Serbo -Albanian delimitation after the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). The author pays particular attention to the conflict dimension of that issue.

Albanian National Idea and External Factor (1913‒1914)

The article is devoted to the role of the Great Powers in the formation of the Albanian statehood on the eve of World War I. Special attention is paid to the solution of the issue of power and the creation of an International Control Commission.

Serbo-Albanian conflict in the autumn of 1913 and Russia

The article is devoted to Serbo-Albanian conflict in the fall of 1913. The author pays particular attention to the Russian peacekeeping role. The research is based on unpublished archive documents.

League of Prizren in the context of the formation of Albanian statehood

The article is devoted to the activity of the League of Prizren (1878-1881) as one of the key elements of the formation of the Albanian statehood. Special attention is paid to its role in the development of plans for the creation of a unified Albanian state. The author also analyzes the role of the Great Powers in the Albanian issue.

West Africa: The evolution of traditional institutions of power. Africa: occult practices in civil wars and conflicts

The paper considers the influence of traditional beliefs on political processes and the nature of military operations during armed conflicts in contemporary Africa. The authors’ attention is focused on the administration of magic rituals and rites of initiation and immunization to members of tribal militias and rebel groups, aimed at maintaining their cohesion, commitment, fearlessness and, ultimately, achieving military success.

Idea of the Balkan Federation: past and present

The article is devoted to the main aspects of the problem of creating of the Balkan Federation. The author pays particular attention to the views of Serbian Social Democrats. The author concludes that the idea mentioned-above is in demand in modern conditions.

Serbia and Albania in the autumn of 1913: external factor

The article is devoted to the main aspects of the Serbo-Albanian relations. The author pays particular attention to the role of international factors.

Liberal-conservative-socialist. Who was K.D. Kavelin? Historiography of the issue

Consideration of the works of Russian authors devoted to the activities of the outstanding thinker Konstantin Dmitrievich Kavelin (1818-1885) allows us not only to expand our understanding of the ideological trends that are emerging in the conditions of postreform modernization of Russia, but also to reach the problem of developing a national theory. This is what Kavelin sought to create, whose original teaching really did not fit into either Western liberalism, national conservatism, or populist socialism, although it intersected with all these trends. The study of the reflection of Kavelin’s ideological heritage in the scientific literature will allow us to track changes in society’s perception of his theory, as well as to identify what seemed relevant and in demand in a particular era.

Commercial activity of the Russian shipping company “Caucasus and Mercury” in Persia in the context of public-private partnership in the second half of the 19th — early 20th centuries

The article analyzes the activities of the joint-stock shipping company «Caucasus and Mercury» in the Persian market, reveals its place in trade and economic operations in the Caspian region as a whole. The authors aim to find out the degree of effectiveness of public-private cooperation in the development of a separate transport company, «Caucasus and Mercury», as well as the nature of the impact of this partnership on the development of commercial shipping in the Caspian Sea. The authors analyzed the processes that took place in Russian government and private business circles in the field of merchant shipping in the Caspian Sea.