HISTORY OF ANCIENT WORLD, MIDDLE AGES AND ARCHAEOLOGY
HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME. HELLENISM
Yu. N Kuzmin, O. L. Gabelko (Kazan) — Antigonid Matrimonial Policy in the 250–220-s BC [p.27-42]
O. A. Vlasova (Yaroslavl) — Sacral Activity of Roman Praetor [p.43-49]
Yu. A. Fedina (Magnitogorsk) — Galatia in Roman Politics of the 1st Century BC. [p.61-68]
NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION
D. V. Zhuravlyov (Moscow) — Funny Drinking Vessel Fragment from Taman Peninsula [p.74-84]
Yu. M. Mogarichev (Simferopol) — St. Cherson Bishops Hagiography. Protograph Version [p.102-127]
THE ANCIENT ORIENT
PREHISTORY
Ye. G. Devlet (Moscow) — Reindeer Images in Chukchi Peninsula Petroglyphs [p.153-157]
Ye. Yu. Girya, Ye. G. Devlet (Moscow) — Petroglyph Technique Study [p.158-178]
THE MIDDLE AGES
MODERN HISTORY
HISTORY OF RUSSIA
PHILOLOGY
HISTORY OF LITERATURE
LINGUISTICS
T. N. Amiryan (Moscow) — Conspiracy Theory: Discourse And Genre [p.311-323]
A. N. Zaretskaya (Chelyabinsk) — Subtext Means in Arthouse Cinema [p.323-327]
CULTURE
ETHNOLOGY
I. V. Antonov (Ufa) — Bashkirs and Hungarians in Rashid ad-Din’s “Chronicle Collection” [p.364-370]
CULTUROLOGY
REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS
A. O. Zakharov (Москва) — Southeast Asian Ceramics: New Light on Old Potery / J. N. Miksic (ed.). Singapore: Southeast Asian Ceramic Society — Editions Didier Millet, 2009. 176 p. [p.378-381]
A. P. Abramovsky, A. V. Budanov (Chelyabinsk) — Historiography of Social and Economic Changes in Ural Mining Area in 1917–1918 [p.381-398]
I. V. Griban (Yekaterinburg) — English-american Historiography on Soviet-German Relations in 1939–1941 [p.398-403]
CARIA BETWEEN PERDICCAS AND ANTIGONUS RULE. COMMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ASIA MINOR IN EARLY DIADOCH PERIOD (321–317 BC)
N. V. Efremov
The article considers the period of Caria history that is connected with the time of satrap Asander. Having assumed power in the satrapy in 323 BC he, by Caria dynasts tradition, combined all secular and religious management levers. Having acceded Antigonus Asander made for his landing in Asia and supported his attack against Eumenes shielding the front from Alketes. Honors bestowed upon him by Athens for his timely assistance to the polis with his ships and soldiers account for this period. These events are connected with military operations in the winter of 322–321 BC to help Athenian cleruchs against returning Samians. The attack of his supporters against Cnidus, Kavnos and Rhodians that followed Perdiccas’ death in the autumn of 321 BC was against Asander’s satrapy to join efforts of Eumenes, Alketes, and Attalus in western Asia Minor. Rhodos played an important role in Attalus’ defeat. He, having surrendered to Perdicca soon after 323 BC, changed sides and supported the satrap of Caria. The next and the last stage of Asander’s fi ght against Perdiccans is associated with his defeat and temporary loss of power over eastern regions of the satrapy. Indirect support of Antigonus who won a clear-cut victory over Eumenes and forced Perdiccans to retreat to Pisidia restored Asander’s position in Caria.
Key words: Antigonus, Asander, Diadoch, Caria, Perdiccas, Rhodos, satrapy.
ANTIGONID MATRIMONIAL POLICY IN THE 250–220-s B.C.
Yu. N. Kuzmin, O. L. Gabelko
The article considers some aspects in the matrimonial politics of Macedonian kings Antigonos II Gonatas, Demetrios II, and Antigonos III Doson. In particular, the authors throw the new light on the next problems: 1) the date of the Demetrios’ II marriage to Strationike, the daughter, as the authors suggested, of Seleukid Antiochos II Theos, and possible reasons of their divorce; 2) the date of Demetrios wedlock with Phthia, the Epirot princess and mother of Philip V; 3) the circumstances of Demetrios’ matchmaking to Nikaia, the widow of Alexander of Corinth, and her subsequent fate; 4) the personality of Chryseis, the wife of Antigonos III Doson and stepmother of Philip V.
Key words: Macedonia, Hellenism, Antigonids, Seleucids, Demetrios II, Stratonike, Nikaia, Antigonos Gonatas, Antiochos Theos, Laodike, Antigonos Doson.
SACRAL ACTIVITY OF ROMAN PRAETOR
O. A. Vlasova
The article considers sacral aspects of administrative and legal functions of Roman praetor. Sacral duties of a praetor are as follows: opening and conducting games — cura ludrum; vow to conduct games or to build a temple; going through some rituals at sacred temple building site; surveillance of adherence to mos maiorum (forefathers traditions), of morals together with sacri conquirendi. On the whole, sacral functions of a Roman praetor was multifaceted and aimed at keeping up pax deorum, stable functioning of Roman community in the context of traditional morals and forefathers traditions.
Key words: praetor, sacral sphere, vows, cura ludorum, sacri conquirendi.
GAIUS ANTONIUS HYBRIDA, MACEDONIAN PROCONSUL, ON TRIAL IN 59 BC
V. К. Khrustalev
This is an attempt to consider some controversial aspects concerning the trial of proconsul of Macedonia Gaius Antonius Hybrida in 59 BC and to determine the role of the trial within the framework of political struggle in the Roman Republic of the period. The author makes a conclusion that Gaius Antonius was most likely sentenced by virtue of lex Cornelia de maiestate, but not by virtue of de repetundis or de vi as many scholars suppose. The author also notes that it was a political trial arranged by triumvirs.
Key words: Late Roman Republic, quaestiones perpetuae, crimen maiestatis, triumvirate.
GALATIA IN ROMAN POLITICS OF THE 1st century BC.
Yu. A. Fedina
The article considers the relations of Late Roman Republic with Galatia, Rome’s dependency, in the 1st century BC Asia Minor was of great interest to Rome as it presented serious administration problems, which gave a special prominence to patron-client relations in region control. Romans were interested in extending their infl uence over Asia Minor countries, especially buffer kingdoms that protected Roman domain from external intrusion. Galatia was undoubtedly such a country.
Key words: Roman Republic, Galatia, clientele.
ANCIENT METHODS OF FOOD PRESERVATION (BASED ON “DE RE COQUINARIA” BY APICIUS)
A. N. Zharovskaya
This article analyzes “De re Coquinaria” by Apicius and examines main ways to preserve foodstuff. The author examines recipes describing what Roman cooks did to keep fruit, berries, meat, and seafood fresh as long as possible. The book of Apicius focuses on ways to preserve the freshness of both ingredients and ready-made dishes. Cooks of Ancient Rome also attached great importance to the temperature regime affecting foodstuff preservation. As a rule, it took a lot of time to achieve best results, but on the whole foodstuff preservation recipes contained ingredients accessible to most Romans.
Key words: Marcus Habius Apicius, art of cookery, culinary recipe, preservation
FUNNY DRINKING VESSEL FRAGMENT FROM TAMAN PENINSULA
D. V. Zhuravlyov
The article presents a fragment of the 5th century BC ceramic Greek drinking vessel with a phallus-shaped spout (“dirty trick”), found in the settlement of Golubitskaya 2 in Taman Peninsula. It also considers similar fi nds both in and beyond Northern Black Sea Region.
Key words: classical archaeology, Northern Black Sea Region, vessel with a phallus-shaped spout, ancient Greek symposion.
KORINTHIAN TEMPLATE COTILAS IN THE STATE HERMITAGE COLLECTION FROM THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION
A. N. Bukina
The State Hermitage has a group of intact and fragmented Korinthian cotila bowls with template decoration from the Northern Black Sea Region settlements. The article sums up the bowls typology, their dating (the mid 6th — 5th centuries BC), gives statistics on fi nds in four Northern Black Sea Region centers (Berezan, Olbia, Nymphaeumi, Panticapeum), presents profi le tables, presents template cotila place in the pottery classifi cation system of ancient Korinthos.
Key words: Korinthos decorated pottery, template style, cotila, Berezan, Olbia, Nimphaeum, Panticapeum
ST. CHERSON BISHOPS HAGIOGRAPHY. PROTOGRAPH VERSION
Yu. M. Mogarichev
This is an attempt to reconstruct the original version of St. Cherson bishops’ hagiography. The author investigates a number of medieval manuscripts and analyzes peculiarities of different texts. He studies the activities of Cherson bishops during reigns of Late Roman emperors – Diocletian, Constantine I and Theodosius I.
Key words: hagiography, Cherson bishops, Chersonese.
LOCAL TRADITIONS AND GREEK NOVATIONS IN BACTRIAN CERAMIC OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
R. V. Tikhonov
Pottery in Bactria entered a new phase during the Hellenistic period. It stemmed from the prevalence of Greek novations (new types and morphological details of tableware, stamped ornaments, kilns with a furnace support column) and the progress of local pottery (household and kitchen utensils, simple ornament, two-tiered kiln with a round or oval furnace).
Key words: Hellenism, Bactria, pottery, Greek novations, local traditions.
RAM’S HORNS AND FALCON’S WINGS: RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM IN SASANIAN KINGS’ CROWNS
V. A. Dmitriyev
Headgear (crowns) of ruling dynasty members in Sasanian Iran were decorated with ram’s horns and falcon’s wings. It was connected with Iranian oldest religious notions of farr (divine entity of king’s power, glory, and victory) that was fi rst and foremost embodied in a ram and a falcon. Yet, these animals were associated with most revered Zoroastrian deity — Verethraghna. Comparative analysis of sources differing in origin and character makes it possible to conclude that Sasanian ceremonial crown had falcon’s wings as a symbol of both farr and Verethraghna. King’s battle diadem had ram’s horns.
Key words: Sasanians, Zoroastrism, farr, Verethraghna, symbol.
REINDEER IMAGES IN CHUKCHI PENINSULA PETROGLYPHS
Ye. G. Devlet
Reindeer images dominate in petroglyphs of Asian area within the Polar circle. These petroglyphs that are both most numerous and stylistically various depict single fi gures and complex arrangements with prevailing fi shing and hunting scenes. New discoveries have signifi - cantly added to the notion of petroglyph images that accompany reindeer fi gures in Chukchi peninsular tradition.
Key words: Prehistory, petroglyph art, petroglyphs, the Arctic.
PETROGLYPH TECHNIQUE STUDY
Ye. Yu. Girya, Ye. G. Devlet
The article deals with possible trasology study of petroglyphs. Over fi fty stationing experiments with stone and metal tools were performed on pegtymel petroglyphs on Chukchi siltstone and sandstone to work out the procedure. The material of other Eurasian rock carvings supplements observation. Petroglyph technique study involved a variety of sources. Experiment material may prove useful for other petroglyphs if they are similar in texture and mechanical type to pegtymel rock.
Key words: petroglyph, trasological study, rock carving.
UKLYKAY MOUNTAIN MEDIEVAL SANCTUARY IN SOUTH URALS
G. N. Garustovich, V. V. Ovsyannikov
The article presents the analysis of archeological material from Uklykay mountain (Gafuryisk district, Bashkortostan) in the Zilim river valley in South Urals. More than 100 arrowheads were found on the hillside. Fieldwork made it possible to reconstruct the ritual of long distance shooting at the eastern side of the mountain. Arrowheads help to date the sanctuary as far back as the 8th — early 13th c.c. The most likely cultural identity is that of Karayakup and Chiyalik cultures left by Ugric population who later integrated with Bashkirs. Ethnographic data also attest to Bashkirs’ worship of mountains.
Key words: archeology, sanctuary, Karayakup culture, Chiyalik culture, pre-Mongol period, Southern Preduralye.
EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS IN ZUBTCHIKHINSKAYA BALKA NEAR KISLOVODSK
D. S. Korobov
The article presents some results of our study of the early medieval settlements in Zubtchikhinskaya Balka (wash) in the valley of the Berezovaya river (Kislovodsk basin). Here they found two large settlements with fortifi cation traces and numerous ruins of buildings that became the object of preliminary fi eld study. Test excavation revealed pottery of the 3rd — 8th c.c. An agricultural zone adjoins the settlements. It comprises small oblong plots with stone landmarks. GPS was instrumental in mapping over 9 hectares of similar fi elds with trenches that revealed early medieval pottery. This assumption allows to reconstruct a possible zone of agricultural activity around the investigated sites.
Key words: early medieval period, the Northern Caucasus, settlements.
PUBLIC DEBATES ON SOVIET SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN CANADA IN THE LATE 1950-s — EARLY 1960-s
A. G. Ivanov
The article deals with Canadian society reaction to the achievements of Soviet science and education in the 1950–1960-s. Relying on the press material, the author presents the reception of the events from Canadian scientists, educationalists, political elite, and ordinary people.
Key words: the USSR, Canada, Soviet science and education, Cold war.
PROVINCIAL NOBLES AND SERFDOM ABOLITION PROJECT: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT (BASED ON CENTRAL CHERNOZEMYE)
V. A. Shapovalov
The article deals with social and psychological issue concerning provincial landowners’ perception of the abolition of serfdom, their social forecasts and expectations of the forthcoming reforms within the framework of local nobility committees’ activity. The article highlights social and psychological phenomenon characterizing class traditionalism during critical reorganization of the social system.
Key words: Russian history, the 19th c., abolition of serfdom, nobility, peasantry, Central Chernozemye, social psychology.
FIRST “SOCIALIST WARS” IN SOVIET PERIODICALS
A. G. Dorozhkin, V. V. Pereverzev
The article deals with the Soviet press coverage of the fi rst military confl icts between socialist countries by the example of “The Pravda” and “The Magnitogorsky Rabochy”. It compares Soviet press standpoints concerning Soviet-Chinese and Chinese-Vietnamese confl icts. It also reveals common and specifi c features of material presentation in 1969-1979.
Key words: Russian history, USSR, international relations, Maoism, socialism, China, Vietnam, periodicals.
M. V. LOMONOSOV’S INSCRIPTION “NA SARSKOYE SELO”: ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ECPHRASIS
S. N. Puzankova
The article analyzes the inscription of 1764 “Na Sarskoye Selo” in which M. V. Lomonosov pays a poetic compliment to Catherine II, the Great empress of Russia, through architecturally landscaped mythological ecphrasis. The landscape becomes a meaning-making element of a laudatory inscription.
Key words: Russian literature of the 18th century, M. V. Lomonosov, inscription genre, ecphrasis.
MALE AND FEMALE ASPECTS IN YE. P. ROSTOPCHINA’S MANIFESTO “HOW WOMEN SHOULD WRITE”
V. V. Sokolova
This is the analysis of Ye.P. Rostopchina’s Manifesto “How Women Should Write” that is a most remarkable piece of Russian poetry of the 19th century. Gender approach helped to reveal principal differences between male and female poetry that are declared by the Russian poetess in her manifesto. The message of the poem tells writing women to express their feelings modestly, meekly, and enigmatically.
Key words: literary criticism, Ye. P. Rostopchina, poetic manifesto, gender approach, female poetry.
CHEKHOV AND KIERKEGAARD: ON THE ISSUE OF TYPOLOGICAL AND GENETIC LINKAGE
T. B. Zaitseva
The article considers different approaches to the study of typological and genetic links between the creative work of Chekhov and Kierkegaard, outlines the background, and substantiates its importance. The emphasis is on points of similarity between Chekhov’s and Kierkegaard’s philosophic anthropology.
Key words: literary criticism, existentialism, S. O. Kierkegaard, A. P. Chekhov, genetic and typological linkage, human being.
RUSSIAN HISTORY MYTHS AND THE HISTORY OF GLUPOV MYTH (BASED ON M. YE. SALTYKOV SHCHEDRIN’S NOVEL)
Ye. G. Postnikova
The author proves that M. Ye. Saltykov Shchedrin in his novel “The Story of a Town” approaches the issue of Russian history mythologization and tackles the problem of its reconstruction, decoding and recoding. The legend of their roots is that of Primordium for Glupov inhabitants, their basic source and historically signifi cant event, which is similar to the legend of inviting Vangerians to Rus. Saltykov Shchedrin made a brilliant parody on this legend.
Key words: Russian literature, the 19th century, M. Ye. Saltykov Shchedrin, power, history, myth.
WORLD IMAGE IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE 1900–1929s (V. BRYUSOV, YE. ZAMYATIN)
V. S. Sevastyanova
The article reveals specifi c world image building in Russian literature of the 1900–1920s. The works of V. Bryusov and Ye. Zamyatin help the author to trace world image evolution and determine correlation between being and non-being that are key issues for Russian modernistic literature.
Key words: Russian literature, modernism, world image building, being, non-being, artistic universe.
WORK OF BASHKIR LITERATURE AND ITS FOLKLORE VERSIONS (LITERATURE FEEDBACK ON FOLKLORE)
N. A. Khubbitdinova
Using Turk-Bashkir medieval literature as an example the author considers literature feedback on folklore. The result is that a widely circulated literary work persists in its oral form.
Key words: Bashkir literature, folklore, fairy tale, folk Hikayat, plot, literature and folklore ties, oral creation.
D. Ye. MIN’S TRANSLATION OF W. MORRIS’S POEM “THE EARTHLY PARADISE”
D. N. Zhatkin, O. S. Milotayeva
The article analyzes D. Ye. Min’s translation into Russian of “The Man Born to Be King”, the second of twelve novelettes from the fi rst part of W. Morris’s poetic cycle “The Earthly Paradise” (1868-1870), which was published in “Russian Bulletin” in 1869. The translation as the fi rst attempt in Russia to understand Morris’s works refl ected Russian society of the sixties-seventies seeking to introduce changes, to resolve social contradictions, to achieve perfect harmony with the surrounding world. Giving the title “The Man Born to Be King” to his translation in contrast to the original Min focused on a relatively isolated fragment of the whole work of Morris with a completed plotline. The article states that Min’s interest in Morris’s “Earthly Paradise” is due to his preference for historical and mythological themes, which was in line with the spirit of contemporary social trends.
Key words: literary criticism, D. Ye. Min, Russian-English literary, historical and cultural contacts, literary translation, tradition, cross-cultural communication, literary detail, reception.
THE IMAGE OF MOLIERE’S DON JUAN AND ENSUING MOTIFS IN W. CONGREVE’S COMEDIES “THE OLD BACHELOR” AND “LOVE FOR LOVE”
M. V. Lomovtseva
Moliere’s Don Juan and witty gentlemen of W. Congreve, English comedy dramatist, share a number of motifs, which makes it possible to speak of the impact of Moliere’s genius on the artistic world of W. Congreve.
Key words: literary criticism, J.B. Moliere W. Congreve, motif, image, Don Juan.
CONSPIRACY THEORY: DISCOURSE AND GENRE
T. N. Amiryan
This is a study of conspiracy discourse as an underlying mechanism of conspiracy detective genre. It shows typology of historical knowledge representation within post-modernist context. To reveal the mechanism forming conspiracy genre and the latter transformation into fi ctional space the author resorts to theory worked out by J. F. Lyotard, M. Foucault, J. R. Biberstein, and others.
Key words: linguistics, conspiracy theory, discourse, genre, detective, J. F. Lyotard, M. Foucault, J. R. Biberstein, history knowledge.
SUBTEXT MEANS IN ARTHOUSE CINEMA
A.N. Zaretskaya
The article deals with the analysis of subtext means in arthouse fi lms. It states that arthouse fi lms employ both special devices not to be found in the mainstream fi lm discourse, and the ones that are conventional for the cinema as the art of making motion pictures.
Key words: linguistics, English cinema discourse, film dialog, subtext.
SEMANTIC PRESENTATION OF THE NUCLEUS OF THE GRADIENT-CONCEPT “FRIENDSHIP-PEACE-ENMITY”
O. M. Luntsova
The article is an analysis of the nucleus of the gradient-concept friendship-peace-enmity that results in defi ning the semantic structure of the object under study as a gradual opposition.
Key words:linguistics, concept, conceptual complex, gradual opposition, gradient-concept,friendship, peace, enmity.
LINGUOCULTURAL PECULIARITIES OF THE CONCEPT “ALCOHOL” IN ENGLISH
N. A. Kozko
The article, based on the method of conceptual analysis, presents the study of linguocultural peculiarities of the concept “Alcohol” in the English language and its structure.
Key words: linguistics, concept, concept structure, linguocultural concept, conceptual analysis.
LOCATIVENESS AS A BASIS FOR CREOLIZED PRESS MATERIAL (based on “The Russky Reportyor” Magazine Publications)
O. A. Korda
The article considers peculiarities of information visualization in present-day creolized texts, with particular emphasis on iconic representation of spatial relations. It gives the analysis of examples with locative properties that are inherent in creolized media texts.
Key words: linguistics, creolized text, locativeness, visualization, iconic means.
RUSSIAN MASS MEDIA MEANS OF PRESENTING ANOTHERS IN A PROLONGED POLITICAL CONFLICT (based on Russia-Georgia Relations)
I. V. Smolin
The author analyzes nowadays-Russian media presentation of combat operation peculiarities and political confl ict with emphasis on linguistic means of presenting the image of anothers.
Key words: linguistics, tolerance, journalistic discourse, opposition ‘us-them’, conflict in South Ossetia.
BASHKIRS AND HUNGARIANS IN RASHID AD-DIN’S “CHRONICLE COLLECTION”
I. V. Antonov
The article proves that Rashid ad-Din used the term Bashkir for both Bashkirs proper and Hungarians. He often mentioned Bashkirs together with Kelars. Kelar is a distorted title of the Hungarian king. Rashid ad-Din mistook this title for the name of the people different from Bashkirs. He transformed the name Kelars into Bulars whose king fought with Batu-khan. Rashid ad-Din identifi ed Bulars with Bulgars, Bashkirs’ neighbors. However, comparison with other Persian authors shows that he speaks of Mongol invasion of Hungary and Batu-khan’s battle with the Hungarian king.
Key words: ethnology, Rashid ad-Din, Bashkirs, Kelars, Bulars, Bulgars, Hungarians, Mongols.
ANCIENT WORLD IN MODERN CULTURE: RECEPTION THEORY AND PRACTICE
S. F. Chiglintsev
Academic culture and mass culture perceive and represent the ancient world in different ways. Full reception immediately from ancient heritage and its accurate reproduction is typical of academic culture. Mass culture represents antiquity as discrete stereotyped images that present new meaningful interpretations stemming from the present.
Key words: Ancient world, heritage, reception, modern culture, academic culture, mass culture, stereotyped images, interpretation.