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Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures
De Gruyter, 2024.
Under the general editorship: Á. Kriza, W. F. Ryan
Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures is a thematic essay volume to investigate the history and function of enigma in Orthodox Slavic cultures with a special focus on the cultural history of Rus and Muscovy. Its seventeen case studies across disciplinary boundaries analyze Slavic biblical and patristic translations, liturgical commentaries, occult divinatory texts, and dream interpretations. Slavic riddles inscribed on walls and compilations of riddles in question-and-answer format are all subjects of this volume. Not only written, but also pictorial enigmas are examined, together with their relationships to texts suggesting novel methodologies for their deciphering. This kaleidoscopic survey of Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures by an international group of scholars demonstrates the historiographical challenges that medieval enigmatic thought poses for researchers and offers new approaches to the interpretation of medieval sources, both verbal and visual.
Chapters
Uspensky B. A., , in: Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures.: De Gruyter, 2024. Ch. 4 P. 63–102.
The cult of St. Longinus is significantly different between Western and Eastern Christianity. The Eastern Christian tradition has portrayed Longinus as a centurion present at the Crucifixion and converted after Christ’s death. In the Christian West, Longinus is identified with the soldier who pierced Christ’s side with a lance.The present paper traces the identification of ...
Added: March 18, 2024
Litvina A., Uspenskij F., , in: Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures.: De Gruyter, 2024. Ch. 17 P. 349–361.
The strange and eclectic phenomenon of polynomy, whereby a single person can possess quite a list of given names, is very characteristic of Rus society throughout the medieval era. Particularly striking is the complexity of the functional load that individual components of this polynomy may carry, combined with their apparent optionality. In the twelfth century ...
Added: November 26, 2024
Кульков А. Н., Tsvetkova M. V., Вестник Томского государственного университета. Филология 2026 № 100 С. 158–173
Впервые делается попытка рассмотреть особенности фанфикшн как акта продуктивной рецепции, возникшего на основе цикла романов Терри Пратчетта о Плоском мире в России. Проведенный анализ показывает, что прежде всего авторы фанфиков стремятся передать стилистику и комическое начало оригинального цикла Пратчетта, вне зависимости от жанра и формата создаваемых ими произведений. Фикрайтеры наиболее часто обращаются к таким форматам, ...
Added: May 10, 2026
Bodrova M., Археология евразийских степей 2026 № 1 С. 287–292
The article examines a Neo-Babylonian seal discovered among the grave goods of a Sarmatian burial in Kurgan No. 3 near the village of Tbilisskaya (Pre-Caucasus region). Although the burial itself dates to the late 1st – early 2nd century CE, the seal’s iconography and carving technique indicate its origin in the Neo-Babylonian cultural sphere of the ...
Added: May 8, 2026
Gužvica S., Tokovi Istorije 2026 No. 1 P. 15–52
The paper analyzes the intellectual climate and political circumstances that shaped and heavily influenced the literary imagination and the semantic horizon of two novels—The Optimists: the Novel of a Revolution by Ervin Sinkó and Like a Tear in the Ocean: A Trilogy by Manès Sperber. Besides introductory remarks and conclusion, the paper’s structure is threefold, ...
Added: May 7, 2026
Pershkina A., М.: Альпина нон-фикшн, 2026.
Филолог Анастасия Першкина рассказывает о том, как писатель создавал свой мир, кем его населил, какие законы установил и почему этот мир так ярко действует на нас. Кроме того, вы узнаете, кто помогал Федору Михайловичу работать, как писатель связывал между собой произведения, что думали о его текстах современники и что же такое достоевщина. ...
Added: May 6, 2026
Gridneva E., Vestnik Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Filologiya 2026 No. 100 P. 38–52
This study investigates mixed languages, with a specific focus on their lexical characteristics. It proposes and substantiates the hypothesis that the degree of lexical mixing in such languages — reflected in the prevalence of doublets and the distribution of vocabulary between source languages — is linked to the specific pattern of their emergence, rather than ...
Added: May 6, 2026
Керимов Р. Э., Новое прошлое 2026 № 1 С. 148–162
The arrest of East German writer and publishing director Günter Hofé at the 1963 Frankfurt Book Fair became a unique episode of ideological confrontation between East and West Germany. Hofé is primarily known for his documentary-fiction trilogy about World War II, in which he actively participated as a Wehrmacht soldier. The analysis of the writer’s ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Максимов И. В., Новый филологический вестник 2025 Т. 73 № 2 С. 187–196
The majority of studies on the metrical aspects of Olga Sedakova’s poetry focus on the formal elements of versification, rarely exploring the substantive possibilities of the chosen metres. This paper fills this gap by analyzing the unified narrative of the four-foot amphibrach, tracing its development in Russian poetry from V.A. Zhukovsky to O.A. Sedakova. At ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Крол А. А., Кузнецов Д. А., Ladynin I. A., Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность 2026 Т. 1 С. 244–261
The publication presents a new translation and commentary of the Quban Stela of Ramesses II (Musée des beaux-arts Grenoble, Collection égyptienne, inv. 1937, 1969, 3565). This monument dates to the beginning of his reign (ca. 1287 BC); it was found near the ruins of the fortress of Baki, close to the Nubian village of Kuban. The composers of the ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Дашкина А. Р., Проблемы истории, филологии, культуры 2026 № 1 (91) С. 24–37
The article examines two aspects of the integration of Nubia (with particular attention to Lower Nubia) into the statehood of ancient Egypt during early antiquity (up to the end of the 2nd millennium BC). During the First and Second Intermediate Periods, Nubia demonstrates the adoption of Egyptian traditions of royal power, incorporating its territory into ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Вестник древней истории 2024 Т. 84 № 1 С. 5–26
The article analyses a set of Classical evidence reflecting the Egyptian conquest of Bactria or its attempt (Diod. I. 46–47; Tac. Ann. II. 60. 3; Strabo XVII. 1. 46), a statement of Manetho of Sebennytos on the vast conquests of king Sethos-Ramesses (I) (Manetho. Frg. 50 = Ios. C.Ap. I. 15. § 98–102), and the ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Немировский А. А., Social Evolution & History 2025 Vol. 24 No. 2 P. 162–167
The article deals with the problem of the state formation in the two key areas of the early civilizations, i.e. Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Egypt the stage of the so-called nome states was largely avoided, as the local polities had probably the nature of chiefdoms and the state emerged when they were integrated into larger ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Маленко Маро Янович, Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований 2025 Т. 7 № 2 С. 187–208
The article focuses on "ethnological video games", defined as video games which are developed on the basis of ethnographic and folkloric material. The particular focus is on the kind of ethnological games which contain representation or simulation of shamanistic practices. Among them are "Mooseman" based on Komi-Permyak and Finno-Ugric mythology, "Never Alone" based on Iñupiaq ...
Added: May 4, 2026
Гендлина В. В., Новый филологический вестник 2025 № 1 С. 144–154
В статье анализируются две новеллы Исаака Бабеля начала 1930-х гг. о коллективизации -- «Гапа Гужва» и «Колывушка». Новеллы должны были стать частью цикла о коллективизации под общим названием «Великая Криница», однако замысел книги о преобразованиях в советской деревне оказался невоплощенным. В обеих новеллах Бабель показывает грандиозный проект модернизации колхозов как процесс, разрушающий существующий порядок и жизнь отдельно ...
Added: May 4, 2026
Balakina Y. V., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение, журналистика 2026 Т. 31 № 1 С. 163–174
The phenomenon of digital social photography is explored as a product of contemporary social media practices. It analyses the transformation of the role of photography in the digital age, where it functions not merely as a tool for recording reality, but also as an active agent in the process of meaning-making. The study relies on ...
Added: April 3, 2026
Абзалов Л. Ф., Гатин М. С., Мустакимов И. А. et al., Уральский исторический вестник 2026 № 1(190) С. 151–159
The article analyzes the status of yasaul, an official who was in charge of troops disposition during military campaigns as well as for placing of the representatives of power elite at feasts and official arrangements in the Mongol Empire and its uluses. The functions of yasauls and requirements to candidates for this office are examined. The ...
Added: March 27, 2026
Издательство "Росток", 2026.
Вниманию читателей предлагается сборник материалов первой международной конференции «Штелинские чтения», проходившей в Картинном доме дворцово-паркового ансамбля «Ораниенбаум» (ГМЗ «Петергоф») в 2025 году. Конференция названа в честь академика Петербургской академии наук, основоположника изучения истории русского искусства XVIII века Якоба Штелина (1709—1785). Результатами своих исследований поделились сотрудники российских музеев, научных институтов и вузов, а также независимые исследователи ...
Added: March 25, 2026
Лебедев С. В., Novik N., Suslov D., Актуальные проблемы Европы 2026 № 129 С. 185–206
The article examines the economic logic of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and its impact on the transformation of transatlantic relations, the collective security system, and Russia’s strategic positioning in the context of the redefinition of US global priorities. The authors proceed from the hypothesis that D. Trump’s foreign policy course does not represent ...
Added: February 14, 2026
Zolyan S., Ilyin M., Teslya A. et al., Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2025 Vol. 95 No. 1 P. 2–18
The discussion aims to identify the interpretive mechanisms that provide an interface between text and context (between language and the world, language and culture, and language and society). It is a multilevel system of interfaces connected by inversion and recursion relations and operations. We identify this system as a pragmasemantics. It also acts as an ...
Added: February 2, 2026
Aliev R. T., Праксема. Проблемы визуальной семиотики 2026 № 1(47) С. 46–74
This article investigates ideological transformations in Denis Villeneuve's screen adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune. The relevance of the research is determined by the fact that adapting complex literary works for mass cinema inevitably alters their semantic structure, affecting not only plotlines but also the philosophical, political, and cultural dimensions of the original text. The ...
Added: January 19, 2026
М.: Институт Европы РАН, 2025.
Монография посвящена комплексному анализу концепции стратегической автономии Европейского союза. Рассматриваются её политическая и экономическая динамика, измерение безопасности в контексте меняющейся геополитической обстановки. Авторы делают акцент на особенностях страновых подходов к реализации этой концепции и отношениях ЕС с соседями по региону. ...
Added: January 7, 2026
Lukin V., Lukin A., Washington Quarterly 2025 Vol. 48 No. 4 P. 133–145
The Ukrainian crisis, like all past conflicts, will sooner or later come to an end, and Russia will continue its historical existence. This makes it possible, even now, to contemplate the question of what its foreign policy might look like in the post-crisis future. During the conflict, which has profoundly influenced not only the existence ...
Added: December 27, 2025
Ibrahim F., Druică E., Musso F. et al., Current Psychology 2025 Vol. 44 P. 9987–10000
The impostor phenomenon describes a maladaptive personality style marked by persistent self-doubt and fear of being exposed as a fraud despite evident success. Despite its global relevance, the construct’s cross-cultural measurement invariance has not yet been empirically established. This study assessed the measurement invariance of the Impostor-Profile 30 across six European countries (N= 2472; 60.0% ...
Added: December 5, 2025
Вьюнова В. А., Kozhemyakin E., Знак: проблемное поле медиаобразования 2026 Т. 1 № 59 С. 15–26
This article is devoted to the possibilities of semiotic analysis of the value aspects of advertising creatives. The main emphasis is placed on the study of the potential of the semiotic square of A.J. Greimas as a method of analyzing advertising materials. Despite its powerful analytical potential, this tool is rather poorly used in advertising research, ...
Added: November 20, 2025
Leiden: Brill, 2025.
The religious evolution of Rus has been an on-going discussion since it first emerged as a field of study in the nineteenth century. These volumes bring to light – for a wider readership – cutting edge research on the religious culture and politics of Rus, embracing interdisciplinary approaches to the early production of Slavonic texts ...
Added: September 18, 2025