THE RUSSIAN OUTPOST OF PURE SCIENCE IN THE GLOBAL OCEAN (TO THE 75-TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIO RAS, 1946–2021)

A brief overview of the main historical events that accompanied the formation and establishment of the Laboratory of Oceanology in the Academy of Sciences in 1941 is given. Then, a few years later, the Laboratory was transformed into the Institute of Oceanology, the director of which was appointed the Minister of the Merchant Fleet of the USSR, Academician P. P. Shirshov. By his initiative in 1949, the Institute became the owner of its first large research vessel "Vityaz". It is shown that the entire history of the institute and its research team was primarily based on the development and generalization of the results of regular sea and ocean expeditions. The article provides general information about the results obtained in the recent past, and their development and deepening in the works of the institute at present.

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The Case of the Chronicle of Rivius

Lithuanian Historical Studies ◽

10.30965/25386565-00501001 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 7-20

Author(s):

Artūras Dubonis

Keyword(s):

Historical Record ◽

German Version ◽

Critical Research ◽

Historical Events ◽

History Of ◽

Academy Of Sciences

In his numerous works, in particular in Dzieje starozytne narodu litewskiego (Wilno, 1835-1841), Teodor Narbutt often referred to the Chronicle of Rivius, which he claimed to have found in Revel (Tallinn). Now the original (German) version of the Chronicle and its Polish translation are kept at the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. According to Narbutt, the Chronicle, which is to be dated back to 1697, contains fragments of Rotundus’ Lithuanian history, lost long ago. Rotundus, in his turn, must have possessed an analogue close to the Chronicle of Bychowiec, possibly based on the annals of a certain Pinsk monk Mitrofan. Unfortunately, the most important part of the Chronicle was lost in a fire in Narbutt’ s house. Due to many inconsistencies in the presentation of the biography of Rivius, fanciful descriptions of historical events, factual and chronological fallacies and drawings of various fictitious artefacts, allegedly related to the history of Lithuania, investigators have been treating the Chronicle of Rivius as a forgery initiated or produced by Narbutt. Without dismissing the Chronicle outright, though seriously doubting its authenticity as a historical record, the author of this article calls for a more thorough critical research of its provenance.

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Central Anti-Religious Museum in Moscow: Historical Landmarks (1929–1947)

10.22250/2072-8662.2019.4.121-127 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 121-127

Author(s):

Ekaterina A. Teryukova ◽

Keyword(s):

Research Team ◽

Ussr Academy ◽

Religious Practices ◽

History Museum ◽

History Of Religion ◽

Highly Skilled ◽

Gradual Disappearance ◽

History Of ◽

Academy Of Sciences

The study focuses on the activities of the Central Anti-Religious Museum (CAM) in Moscow – an issue previously overlooked by historians. The article considers different aspects of its work during the brief period from 1929 to 1947 relating to the establishment and closure of the museum as well as provides an overview of the key areas of its collection, expedition, research and exhibition work. The article also follows the development of the CAM’s highly skilled research team that investigated rudimentary religious practices of ethnicities inhabiting the USSR and the gradual disappearance of these practices. The growing research potential of the CAM and the museum’s evolution from a propagandist institution into a history museum led to the renaming of the CAM to the Central Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism in 1942, upon which the museum passed from the auspices of the League of Militant Atheists into the charge of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

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Complex information resources of a research library: modernization and development

Bibliosphere ◽

10.20913/1815-3186-2018-4-56-63 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 56-63

Author(s):

I. G. Yudina ◽

E. A. Bazyleva

Keyword(s):

General Information ◽

Information Resources ◽

Software Update ◽

Software Products ◽

Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽

Complex Information ◽

Wide Range ◽

History Of ◽

Academy Of Sciences ◽

Modern Form

Library scientists have been actively considering the ways to improve various aspects of library activities recent decades. The most studied problems are the following: libraries innovative development in general, information systems updating, e-resources and services modernization, etc. The paper analyzes the history of creating the most significant complex information resources generated by the Branch of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It shows that both internal (human, technological) and external (reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, emerging new software products or platforms) factors can evidently be reasons for upgrading some specific electronic products. Modernization of the library information resources can follow several areas: structure development, content updating, design improvement, changing generation technologies, hard- and software update, providing services based on resources, carrying out promotion activities. Using the e-resources property for continuous transformation, it’s possible to increase their life cycle significantly. At the same time, the main goal of modernizing library information resources is to improve their quality. The library information resources updating is a natural process in some extend permitting to improve content and service components of a resource for its providing in a modern form to a wide range of users. The choice of the resource improvement direction depends on its relevance, and developers’ competence level.

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ВИСВІТЛЕННЯ ТРАГЕДІЇ ГОЛОДОМОРУ (1932–1933) В АКТУАЛЬНИХ ПРОГРАМАХ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ РЕДАКЦІЙ «ГОЛОСУ АМЕРИКИ», BBC, DW, РАДІО «ВАТИКАН» І «СВОБОДА»

State and Regions. Series: Social Communications ◽

10.32840/cpu2219-8741/2020.2(42).11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

I. Tsyperdiuk

Keyword(s):

Historical Memory ◽

General Information ◽

Editorial Office ◽

Voice Of America ◽

Radio Stations ◽

The Holocaust ◽

History Of ◽

Tragic Event ◽

Entire History ◽

The Media

<div> </div>The article analyzes the work of the Ukrainian editorial office of Voice of America, BBC, DW, Vatican Radio, and Radio Liberty, which traditionally cover the Holodomor theme, showing different sides of this tragic event. Monitoring of the materials that are about the next anniversary of the Holodomor was done, and it was found out how effectively the editorial office was able to present this complex topic.It is shown that the Ukrainian editorial offices of foreign radio stations reported on the Holodomor of the Ukrainian people of 1932–1933, which was arranged by the Soviet regime, throughout the entire history of their broadcasting. Ukrainian editorial offices of Vatican Radio, Voice of America, and Radio Liberty have become the voice of the enslaved Ukrainian people for decades, who could not tell the world about the genocide when being under occupation. Due to their programs and materials, this topic did not dissolve in the general information flow.When covering the 86th anniversary of the Holocaust victims of 1932–1933, Ukrainian editorial offices of Voice of America, BBC, DW, and Radio Liberty have shown an example of comprehensive coverage of a complex historical topic. The programs and materials that analyze the greatest tragedy of the Ukrainian people are intended to show in detail the perpetrators of this terrible crime and the victims, who should not be forgotten. The work of the Ukrainian editorial offices in this direction is fully in line with the best world practice, when the media helps society to realize and understand the horrific pages of their past, in order to learn the truth and move into the future.Against the backdrop of numerous articles on the Holodomor prepared by Ukrainian editorial offices of Voice of America, BBC, DW, and Radio Liberty in 2019, there has been little involvement of the domestic media in this regard. This demonstrates that Ukrainian society, and with it, the media environment, continues to overcome the difficult path of restoring historical memory, establishing the causes of national defeats and tragedies, the largest of which was the genocide of Ukrainians in 1932–1933.Key words: Holodomor, genocide, the Ukrainian editorial offices of Voice of America, BBC News Ukrainian, DW, Radio Liberty, Vatican Radio.

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Materials for the history of the gospel-Baptist movement in Ukraine

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/1996.3.53 ◽

1996 ◽

pp. 4-15

Author(s):

S. Golovaschenko ◽

Petro Kosuha

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Religious Studies ◽

Theological Seminary ◽

National Academy Of Sciences ◽

Evangelical Christians ◽

Evangelical Christian ◽

First Results ◽

History Of ◽

Fruitful Cooperation ◽

Academy Of Sciences

The report is based on the first results of the study "The History of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists in Ukraine", carried out in 1994-1996 by the joint efforts of the Department of Religious Studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Odessa Theological Seminary of Evangelical Christian Baptists. A large-scale description and research of archival sources on the history of evangelical movements in our country gave the first experience of fruitful cooperation between secular and church researchers.

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Book reviews

Studies in history and philosophy of science and technology ◽

10.15421/2618019 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 150-152

Author(s):

L. M. Besov

Keyword(s):

History Of Science ◽

State Institution ◽

National Academy Of Sciences ◽

Fundamental Science ◽

Technical Potential ◽

History Of ◽

Scientific Technical ◽

Academy Of Sciences

Presidents of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for 100 years of its existence: Scientific and organizational cont ribution to the progress of fundamental science / VN Gamalia, Yu. K. Duplenko, V. I. Onoprienko, S. P. Ruda, V. S. Savchuk; for ed. V.I. Onoprienko; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; State Institution "G. M. Dobrov Institute Research of Scientific-Technical Potential and History of Science". - Kyiv: SE "Inf.-analytical Agency ", 2018. - 215 p.

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

Slavic World in the Third Millennium ◽

10.31168/2412-6446.2019.14.1-2.21 ◽

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.

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

10.31168/0441-1 ◽

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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