Russkaya Starina

165-173

Authors: Elena A. Dzhandzhugazova

This article addresses issues in relations between Russia and Poland in the area of the development of tourism and humanitarian exchanges. The author brings to light the specifics of the way Russians and Poles perceive each other and lays emphasis on the characteristics of the mentality of each of the nations. The article points up differences in the perception of traditional and new Polish brands and proposes new dimensions in fostering effective tourism exchanges between Russia and Poland.

182-187

Authors: Vladimir I. Afanasenko

In September, 1939, there took place the division of Poland between Germany and the USSR, which had been preceded by a set of measures of a diplomatic and military nature. The outcome of these activities was the signing of a non-aggression pact on August 23, 1939, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. On September 1, 1939, German and Slovak troops invaded Poland. On September 16, the Polish government fled the country. The USSR took military measures to protect Ukrainians and Belarusians living in Poland’s eastern voivodeships. This article explores the actions of the Red Workers' and Peasants' Army in the annexation of Western Ukraine in September, 1939.

193-199

Authors: Olga M. Morozova

This article addresses the situation with industrial enterprises in the south of Russia during World War I and the effects of conflicts that took place in that area. Sources used by the author include memorandum reports directed to the authorities, as well as post-revolutionary reminiscences of participation in the workers’ movement, which the author employs to bring to light the sentiments of workers.

208-213

Authors: Leonid A. Terushkin

German Nazism attached special significance to the symbol of fire in its ideology. Subsequent to burning books, the Nazis proceeded to burning synagogues during the Night of Broken Glass. Germany’s invasion of the USSR marked the commencement of the process of the mass slaughter of the Jewish population, and soon the Nazis, their allies and collaborationists started to apply the same methods throughout the occupied territory.

226-234

Authors: Tatiana P. Khlynina

This article addresses the material remuneration and consumer capacity of workers in the Adygei autonomous region in the 1920s. The author points up difficulties with the analysis of relevant sources and the study of the issue in question. The article draws a conclusion that the poor material aspect of daily subsistence led as early as the late 1920s to that the “Homo Biologicus” became the main character of the Soviet era and that for many hardship and privation shifted the focus of attention away from their rights and civil dignity

239-240

Authors: Tatiana P. Khlynina

This survey addresses the Second Forum of Caucasus Studies Historians held in Rostov-on-Don on October 15-16, 2014.

108-118

Authors: Alexey Y. Bezugolniy

This article is dedicated to the participation of three national formations – the 110th Kalmyk Cavalry Division, the 115th Kabardino-Balkar Cavalry Division, and the 255th Independent Chechen-Ingush Cavalry Regiment – in the most dramatic events of the 1942 summer campaign associated with the Soviet troops' defense in the big bend of the River Don. Compared with most military formations within the Red Workers' and Peasants' Army which fought around this line, the national units were fresh and fully equipped with men, horses, and machinery. The national military formations put up a fierce resistance against the enemy. However, due to the latter’s overwhelming superiority in manpower, artillery, tanks, and aviation, they were overpowered by the enemy within days.

130-140

Authors: Oleg B. Molodov

In this article, the author makes an attempt to analyze changes in the state’s confessional policy in 1940-1945. Based on materials from Vologda’s regional newspaper “Krasnyi Sever”, the author conducts a comprehensive study of publications relating to religion, the faithful, religious associations, and atheist activities. While on the eve of the Great Patriotic War, antireligious activity had been given considerable attention, with its commencement this line of work pursued by the authorities and public organizations lost its topicality. After the “radical turning point” in the war's development, there emerged the period of softening the treatment of clergy, the faithful, and their communities, which lasted until the end of the 1940s.

150-160

Authors: Nina A. Vlaskina

In this article, the author analyzes oral and written ethnographic and ethno-linguistic materials of the 19th-21st centuries on the traditional culture of the Nekrasov Cossacks. The author provides a characterization of the tradition’s sections formed or transformed under the influence of fishing specialization. The article examines one by one three thematic blocks: the organization of the daily and ceremonial life of the Nekrasov Cossacks, the content and form of translation of folklore texts, as well as the transformation of the tradition’s elements associated with the peculiarities of fishing practice.

64-68

Authors: Maiya Burdiashvili

Fortunately, there are people who leave a deep mark on the world’s history and the entire country’s social worldview and life. It is in their activity, the area they worked in that the entire epoch is reflected. Georgia’s history is full of such devoted and selfless heroes who place the country’s well-being and the people’s cultural development above anything else. Georgian historian, public figure, scholar, his homeland’s pride and worthy citizen Ivan Dzhavakhishvili was among such most estimable personalities.

80-84

Authors: Tat'yana G. Kurbat

This article is dedicated to the analysis of reconstructing World War I events through the “Times and Epochs” military-historical festival. It also examines the history of the making and development of the military-historical reconstruction movement in Russia.

94-104

Authors: Lyudmila M. Volobueva

This article examines the process of creating nurseries for the children of soldiers on the front line of World War I. The purpose of these institutions was to look after children until objectives relating to bringing up and educating infants were resolved. The author provides materials that characterize the activity of public organizations in terms of creating nurseries, working out the content of work with children, and training pedagogical personnel. The article provides archive materials never published before, which contain information on measures for supporting families with little children which found themselves in a tough life situation. The organization of the activity of nurseries predetermined the need for further development of public pre-school bringing-up in Russia.

4-10

Authors: Sergei I. Degtyarev

The article attempts to highlight the major milestones of private life, professional and creative activity of one of the outstanding representatives of ‘enlightened bureaucracy’ of the Russian Empire of the XIX century, scientist, public official Nikolay Vasilevich Varadinov, characterizes his major scientific works.

18-25

Authors: Irina V. Kornilova 2 Timur A. Magsumov

The paper considers regional interpretation of politics, concerning imperial space consolidation on the example of schools of uyezd city of polyethnic Povolzhskiy Region. The fact that modernization processes, supported by the demands of the local elite, prevailed over traditionalistic policy of the authorities, concerning the creation of the united nation, aimed at the maintenance of the viability of the imperial regime is stated.

40-46

Authors: Aleksandr V. Pavlov

The article is focused on the mass media materials of 1991 – 1992, covering the events, concerned with the beginning of the reintegration of the Russian Imperial House into Russia. The role of mass media in the forming of the public opinion, concerning Grand Prince Vladimir Kirillovich and the events, occurring in Russia in early 1990s, associated with his name is indicated.