The name of the outstanding Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin is widely known in all corners of the globe.

Key words: paintings, artist, relevance, ideas, ideals.

 

On November 14, 2022, in Havana, in the Quinta de los Molinos park, a solemn opening of a memorial plate to Fyodor Vasilyevich Karzhavin, who visited Cuba under the pseudonym Ivan Bakh from August 11, 1782 to August 5, 1784, took place.

Key words: Cuba, discovery, monument, history.

 

On November 14, 2022, in the Malachite Hall of the Central House of Scientists, the Round Table "Vasily Vereshchagin's creative testament to mankind" was held, dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin and the 120th anniversary of his visit to Cuba.

Key words: round table, history, research, artist.

 

On August 11, in the Blue Hall of the Central House of Scientists, the Round Table “Karzhavin Readings. The first Russian teacher in Cuba”, dedicated to the 240th anniversary of Fyodor Vasilyevich Karzhavin’s arrival in Cuba (08/11/1782).

Key words: Cuba, teacher, Karzhavin Readings, history.

 

The article deals with the problems associated with the preservation of a common cultural space within the borders of the states that are members of the CIS. The reasons, both leading to the destruction of this cultural and civilizational community, and contributing to the preservation of common socio-cultural goals and values, are analyzed. The transformation of those invariants of cultural and civilizational identity that determine the nature of its influence on the spatial parameters of the development of the state and their reflection in the images of culture is shown. Particular attention is paid to the aspects of visualization of images of space and the possibilities of visualization tools in preserving the cultural and civilizational community.

Key words: culture, space, identity, geopolitics, history, visuality.

 

This article examines the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church to support Christians in the Syrian Arab Republic in the context of modern political events. The purpose of the study is to analyze the modern types of interreligious dialogues that are used by the Russian Orthodox Church in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.

This article also highlights the meeting of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, with Patriarch John X of Antioch, which took place within the framework of the XI General Assembly of the World Council of Churches from August 31 to September 8, 2022 in Kalsruhe (Germany). The purpose of this meeting was to discuss joint projects aimed at the post-war reconstruction of the Syrian Arab Republic. As well as assistance from the Moscow Patriarchate in the fight against persecution and violence against Christians living in this territory.

Based on this article, it can be concluded that a significant achievement in the joint activities of the Russian Orthodox and Antiochian Churches is the restoration of temples and monasteries, active peacemaking, which is an important element not only of the development of the population in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic in a spiritual Christian way, but also the possibility of preserving ancient traditions and ways.

Key words: interreligious dialogue, World Council of Churches, Russian Orthodox Church, Syria.

 

In this paper, the theoretical validity of the separation of the concept of political elite into a special conceptual area of political culture is considered. The effectiveness of the functioning of society depends to a greater extent on the interaction of the political elite and the population, on the mechanisms of elite recruitment, forms and methods of elite contact with each other. The political elite as a sphere of scientific research attracts the attention of scientists to the need for the validity of the functioning of the elite in the modern period of aggravation of the international situation. Based on the theoretical provisions and the cited excerpts from scientific sources, it is concluded that it is necessary.

Key words: globalization, state, political system, political elite, recruitment, system, theory.

 

Taking into account modern trends in the spiritual and moral education of society, a person, a citizen in Russia, opening up the possibility and necessity of relying on philosophical and religious foundations that have been preserved in millennia of human history, the author shows those aspects of Confucianism and Buddhism that can be perceived in a multinational and multi-confessional Russian society. The appeal to the topic is partly explained by the factor of the Eastern vector of Russian foreign policy, which is certainly a continuation, an expression of internal moods.

Key words: history, cultural processes, Confucius, Buddha, Confucianism, Buddhism, spiritual and moral values.

 

Individual or collective identity is influenced by a place or a built-up environment, it is formed as a result of individuals or groups experiencing friction, collision or merging with a built-up space. The purpose of this article is to study the role and significance of the created cultural heritage in preserving cultural identity in the face of the most complex modern challenges associated with wars. The study discusses the relationship between heritage and identity in a specific spatial and temporal context using two concepts related to place and person: collective memory and the spirit of place.

The importance of the study lies in trying to understand the consequences of the destruction of cultural heritage in Syria during the current war for collective identity.

This article provides an overview of how to deal with the destruction of the carrier of collective memory in order to preserve the spirit of the place. The heritage of the Syrian Arab Republic reflects the diversity of successive civilizations.

Key words: built heritage, cultural identity, collective memory, spirit of the place.

 

The article is devoted to the reflection in the regional periodical press of the Kemerovo region of the nature of the interaction of national associations of indigenous and small-numbered peoples living in the Kemerovo region (Shortsev and Teleutov) and the Administration of the Kemerovo region. For content analysis, materials from regional newspapers (such as Kuzbass, Kuznetsk Krai) for 1993 were involved, when the leaders of national movements posed the problem of solving rather acute issues concerning the life of representatives of the indigenous population of the region. The analysis of the press materials showed its residual close attention to these problems, among which one can note the restoration of the Shor autonomy, the legal consolidation of the ethnic territory, the improvement of the legal status of rural national self-government bodies, preferential taxation and the development of national entrepreneurship. Comparison of these sources with the records of state institutions and national public organizations

Key words: national associations, small indigenous peoples, regional periodicals, office documentation, territories of traditional nature management, autonomy.

 

In the article, the authors, based on a review of scientific publications in the journal "Ethnosocium and Interethnic Culture", identify characteristic features of political culture, among which the most important in this study is the materialization of effective principles of their activity in political institutions developed by the historical development of mankind (the principle of separation of powers, the principles of electability and turnover of officials, publicity, multiparty, etc.). According to the authors, through the concrete historical organization of political institutions, organizational standards and ideas prevailing in political culture can be expressed about how and who should exercise political power, how and by whom political decisions are made, what ways they are implemented, how political conflicts are resolved, what is the real mechanism for selecting and promoting personnel in government institutions, what is the the role of the opposition in the political process.

Key words: government, elections, institutions of power, national security, society, political culture, strategy.

 

The article is devoted to the analysis of socially significant objects of historical and cultural heritage of the Teshemsky district of the Republic of Tyva, their impact on the preservation of the original culture and ethnic consciousness of the Tuvan people. The problem of the unexplored nature of this heritage is emphasized. The Teshem kozhuun has a large number of historical and cultural monuments of interest to specialists in various branches of historical knowledge, as well as for cultural scientists. It is noted that the specificity of this area is also due to its border location and, consequently, the centuries-old cultural influence from Mongolia.

Key words: heritage, culture, Teshem kozhuun, Khure, Samagaltai, Tuvinians.