No 2-3 (2013)
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ИСТОРИЯ. ЧАСТЬ 1
7-11 421
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Social measures of the national socialist regime are described in the paper. Attention is focused on the authorities’ social reference points regarding the urban working masses which were being involved in the imperial project.
11-16 455
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The paper analyzes European capital markets and the Russian Empire’s external debt transformation in the late 1880s – 1890s. Conversion results and European capital markets’ condition influencing them, as well as coordination of external loans and Russian foreign policy realignment from Germany to France are examined. The conclusions are as follows: both Russia’s main creditor and the character of loans (from economic to political) were transformed at that time, economic processes becoming more inert than political ones.
16-21 368
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The paper considers the views and ideas of major French political writers of the 16th century regarding power and its interaction with the citizen at the time of the formation of absolutism in France. Attention is focused on the forms and methods, including on he role of violence in this interaction.
21-25 396
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The paper researches the social policy in the German Democratic Republic (1949 – 1990). Factors of social policy making (e.g. official ideology, political and economic systems) are revealed. The author advances arguments against defining the GDR as a welfare state.
26-30 378
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The paper addresses the actions of the JSPD in Omsk province concerning tactical working out of Chinese organized crime activity. The distinctive features of Chinese crime activity and the methods the JSPD used to control them were determined. Basing on the material of Omsk chekists, the paper reveals the fact that the Chinese Fraternity was a well-organized secret criminal organization, with its leaders governing Chinese labour union and making profit of it. Professional behavior of the JSPD officers who had some agents in Chinese expat community in Omsk let the JSPD successfully deal with Chinese organized crime activity.
30-34 353
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The paper deals with various evidences regarding the group identity of West European towns in the 17th century and its diverse manifestations in numerous sociocultural urban communities. It makes a basis for the analysis of social interaction peculiarities in different European countries and regions. Various trends in preserving and transforming social relations of urban communities during this critical period are also demonstrated.
35-41 416
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The paper investigates the problem of discrepancy between technological modernization in Russia and its WTOisation and the role of the West in these processes. The author contrasts traditional factors and methods of implementing top-down modernizations in Russia by the State government and the specifics of technological modernization problem in the conditions of its economic sovereignty being restricted by the rules of the WTO.
42-46 425
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The paper addresses the historical aspects of law and culture interrelation. Analyzing the history of law in correlation with culture development, the author reveals some peculiarities and characteristic features of law and culture interrelation at different historical periods.
46-51 316
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The paper analyses the goals that were announced in the sphere of the European social policy at the beginning of the 2000s and the results that were achieved by 2012. The main factors that affected the EU’s ability to accomplish itssocial agenda have been evaluated.
52-56 379
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The paper researches the impact of media on specific economic and political processes that have been going on in the EU during the crisis of 2008 and up to the present time. The author focuses on the "newsbreak" as a means of influencing the financial markets in Europe and, through them, the political decisions of the EU officials. It is concluded that the mass media’s manipulation in the economic sphere later escalated to the political level, making further use of «newsbreaks» in sphere of political development of the EU.
56-61 358
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The article deals with the influence of ideas of Reformation and Puritanism on the understanding of the main forms of social ties – family life, leisure, fine arts, theatre, music and dancing among the Englishmen and Englishwomen in the second half of 16th – 17th centuries.
61-65 357
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The educational system and youth policy were important spheres in the social policy of the American military government. The paper focuses on the problems which the American occupation authorities faced when renewing the activity of educational institutions; the basic principles of educational policy are emphasized. The military government put big emphasis on work with youth, the organization of youth’s leisure, and encouraged the creation of various youth associations.
65-69 388
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The paper presents the comparison of the ruling elite of France and Germany in the beginnings of Early Modern period (first half of the 16th century) based of the material published in research literature. The author analyses: the parity of political forces of the supreme governor and powerful feudal lords (French grants, German princes), examples of interpersonal conflicts and specificity of their resolution, the structure of the court as the basic institution and domain of the studied social group.
70-75 530
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The paper presents the comparative historical model of military factors influencing the development of European societies in the Early Modern period. The process of "military revolution" has been recognized as an important aspect of the historical transformation of the state and society. It determined the development of the fiscal military state. The author investigates the possibility of applying the theory of military revolution in the context of modernization theory and the world-system paradigm. Specific types of “war modernity” in the East and the West were defined by system of internal and external factors – such as the speed of innovations introduction, the efficiency of financing and capital, the level of military technologies development.
76-80 349
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The paper investigates the changing of the social interactions and relations in Roman Southern Gaul after the settlement of the Visigoths as federates in this region. The investigation of the relationship of the Visigoths and the Gallo-Roman population is focused on the context of comparing the plans and targets for each of the parties and their implementation. The article also examines the impact of the Visigoths on the transformation of social relations within the Gallo-Roman population.
80-84 442
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The paper studies the social policy and the organization of social affairs in Germany in the 20th century. The author traces the dependence of social policy on different political modes – democratic, nazi, communist. The continuation and ruptures in the social policy during formation of the social state in Germany are allocated.
85-89 435
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The article deals with the Franco-German relations in 1933 – 1939. The author studies the transformation of the German political system, identifies the stages of the development of the pre-war German foreign policy, and seeks to demonstrate how these changes affected domestic and foreign policies of France and other Western European States.
90-95 368
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The paper examines the process of transformation of the Economic and Monetary Union after the financial and economic crisis of 2008 when it became clear that significant changes are needed throughout the management structure of EMU. The author identifies the causes and main stages of the EMU system reform after the deepening of the financial crisis in the spring of 2010.
102-106 460
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The author discusses the process of Greece’s accession to the European Union. He analyzes the reasons why the economically weak country that had just escaped the dictatorship of the “black colonels” was able to persuade the EU members to start accession talks and finish them relatively quickly.
106-110 359
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An analysis of modern state of law interpretation in Russia is given in the article. Showing the concepts of law interpretation, we can see methodological approaches and assessments in studying law. Main concepts of modern Russian law interpretation include integrative, liberty-juridical, communicative and normativistic ones.
111-116 360
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The article is devoted to the phenomenon of marginal culturein Europe in the 17th century. The author studies the historical and mental origins of its formation, its characteristics and place in the cultural history of the continent.
THE RUSSIAN-GERMAN HISTORIANS COMMISSION: FROM POLITICAL DIALOGUE TO FRUITFUL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
117-121 400
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The article discusses the creation and activity of the Joint Commission for the Study of the Recent History of Russian-German Relations.
121-124 298
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The author analyses the principal ideas of the modern Chinese and Arab thinkers about ways out of critical situations and society development as well as their understanding of civilizations formation, the role of the state and its evolution. The author emphasizes that these doctrines were in accordances with the time and independent from the outer (European) influence. The thinkers of the East based on their countries’ experience and the historical and cultural tradition. They represented the interests of underprivileged working classes, created new principles of the state system, affirmed the superiority of law and the responsibility of the supreme power to the people, role and significance of private property and initiative, the availability of education. They argued the evolutional character of the society’s development.
SOCIAL NETWORKS AS A PHENOMENON OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AND SPECIFIC SOCIAL RELATIONS WITHIN THEM
125-131 825
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This article seeks to examine the specificity of social relations in the virtual environment of social networks. The authors conclude that it was the introduction of social networking the contributed to socialization of the Internet. Social ties within social networks are both specific and contradictory, they are formed by the reality and, in many ways, construct this very reality.
131-134 892
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The paper addresses the prospects of the EU’s enlargement in the Western Balkans. Trajectories of the Western Balkans states' movement towards the EU are compared with focus on specific challenges. Finally, the prospects of this new wave of enlargement are evaluated.
135-139 415
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The paper addresses the crisis of the social state in the united Germany. The author focuses her attention on Gerhard Schroder's social reforms carried out during the period of 1998 – 2005.
140-146 456
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The article reviews the main stages in the development of the social state in Germany in the end of the 19th century. The reasons of its modern crisis are identified.
146-150 458
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The paper discusses German researchers’ estimations of «Conservative Revolution» phenomenon as an expression of right radical modernism ideology in Weimar Germany.
150-154 371
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The paper discusses the views of German historian and sociologist N. Elias (1897 – 1990) on the French aristocracy of the absolute monarchy period. The author identifies sociocultural attitudes and behavioural features of the French aristocracy and reveals the reasons of their evolution in the 17th -18th centuries as interpreted by N. Elias.
154-158 460
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The European vector has always been one of the most important guidelines of the Commonwealth of Australia’s international relations in the modern era. The article deals with the dynamics of the evolution of bilateral relations between Australia and the European Communities as well as Australia and certain European states and the factors that contributed to the transformation of the nature of these connections. Specific aspects of the bilateral cooperation are analysed.
159-162 367
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This article deals with the problem of Semipalatinsk treaty ratification. The author analyzes the process of negotiations and specific treats of the document on Nuclear Free zone in Central Asia. The paper aims at showing that different views on the future architecture of global and regional security between key official nuclear states prevented Western countries such as the USA, the UK and France from signing negative security assurances protocol.
163-169 371
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The author reveals the essence of the concept of global structures, law-making process, and the rights of global structures in the contemporary world and their place in the science of jurisprudence.
170-174 718
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The paper considers various aspects of sociocultural and political transformation of the Russian population of the Republic of Kazakhstan during the Post-Soviet period, the reasons of these changes and their result, and also the Russian Federation’s attitude to these processes, certain conclusions are drawn and the situation in the near future is simulated
175-179 638
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The author analyses the perception of Belarus and Kazakhstan, their peoples and leaders in Russia. In general, the perception is relatively positive. It is not too overshadowed by the problems of the position of the Russian-speaking population, however, the image of the country may be influenced by the policies pursued by the leader of the country (the presence or absence of open contradictions and conflicting motives).
179-183 412
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The article focuses on the Armenian vector in the foreign policy of Turkey, the Russian Federation, and the European Union countries. The main contradictions between Armenia and the mentioned actors of international relations in the South Caucasus are outlined. The issues of cooperation and competition among Turkey, Russia and the European Union concerning Armenia and the Nagorny Karabakh conflict are analysed as well.
ИСТОРИЯ. ЧАСТЬ 2
184-188 492
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The article presents the analysis of the educational, methodical and scientific activities of the Department of Contemporary Russian History of Kemerovo State University, and provides important information about the activities and achievements of its staff.
189-193 425
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The article describes the main factors that influenced the formation and development of mining education in Western Siberia.
194-198 373
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The article focuses on cardinal transformations in the basic industry of Kuzbass – coal mining. The author analyzes the reasons for industry transformation and the main problems encountered at each stage of implementing the restructuring programme. The achieved results as well as the actions required to complete the process are listed by the author.
198-202 337
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This article reviews the activities of the militia (police) units of the Kemerovo region to combat speculation and property crimes in the period from 1943 to 1953, the methods of disclosing these categories of crime, and measures to prevent them.
202-205 488
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Based on a wide range of sources, including unpublished material, the paper addresses the issue of combating smuggling in Western Siberia in the 1920s. In particular, it examines the main forms of trafficking and how to combat it. The study provides a detailed analysis of the problematic aspects.
206-211 515
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The research aims at revealing the main tendencies of establishing Stalinsk (Novokuznetsk) State Medical Refresher Institute (SMRI) in 1951 – 1953. In 1951 SMRI was moved from Novosibirsk to Stalinsk (currently, Novokuznetsk), Kemerovo Region. At that time, the adaptation of the Institution to a new and complex environment, its human resources formation, and consolidation of facilities were characteristic activities of SMRI. The Institute was reoriented with regional specific character taken into account. In the paper special attention is paid to the consequences of “Doctors’ Case” (1953) for SMRI establishment.
Ключевые слова: Сталинский (Новокузнецкий) государственный институт для усовершенствования врачей; усовершенствование врачей; специализация врачей; профессорско-преподавательский состав; врачи-курсанты; материально-техническая база
211-215 356
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This article discusses the legal framework of voluntary people’s patrol groups in the RSFSR, including those in the Kemerovo region in the late 1950s – late 1980s. The analysis of regulatory documents in this area shows that the legal status of voluntary people’s patrol groups was defined clearly enough. The author proposes that the existing legal framework needed to be changes, which could improve the effectiveness of teams in the protection of public order.
216-220 455
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The paper addresses the value and role of recreational zoning for the tourist development of territories. The characteristic of tourist and recreational capacity of the Kemerovo region is provided. The degree of Kuzbass regions’ tourist development is analysed.
221-224 458
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The article focuses on the main stages and problems in the historiography of coal mining industry and staff in Siberia in the Soviet period and in contemporary Russia.
225-228 430
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Successful waging of war required a lot of money. Anti-Bolshevik governments on the territory of the Urals and Siberia collected taxes for this purpose. They actively involved the police in this process. Hard measures of the authorities caused dissatisfaction of the peasants. It became one of the reasons for the defeat of the White Movement in the region.
228-234 453
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Basing on the materials of the «Soviet Siberia» newspaper, the paper focuses on the main problems and features of implementing the resettlement and colonization policy in Siberia in the first half of the 1920s, as well as some issues of the organization, legislative and financial security of processes of resettlement and to Siberia during the specified period; the efficiency of the first Soviet resettlement and colonization campaigns of 1924 – 1925 is assessed.
The analysis of the Siberian periodicals materials devoted to this topic allowed to reveal the reaction of the authorities and the society to the implementation of the government’s resettlement policy, to reflect the main activities of the authorities for implementing the resettlement and colonization legislation, and to define and and outline primarily the «sore points» of the resettlement movement of the first half of the 1920s. As a result, some conclusions were made, which hadn't received due reflection in research literature.
Revolutionary changes of 1917 – 1919 in Russia didn't solve the problem of agrarian shortage of arable land in the central provinces of the country and the authorities were compelled to react to mass uncontrolled movements of peasants. Proper elaboration of the problem, providing legal support for implementing the process of resettlement, and a number of preliminary activities of the first half of the 1920s prepared the active resettlement and colonization programme of the second half of the 1920s – early 1930s.
The pitfalls of the resettlement and colonization campaign of 1924 – 1925 in Siberia were: low financial security; delays in money transfers to destinations, limited administrative facilities for organizing and servicing the resettlement movement. As the result, the colonization fund was poorly prepared, preliminary explorations of resettlement sites were badly implemented, movement of immigrants and their settlement in new places were badly organized.
This study facilitated some the reconstruction of some actual problems and features of realization Soviet resettlement and colonization campaigns at the initial stage, which our deepen knowledge of the researched object and promote introduction of certain amendments to studies of this problem.
235-240 474
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The article focuses on the issues of division of the Caspian Sea and its status. The main positions of the Caspian states on the matter come to light. The main problems of legal status of the Caspian Sea and the process of their solution are revealed.
240-245 345
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The paper proves the necessity for combined transportations at the level of the regional authorities. It addresses the beginning of this process in Western Siberia, the main models of its organization at the level of the regional authorities and the most effective structures working in this direction.
246-252 426
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The paper describes the basic documents for implementing the "Education" project. The activities for implementing the project in the Kemerovo region are revealed.
252-257 347
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The paper analyzes the main activities of the West Siberian airlines of the Civil Aviation authorities in the second half of the 1980s. The causes of negative trends, such as the decline in work performance and lowering of flight safety, are identified.
257-262 430
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The paper considers the implementation of the evacuation and terms of placement of the penitentiary system institutions in Western and Eastern Siberia in the period of Kolchak's government.
263-267 323
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The paper provides the results of the research conducted to identify the main channels of workers recruitment, as well as the trends in dynamics of workers population of the construction industry of the Kemerovo region in the years of World War II and the first postwar five-year plan (1943 – 1950).
268-273 444
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The article is devoted to Kemerovo branch of the Union of Artists of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The main points of the article are changes in the size of the regional branch of union, participation of artists from Kuzbass in major art exhibitions (such as regional exhibition «Socialist Siberia» and republican exhibition «Soviet Russia»), agitation in art and change in the number of exhibition visitors in 1957 – 1967. The regional branch which was founded in 1957. Union members had some difficulties in his work in the early years. Many of these problems were solved and process of formation of the organization took about ten years.
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