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Мифологические модели и ритуальное поведение в советском и постсоветском пространстве
Relying on the rich folklore and ethnographic material, the authors of the book consider a wide range of issues devoted to the study of Soviet and post-Soviet culture: the emergence of new Soviet holidays, rituals and magical practices; the transformation of the religious and traditional mythological concepts; design features of the images of leaders in different genre formations. For all interested in the history of Soviet and post-Soviet culture and its links with the traditions of pre-revolutionary Russia.
In the centre of the article the author analyses the problem trips Soviet of people abroad in 1950-1970-s years. As the scale of outbound tourism updated with the task of ideological prohibitions as to the selection of candidates (especially in capitalist countries) and during the stay abroad. The source base of the research were, first of all, the archival documents of the Fund «Intourist» in the State archive of the Russian Federation, and the Bureau of international youth tourism «Sputnik» in the Russian state archive of socio-political history. These materials allow to reconstruct not only the main ideological prohibitions, but also manifestations of self-censorship for a stay of Soviet tourists outside the country. However, the reconstruction of the history of the Soviet outbound tourism shows and some language and behavioral game which is not always been hard-coded. Known doublethink Soviet era allowed to manipulate meanings, laid in Soviet space, in general, and the sphere of tourism, in particular.
The experience of the „translation of the culture“ was based with Rilke on the one hand on western book springs, on the other hand, on his short-term travelling to Russia. The sharp Rilkes translations from Russian is "Das Igorlied" and the writer preserved the structural elements from his poetic language. Rilkes „translation of the culture“ has promoted not only the horizon enlargement of the German-speaking audience, but also has enriched his poetic creating and his cultural experience.
The main focus of this paper is the relation between the realisation of the right of the child to express his/her views and democracy in Russia. With this in view, I will study the interconnection between the right to express the views and the right to participate. Further, I will give an overview of the specifics of democracy in Russia, how they influence political participation, and what could be done to prevent the further infantilisation of citizens in Russia. Finally, I will explore traditional perceptions with regard to children’s participation in Russia and the legal framework and practice of the implementation of the child’s right to social and political participation.
This article examines the role of archivists in shaping the capacity and the structure of a university’s memory. Drawing on sources such as laws and ministerial instructions, the authors analyze the government’s archive policy with regard to universities and how professors and archivists were taking part in its implementation. Their participation included sorting documents and attributing them to individual ‘cases’, destroying some of the ‘unnecessary’ documents and preserving others that were designated for destruction. Based on information from service records and university reports, the article tracks changes in the corporate status of university archivists in nineteenth-century Russia.