The present paper deals with the body image formed in women during the period of middle adulthood, or midlife. The research featured Russian-speaking women, who demonstrated a global trend in that they expressed mainly negative ideas about their body and a standard dissatisfaction with their appearance. The women were concerned with their body weight, shape, and functional characteristics. In middle adulthood, body image is determined, to a large extent, by the exclusively female bodily experience, i.e. menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. For instance, women with a positive attitude towards their own body were less likely to have abortions or miscarriages, complications during pregnancy and childbirth. In addition, they expressed more pronounced positive feelings associated with the movement of the fetus in the womb. In general, positive body image was found to form in those pregnant women who moved on from evaluating their appearance to evaluating the functionality of their body. The data also showed that the body image in women aged 25–40 depended on the body mass index: women with a lower body mass index had a more positive body image.

The methodological horizons of contemporary science are expanding as well as the range of applied issues of psychology. One of the tasks of modern psychology is to increase human resistance to potential psychological problems. Psychological prevention is especially important for future experts in caring professions, e.g. medical psychologists and doctors, who will regularly interact with people with learned helplessness complicated by somatic and psychological violations. The present study assesses the potential prospects of including the system of learned helplessness prevention in the curriculum of the Krasnoyarsk State Medical University for senior and post-degree students majoring in clinical psychology and medical assistance.

This paper continues the cycle of interdisciplinary studies that feature a new technology of audiovisual induction of altered states of consciousness. The technology is based on a combination of models, methods, and approaches of psychology, mathematics, and computer science. The research objective was to prove that the technology can induce relaxation states. The authors conducted two experiments with a specific configuration of synchronized fractal and musical sequences. The study involved 47 people, who were presented with audiovisual stimulation. Before and after the procedure, the panelists were presented with two sets of questionnaires to define their mental and emotional state. The results demonstrated significant negative changes on the demobilizing components: mental anxiety or resentment (N), mental depression and exhaustion (D) and depressed mood (S). The data analysis confirmed the hypothesis: the method can induce states of relaxation. The data obtained are can be used in further experiments, e.g. to reveal creative potential by means of audiovisual stimulation.

The research features the theoretical construct of the psychical process in social perception in line with the integrative approach to human psychology and social interaction. The author believes that psychical processes can be described as an integrative phenomenon of social perception. The psychical process is a multi-level system of mental activity, determined by mutual awareness of people in the process of joint activity and communication. There are three levels of the psychical process in social perception: gnoseological, semiotic, and phenomenological. The gnoseological level is described through the categories "reflection", "representation", "expression", and "experience"; semiotic level is presented by the categories "sign", "value", "meaning", and "relation"; the phenomenological level is indicated by the categories "identification", "apperception", "interpretation", and "portrait". The methodological value of the construct of psychical process realizes the principle of integrity in the learning of human psychology. The author outlines some prospects for future studies of ways and methods of the human psychological qualities and their refraction in the human individual psychology in the course of social interaction. The paper illustrates the prospective use of the construct in interpersonal perception studies.

The research deals with the specific features of developing intercultural sensitivity in students of Linguistics in a non- linguistic environment. The paper comprises scientific literature analysis on intercultural sensitivity and the factors of its development. Chen and Starosta's five-factor Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, supplemented by a questionnaire, was employed to measure intercultural sensitivity of 1st, 2nd, and 3d year students majoring in Linguistics. The calculations employed the methods of statistical processing of Student T-test and Fisher criterion. The intercultural sensitivity of students was above average (mean value = 89.47), whereas the increase of all components of intercultural sensitivity, except "Interaction confidence", correlated with the level of foreign language proficiency. In addition, senior students revealed more respect for cultural differences, though they were less confident than junior ones. Moreover, the difference between these two components increased from the 1st year to the3d year of study. Finally, interaction confidence increased if students had travelled overseas and had an experience of interaction with culturally different counterparts. The results and conclusions can be used for the design of programs and training courses for translators and teachers of foreign languages in a non-linguistic environment.

This review article deals with the possibilities of psychological correction of cognitive impairment in cardiac patients using gaming platforms. It introduces some data on the prevalence of cognitive impairment among the elderly. The author gives a classification of cognitive impairment according to severity and the main manifestations of psychological maladjustment, together with a detailed description of aspontanity, inertness, and inactivity. The paper also describes the main diagnostic methods used in the neuropsychological diagnosis of cognitive impairment. The author analyzed the effectiveness of cognitive training for the restoration of cognitive functions. The analysis showed that improvement of cognitive processes is most often observed in patients with mild cognitive impairment and moderate cognitive deficit. The article also present design limits of a digital game environment that must be considered when developing remedial development programs. There is a list of advantages of using a game platform in the correction of cognitive impairments compared to cognitive training programs without the use of game design elements. As an example of a correctional development program, the author introduces a game platform, which consists of four levels of complexity and can be used in the correction of cognitive impairments in cardiac patients.

The article describes some characteristics of the internal image of pregnancy in women with a possible miscarriage during a complicated pregnancy. The study involved 230 women from three groups: those with an extragenital pathology, those with an HIV infection, and those with an IVF pregnancy. The experiment employed the following psychological methods: The Beck Depression Inventory; Self-Assessment of Psychological States (H. Aysenk); The Questionnaire of reproductive motives "My Pregnancy" (O. Magdenko); The Semantic Differential Scale (C. Osgud), which reveals the attitude of women towards such concepts as "Me myself", "My Pregnancy", "My Child", "My Future"; the "Quality of Life" Questionnaire (SF-26). The authors indentified the common and specific characteristics of the internal image of pregnancy for each group. On the level of bodily experience, all the women experienced a sense of restrictions during physical exercise and social contacts. For the extragenital pathology group, the pro-life choice was connected with achieving a new social status. The HIV group revealed a depressive state related to pregnancy. For the IVF group, pregnancy was connected with unfulfilled needs: in love, care, attention, acceptance, desire to change their lives, overcome past failures, etc. The results can be used in psychological practice in antenatal clinics, maternity homes, centers of reproductive technologies, and AIDS prevention and treatment centers.

This study features the relationship between the interaction of the individual with reality and the transformation of one’s life. The analysis and synthesis of domestic and foreign theoretical concepts allowed the authors to identify two key aspects of interaction with reality, which determine the constructive and destructive vector of life transformations. The development of personality and constructive changes in one’s life path are associated with the restructuring of reality on the basis of selective, selective, free choice, balance of openness/closeness and inclusion/distancing. This interaction results in an expansion of capabilities and adaptive resources of the individual. Situations of violation of psychological security and subjective comfort of the personal system, and threats to the Self of the individual distort the interaction with reality through the activation of psychological defense mechanisms. Dysfunctionality and scarcity of psychological defense mechanisms determine the preservation of the current life situation, personality stagnation, or regression and decay. The paper describes the role of socio-cultural factors in the process of distorted perception and interaction with reality. The results can be used for psychological and pedagogical support.

The research features the effect of possessiveness on consciousness. The problem was posed by K. Marx in the hypothesis that the consciousness of an individual depends on belonging to a certain social class, the differences between which are determined by relations with the ownership of the means of production. Theoretically, such an influence is possible via the psychological correlate of ownership, i.e. possessiveness. The sense of ownership, being a cognitive-affective structure, could have an impact on the reflective function of consciousness. In our previous studies, we discussed a possibility of evoking a basic perception illusion (the Uznadze effect) caused by an emotionally saturated psychological background of perception. However, a sense of ownership can play the role of such a background. But if possessiveness can contribute to the basic illusions, it would mean that it can contribute to the deformations of consciousness, because the basic illusion is a manifestation of the violation of the comparison of different parts of the perceptual field. This comparison is a function of the integrative level of reflection, which is traditionally associated with consciousness. Based on the analysis of a number of concepts, we assumed that the psychological basis of possessiveness is an act of mentally disposing of oneself, one’s Ego, in some object, as if in a place. During the experiment, the subjects were properly instructed and imposed with an act of such mental disposition in the form of a virtual assessment of the ability to trust the object. The objects were participants demonstrated to the subjects in a film. The subjects needed to evaluate who they could trust their money with. This was the way to rationalize the act of generating the "mine" – "alien" construct, which is fundamental to the sense of ownership. At the end of the video, the subjects were shown two identical circles, and they had to say if the circles were different or not. The results of the experiment showed that when the subjects had to perform the task, they saw the circles as different – much more often than in the control group. Consequently, the results confirmed the hypothesis. Possessiveness might also be capable of causing deformations of the reflective function of consciousness.

This article introduces a comparative study of subjective comfort, coping-strategies, and types of accentuations of the personalities of Russian and Indonesian university students. The research employed the scale of subjective comfort assessment by A. Leonova, coping-test by R. Lazarus, and a test-questionnaire by G. Schmieschek and K. Leonhard. The experiment included 30 Russian and 30 Indonesian students (mean age – 20,5). The research revealed general qualities and differences between indicators of types of personality accentuations and ways of mastering stress. The students appeared to have no significant distinctions on the level of subjective comfort, which was normal. The Indonesian students distanced themselves and used self-control while facing stress more than Russian students. The most expressed types of personality accentuation of the Russian students were emotivity, demonstrativeness, and exaltation. As for the Indonesian students, it was pedantry. The subjective comfort of the Russian students had four interrelations with types of personality aссentuation, i.e. direct interrelations with emotive personality aссentuation and demonstrative and negative interrelations with obsessive and dysthymic personality aссentuations. There were three connections with coping-strategies, i.e. direct interrelations with "planning" and "positive reevaluation" strategies and an inverse one – with "fleeing" strategy. The subjective comfort of the Indonesian students had four interrelations with types of personality aссentuations: direct interrelations with hyperthymic and demonstrative aссentuations and an inverse one – with excitable and emotive. They had two interrelations with coping-strategies: inverse interrelations with "distancing" and "fleeing" strategies. The results proved the interdependence of subjective comfort and personal traits and the formed ways of mastering stress. The data obtained can be used in programs for coping-resource development in students.

The article deals with the contrastive study of the linguacultural concepts “zvezda” in Russian and “star” in English. Modern typological, comparative, and contrastive studies are aimed at defining common and distinctive characteristics of linguistic development of reality by human in related and non-closely related languages. Linguits search for parallels and differences in the course of cognitive-discursive reconstruction of linguocultural concepts. The article introduces a complex methodology of researching the language verbalization of conceptual characteristics. The algorithm of systematic study is demonstrated on the analysis of the concept “zvezda” in Russian and “star” in English. The research takes into account the following factors: 1) motivating features based on etymological dictionaries; 2) actualizing the revealed features in contexts; 3) defining the syncretic meanings. The author analyzed the etymological dictionaries of the languages and revealed 10 motivating signs for “zvezda” and 12 of motivating signs for “star”, some of which overlap. The presence of common motivating signs in the structures of the concepts suggests that the stars were interpreted by carriers of Russian and English linguacultures in a similar way. The signs “nebesnyi / heavenly” – located on the sky, “telo / body” – the mythopoetic perception of stars as the eyes of gods; “siianie / sparkling” – ability to emit light. It indicates a relationship of adequate congruency of the motivating signs. The following motivating signs showed some difference. Russian sign include “svetilo” (light-emitting body), “blesk” (brilliance), “mertsanie” (shimmer), “nepodvizhnost” (immobility), “kometa” (comet), “otmetina (na lbu zhivotnogo loshadi / korovy)” (a mark on the forehead of a horse / cow) and “serebro” (silver); in English – “not including the sun and moon”, “strewer or spreader, or disperser of light”, “sprinkling”, “constellate”, “born under unlucky star”, “disaster”, “disastrous”. This testifies to the different perception of the given concepts by the linguacultures under consideration. These data reflect the mechanism of concept formation and can serve as a basis for further development.

The paper features the concepts of «horse» and «loshad' / kon'» and their motivating signs. A concept emerges when the internal primary form of the word appears to objectify the concept in the language. According to the conducted analysis, the concepts have several motivating signs of different language actualization frequency. The most ancient and frequent originated from the Pre-Indo-European language: the name of an animal of a certain family, domesticated or wild animal; to run; cart; chariot; torrent; swift; adult male horse, stallion, gelding; device; large, coarse, healthy, (horsepower – unit of measure); cavalry; plow, harrow; earth; netherworld, hell; spark, fire; fate; to curse, to revenge, barren, mist, darkness; the spirit of cereals; spotted, pockmarked; jewel, to praise, give a loud shout; to fly; lightning; terrible, attack of illness; horse thief. The analysis revealed four signs that are common for both cultures: the name of an animal of a certain family, domesticated or wild animal; to run; adult male horse, stallion, gelding; harrow, plow; unit of measurement. The examples prove frequency and relevance of the motivating signs. Some signs currently function in the form of symbolic signs.

Attitude to Motherland plays an important role in Russian linguistic culture. The sphere is formed by a number of concepts, such as Fatherland, home, family, children, warrior, etc. The concept voin (warrior) has not been studied in modern linguistics, which adds relevance to the present research. Military concepts bear a large cultural load and make up an important component of the society. In Russian linguistic culture, a warrior is a defender, the one who protects the peace of the family, relatives, friends, and Motherland as a whole. Military concepts are just beginning to attract the attention of modern researchers. The present paper features the symbolic signs of the concept voin (warrior). The analysis is based on the constructions with the lexeme voin (warrior) from the Russian National Corps. One of the most common symbols of a warrior is weapon. The article focuses on the symbolic equipment signs of the concept, i.e. helmet, shield, and sword. The research employed conceptual, descriptive, and static analysis methods. The following symbolic stereotypical signs were especially frequent: helmet (24 %), armament (23.7 %), shield (22.8 %), and sword (10 %). The average degree of frequency was observed in such cognitive signs as chainmail (5.2 %), armor (4.7 %), spear (2.3 %), armor (2.1 %), and bow (1.6 %). Other signs demonstrated a low degree of frequency.

The present research features the role of metaphorical term formation in the Anglo-American legal term system on the basis of a multi-aspect analysis of a lexicographic source. A thorough examination showed that metaphorization is a full-featured but not productive mechanism of terminology production in the sphere of jurisprudence. Metaphorical terms that function in major, specialized, and complex branches of law represent less than 1% of all terminological units recorded in the ABBYY Press legal dictionary. The paper focuses on mono-lexemic and poly-lexemic legal terms formed by metaphorization. Two- and three-component metaphorical terms were found most frequent. This fact can be explained both by the binary essence of the metaphorical process itself and by a high degree of specification of the legal concept. The position of the metaphorical component was taken into account when the terminological combinations were systematized. The paper contains some examples of various types of metaphoric shift in term formation: reframing according to (1) functional analogy, (2) identity of the produced impression, (3) size correspondence, (4) similarity of origin, (5) the presence of related properties, and (6) the same extension in space. The author singled out anthropomorphic, socio-morphic, artifactual, and nature-morphic metaphorical models of legal term formation. The predominant distribution of anthropomorphic legal metaphors reached almost 50% of the whole selection of examples. The paper describes and illustrates conceptual source spheres of all four categories of terminological metaphors in the legal field. As for some vague cases, the author specified the significative zone of the metaphor according to its figurative-semantic focus. In addition, the study differentiated universal and nationally-marked legal metaphorical terms. Particular attention in this classification was given to metaphorical terms that bear precedent phenomena which are part of the cognitive base of the English-speaking socio-cultural community and serve as a key to understanding its legal norms.

The research objective was to identify linguo-cognitive features of teenagers` discourse recorded in the form of a filmscript. The relevance of the study is based on the fact that child speech is a self-valuable linguistic object, opposed not to the virtual language system, but to an array of real language messages perceived by a child. The main methodological technique used in the work is a multidisciplinary critical discourse analysis. It was used to study both linguistic features and ideological, socio-cultural, and cognitive features, latently embodied in the film text. The study employed English-language dialogues of teenagers who starred in the TV series "Stranger Things" (2016). The texts of the dialogues were considered as the units representing the corresponding fragment of the film discourse. The study proved that the teenagers` dialogues fixed in the form of the written text, or filmscripts, adequately reflect a wide range of possible situations of communication and serve as a representative source of relevant information. The analysis of the linguocognitive features of teenagers` discourse allowed the authors to establish the specificity of the regulatory function of the selection of language units by teenagers, which depends on the communication environment or consituation. The paper describes some features of the formation of teenagers` worldview, as well as some reasons for the distortion of cognitive reality. The interdisciplinary nature of the study makes it possible to apply the results in the field of linguistics, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, etc.

The research was conducted within the framework of the cognitive linguistics. It implies the study of mental concepts which are significant for the culture of a certain nation through their verbalization in the language of this ethnic group. The paper features an analysis of the theomorphic features of the concept "imagination" and the ways of their verbalization in the worldview of the English. The concept under discussion remains understudied. However, the high frequency of its features in the language indicates the importance of this mental unit for the corresponding culture. "Imagination" is a concept of the inner world. Its structure is represented by several groups and subgroups of cognitive features. We consider the group of figurative features to be structurally the most complex one. It includes the following subgroups – features of inanimate nature and features of animate nature. Within the group of inanimate nature, we distinguish a micro group of theomorphic features. The theomorphic features of the concept reflect the ideas and the perception of the God, piety, divinity, etc. and of religious group. At the same time, the analysis of contexts shows that some of the revealed features are considered to be typical of all religious groups of the cultural community, while others can be quite specific. As a rule, the first type of features is verbalized in the language more often than the second.

The present research reveals functional properties of emotional concept "Ekel" (disgust) and its linguistic representations in the modern German language. The emotion "disgust" can be defined as a basic emotion that introduces negative personal attitude to the fragments of reality. The mental representation of this emotion is an emotional concept with negative subjective assessments in its structure. The paper describes linguistic representations of disgust, defines its denomination, and outlines the paradigmatic relations of the lexeme Ekel and its linguistic contexts. The author believes that the emotion behind the lexeme "Ekel" fulfils three functions: biological, social, and protective. The biological function is aimed at removal of the object of disgust. The social function lies in the negative characterization of events and the actions of agents. The protective function is in the rejection of potentially dangerous fragments of reality.

The research on the pragmatics of complimentary speech acts should be carried out with due account for such social dimensions as gender, status-marked, age-related, and regional constituent parts. The aim of the study at hand is to elaborate on complimentary speech acts in the light of what will be termed as 'regional identity' within the framework of this article. Notwithstanding many studies of regional identity [1], few have revealed evident account of the representation of the interlocutor's regional identity in the language. This investigation concentrates on the theory of regional identity. The aim of the study is to consider the impact of the place where people live in on the production of complimentary speech acts in the British and American linguacultures. This scientific paper analyzes the significant features of compliments produced by people of urban-related identity and rural-related identity. Therefore, the paper focuses on answering the following research questions: What is the definition of complimentary speech act? What does regional identity mean? How is regional identity reflected in the compliments paid by the British and the Americans? Following the critical analysis of current works [1] on the theory of regional identity, this paper presents complimentary speech acts collected from English and American fiction of the XX and XXI centuries: Fowles J., Jardine Q., Salinger, Smith Z., Stockett K., Yates R., in the prospect of investigation the reflection of regional identity in language.

Russian regional features became a subject of scientific attention in the late 1960s – early 1970s when scientists began to study old dialects, new regiolects, and how some regionalisms entered general use. Scientists usually focused on the literary speech peculiarities of local residents. As a rule, ethnonyms of small-numbered peoples have a very narrow circulation and belong to regionalisms. However, Russian ethnonyms remain understudied from the angle of their regional component, particularly the ethnonyms of the North-East. The present article deals with the ethnonyms of small-numbered peoples in the Russian North-East. The author describes how regionalisms transferred from the regiolect to the common language in the course of 20th century. The paper also features the most relevant mistakes in the ethnonyms with similar pronunciation. The author conducted a survey to investigate the comprehension level of the north-eastern ethnonyms by the residents of Magadan and cities of Central Russia and define their frequency.

The following article examines the ways of translation of anthroponyms from English to Russian in fantasy fiction and computer games. The purpose of the study is to analyze and compare the anthroponyms translation variants in the literary text. In the following article works of Russian and foreign scientists in the context of anthroponimics were used, the usage of classification models was taken up, comparative analysis and functional analysis were used. The following study can be used in textbooks, in the process of translation and localization of fantasy fiction and computer games. The research material involves translations of anthroponyms of fantasy literature cycles (Harry Potter, The Song of Ice and Fire, The Lord of the Rings) and fantasy role-playing computer game "World of Warcraft". Particular patterns of anthroponyms translation were shown in terms of early and modern translations.

The research features the first Muslim Crimean magazine "Asri Musulmanliq" ("Modern Islam"): its history, structure, typological and problem-thematic peculiarities, etc. The authors refer to the situation of the Muslims of Crimea in the 1920s, the history of the National Administration of Religious Affairs of Muslims of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and its media organ, the monthly religious, scientific and philosophical journal "Asri Musulmanliq" (1924–1927). The topics of the Journal are considered in close cooperation with the life of the Muslim Ummah of the Crimean Peninsula, the leading trends of the time, and the tasks of the authors of the publication. The authors concentrate on the religious and moral content of the journal, which tried to enlighten its Muslim readers, and the Soviet realities with their model of the "new man". The Journal contained numerous articles on the dangers of drinking, the need to observe hygiene and get rid of prejudices and superstitions, on the equal rights of men and women, including education, etc. All these ideas had their roots in the norms of Islam. However, they also corresponded with the social renewal and healthy lifestyle, promoted by the Soviet press in the 1920s. According to the authors, "Asri Musulmanliq" was a unique publication. Its articles: 1) revealed the ideological views and main directions of the activity of the National Administration of Religious Affairs of Muslims of Crimea; 2) combined the realities of the new era with traditional Islamic issues and Crimean Tatar’s journalism. The latter originated from I. Gasprinsky’s editions, which dwelled on the civic and religious education, women's rights, unity of the Turkic world, etc.

The present paper features various sources obtained from the Documentation Center of Contemporary History of Eastern Kazakhstan (the city of Semey). The research objective was to draw a detailed picture of the resettlement and economic conditions that special immigrants from the North Caucasus had to face in the Semipalatinsk region of the Kazakh Republic during World War II. A source study analysis of the archive documents revealed various aspects of the subject in question. The documents were divided into several blocks: (1) information on the number and geography of the resettlement; (2) complex characteristics of the labor and economic household; (3) education and social security. The analysis of the documents showed that the placement of Chechens as special settlers led to extremely negative social and demographic consequences, causing an irreparable damage to their material and spiritual culture. Despite various economic, household, and labor measures, the deported people had to live in hard conditions.

The present research features the state of housing and communal infrastructure in the Kemerovo region. The author identifies the patterns and features of its development in 1946–1950. Most of the archival data have never been introduced into scientific literature. In the postwar years, the housing and communal services in the region failed to meet the demands of the growing urban population; there were not enough municipal institutions, and the sanitary and epidemiological situation was unfavorable. New urban settlements lacked municipal infrastructure. This problem had begun in the pre-war years and persisted in the post-war period. The population was forced to use random and substandard water sources, and there was no sewage, while a lot of citizens lived in crowded barracks and dormitories. Financing of the social sphere increased in the late 1950s. As a result, the pace of housing construction increased, new water pipe systems and central heating were introduced, and the sewerage network expanded. These activities improved the local living standards and led to a reduction in the morbidity and mortality. However, the constant growth of the urban population in the region under conditions of accelerated industrialization complicated the state of the housing and communal infrastructure. As a result, Kuzbass failed to meet sanitary standards of housing per capita in 1959. Only electric lighting demonstrated an almost 100 % coverage of the residential premises. The development of housing and communal infrastructure in the region was just beginning, while rural areas remained untouched. The Kemerovo region failed to meet the average RSFSR standards for the development of housing and communal services.

The research features the migratory processes on the so-called Cabinet lands that belonged to the Tsar family and were located on the territory of the present day Kuzbass region. The paper focuses on the period of the late 1860s – early 1890s. The research objective was to present data on the main problems and features of the local resettlement movement. A detailed analysis of the statistical and narrative data was based on the works by N. A. Vaganov, I. E. Ovsyankin, N. M. Yadrintsev, etc. The subject remained largely understudied, which makes the material applicable for educational and scientific purposes. The author identified and characterized the stages of migratory process and its dynamics. The research proved that the Kuznetsk district was not "the promised land" for Russians, unlike the Barnaul and the Biysk districts. Due to its mountains and dense forests, it was unattractive for peasants from the central part of the Russian Empire, who were used to flat steppes. Nevertheless, the Kuznetsk land became home for several thousand peasants who settled here in the second half of the XIX century.

The research features the rural administration of the Kuznetsk region in the end of the XIX century. The author understands the territory of modern Kuzbass as "The Kuznetsk region" and "rural administration" – as the bodies of local country government created according to the principles of peasant reform of 1861. The paper introduces data on the main bodies of local country government in the imperial and state village of the Kuznetsk region. The author focuses on the Kuznetsk district described in N. A. Vaganov's audit to the Altai district in the early 1880s. The analysis of the statistical, standard, and narrative data contained in the works by N. A. Vaganov, V.Volchkov, and K. T.Krayevsky provided a detailed characteristic of bodies of local country government, their functions, and efficiency. The Kuznetsk region remained largely understudied in this aspect; hence, the present material can be used in educational and scientific purposes. The author believes that, despite all their drawbacks, the local authorities played an important role in the sphere of regional public government. As local links in the chain of administrative facilities, they promoted the system of interrelations between the government and the country population, which was based upon the classical principles of statecraft and paternalism.

The paper features some discrepancies in various publications on the Tuvan stone statues. The statues were first discovered by A. V. Adrianov in 1881 on the territory of modern Barun-Khemchik, Dzun-Khemchik and Ulug-Khem districts. Five statues represent anthropomorphic beings holding a vessel in both hands. According to L. R. Kyzlasov, this posture is peculiar to the sculptures of the Uighur period. After A.V. Adrianov, these statues were rediscovered or re-documented by other scientists. When comparing the works of A. V. Andrianov, O. H. Appelgren-Kivalo (I. R. Aspelin’s materials), C. R. Mintslov, L. A. Evtukhova, M. P. Gryaznov, and E. R. Schneider, the author revealed some discrepancies in the indication of the locations of the same statues, and the differences in their graphic representation. The author compared graphic documentation of different quality and location data to identifythe statues in the publications of these researchers. The paper introduces information on the current location of four of the five sculptures discovered by A. V. Adrianov. The article states the need for redocumentation of stone statues of Tuva by modern methods and technical means.

The research studies the Little Entente – the alliance formed by Czechoslovakia, Rumania, and Yugoslavia – and the impact it existed on the European politics during the Interbellum. The present paper focuses upon the way the Little Entente was described in domestic historiography. The author believes that Soviet historians concentrated mainly on the final stage of the alliance's existence. In that period, Germany was strengthening its positions in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Soviet historians paid attention to the growing disagreement between the members of the alliance associated with the activities of Germany, the USSR, and France in the region. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian historians continued to develop the topics but gave more attention to the period of the formation of the Little Entente as a military bloc. Russian historians were more positive in their assessments of the alliance's activities related to its class characteristics and anti-Soviet character.

The research features the development of Krasnoyarsk meat processing industry in the years of political struggle and rule of N. S. Khrushchev. The research objective was to determine the main trends and results in the development of the Krasnoyarsk meat industry during its reform. The work was based on the modernization approach, as there was a new breakthrough of industrial development in Siberia in the period under consideration. After Stalin's death, the control system he created could no longer function. As a result of the political struggle, N. S. Khrushchev came to power and transformed the economic system based on the principle of territorial management. He gave an important place to the development of the food industry. He urged people to catch up and overtake American meat production. The new system opened up new opportunities for the development of remote areas. Local elites were given an important role in the development of the regions. The new management system gave an additional impetus to the development of the meat industry of the Krasnoyarsk territory. The management of the industry was able to use additional finances for the development of enterprises, as well as the capacity of local engineering, construction, etc. As a result, the material base of local enterprises was improved, and the production of finished products increased, which improved the living standards of the local population. The experience, with certain reservations, can be useful today. In the context of the complexity of the geopolitical situation and counter-sanctions in the food industry, rethinking the successes and mistakes of the past can develop a more balanced development policy.

The current paper features the historiography of the Andronoid cultures of the Ob region. The author identifies four investigation districts: Tomsk-Narym, Novosibirsk, Barnaul-Biysk Ob, and Kuznetsk Basin. For each district, the author describes cultural affiliation, territory of distribution, cultural and historical processes, chronology and periodization, house-building traditions, burial rites, typology of ceramics, economy and production, anthropological type and ethnicity of the Postandronian population. In addition, the author points out three periods in the research process of Andronoid antiquities in the Ob region. The first period is characterized by the dominance of the idea that the Karasuk era tribes settled all over the Ob region. The second period is marked by the concept of Yelovo culture (or stage) in the Ob region. The third period featured alternative concepts based on local materials. The author reports the current state and the key problems of the historiography of Postandronian cultures of the Ob. In conclusion, the author summarizes the more than 80-year history of Andronoid antiquities research in the Ob region, the fundamental importance of the accumulated data, and the promising research directions.

The study features the formation of the Provisional Government bodies in Dagestan during the revolutions and Civil War, such as the Provisional Regional Executive Committee and the Commissars of the Dagestan region. The research was based on the principles of historicism and objectivity, which allowed the authors to determine the reliability of the used historical sources. The consequences of the February revolution in Russia affected the Dagestan region. During this period, various organizations struggled for power: the Council of Workers' Deputies, the Council of Soldiers' and Officers' Deputies, religious societies, Muslim committees, millicommittees, etc. However, the military governor was rep-laced by the Provisional Government, which had existed until April-May 1918. The Provisional Regional Executive Committee was formed in March 1917. Subsequently, it transformed several times. New commissars replaced former chiefs in the districts of the Dagestan region. The population of the region, which initially distrusted the elections, gradually began to get involved in the political process. The bodies of the Provisional Government included the Commissars of the Dagestan region. They had a lot of internal conflicts, as well as an open political confrontation with the Provisional Regional Executive Committee. These disagreements prevented effective work. The results of the research can be used in further study of the issue, in general studies on the matter, in a course of Dagestan history, or special courses on the history of the revolution and the Civil War.