HISTORY
ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
A. A. Pavlov (Syktyvkar) — Roman Conception of Plebeian Tribunate: Marcus Verrius Flaccus [p.40-54]
Ye. S. Danilov (Yaroslavl) — Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, a Might-Have-Been Emperor [p.54-60]
A. N. Zharovskaya (Yaroslavl) — Informal Elite of Tiberian Times: Marcus Gabius Apicius [p.60-67]
N. V. Mishurov (Yaroslavl) — The Authorship of Writings Accredited to Sextus Aurelius Victor [p.68-77]
PREHISTORY
D. L. Brodyansky (Vladivostok) — Owls in the prehistoric art [p.87-95]
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
NEW AND MODERN HISTORY
A. G. Ivanov (Magnitogorsk) — Soviet-Canadian Student Exchange in the late 1950-s and During the 1960-s [p.104-110]
RUSSIAN HISTORY
M. N. Potyomkina (Magnitogorsk) — Historic Evacuation Space (1941–1945) [p.124-133]
PHILOLOGY
HISTORY OF LITERATURE
T. Ye. Abramzon (Magnitogorsk) — Lamentations for Lomonosov: Poetics of Mourning [p.148-160]
N. V. Bakanova (Magnitogorsk) — Peasant Labor in G. I. Uspensky’s Value System [p.160-169]
F. V. Makarichev (St.-Petersburg) — ‘‘Casually Extended’’ Character In “Crime And Punishment” [p.177-184]
O. Ye. Timofeyeva (St. Petersburg) — The Messiah Image in the Story of A. Bely “Adam” [p.191-201]
T. Ye. Smykovskaya (Blagoveshchensk) — Icon Image in the Artistic World of L. Borodin’s “The Troubles Queen” [p.201-211]
A. A. Kenko (Magnitogorsk) — Literary Centrism of Vyacheslav Pyetsukh’s Creative Work [p.211-218]
T. A. Tayanova (Magnitogorsk) — Literature and Religion: Religious Writer’s Dual Religious Belief [p.232-240]
LINGUISTICS
L. I. Shvydkaya (Magnitogorsk) — Word-building Mechanism Versus Morphemic Word- Structure [p.241-249]
I. V. Voiteshchuk (Chelyabinsk) — Quantitative Characteristics of Natural Water in German and Russian [p.249-255]
REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
(Magnitogorsk, MaSU, October 26-27, 2012)
V. A. Razumovskaya (Krasnoyarsk) — Artistic Image Semantics in the Original and Translation: Kot Begemot [p.268-278]
T. A. Tkacheva (Astrakhan) — Pragmatic and Cognitive Aspects of the Adjective Saige in Philippe de Commynes’ “Memoires” [p.278-288]
M. G. Shvetsova (Kirov) — Mass Media Role in Creating Country Image [p.288-298]
CULTURE
ETHNOLOGY
V. V. Medvedev (Magnitogorsk) — Bashkortostan Upper-land Chuvash Ethnic Identity in early 21st Century [p.299-308]
(Novosibirsk, the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS, May 4, 2012)
Ye. N. Romanova (Yakutsk) — Yakutia Holy Places: Traditions and the Present [p.309-317]
T. M. Sadalova (Gorno-Altaisk), Ye.V. Samushkina (Novosibirsk) — Altai Sacred Places within the Framework of Cultural Heritage Preservation Program [p.317-324]
I. V. Oktyabrskaya (Novosibirsk) — A Route between Mountains. Road Conception in Altai Poetic Folklore Tradition [p.325-334]
V. A. Burnakov (Novosibirsk) — Stone Statues in Sacral Space [p.335-344]
G. V. Lyubimova, D. S. Lugonenko, M. V. But (Novosibirsk) — Paradise as a Garden. Space Sacralization by New Religious Movements in Siberia [p.345-356]
FROM SCIENCE HISTORY
V. V. Dementyeva (Yaroslavl) — Quest of a Contemporary Universal View of Ancient History throughout J. Burkhardt’s and Eduard Meyer’s Models [p.357-368]
TRADE ROUTES IN EASTERN BLACK SEA REGION DURING THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD OR A HISTORICAL MYTH
I. V. Yefremov
The article deals with trade routes from Transcaucasia to India. The analysis of Strabo and Pliny leads the author to the conclusion that the idea of the trade route had never been translated into reality. The changing political situation in the region brought forth the idea of the trade route when the latter came into the view of “world powers”. Its implementation was blocked by insufficient knowledge of geography, ethnic and socio-political problems. Written sources and archaeological data make it possible to state that the Silk Road was used to deliver Oriental goods that later were shipped to Transcaucasia via Armenia. At the same time, they used the northern route from Media via Derbent Gates to the North and back. Transcaucasia had never been foremost in the trade between West and Orient though partially it played the role of a transient point.
Key words: Transcaucasia, the Caspian Sea, Colchis, Pliny, Strabo, trade
PREPARATION FOR MAGISTRACY IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC OF THE 3rd — 1st CENTURIES BC: A CASE FOR A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE
V. A. Karetnikova
The article reveals personal features of a magistracy aspirant, which helped him to win popularity and the vote. Though the candidate’s noble origin was essential for his electoral victory, to a large degree he depended on himself for the role he played in the state as a citizen. It stemmed partly from tough competition among representatives of nobility seeking magistrate’s position. Besides, many homines novi tried to gain popularity and assert their rights for high position in the country. It is aspirant’s feat of arms and brilliant orator’s fame that could increase his chances at electoral comitias. Generosity won each aspirant half the battle in the elections. An edile who brilliantly perfumed his duties had good chances to ensure future support of Roman citizens. A candidate should treat his voters kindly and be affably.
Key words: Rome, magistrates, elaborations
ROMAN CONCEPTION OF PLEBEIAN TRIBUNATE: MARCUS VERRIUS FLACCUS
A. A. Pavlov
The article deals with the analysis of the plebian tribune institution conception presented in “De Verborum Significatu” by Marcus Verrius Flaccus, a Roman grammarian of Augustus epoch. Unlike his predecessors (Cicero, Varro), M. Verrius Flaccus regarded trubunate as a specific plebeian magistrate based on social order of the institution, its origin, integrity, and links with tribe meetings. His conception is in keeping with the ideas realized in Augustus power structure.
Key words: plebeian tribunate, magistrate, Varcus Verrius Flaccus
MARCUS OCLATINIUS ADVENTUS, A MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN EMPEROR
Ye. S. Danilov
The article deals with the personality of Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, a military and political fi gure of the turn of the 2nd — 3rd centuries AD. It gives evidence of antique tradition, and reconstructs the pattern of his career with special emphasis on his relationship with Macrinus, the Roman emperor. The author argued that Adventus pursued intelligence activities being a speculator and a frumentarius, as well as a procurator and a pretorian prefect. The author also disputes appropriate characterization of Oclatinius Adventus by Dionus Cassius.
Key words: Roman Empire, Macrinus, Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, Dio Cassius, Herodian, pretorian prefect
INFORMAL ELITE OF TIBERIAN TIMES: MARCUS GABIUS APICIUS
A. N. Zharovskaya
The article shows Marcus Gabius Apicius as a representative of Roman informal elite of Tiberian times. In his lifetime, Marcus Gabius Apicius became notorious for his sumptuous feasts of enormous cost. Similar to other spendthrifts and gourmets, Apicius set an example of deriving pleasure from life. He knew fashionable trends and he himself set a fashion for entertainment and hobbies, cuisine among them. He was very popular in society; social events organized by him were a kind of social and political regulator with a communicative function. The author assumes that Apicius was a person with his own stand in life adjusting his lifestyle to the requirements of high society.
Key words: the Roman Empire, Tiberius, Marcus Gabius Apicius, social life
THE AUTHORSHIP OF WRITINGS ACCREDITED TO SEXTUS AURELIUS VICTOR
N. V. Mishurov
The article considers a debatable issue concerning the authorship of four works traditionally accredited to Aurelius Victor, Roman historian of the 4th century AD. These are “De origine gentis Romanae”, “De viris illustribus”, “De Caesaribus” and “De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum” or “Epitome de Caesaribus”. The author analyzed information of ancient and medieval writers concerning Avrelius Victor and the works mentioned above and drew a conclusion that Avrelius Victor is the author of “De Caesaribus”. He also gives argument in favor of Avrelius Victor’s possible authorship of “De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum” (“Epitome de Caesaribus”). He also states that it is most unlikely that Avrelius Victor wrote “De origine gentis Romanae” and “De viris illustribus”.
Key words: Roman Empire, Sextus Aurelius Victor, “De origine gentis Romanae”, “Deviris illustribus”, “De Caesaribus”, “De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum”, “Epitome de Caesaribus”
THE “NIGHT BATTLE” OF SINGARA: ON CHRONOLOGY OF MILITARYPOLITICAL EVENTS IN UPPER MESOPOTAMIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IV CENTURY A.D.
V. А. Dmitriev
The article deals with the problem of the date of well-known “Night battle” of Singara in Upper Mesopotamia between the Roman and Persian armies. Late Antique sources contain contradictory information about this event, especially about its date. The author picks out and analyzes two groups of sources. One of them (panegyric in honor of Constantius II written by Julian, and Libanius’ panegyric in honor of Constantius II and Constant) lets us determine the date of the “Night battle” by A.D. 344, but according to the second group of sources (Jerome’s “Chronicle”, “Consularia Constantinopolitana” and “Chronological Canons” of James of Edessa) the Battle of Singara happened in A.D. 348 The author puts forward and gives proof of hypothesis that not one but two “Night battles” — in A.D. 344 and in A.D. 348 — took place near Singara indeed. This conclusion may make some amendments and clarity into chronology of military-political history of Upper Mesopotamia, Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran in the middle of the IV century A.D.
Key words: Sasanian Iran, Roman Empire, Roman-Persian wars, Singara
OWLS IN THE PREHISTORIC ART
D. L. Brodyansky
The images of owls can be found in the neolithic and bronze age cultures of Primorsky region, Siberia, Japan and Oregon (USA). Sometimes the images of the birds make up a part of such characters as owl-moose-woman and owl-woman. In the everyday life of the people of Priamursky region eagle-owls were considered to be the helpers of shamans and owls were believed to protect children. There are vessels made in the shape of an owl.
Key words: Pre-historic art, Primorsky region, Oregon, multi-image artworks
BYZANTINE WOMAN PROPRIETARY RIGHT ON EVIDENCE OF ATHOS MONASTERIES RECORDS OF OHE PALAEOLOGUS TIMES
Ye.V. Kogut
The article considers the issue concerning implementation of dowry inalienability provision in Byzantine Empire of the 13th — 15th centuries. The study is based on the analysis of Athos monasteries records that makes it possible to trace female property right evolution during the period under review.
Key words: Byzantine Empire, dowry, marriage, family, property, records
SOVIET-CANADIAN STUDENT EXCHANGE IN THE LATE 1950-s AND DURING THE 1960-s
A. G. Ivanov
The article is is an attempt to defi ne specifi c approach to student exchange implementation by the USSR and Canada from 1950–1960-s. The author concluded that the Soviet side, committed to etatism, was focused on contract-law student exchange and accountability to state organs. The Canadian side in accord with liberal socio-political model assigned a key role to universities and institutions that are interested in educational ties with the USSR.
Key words: the USSR, Canada, student exchange, Cold War
SOVIET INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AS A TOOL FOR STEREOTYPING PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS
A.N. Makarov
The article deals with the mechanism for forming and inculcating in the Soviet public consciousness visual stereotypes about industrialization and accompanying public life phenomena through photographic coverage of the 1930-s. The novelty value of the article consists in a number of original, non-traditional sources (e.g. photo spread) and in the revealing and systematizing of ways and means of making photographs propaganda-orientated.
Key words: industrialization, photograph, propaganda, stereotype
HISTORIC EVACUATION SPACE (1941–1945)
M. N. Potyomkina
The article deals with the formation of historic evacuation space during the Great Patriotic War that split a single whole of the USSR into two parts, with the front line as a boundary between them. The world that was familiar to the Soviet man was ruined; the surrounding space was continuously changing. War conditions brought forth specific space topoi: bomb shelter, teplushka (heated shelter), evacuation center. Railway bridged the gap between spaces during evacuation. Evacuees perceived new place of residence as alien and temporary.
Key words: home history, the Great Patriotic War, historic space, evacuation
HOMELESS CHILD SURVIVAL STRATEGY IN CHELYABINSK OBLAST IN EXTREME CONDITIONS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941–1945)
T. S. Ryabova
This is the analysis of daily practice and strategy of homeless children survival in Chelyabinsk oblast in extreme conditions of the Great Patriotic War with an attempt to present war-time child homelessness within the framework of the concept “life world”.
Key words: South Urals, the Great Patriotic War, homelessness, survival strategy, life world, juvenile delinquency
“WHY DO I LOVE MY NATIVE RUSSIAN…” (on the 300th Anniversary of Archpriest Avvakum’s Death)
S. G. Shulezhkova
The article provides an estimate of the role played by archpriest Avvakum, the leader of schism, in the shaping of a new democratic trend in Russian literature of the second half of the 17th century. The author traces principal methods of mixing church bookish elements with familiar colloquial, which are found in the writer’s socio-political heritage.
Key words: schism, church bookish, the vernacular, native Russian, irony, satire, Biblical word, clergy
LAMENTATIONS FOR LOMONOSOV: POETICS OF MOURNING
T. Ye. Abramzon
The article deals with lamentations for Lomonosov written in commemoration of the great poet and scientist. Particular emphasis is given to the speech of N. G. Leklerk at the academic meeting of April 15th, 1765, to epitaphs made by count A. Shuvalov, I. Golenevsky, and Luka Sichkaryov. These compositions present a kind of a prologue to ‘Lomonosov text’ of Russian culture. The commemorating discourse is cemented by the spirit of glory and condolence, and by the concept of Lomonosov’s personality and his creative work. The latter in the context of his poetic achievements is the key one, his scientific achievements are only peripheral.
Key words: Russian culture of the 18th century, M. V. Lomonosov, poetics of mourning, lamentation genre
PEASANT LABOR IN G. I. USPENSKY’S VALUE SYSTEM
N. V. Bakanova
The article deal with a serious of G. I. Uspensky’s essays “The Power of Land” in terms of axiological methodology, with emphasis on value system of the author and the principal character. G. I. Uspensky’s works illustrate the possibilities of axiological method in literary criticism.
Key words: Russian literature, G. I. Uspensky, axiology, peasant labor
THE INTERPRETATION OF THOMAS HOOD’S CREATIVE WORK BY RUSSIAN LITERARY CRITICISM OF THE LATE 1850s — EARLY 1860s
D. N. Zhatkin, Yu. V. Kholodova
The article describes peculiar perception of Thomas Hood’s poetry by such Russian writers and literary critics of the late 1850s — early 1860s as A. V. Druzhinin, M. L. Mikhailov, V. D. Kostomarov, N. G. Chernyshevskiy, M. E. Saltykov-Schedrin, and others. The authors point out Russian criticism focus on socially-oriented works of the early 1840s, such as “The Song of the Shirt”, “The Lady’s Dream”, “The Workhouse Clock”, “The Bridge of Sighs”. These poems happened to be in tune with the political situation in Russia during the first years of Alexander II reign.
The popularity of Hood’s poetry in Russia happened to be situation-bound, stemming not so much from its intrinsic artistic merits as from the externals. His works were congenial to ‘pure art’ adherents for philanthropy, conciliation, renunciation of violence in the name of justice. They were congenial to democratic critics for the focus on social contradictions, claims for right to work, sympathy for laborers with their unbearable life conditions.
Key words: Thomas Hood, poetry, Russian-English cultural and literary connections, literary criticism
‘‘CASUALLY EXTENDED’’ CHARACTER IN “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT”
F. V. Makarichev
The article is a study of the character of Lebezyatnikov from F.M. Dostoyevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. In his analysis the author of the article seeks typical features of minor character poetics in F.M. Dostoyevsky’s creative work.
Key words: poetics, typological synthetic and multifunctional character of the image, parody property
INTERTEXTUAL CHARACTER OF M. AKMULLA (ON THE 180th ANNIVERSARY OF BASHKIRIAN EDUCATOR)
N. A. Khubbitdinova
The article is an attempt to consider the poetry of Miftakhetdin Akmulla, Bashkirian improviser poet of the 19th century, within the framework of intertextuality with intertextual approach to the analysis of some of his poems containing proverbs and sayings. This method may be instrumental in correlating his works with poetic folklore, broadening the understanding of his style peculiarities, determining new interpretation methods of folklore traditions in ethnic literary creativity.
Key words: structural method, intertextual ties, text dialogism, intertextuality, folklore traditions, proverbs, set-expressions
THE MESSIAH IMAGE IN THE STORY OF A. BELY “ADAM”
O. Ye. Timofeyeva
The article presents the synthesis of the Old and New Testament connotations with the cultural and philosophical conceptions of Russian symbolism and mysticism as well as theosophical views of A. Bely. Revealing biblical plot lines in the structure of the story “Adam” the author of the article successively clarifi es their desacralization that was typical of A. Bely’s poetics. The emphasis is laid on the polysemantic nature of the protagonist combining several cultural traditions.
Key words: history of literature, symbol, biblical plot, the image of the Messiah, desacralization
ICON IMAGE IN THE ARTISTIC WORLD OF L. BORODIN’S “THE TROUBLES QUEEN”
T. Ye. Smykovskaya
The article presents the analysis of the icon image in L. Borodin’s narrative “The Troubles Queen”. Iconic image study aims at determining its place in the writer’s artistic world model, at comprehension of ideological and esthetic, historical and philosophic content of the narrative. Icon image is associate with such fundamental features of Russian Orthodox culture as Christocentrism, sobornost (conciliarism), prayerfulness, and miracle work.
Key words: history of literature, narrative, Russian Orthodoxy, the Troubles
LITERARY CENTRISM OF VYACHESLAV PYETSUKH’S CREATIVE WORK
A. A. Kenko
Vyacheslav Pyetsukh, a contemporary writer, originally embodies in his work, literary centrism, a meta-historic property of Russian culture. Classic literature and history appear in the writer’s prose as important constituents of reality. The article analyzes motifs and the mechanism of intertextual projection of subject matter and Russian classics images of the 19th century on the prose and essay writing of post-modernist V. Pyetsukh.
Key words: literacy centrism, Russian classics, Russian history, irony, post-modernism, ironic avant-garde, essay genre
HEALTH AS A VALUE IN A PAREMIALOGICAL WORLD IMAGE (BASED ON RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN PROVERBS AND SAYINGS)
Ye. V. Nichiporchuk
Proverbial expressions refl ect a people’s character in a peculiar way irrespective of values or anti-values. Health is referred to basic universal values, which is conditioned by health value notions shared by representatives of different ethnic groups, Russian and Italian in particular. Every ethnic linguoculture alongside epistemological universals refl ects specifi c views including principles of maintaining good health and attitude to these principles. Italians in their health proverbs appear more thorough and serious than Russians who make a bold mixture of serious and ironic motifs on a proverbial palette.
Key words: history of literature, value, paremia, Russians, Italians
LITERATURE AND RELIGION: RELIGIOUS WRITER’S DUAL RELIGIOUS BELIEF
T. A. Tayanova
Everlasting controversy between literature and religion is one of the burning issues of art and literary criticism of the 20th — 21st centuries. These times brought forth a number of convincing examples of literature and religion interaction within the boundaries of concrete texts and artistic systems. Greatest philosophers, such as V. Solovyov, I. Ilyin, L. Andreyev, N. Rerich, N. Fyodorov, tried to justify and prove the necessity of bringing art and religion together. Merging two polar beliefs — divine and human — within the boundaries of artistic systems of Gogol, Solovyov, Shmelyov and others is remote from artistic experiment. These authors suggest an alternative type of creative work that is capable of reconciling art and religious belief, inspiration, fancy and religious feeling, artistic ideas and the divine revelation.
Key words: religious literature, religion, art, super art, theurgy, spirituality, ideal
WORD-BUILDING MECHANISM VERSUS MORPHEMIC WORD-STRUCTURE
L. I. Shvydkaya
The article deals with the correlation between word-building mechanism and morphemic build-up of a word. This approach makes it possible to refer to members of the group with identical morphemic structure as units whose origin involves different morphological mechanisms.
Key words: structural word type, affi xation, compounding, conversion, back formation, immediate constituent
QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL WATER IN GERMAN AND RUSSIAN
I. V. Voiteshchuk
The article considers different wording of quantitative assessment of natural water in German and in Russian, determines dissimilar semantic features characteristic of water bodies, universal and national characteristics of the feature.
Key words: linguistics, denotatum, nominative density of of a linguistic fragment, semantic groups, national peculiarity
TRANSFORMATION OF BINARY OPPOSITION ‘‘FIRENDSHIP — ENMITY’’ INTO GRADUAL OPPOSITION (BASED ON EXPERIMENT DATA)
O. M. Luntsova
The article deals with such concepts as duality, gradation, and gradual opposition. Association test data prove that the opposition ‘‘friendship — enmity’’ (traditionally thought of as binary both in Russian and English) can be considered as a gradual opposition.
Key words: duality, gradation, binary opposition, gradual opposition, association test
EMPLOYMENT/USAGE OF LEXICAL MARKERS OF INACCURATE INFORMATION IN NARRATIVE STRATEGIES OF THE HISTORIC TEXT
Ye. G. Erokhina
The article deals with methods for representing unreliable information in the historic narrative text. Author’s attitude toward a subject matter determines the strategy of this narration. In the center of attention there are lexical expression of untruth, aspersion and rumors semantics which is a part of text informative structuring.
Key words: lexical marker, semantic field, strategy, fact, rumor, aspersion
BASHKORTOSTAN UPPER-LAND CHUVASH ETHNIC IDENTITY IN EARLY 21st CENTURY
V. V. Medvedev
The article considers the ethnographic group of the upper-land Chuvash in Bashkortostan by the example of the village of Antonovka, Gafuriysky district. Results of public inquiry brought forth an attempt to determine the degree of viryal ethnic identity in relation to the lower-land Chuvash at present. Examples of material culture and religious status mark their self-awareness and belonging to the ethnic group.
Key words: ethnology, Anatri, Viryal, the upper-land Chuvash, identity