HISTORY

HISTORY OF ANCIENT WORLD AND ARCHAEOLOGY

NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION

Ye. A. Popova (Moscow) — Late Hellenistic Settlement “Chaika” and the Problem of Origin of Late Scythian Culture [p.3-17]

L. L. Selivanova (Moscow) — Kabeiros or Attis? (On a Find from the Southeastern Crimea) [p.17-37]

L. V. Tarasova (Kaluga) — Lochages at Bosporus in the First Centuries of AD [p.38-46]

G. A. Kamelina (Moscow) — Ceramic Complex from The Exacavation of Charax Lower Defensive Wall [p.46-90]

PREHISTORY

Ye. V. Dolbunova, M. A. Kulkova, A. N. Mazurkevich (St. Petersburg) — Comprehensive Study of Pottery From Lays 23–14 of Rakushechny Yar Settlement [p.91-106]

D. L. Brodyansky, A. N. Popov, B. V. Lazin, V. A. Rakov (Vladivostok) — Yankovskaya Culture Symbolic Artefacts from Russky Settlement-I [p.106-112]

A. N. Sviridov (Astana) — The Kanguy Problem in Kazakhstan Archaeology [p.113-128]

THE MIDDLE AGES

I. Yu. Vashcheva (Nizhni Novgorod) — The Ecclesiastical History of the 4th — 7th Centuries AD: Genre Evolution [p.129-154]

A. A. Fursova (Moscow) — The Concept of Monarchical Power in the Javanese Empire of Majapahit in Late 13th – mid 14th Centuries (based on the Historical Poem “Negarakertagama”) [p.155-171]

MODERN HISTORY

I. G. Deryagina (Volgograd) — English Colonization and the Peoples of South Africa in Political, Socio-Economic and Cultural Aspects [p.172-177]

HISTORY OF RUSSIA

M. M. Galanov (St. Petersburg) — Guidance Documents of Roman Catholic Church in Russia and S. Sestrentsevich’s Draft “Catholic Church Hierarchy in The Empire” (comparative analysis) [p.178-188]

PHILOLOGY

HISTORY OF LITERATURE

M. V. Lomovtseva (Magnitogorsk) — Transformation of the Image of Moliere’s Tartuffe and the Ensuing Motifs in W. Congreve’s Comedy “The Double Dealer” [p.189-195]

Ye. A. Chiteishvili (Magnitogorsk) — A. T. Bolotov — The Narrator of “Russian Job’s Story” (based on “The Story of Yeremei Gavrilovich”) [p.195-202]

D. N. Zhatkin, O. V. Rodikova (Penza) — D. Venevitinov’s Poetry in K. Pavlova’s Translation [p.202-216]

N. V. Yarina (Magnitogorsk) — Maria Bashkirtseva’s “The Diary” as a Stability Narrative (Diary Entry Structure) [p.217-223]

N. A. Makaricheva (St. Petersburg) — “Is a Woman a Human Being?”: Distorting Mirrors of Gender Perception in Dostoyevsky’s Artistic World [p.223-231]

M. V. Kozhevnikov, Yu. I. Avramenko (Magnitogorsk) — Lyric Context of H. Boll’s War Novels [p.232-239]

Yu. V. Cherenkova (Orenburg) — Poetic Definition of Russia (based on Russian Poetry of the 20th Century) [p.239-244]

M. A. Kildyashov (Orenburg) — Extrapolating Intertextuality to P. Florensky’s Heritage [p.244-248]

A. V. Kuznetsova (Magnitogorsk) — Utopia Genre Genesis and Antiutopia in the English Literature of the 20th Century [p.248-264]

Yu. V. Slozhenikina, A. V. Rastyagayev (Samara) — Medieval Literature and Present-Day Television (Semiotic Opposition and Common Structure-Forming Basis) [p.265-270]

M. M. Polekhina (Moscow) — Marina Tsvetayeva’s Poem-Tales (on the Issue of the Protagonist’s Initiation) [p.271-277]

DISCUSSIONS

Round table
Historical And Typological And Aspects Of Literature And Folklore

Ye. V. Dushechkina (St. Petersburg) — Russian New Year Tree: Pro Et Contra [p.278-284]

A. F. Belousov (St. Petersburg) — From Event To Folklore: Urban Songs of the 1920-s [p.284-299]

M. Petrovich (Torun) — “Fast Asleep To Never Wake Up” — Lamentations as Ritual Confirmation Of Lenin’s Death [p.299-310]

A. Golembiovska-Sukhorska (Bydgoszcz) — Present-Day Traditional “Money Magic” Rituals [p.311-322]

T. Yu. Vlaskina (Moscow) — Traditional Culture Of The Upper Don Cossacks in M. Sholokhov’s “The Quiet Don” [p.322-330]

N. A. Vlaskina (Rostov-on-Don) — Folk Calendar in M. Sholokhov’s Works [p.331-339]

N. S. Popova (Moscow) — Home Conception in V. Sholokhov’s Works [p.340-349]

O. Ye. Chernova (Magnitogorsk) — Life Strategy Idealization by Naive Consciousness [p.349-357]

O. R. Nikolayev (St. Petersburg) — Peasant Culture Traditional Formulae at the Turn of the Epoch: “Properly Buried” [p.358-370]

L. N. Uspenskaya (Yekaterinburg) — The Upper Don Cossack Wedding In M. Sholokhov’s “The Quiet Don” [p.370-380]

LINGUISTICS

Ye. A. Savina (Moscow) — Contact-supporting Constructions as a Part of Communicative Language Level System [p.381-387]

N. S. Solovyova (Magnitogorsk) — “Strange or Friendly” Opposition in Social Groups (based on Set Phrases) [p.388-392]

O. A. Selemeneva (Yeletz) — The Reflection of the Slavs’ Archaic Ideas about the Nature in the Russian linguistic Picture of the World of the 19th - 20th Centuries [p.393-399]

CULTURE

ETHNOLOGY

Z. F. Khasanova (Ufa) — Bashkir-Russian Interaction in Bashkortostan (based on Wild Animal Skin Tanning) [p.400-404]

I. R. Atnagulov (Magnitogorsk) — Ethnic Pattern of Verkhneuralsky Uyezd, Nagaybak District, From 1842 Till Early 21th Century [p.404-417]

CRITICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS

G. A. Yankovskaya (Perm) — Problemy Rossiiskoi Istorii (Russian History Studies) / N. N. Makarova (ed.). Moscow, Magnitogorsk: IRI RAS, MaSU, 2009. I. 295 p. [p.418-421]

SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

M. V. Sokolov (Magnitogorsk) — Russian National Conference «Modern Tendencies in Decorative and Applied Arts and Design at the Turn of the 20th — 21st centuries [p.422-]

LATE HELLENISTIC SETTLEMENT “CHAIKA” AND THE PROBLEM OF ORIGIN OF LATE SCYTHIAN CULTURE

Ye. A. Popova

The article deals with the origin of Late Scythian culture. The analysis of archaeological material obtained from the ancient settlement “Chaika”, necropolis near Zaozyornoye village, and written sources made it possible to infer that population from Bosporus came to the Northwestern Crimea in the 2th century BC.

Key words: archaeology, the Crimea, Bosporus, Chersoneses, Late Scythian culture.

KABEIROS OR ATTIS? (ON A FIND FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN CRIMEA)

L. L. Selivanova

The article presents a possible interpretation on a unique terracotta statuette found in 2001 at the excavation of the site which is situated near Zavetnoye village in the Southeastern Crimea. According to the author’s opinion, the figurine represents Cybele worship ritual and is either an amulet or an offering. The terracotta statuette shows a possible connection of a family, clan or community member with the Great Goddess mysteries.

Key words: archaeology, antique coroplastics, agricultural cults, Northern Black Sea Region, Asia Minor

LOCHAGES AT BOSPORUS IN THE FIRST CENTURIES OF AD

L. V. Tarasova

The article considers lochagos’ role in the state system of the Bosporan Kingdom in the fi rst centuries AD from two points of veiw: on the one hand, whether lochagos was nominated by the polis or appointed by the king; on the other hand, what was lochagos status in the Bosporan society social structure. The author concludes that lochages were elective polis magistrates heading home guard of towns that still had elements of self-government. Lochagos could command detachments totaling from one hundred to several thousands of soldiers. Lochages had high social status that the Bosporan aristocracy reckoned with.

Key words: lochagos, the Bosporan Kingdom, state system, military structure, polis selfgovernment

CERAMIC COMPLEX FROM THE EXACAVATION OF CHARAX LOWER DEFENSIVE WALL

G. A. Kamelina

The article deals with the ceramic complex found by V. D. Blavatsky in 1935 during the excavation of lower defensive wall of Charax, Roman military camp. Archive materials made it possible to single out three strata that were not disturbed during operations in the 19th century. Ceramic material fully complies with the generally assumed date of wall building about mid- 2nd c. The bulk of ceramic material goes back to the 2nd — 3rd c.c. Nevertheless, the stratum comprises a bare handful of fragments are dated from the late fi rst century to the turn of the second century.

Key words: Roman period, Ai-Todor cape, Charax, pottery

COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF POTTERY FROM LAYS 23–14 OF RAKUSHECHNY YAR SETTLEMENT

Ye. V. Dolbunova, M. A. Kulkova, A. N. Mazurkevich

The article considers the results of comprehensive study of pottery ceramic from lower lays 23–14 of Rakushechny Yar Site, which makes it possible to take a fresh look at early Neolithic ceramics in Eastern Europe.

Key words: archaeology, early Neolith, ceramics fabrication method

YANKOVSKAYA CULTURE SYMBOLIC ARTEFACTS FROM RUSSKY SETTLEMENT-I

D. L. Brodyansky, A. N. Popov, B. V. Lazin, V. A. Rakov

Rescue excavation on Russky island in Vladivostok produced new rich material on Yankovskaya culture (the 7th — 1st centuries BC.). Russky Settlement-1 cultural stratum revealed 9 symbolic artefacts, namely, a ceramic distaff with images of starfi shs, a mask made of scallop-shell, calendar on a horn pendant, churinga pebble, a number of pebble manuports (animal images).

Key words: archaeology, Russky island, the 7-1 centuries BC, artifacts, manuports

THE KANGUY PROBLEM IN KAZAKHSTAN ARCHAEOLOGY

A. N. Sviridov

The article considers issues associated with the solution of the so-called Kanguy problem of Kazakhstan and Central Asia interfl uve archeology. The problem consists in complex correlation between archeological sources and recorded data. The author recognizes three principal periods that conceptually differ in problem tackling. He also compares researchers’ principal viewpoints on periodization and ethnic and cultural properties of South Kazakhstan relics at the turn of the eras.

Key words: archaeology, Kanguy, South Kazakhstan

THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE 4th — 7th CENTURIES AD: GENRE EVOLUTION

I. Yu. Vashcheva

Analyzing “The Ecclesiastical History” of the 4th — 7th centuries AD, the author turned her attention to historiographic stereotypes. Besides, the introduction of similar works in Latin, Syrian, Armenian and other languages into academic use gives a dramatic change to the phenomenon. The works of the type were exceptionally important under identity crisis conditions as they explained the role of the new society in history, proved that the empire chose the right way, and offered new guidelines. “The Ecclesiastical History” as a historical and cultural phenomenon gives evidence of sustainable development.

Key words: historiography, The Ecclesiastical History, Late Antiquity, the Early Middle Ages

THE CONCEPT OF MONARCHICAL POWER IN THE JAVANESE EMPIRE OF MAJAPAHIT IN LATE 13th — MID 14th CENTURIES (based on the Historical Poem “Negarakertagama”)

A. A. Fursova

The article contains a preliminary analysis of some aspects of the concept of monarchical power in the history of the medieval Javanese Empire of Majapahit (1293–1527). The analysis is based on the phenomenological theory by Gennadi Bandilenko, which, applied to the poem “Desawarnana” (“Negarakertagama”), a unique source of the state’s history, made it possible to draw a conclusion concerning the system of power relations and sacral functions of power in Majapahit.

Key words: the Middle Ages, concept of monarchical power, Majapahit, G.G. Bandilenko, Negarakertagama

ENGLISH COLONIZATION AND THE PEOPLES OF SOUTH AFRICA IN POLITICAL, SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS

I. G. Deryagina

This is the analysis of development peculiarities of South African community during colonial period that had a great impact on the subsequent development of South Africa, and establishment of independent socio-political course. The author considers the radical change in the life of South African traditional communities due to capturing territory and pursuing colonial policy there.

Key words: Modern history, colonial policy, traditional community, ethno-centrism

GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RUSSIA AND S. SESTRENTSEVICH’S DRAFT “CATHOLIC CHURCH HIERARCHY IN THE EMPIRE” (comparative analysis)

M.M. Galanov

The article considers the draft of two guidance documents by Roman Catholic Church in Russia, namely Registered edict of April 28, 1798, and “Regulations for Roman Catholic churches and monasteries in Russian Empire” of November 3, 1798. The author compares these documents with “The Hierarchy of Roman Catholic Church in Russia” by S. Sestrentsevich and concludes that principal points of these documents closely coincide. He also emphasizes the decisive role S. Sestrentsevich played in establishing the system of governing and functioning of Roman Catholic Church in Russia.

Key words: history of Russia, 18th century, Roman Catholic Church

TRANSFORMATION OF THE IMAGE OF MOLIERE’S TARTUFFE AND THE ENSUING MOTIFS IN W. CONGREVE’S COMEDY “THE DOUBLE DEALER”

M. V. Lomovtseva

Moliere’s Tartuffe and Proid, the protagonist of W. Congreve’s comedy “The Double Dealer” share a number of motifs, among which hypocrisy is the dominant one. Proid is not only hypocritical and crafty, he also embodies all the traits of the people of the Restoration. He is witty and courteous. However, his hypocrisy and his methods for getting his wishes go back to Tartuffe, hypocrisy itself.

Key words: English literature, literary connections, J. B. Moliere, W. Congreve

A. T. BOLOTOV — THE NARRATOR OF “RUSSIAN JOB’S STORY” (BASED ON “THE STORY OF YEREMEI GAVRILOVICH”)

Ye. A. Chiteishvili

The article presents experimental narrative analysis of a chapter from A. Bolotov’s wellknown memoirs. It touches upon fictional and factual issues of the text. It also traces events presented in the narration through the alembic of the author’s perception and provides parallels with the biblical text of “The Book of Job”.

Key words: Russian literature, A.T. Bolotov, fictional issue, Job

D. VENEVITINOV’S POETRY IN K. PAVLOVA’S TRANSLATION

D. N. Zhatkin, O. V. Rodikova

The authors pioneered comparative analysis of D. Venevitinov’s poems “Wings of Life”, “The Song of a Greek”, “Elegy” and their translation into German in the early 1830-s done by K. Pavlova. They conclude that K. Pavlova, by and large, preserved imagery and subject matter of the original, the poet’s manner, his unique details and nuances. Nevertheless, there are fewer epithets in the translation. K. Pavlova seeks explanatory translation, tries to interpret what is implied in the text.

Key words: Russian literature of the 19th c., D. Venevitinov, K. Pavlova, Russian-German literary contacts, poetry, comparative study, cross-cultural communication

MARIA BASHKIRTSEVA’S “THE DIARY” AS A STABILITY NARRATIVE (DIARY ENTRY STRUCTURE)

N. V. Yarina

The article considers “The Diary” of Maria Bashkirtseva as a narrative of stability, analyzes the preface to “The Diary” and two entry-fragments, which make it possible to present “The Diary” as a record of literature and humanity. It also considers the content of diary entries, presents syntax peculiarities with respect to narrative structure.

Key words: Russian literature, narrator, narrative, Maria Bashkirtseva, diary genre

“IS A WOMAN A HUMAN BEING?”: DISTORTING MIRRORS OF GENDER PERCEPTION IN DOSTOYEVSKY’S ARTISTIC WORLD

N. A. Makaricheva

This is the analysis of F.M. Dostoyevsky’s works from the viewpoint of gender. Characters’ relations are considered with regard to male and female psychology. The analysis is centered round the relations between prince Myshkin, Nastasya Philippovna and Aglaya. It is the analysis of mutual misunderstanding stemming from the difference between male and female nature. The research perspective makes it possible to reveal some more reasons for prince Myshkin’s failures, to explain tragic fates of Dostoyevsky’s principal characters.

Key words: Russian literature, F. M. Dostoyevsky, psychological novel, gender approach

LYRIC CONTEXT OF H. BOLL’S WAR NOVELS

M. V. Kozhevnikov, Yu. I. Avramenko

The article deals with the lyric context of war novels by Heinrich Boll, a famous West German writer of the 20th century. The analysis of principal characters and motifs of the writer’s works proves the point concerning lyric basis of Boll’s war novels. The characters of women and children, motifs of love and tragic fate of women help the writer to understand and to depict wartime past and postwar reality.

Key words: German literature of the 20th century, Heinrich Boll, war novel, lyric character

POETIC DEFINITION OF RUSSIA (BASED ON RUSSIAN POETRY OF THE 20th CENTURY)

Yu. V. Cherenkova

This is a study of defi nitions representing locus “Russia” in the poetry of the 20th century. It reveals principal definition types and describes their artistic peculiarity.

Key words: Russian poetry of the 20th century, definition, locus

EXTRAPOLATING INTERTEXTUALITY TO P. FLORENSKY’S HERITAGE

M. A. Kildyashov

The article, based on P.A. Florensky’s works, deals with the possibility to apply intertextual analysis to non-postmodernism texts. The author concludes that pneumatosphere of P. Florensky analogous to V. Vernadsky’s noosphere suggests that there is a specific intertextosphere that may become the subject for linguocultural study.

Key words: Russian literature, P.A. Florensky, intertext, protointertextology, postmodernism, post-structuralism

UTOPIA GENRE GENESIS AND ANTIUTOPIA IN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE 20th CENTURY

A. V. Kuznetsova

The article considers genesis of utopia and antiutopia literary genre in the English literature of the 20th century, traces the connection between these two genres, and the role of philosophy and psychology in the making of the literary genre.

Key words: English literature, utopia, antiutopia, eupsychia, uchronia

MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND PRESENT-DAY TELEVISION (SEMIOTIC OPPOSITION AND COMMON STRUCTURE-FORMING BASIS

Yu. V. Slozhenikina, A. V. Rastyagayev

The article presents medieval literature and television as a semiotic opposition. Such factors as the role of a reader (televiewer), text transparency (opaqueness), invariance (variance) may be instrumental in contrasting both phenomena of culture. Imitatio is regarded as structure-building basis of medieval and television genres.

Key words: semiotics, literature imatio principle, television

MARINA TSVETAYEVA’S POEM-TALES (ON THE ISSUE OF THE PROTAGONIST’S INITIATION)

M. M. Polekhina

The article deals with time archetype in poem-tales of Marina Tsvetayeva in connection with the initiation of her characters. The author sees eschatology as cosmogony prefi guration, which entails conceptual importance of denouement in Tsvetayeva’s works. Characters’ death is regarded as a prerequisite for rebirth in a perfect life.

Key words: mythical poetry, peacemaking, vital perception of time, sacrality

CONTACT-SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTIONS AS A PART OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE LEVEL SYSTEM

Ye. A. Savina

The article presents communicative analysis of phatic contact-supporting constructions, and their place in the system of communicative language level. Examples of some most frequently used constructions make it possible to trace semantic properties that unite and contrast them, and their speech realization in line with communicative level laws.

Key words: linguistics, communicative level of language, phatic intention, semantic parameters of constructions

“STRANGE OR FRIENDLY” OPPOSITION IN SOCIAL GROUPS (based on Set Phrases)

N. S. Solovyova

The article considers opposition “strange or friendly” in social groups by the example of English and Russian socially marked set phrases. The author marks out three principal social groups whose members give evidence of “friendly-strange” opposition, and shows the chief negative characteristic attributed to strangers by these groups. Particular emphasis has been given to gender identity of a stranger in both languages.

Key words: linguistics, gender identity, socially marked set phrase, social group, social and behavioral relations

THE REFLECTION OF THE SLAVS’ ARCHAIC IDEAS ABOUT THE NATURE IN THE RUSSIAN LINGUISTIC PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF THE 19th-20th CENTURIES

O. A. Selemenova

In the article the author describes the whole complex of the Slavs’ pagan notions about the nature which are found reflection in the Russian linguistic picture of the world of the XIXth-XXth centuries: the idea of the animation of the nature, its creative origin, the idea of the integrity of the space, society and man, the idea of the yearly cycle of the earth. The research is realized on the basis of the excerpting of the language material, which are gathered by means of the information-searching system «The National Corpus of the Russian language» and e-edition «Maxim Moshkov’s Library».

Key words: linguistics, picture of the world, the Russian language, national mentality

BASHKIR-RUSSIAN INTERACTION IN BASHKORTOSTAN (BASED ON WILD ANIMAL SKIN TANNING)

Z. F. Khasanova

The article deals with traditional tanning of wild animal skins by Bashkirs and Russians of Bashkortostan mountain-forest zone. The article traces Bashkir-Russian parallels between instruments, skinning and tanning techniques, household utilization.

Key words: ethnology, Bashkirs, Russians, interethnic relations

ETHNIC PATTERN OF VERKHNEURALSKY UYEZD, NAGAYBAK DISTRICT, FROM 1842 TILL EARLY 21TH CENTURY

I. R. Atnagulov

The article deals with the time history of ethnic structure on the territory of Verkhneuralsky uyezd, Nagaybak district, from 1842 until present day. The major part of the region’s ethnic makeup before 1842 was represented by Kazakhs of Middle juz and Little juz of respective Kypchak and Jagabaily clan divisions. Ethnic pattern of the area changed with the setup of Novolineiny district of Cossack settlements. Cossack population comprised Russians, Nagaybaks, and Kalmyks. The 20th century also brought change into ethnic composition. Kalmyks moved from the area, Tatars, Mordovians, Ukranians, and others arrived there.

Key words: ethnology, South Urals, Russians, Nagaybaks, Kazakhs, Kalmyks