bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
New data on the structure and motion of the ice sheet in the area of a runway of the Novolazarevskaya Reserch Station (East Antarctica)
Authors: Boronina A. S. , Kashkevich M. P. , Popov S. V. , Mikhailov E. M. , Druzhin A. E.
Published: January 2025

Currently, the Russian Federation has the only “blue ice” runway in Antarctica. It is located on the Queen Maud Land and is a part part of the landing site of the Russian Novolazarevskaya Station. This is one of the largest aviation transport hubs in the Indo-Atlantic sector of the continent, capable of landing heavy aircraft with wheeled chassis. Despite all the advantages that “blue ice” runways have, due to their location on the glacier, they are subject to dangerous glaciological processes caused by the ice sheet motions. The purpose of this research is to study the structure of the ice sheet along the runway and in the vicinity of the airbase Novo Runway (Novolazarevskaya Station), as well as to continue monitoring the uneven flow of the glacier, which began in 2021. The article presents the results of field studies carried out from December 2023 to February 2024, which included georadar profiling at a frequency of 150 MHz and three definitions of the coordinates of the runway markings to estimate their displacement for the summer season of 2023/24.There are also presented: a comparison of the values of the ice sheet deformation within the runway limits measured in the autumn of 2021 and the Antarctic summer of 2023/24, the calculation of deformations for the two-year period of monitoring, and the analysis of air temperature data for 2014–2024 from the weather station of the Novo Runway. It was found that at the beginning of the runway (up to 800 m) small healed crevasses are observed. This area requires regular visual monitoring. The central part of the runway appears to be the most complex in structure, demonstrating relatively high deformations in the marginal parts and characterized by large vertical structures in the glacier. In the long term, this area, as well as about 400 m at the end of the runway, are the most unstable. A joint analysis of data on the displacement of runway markings for 2021 and 2023/24 showed that values of the deformations may differ by an order of magnitude from year to year. Based on the results obtained, three areas were identified within limits of the runway, which differ in the degree of need for regular examination of their condition.
Snow albedo and its parameterization for natural systems and climate modeling
Authors: Turkov D. V. , Drozdov E. D. , Lomakin A. A.
Published: January 2025

The physical factors having influence on albedo of snow cover, as well as the main methods for its parameterization in models of natural systems, are considered. Numerous studies by various authors have shown that the most important characteristics determining the snow albedo in the near infrared range (hereinafter referred to as NIR) is the size of snow grains and crystals, and in the visible and UV ranges – the presence of impurities, primarily dust and soot. We have proposed the new scheme for parameterizing the albedo of snow cover, taking into account most of the processes and factors important for the metamorphism of snow and changes in its stratification and microstructure, namely: the influence of weather conditions during snowfall, its age, density and rate of background pollution, air temperature and solar radiation intensity, as well as the height of the Sun (angle of the Sun above the horizon). The proposed parameterization scheme is introduced into the LSM SPONSOR model. A new scheme for parameterizing snow albedo as part of the LSM SPONSOR model was tested using long-term observational data. Observational data were obtained for four ESM-SnowMIP project sites located in the mountainous regions of Europe and North America: Col-de-Porte (France), Weissfluhjoch (Switzerland), Senator Beck and Swamp Angel (USA, Colorado). The series of observational data on the surface noon albedo are 20 years long for the first two sites, and 10 years long for the rest. When compared with the old scheme for parameterizing the albedo of snow cover in the LSM SPONSOR model, based on the dependence of the albedo only on the age of the snow, the new scheme showed a significant increase in the quality of albedo calculations: the correlation coefficients between the observed data and the calculation results are 0.78–0.83, which gives determination coefficients of 0.61–0.69. The new scheme makes it possible to obtain unbiased albedo estimates with statistical distribution characteristics that practically coincide with those obtained for observational data. The set of test sites covers the specific conditions of snow formation in the mountains, both in forested and treeless zones, so the scheme can be recommended for calculating albedo in a wide range of mountain landscapes. The quality of the scheme is also confirmed by the fact that the calculations were carried out with the same values of all model parameters and coefficients for all four test sites located in different climatic conditions.
Content and composition of rock debris at the Lomonosov Ridge (83° N): indication of palaeoenvironmental changes
Authors: Popova Е. А. , Bogin V. А. , Malyshev S. А. , Filchuk К. V. , Makarov А. S. , Kaminsky V. D.
Published: December 2024

The results of studying the quantitative, material, and morphometric composition of rock debris in sediments sampled by a box-corer on the Lomonosov Ridge (83° N), Arctic Ocean, during the Severny Polyus 41 expedition (AARI) are presented. Debris ≥1 cm was sampled from each lithological layer according to the description. The age model was created by lithostratigraphic correlation with previously dated cores. The content of debris on the eastern slope and the summit is significantly higher than on the western slope, which is explained by the higher sedimentation rate on the western slope after the deglaciation peak. The carbonate to igneous shift in rock composition and the increase in roundness with time indicate a higher input of Eurasian material in MIS 1.
Late Paleozoic potassic intrusions of the eastern part of the “Nikolaev Line” and associated W–Mo–Cu–Au mineralization: first isotopic U–Pb zircon data (LA-ICP-MS method) for rocks from the Adyrtor intrusions (Middle Tien Shan, Eastern Kyrgyzstan)
Authors: Soloviev S. G. , Kryazhev S. G. , Semenova D. V. , Kalinin Y. A. , Bortnikov N. S.
Published: December 2024

The paper presents first data on isotopic U–Pb study (LA-ICP-MS method) of zircon from intrusive rocks of the Adyrtor intrusions – a group of small intrusives situated in the easternmost part of the deep-seated fault system of the “Nikolaev Line”. Here, these intrusions cut through one of the oldest (1.8-2.6 Ga) complexes of the basement rocks of Tien Shan (metamorphic rocks of the “Kuilyu suite”). These intrusive rocks belong to the high-potassic calc-alkaline to shoshonitic series, with some geochemical signatures also of anorogenic (A-type) magmatism. These intrusions are accompanied by skarn and porphyry W–Mo–Cu–Au mineralization. Together with the other Au, W and Cu deposits and occurrences, they are parts of the extended metallogenic belt of Tien Shan. The concordant isotopic U–Pb age data for zircon autocrysts indicate the crystallization of quartz syenite (330.7±4.3 Ma) and quartz monzonite (329.5±5.8 Ma) in the latest Early Carboniferous. The distinct W–Mo “specialization” of ore mineralization related to the intrusions studied is in agreement with post-collisional tectonic setting during their emplacement, despite of their older or similar age compared to the ore-bearing plutons in more western segments of the Middle Tien Shan, which corresponded to subduction-related setting. This supports the possibility of the ‘scissor-like” (from east to west) closure of the Turkestan paleoocean that resulted in the earlier cessation of subduction in the eastern Tien Shan compared to the western Tien Shan. The rocks also contain zircon xenocrysts with older (in the order of 1.7–2.6 Ga) age that is in agreement with the age of the host metamorphic rocks of the Tarim craton basement. This highlights the possibility of magma chamber development in the continental crust, together with the magma chambers in the metasomatically-enriched subcontinental upper mantle, the latter being common for high-potassic magmatism.
Hydrothermal uranium mineralization in the Tuyukan ore field (Northern Transbaikal region): time of formation of pitchblende mineralization and age of the source of the matter
Authors: Golubev V. N. , Ledenevab N. V. , Rassokhina I. V. , Levitskaya L. A. , Chepchugov A. M.
Published: December 2024

Based on the study of local volumes of minerals using classical methods of isotope dilution and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (U–Pb ID TIMS), an isotopic study of pitchblende and galena was carried out at the Natali uranium ore occurrence (Northern Transbaikalia). For the first time, it was shown that pitchblende mineralization at the ore occurrence is Late Silurian (422±4 million years) age. Its formation is associated with early-mid Paleozoic collisional tectogenesis in the area of the Tonod uplift, accompanied by increased fluid activity. The results of analyzing the Pb isotopic composition in galena associated with pitchblende showed that it is enriched in the radiogenic isotopes 206Pb and 207Pb, the source of which was ancient (Precambrian) concentrations of uranium.
Precious metal minerals in the ultrabasites of the Ariadne massif (Sikhote-Alin orogenic belt)
Authors: Khanchuk A. I. , Molchanov V. P. , Androsov D. V.
Published: December 2024

The results of detailed mineralogical and geochemical studies of precious metals from ultrabasic rocks of the Ariadne massif (Sikhote-Alin orogenic belt) are presented. The presence of several varieties of gold has been revealed, differing in different ratios of Ag, Cu and Hg. Isoferroplatin predominates among platinum minerals. The isotopic composition of ultrabasite sulfides corresponds to the mantle source, while basites are characterized by isotope–light sulfur, indicating the possibility of participation in the oreogenesis of crustal rocks. Isotope-carbon analysis of igneous rocks indicates the presence of derivatives of deep fluids and isotope-light biogenic matter of sedimentary rocks in them. These data show that mantle and crustal processes were involved in the formation of ore-bearing intrusions of ultrabasite-basites. The association of ilmenite, gold and platinum in ultrabasic basites, a derivative of these processes, can serve as a search criterion for the detection of industrially promising sources of strategic metals.
Mineralogical indicators of Holocene climate in sediments of the high-mountain Lake Sagan-Nur (East Sayan Mountains)
Authors: Solotchina E. P. , Solotchin P. A. , Bezrukova E. V. , Zhdanova A. N. , Shchetnikov A. A. , Danilenko I. V. , Kuzmin M. I.
Published: December 2024

We present the first results of study of bottom sediments taken from the high-mountain freshwater Lake Sagan-Nur of glacial origin which is located on the Oka plateau (East Sayan Mountains). Comprehensive investigations of the mineral composition of Lake Sagan-Nur sediments accumulated during the last ~8600 cal. years were carried out. The research methods include X-ray diffractometry (XRD), infrared spectroscopy, laser grain size analysis, SiO2bio determination, AMS and 210Pb dating. The mineral composition of the bottom sediments is dominated by layered silicates, quartz and plagioclase; and also, the X-ray amorphous component consisting of biogenic silica and organic matter is constantly present. The method of mathematical modeling of XRD profiles was used for correct identification of the layered silicates. It was found that the clay mineral assemblage was stable comprising muscovite, chlorite, illite, mixed-layer illite-smectite and chlorite-smectite, kaolinite. At the same time, the quantitative ratios of these minerals and their structural characteristics were modified significantly in response to paleoenvironmental changes in the region. This feature reveals the potential of a number of phyllosilicates (illite, mixed-layer minerals) as indicators of paleoclimate in sedimentary sections of freshwater basins. The study of sediment composition and, especially, the precision mineralogical-crystallochemical analysis of layered silicates allowed us to reconstruct the paleolandscapes and climatic conditions of sediment accumulation for different Holocene sub-stages.
Transverse deformation waves in the non-isothermal lithosphere‒asthenosphere system
Authors: Lobkovsky L. , Ramazanov M.
Published: December 2024

The features of the occurrence and propagation of transverse deformation waves in the elastic lithosphere – viscous asthenosphere system under non-isothermal conditions are studied in the approximation of a thin layer. In this case, the phase transition at the boundary of the layers, due to temperature and pressure disturbances, plays an essential role. The qualitative and quantitative properties of propagation of disturbances of thermomechanical fields have been studied in the long-wave approximation. It is shown that due to the energy supply from the non-isothermal asthenosphere, weakly attenuated wave packets can occur, which spread over thousands of km with a characteristic speed of about 100 km/year. This allows them to be considered as a possible trigger mechanism for the massive emission of methane from frozen sedimentary rocks into the atmosphere.
Multiscale inhomogeneities on the surface of the Earth's inner core
Authors: Ovtchinnikov V. M. , Usoltseva O. A.
Published: December 2024

The analysis of differential travel-time residuals of reflected PcP and PKiKP waves that probe the core regions under Eurasia, Southeast Asia, and South America indicates a mosaic picture of the surface properties of the inner core, including large-scale and small-scale lateral inhomogeneities. A strong anomaly has been discovered under the Caspian Sea.
Recognition of signals from pulsed sources based on the form of wavelet spectra constructed by the principal component method
Authors: Zakirov M. N. , Kulichkov S. N. , Chulichkov A. I. , Tsybulskaya N. D.
Published: December 2024

A method for recognizing infrasound acoustic signals for two types of sources based on the analysis of the shape of their wavelet spectra is proposed. The idea of constructing this form is based on the principal component method. Morphological image analysis methods are used to search for characteristic areas. The proposed method makes it possible to effectively solve the problem of multiclass classification of acoustic signals.
Stress state and mechanics of glacier shelvescollapse
Authors: Garagash I. A. , Lobkovsky L. I. , Baranov А. А.
Published: December 2024

The stress state of ice shelves using numerical modeling is studied. An ice shelf is modeled by an elastic plate floating on water and attached to the ice cover at a grounding point. An analytical solution for the elastic bending of the plate is obtained and it is shown that the maximum tensile stresses on the lower surface of the glacier near the grounding point can reach values of 5×107 Pa, significantly exceeding the limiting strength values of the glacier. The fragmentation of a glacier that occurs when a glacier moves under conditions of constrained compression has been studied. It is shown that deformations of the ice plate are accompanied by the formation of zones of localization of inelastic deformations (ice ridges). A comparison was made of the calculated relief of the plate surface after localization of deformations with the pattern of hummocking of the Larsen Glacier, visible on satellite images.
Monitoring of chrome and nickel contents in agroecosystems of Central Chernozem region of Russia
Authors: Lukin S. V.
Published: December 2024

The research was carried out within the framework of the state agroecological monitoring program. The goal was to conduct an environmental assessment of chromium and nickel content in agroecosystems of the southwestern part of the Central Chernozem region using the example of the Belgorod region. All analytical studies were carried out in an accredited testing laboratory using generally accepted methods. During the research, it was found that the average gross content of chromium and nickel in the arable layer in leached chernozems is 19.8 and 24.5, in typical chernozems – 20.0 and 24.9, in ordinary chernozems – 20.9 and 26.6 mg/kg, respectively. The average content of mobile forms of chromium in the studied soils was in the range of 0.13–0.14, nickel – 0.37–0.41 mg/kg. Exceeding the levels of the approximately permissible amount of nickel and the maximum permissible concentration of mobile forms of these heavy metals in soils was not detected. In the agroecosystems of the Belgorod region, chromium and nickel are mainly supplied with organic fertilizers, but this does not pose a risk for soil contamination and crop production. The highest average chromium content (0.45 mg/kg) was observed in sunflower seeds, and the lowest (0.22 mg/kg) in corn grain. Soybean grain is characterized by an abnormally high nickel content (4.81 mg/kg), and the lowest concentration (0.63 mg/kg) is observed in corn grain.
«Bribe» and «gift» in Russia of the Petrine Era in interdisciplinary discourse
Authors: Redin Dmitry А.
Published: December 2024

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of bribery in the Peter the Great era through the prism of interdisciplinary research: closely related methods of cultural anthropology, linguo-semiotics, linguistics proper, historical semantics and historical-legal approach. Such methodological synthesis is aimed at studying the words that marked the phenomena defined by the author as private rewards of officials. Private rewards of officials are a complex social phenomenon that cannot be reduced to the modern concept of a bribe. The combination of methods of philological, historical and legal sciences allowed us to obtain a more subtle optics of its study, to see how the evolution and criminalization of ancient practices of gift exchange and tribute took place in the context of the emerging modern state, on the one hand, and how difficult it was for the legal concept of a bribe to mature as a criminal variety of such rewards, on the other.
Discussion of the first factory laws of the Russian Empire in the metropolitan press
Authors: Stepanov Valerij L.
Published: December 2024

The article provides an overview of the publications of the leading periodicals of St. Petersburg and Moscow on the factory laws of 1882–1886, which ensured the labor protection of children, adolescents and women, regulated the relations of workers and business owners concerning the conditions of employment, the issuance of wages, the imposition of fines, etc. The liberal press called for the further development of this legislation, as well as to expand the rights of workers, up to the resolution of strikes with economic demands and the creation of trade union organizations. Conservative publications opposed any self-organization of the factory population and any form of strike struggle. Some of them («Russian Business», «Modern News») They criticized the adopted laws, which, in their opinion, infringed on the interests of the owners and did not correspond to the relations that, allegedly, had long been established between workers and employers. M.N. Katkov, the influential publisher and editor of «Moskovskiye Vedomosti», on the contrary, demanded an all-out strengthening of state regulation at industrial enterprises. His ideas were formed in the 1880s. The concept of «guardianship» is based on strict administrative custody of «factory people».
Russian film censorship in 1898–1914
Authors: Bogomolov Igor K.
Published: December 2024

The article examines the origin and development of film censorship in Russia since the advent of cinema in the country and before the outbreak of the First World War. The first restrictions were imposed on the court chronicle. Since the mid-1900s, with the development of feature films and the rapid expansion of the cinema network, the issue of introducing film censorship was increasingly raised. Some steps in this direction have been taken, but mainly at the level of local authorities. As a result, by 1914 film censorship remained decentralized, and decisions on the rental of a particular film were usually made by police officers and local administration officials. A feature of film censorship in the period under study was the significant influence of "grassroots" initiatives: various committees, assemblies, political forces and moral zealots demanded that the state tighten control over the rental in order to protect children and the whole society from the "corrupting" influence of cinema. However, before the outbreak of the World War and the revolution, the government did not take practical steps to centralize film censorship.
Maps as invective. «European-Asian» identity of Russia in satirical cartography of the 19th century
Authors: Filippova Tatiana А.
Published: December 2024

The article is devoted to the analysis of historical and cultural traditions of depicting the Russian Empire on European satirical maps of the 19th century. The study of this historical and cultural source allows us to identify the origins of critical strategies in visualizing the place and role of Russia in the geopolitical space of Europe and Asia by involving and comparative analysis of such additional documents as medieval and modern world maps. Despite all the differences in motives and interpretations of geographical objects by the creators of maps of different eras, what was common in their goals was the desire to semantize space, to give a significant – in spiritual, ideological, cultural, political, propaganda sense – meaning to the geographical location of that or another country in a global (but more often European) “concert” of countries, peoples, states and cultures. Satirical maps of the world traditionally spoke the language of allegories and metaphors, creating images of “neighbor”, “other”, “stranger”, “enemy” depending on the geopolitical and ideological relevance of the moment, but relying on the deep layers of cultural perception of spatial realities. The image of the Russian Empire, which combined “European-Asian”, “Western-Eastern” identities in both a geographical and cultural-civilizational sense, became for satirists a convenient propaganda method of ideological semantization and critical interpretation of its role in the system of great powers.
Autumn militia in defense of Moscow (October 1941 – January 1942): from workers’ and fighter battalions to regular units of the Red Army
Authors: Drozdov Konstantin S.
Published: December 2024

The article examines the key moments in the history of the creation and formation of three Moscow volunteer divisions. They arose on the basis of the workers'/Communist and extermination battalions of Moscow in October 1941 as the last reserve on the near approaches to the capital. For a comprehensive study and analysis of the process of transformation of Moscow militia formations into regular units of the Red Army (November 1941- January 1942), not only new documents from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense (CAMO), but also unique interviews with former militia members from the Mints Commission of the Scientific Archive of the IRI RAS were used for the first time. An attempt has been made to reconstruct and show not only the military-organizational aspect of this process, but also an equally important humanitarian one, which can be reflected in the course of studying the military everyday life of that time.
Formation of the public image of the KGB in 1954–1991
Authors: Guseva Julia N. , Khristoforov Vasiliy S.
Published: December 2024

The article analyzes the main trends in the presentation of the activities of the domestic security services in the public space in 1950s - 1991. The authors analyze the main content of the media discourse that accompanied the activities of the USSR KGB. This discourse of representations about its own past, traditions and innovations in its work and special corporate ethics. Using discourse analysis, the authors examine the PR-strategies of the Soviet state security agencies as an expression of the changes in the state policy towards the special services and the evolution of their own, departmental, narrative about the past and present. The authors analyze the dynamics of this process: from the first attempts at “self-purification” of the Khrushchev era of the 1950s to the adherence to the ideals of the perestroika era of the late 1980s and early 1990s. As a result, a conclusion is drawn about the potential influence of the KGB's media discourse about itself and its past on the mechanisms of interaction between the state security agencies and Russian society and the formation of the public image of the security services as a whole.
Archival notes on fine art
Authors: Karev Andrey А.
Published: December 2024

The book was written by M.V. Sidorova, an experienced archival curator, researcher and curator of exhibitions of exhibits from the funds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation. Based on these materials on a thematic basis, the monograph includes chapters on the life and work of emperors and members of the royal family, on gendarmes, as well as on fine art at the imperial court of the 19th century. The review focuses on the assessment of the pictorial materials presented in the third chapter and their role in the activities and lives of representatives of the imperial family.
Russian literature and censorship in the Era of Great Reforms
Authors: Bolshakova Olga V.
Published: December 2024

The paper analyses a book by literary scholar K.Y. Zubkov devoted to the relationship between literature and censorship in the first decade of Alexander I's reign, emphasizing the author's striving to rethink the traditional view of censorship as purely repressive instrument.
Stanislav Vasilyevich Tyutyukin in the writings and memoirs of his contemporaries
Authors: Voitikov Sergey S.
Published: December 2024

The article tells about S.V. Tyutyukin, a major historian and organizer of science, and a collection of his scientific works.
The riddles of Boris Savinkov
Authors: Kan Grigoriy S.
Published: December 2024

The review is devoted to the latest biography of B.V. Savinkov, written by K.N. Morozov.
After the Victory: the veteran movement in the post-war USSR in the reflection of social and political history
Authors: Popov Alexey D. , Sak Ksenia V.
Published: December 2024

The article describes the monograph by the Australian historian of German origin Mark Edele, “Soviet veterans of the Second World War. A popular movement in an authoritarian society, 1941–1991” (2008; 2023), translated into Russian, which is the first comprehensive study of the history of the veterans’ movement in the USSR in the post-war period.
DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF ST. PETERSBURG / PETROGRAD / LENINGRAD UNIVERSITY: THE 20TH CENTURY (TO THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY)
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Sukhikh Igor Nikolaevich
Published: December 2024

The article outlines the history of the Department of Russian Literature, St. Petersburg State University — one of the most prominent 20th-century departments in Russia/USSR. Three periods of its evolvement are described, life stories of many scholars are traced, and a detailed bibliography is offered.
SIMEON BEKBULATOVICH AND THE QUESTION OF THE «LITERARY GAME» PLAYED BY IVAN THE TERRIBLE
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Bulanin Dmitrii Mikhailovich
Published: December 2024

Contesting the latest biography (compiled by A. V. Belyakov) of the Tatar Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich, who, at the request of Ivan the Terrible, had occupied the Moscow throne for a whole year, the author of the article discusses the famous petition addressed by the Tsar to his « substitute». The petition is generally considered to be a sample of the Tsar’s «buffoonish» manner of verbal manipulations, that are also traceable in quite a number of his epistles. The author of the article suggests that Ivan the Terrible’s game technique should be understood as a sequence of actions and statements stimulated by his religious experience. This is in better agreement with the cultural context of the 16th century than the standard references to the sophisticated cruelty of the tyrant, who pretended to be a holy fool.
THE VITA OF MERCURIUS OF SMOLENSK: RUSSIAN INTO POLISH AND BACK
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolaev Sergei Ivanovich
Published: December 2024

In the frst half of the 17th century, when Smolensk was conquered by the Poles, the Vita of the Saint Mercurius of Smolensk was translated into Polish. Following the reconquest of the city by the Russians in 1654, a reverse translation was made in 1656. The discovered abridged version of the Polish translation of the Vita is introduced into the academic circulation, showing that certain semantic accents in the story of the Saint have been shifted. The article also traces the subsequent history of the representation of Mercurius in the Polish literature and religion, up to the mid-20th century; the text of the Vita in Polish is published in the Appendix.
TNE NORTNERN RUSSIAN VITAS OF SAINTS IN TNE ALPHABET OF RUSSIAN MIRACLE WORKERS… BY THE OLD-BELIEVER SCRIBE JONAH KERZNENSKY
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Pigin Aleksandr Valerievich , Semiachko Svetlana Alekseevna ,   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

The article analyzes the Northern Russian vitas of saints, included into the hagiographic collection of the turn of the 18-19th centuries, The Alphabet of Russian Miracle Workers… by the Old-Believer scribe Jonah Kerzhensky. The authors focus on the lives of Alexander Svirsky, Zosima and Savvati Solovetsky, Dimitri Prilutsky, Dionysius Glushitsky, Joasaph Kamensky, Alexander Kushtsky, Grigory Pelshemsky, and on the other works edited by Jonah and included into the Alphabet…. The sources of these new versions are established, the main editorial techniques of the compiler are researched.
CAPTAIN LEBYADKIN AND V. К. TREDIAKOVSKY
Authors:   Academic Studies Press, Nemirovsky Igor Vladimirovich
Published: December 2024

The persona of Captain Lebyadkin, a character of F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Possessed, is analyzed in the article. The emphasized abnormality of the aesthetics of his writings and his provocative behavior correlate with the literary reputation of V. K. Trediakovsky, who was known as a «funny» poet, a poet of the absurd, with his poetry remaining outside the literary canon, but his theoretical constructions having a considerable infuence on the literary process. Trediakovsky, in the eyes of his contemporaries, was a personifcation of the literary bad taste, and therefore Dostoevsky found him interesting as an aesthetic counterweight to the dictate of «good taste», embodied in the criticism of V. G. Belinsky.
F. D. BATYUSHKOV AND DENIS ROCHE
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Zaborov Piotr Romanovich
Published: December 2024

The article outlines the history of the acquaintance between the literary historian and critic F. D. Batyushkov and the French translator of Russian literature M. Denis Roche. The letters of Denis Roche show that Batyushkov facilitated his contacts with Russian writers, advised him on the translations of M. Gorky, A. P. Chekhov, V. G. Korolenko.
THE MODERNISTS IN SEARCH OF UNCERTAINTY: TOWARDS A TYPOLOGY OF QUASI DETECTIVE STORY
Authors:   Independent Researcher, Levina-Parker Masha , Levin Misha ,   Independent Researcher
Published: December 2024

It has been noted long ago that Modernist writings often mimic some methods of a detective story. An investigation of the works by Bely, Proust, Joyce, Platonov and Nabokov reveals a conscientious pattern of playing with riddles, which is common for all of these quite dissimilar authors; this is the basis of a particular mode of narration which we call a detective story modifed, or a quasi detective story. Their devices for creating riddles are also similar and often identical, such as lack of openness, passing of the important for unimportant, narrative inversion, obscure answers and invisible questions. Also common are ways of providing keys, namely, incongruities between elements of the text give the reader a hint that he has been fooled. Those are greatly diverse, from a simple incompatibility of statements to a hidden contradiction between various dimensions of depicting the same subject (e. g. a general view is in confict with details).
EMERGENCE OF THE POETIC SYSTEMS OF V. V. NABOKOV, К. К. VAGINOV, A. P. PLATONOV: TACTICS AND STRATEGY
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Laletina Olga Sergeevna , Khvorostianova Elena Viktorovna ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: December 2024

The article offers a new outlook on the problem of the emergence of poetic systems of V. V. Nabokov, К. К. Vaginov and A. P. Platonov, with each of them gaining notoriety as a prose writer, yet beginning his career as a poet. Correlation analysis that takes into account a number of the parameters of their verses shows that all the three authors chose an unambiguously «marginal» position as their strategy, but differed from each other considerably in the tactics of shaping their poetic systems.
ON A WRITERS’ FRIENDSHIP: M. M. PRISHVIN AND S. Т. GRIGORYEV
Authors:   A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikitin Evgenii Nikolaevich
Published: December 2024

The article outlines the story of the relationship between M. M. Prishvin and S. T. Grigoryev (based on their correspondence). S. T. Grigoryev was published a lot, until the Rapp critic S. Gavrilov made a public statement that S. T. Grigoriev’s artistic pursuits were hostile to the Marxist-Leninist theory. Gorky helped the writer to make a literary comeback. Grigoriev resumed his correspondence with him through the mediation of Prishvin. The friendship between the two writers continued until S. T. Grigoriev’s death in 1953. The data presented in the article offer new insights into the personality of M. M. Prishvin.
TRANSLATIONS BY К. I. TIMKOVSKY AS EVALUATED BY THE RUSSIAN CRITICISM
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Korkonosenko Kirill Sergeevich
Published: December 2024

The article analyzes the reviews of Konstantin Timkovsky’s (1814-1881) translations from Spanish; he was a translator and a champion of Spanish literature in Russia. Neither the reviews of his contemporaries, nor the works of the Soviet scholars mention that Timkovsky’s translations of verse drama texts were done in prose. His translation experiments remained aside from the main pathways, from the mainstream Russian tradition of translating classical Spanish drama.
А. М. REMIZOV’S STORY THE HOROSCOPE: TWO PROTOTYPES OF THE PROTAGONISTS
Authors:   Vladimir Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature (GMIRLI), Uryupina Anna Sergeevna
Published: December 2024

The article provides information about the individuals who were used by A. M. Remizov as the prototypes of the main characters of his short story The Horoscope, lawyer G. G. Shklyaver and Princess M. A. Prozorovskaya-Golitsyna. Since both belonged to the circle of the writer’s acquaintances, and could find the story offencive, the text of the work had remained unpublished for a long time.
N. V. GOGOL’S «MINOR» DRAMAS IN A NEW ACADEMIC EDITION
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sartakov Egor Vladimirovich
Published: December 2024

[Review:] Gogol’ N. V. Poln. sobr. soch. i pisem: V 23 t. M.: Nauka, 2023. T. 5. 1126 s.
«UNRELIABLE» MEMOIRS AS THE RESURRECTION OF THE ZEITGEIST
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Misnikevich Tatiana Vladimirovna
Published: December 2024

[Review:] Burnashev V. P. Vospominaniia peterburgskogo starozhila: V 2 t. / Sost., avtor predisloviia, komm. i annotirovannogo ukaz. imen A. I. Reitblat. M.: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2022. T. 1. 512 s.; T. 2. 504 s.
DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY, RESEARCH SEMINAR IN 2022
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Alekseeva Nadezhda Iurievna
Published: December 2024

[Meeting Abstract]
RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN THE SOVIET ERA SIXTH RESEARCH SEMINAR
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Prozorova Natalia Arkad’evna
Published: December 2024

[Meeting Abstract]
HISTORY OF RUSSIAN CULTURE IN ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS SIXTH RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Authors:   The National Library of Russia, Liubimova Marina Iur’evna , Mikhailova Elena Andreevna ,   The National Library of Russia
Published: December 2024

[Meeting Abstract]
ON THE TRANSLATION VIEWS OF YA. A. GALINKOVSKY
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian academy of Sciences, Volkov Aleksandr Viktorovich
Published: December 2024

Using the data from The Coryphaeus magazine and the subsequent publications, the article attempts to offer a comprehensive outlook on the approaches to translation of Ya. A. Galinkovsky, an author of the early 19th century who stayed away from the warring literary groups. Galinkovsky’s opinions on the european translation traditions, on the problem of translation accuracy, on various translation methods and ways of reproducing the formal features of the original are considered.
RUSSIAN ROMANTICISM AS A PROBLEM
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian academy of Sciences, Virolainen Mariia Naumovna
Published: December 2024

Russian Romanticism was not a transitional link between Classicism (Sentimentalism) and Realism. Following in the footsteps of A. Schlegel and J. De Stael, many Russian authors treated the concepts of Classicism and Romanticism as the two all-encompassing notions that describe the entire historical space of the european culture: Classicism was an offspring of pagan antiquity, while Romanticism emerged from the Christian Middle ages. the same two universal principles were evolving, closely linked together, in the works of the Russian writers of the frst third of the 19th century, and they left the historical stage simultaneously.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN I. S. AKSAKOV AND R. A. FADEEV IN 1874-1882
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Levshina Ekaterina Sergeevna
Published: December 2024

The correspondence between the two prominent social and political fgures of the 1860-1880s, I. S. Aksakov and R. A. Fadeev, is introduced into the academic circulation. The letters are most valuable both for understanding the obscure nuances of the social atmosphere of the post-reform period, and for the more in-depth studies of the ideological disputes among the political journalists who have contributed to the emergence of an arguably feasible program for the further development of Russia.
THEORETICAL VIEWS OF FEOFAN PROKOPOVICH AS REFLECTED IN HIS POETRY
Authors:   Petrozavodsk State University, Patroeva Natal’ia Viktorovna
Published: December 2024

The article discusses the system of tropes and fgures of speech used by Feofan Prokopovich in his poetic works, and their juxtaposition to the guidelines from the treatises De Arte Poetica and De Arte Rhetorica Libri X. The range and number of rhetorical solutions used by Feofan the poet testify to the «moderate» nature of his Baroque aspirations.
TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SECOND ODE OF SAPPHO IN THE RUSSIAN POETRY: A TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Authors:   Russian State University named after A. N. Kosygin, Gotovtseva Anastasia Gennad’evna Gotovtseva ,   Institute of Scientifc Information for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

Sappho’s Second ode was introduced to the europeans in the middle of the 16th century through the efforts of the French hellenist and typographer henri etienne, who had included it into his collection of the Classical texts. Since then, the ode was frmly established among the primary texts of the european culture. The prevailing translation tradition, however, had the Sapphic love triangle transformed both into the traditional ars amatoria and the other forms of romantic relationships. The article offers a typology of the russian translations of the Second ode, and analyzes their literary contexts.
DYNAMICS OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL DEGRADATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF WU JINGZI’S NOVEL AN UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CONFUCIANS AND N. V. GOGOL’S POEM DEAD SOULS
Authors:   Institute of Foreign Languages of Nankai University, Yinnan Song
Published: December 2024

The article analyzes the dynamics of spiritual and moral degradation of the characters in the narratives by Wu Jingzi and N. V. Gogol, two representatives of Chinese and russian classical literature. The author considers the variants of negative dynamics representation: full or partial biography, author’s minor remarks, descriptions of material and social environment. The article suggests that the dynamics of spiritual and moral degradation in the works of Wu Jingzi and N. V. Gogol is a way to identify and criticize individual vices that lead to the degradation of society. While the attitudes to social vices in Chinese and russian cultures have much in common, the ways of their representation differ.
MODERN AVENGERS (DEDICATED TO ONE OF THE ESSAYS BY N. S. LESKOV)
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Makarevich Ol’ga Vladimirovna
Published: December 2024

The article deals with the authorship of the Modern Avengers short essay, published in the Novoye Vremya (New Time) newspaper (1879, August 24 (September, 5), № 1252). The analysis of the approach, theme, style and content renders the evidence confrming that this text was penned by N. S. Leskov who was one of the newspaper’s contributors at the time.
«LITERATURE THAT TEACHES HOW TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON»: DOCTORS IN THE PROSE OF A. P. CHEKHOV OF THE 1890s
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Kibalnik Serguei Akimovich
Published: December 2024

In his lifetime, A. P. Chekhov was often reproached by the critics for his pessimism, and yet they were lauding him as «the russian Maupassant». While borrowing certain techniques and motives of the French writer, Chekhov seemed to have started an undercover polemics with him in the mid-1890s. This occurs in Chekhov’s novella A Woman’s Kingdom (1894), in which the principal character praises Maupassant’s novel Our Heart and his work in general. In addition, A Woman’s Kingdom is a variation on the theme of Maupassant’s novel Life. Yet Chekhov’s character believes that the French writer’s work, same as «all the new literature», is a proof of the death of human in the modern world. Still, this novella by Chekhov, as well as his 1898 stories A Medical Case and On Offcial Duty, seems to offer the ways to save the human.
ЕРE EMPLOYEE OF THE NEW TIME WHO WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT OLD TIMES: THE REPUTATION OF THE THEATRE CRITIC AND PLAYWRIGHT YU. D. BELYAEV
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Kudina Ekaterina Olegovna
Published: December 2024

The article examines the issue of the reputation of Yuri Belyaev, the Silver Age theatre reviewer and playwright. On the one hand, his status of an employee of the Novoe Vremya (The New Time) newspaper and a follower of A. S. Suvorin made him into an infuential critic and helped him to gain notoriety in artistic and journalistic circles; on the other hand, it made him known as an adept of the old-time art and an antagonist of the new theatrical and literary phenomena.
MEMORY AS THE «SUBSTANCE OF EXISTENCE» IN THE WORKS OF A. P. PLATONOV
Authors:   Chung-Ang University, Soo Song Jung
Published: December 2024

This article examines the relation between memory and identity, as well as the issue of memory and time as represented in the various characters of A. P. Platonov in the 1930s. We use this groundwork to analyze the role and value of memory as the substance of being, i. e. memory as the «substance of existence» in Platonov’s creative laboratory. Rather than being limited to clarifying the personality of the main character and outlining the problem of time and space, the task of clarifying the essence of memory in Platonov’s works also offers a new outlook on his novella Dzhan, which has so far been defined as a story about «the East» or as an outcome of the author’s compromise with the Socialist ideology. Besides, such attempts suggest that this novella ultimately embodies a «folk Utopia», the result of Platonov’s many years of reflection and ideological experiments with the genre of Utopia.
METAMORPHOSES OF A LITERARY PERSONA (FROM LIEUTENANT KIZHE TO CONVICT BERDY ONZHE)
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Fomichev Sergey Aleksandrovich , Mikhailova Anna Konstantinovna ,   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

The article considers the case of Lieutenant Kizhe, that was derived from the story of a bureaucratic error, narrated by V. I. Dahl. Anecdotes about Paul I found their way both into the novella by Yu. N. Tynyanov and into the other works of the Russian literature; e. g. echoes of Tynyanov’s text can be found in the Oberiut poetics. A similar case is the short story Berdy Onzhe by V. T. Shalamov, where the novella of the Formalist is mentioned in the Introduction.
FRUSTRATED EXPECTATIONS IN THE PLAY BY A. N. OSTROVSKY A MISMATCH
Authors:   A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, Andreev Mikhail Leonidovich ,   Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Published: December 2024

The article deals with the alleged intertexts in A Mismatch, a play by A. N. Ostrovsky. The playwright’s familiarity with a group of French comedies of the late 17th – early 18th centuries is considered as a possibility, although there doesn’t seem to be a direct confirmation; it might, however, offer an explanation for certain originality of this play versus his other works, as well as shed additional light on his approaches to the classical genre tradition.
THE RECENT RESEARCH OF A JOURNEY BEYOND THE THREE SEAS BY AFANASY NIKITIN
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences, Bobrov Aleksandr Grigor’evich
Published: December 2024

The article analyzes the works dedicated to A Journey Beyond the Three Seas by Afanasy Nikitin, published in 2022–2024: books by V. A. Tolstov and A. P. Bogdanov, as well as the latest articles by S. V. Gorodilin, O. L. Novikova, A. L. Gryaznov, A. M. Vvedensky and other authors. It is shown that the authors of these two monographs are not sufficiently informed about the articles of recent times, in which were revised and resolved in a new way many questions of the chronology and route of Afanasy Nikitin’s journey, questions about his goals, the origin of the Museum copy, etc. Numerous errors and inaccuracies indicate the low level of the analyzed monographs. The article outlines the prospects for further research and preparation of a new (fourth) edition of A Journey Beyond the Three Seas in the «Literary Monuments» series.
THE HARMONY OF UNRESTRAINED MEANINGS
Authors:   The Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bukharkin Petr Yevgenyevich
Published: December 2024

[Review:] Markovich V. M. O Pushkine. Raboty raznykh let. SPb.: Rostok, 2023. 351 s.