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No 1 (2023)
Articles
Realization of the Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty in 1920 in the Сontext of the Soviet-Polish War
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This article is devoted to the implementation of the Soviet-Lithuanian peace treaty concluded on July 12, 1920 in Moscow. The paper considers the military-political and economic contradictions that arose after the conclusion of an agreement between the RSFSR and the Republic of Lithuania, as well as their impact on the Soviet-Polish war and the development of Soviet-Lithuanian relations.
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Diplomacy in the Times of Transition: Evolution of Romania’s Foreign Policy (From December 1989 to 1992)
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The article deals with the evolution of Romania’s foreign policy during the period of transition (from December 1989 to 1992). This period has played an important role in the history of Romanian diplomacy because it has laid the foundation of the political course that was implemented in the following decades. But Romania did not choose this course from the beginning and for a certain time maintained her typical multivector diplomacy, balancing between Moscow and the West. Only when her initial calculations turned out to be a mistake, course was abruptly changed. This paper analyzes the reasons for Romania’s actions and with the usage of historical sources reveals the details of the events. In particular, the article analyzes the signing of the Soviet-Romanian basic treaty in 1991, which was the only example of how the so-called «Kvitsinsky doctrine» was put in practice in the relations between the USSR and East European countries.
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Right-wing Nationalist Parties (Narodovtsy) in Poland in the 1990s
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The article examines the emergence and activities of right-wing nationalist parties in Poland, which appealed to the traditions of national democracy by R. Dmowski, during the period of post-communist transformation. Their methods of activity, relations between them and with other political forces, participation in election campaigns, as well as their ideas and political demands are shown. The author analyzes the reasons, why in the 1990s these parties failed to take a strong position on the Polish political scene.
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On the Importance of Studying the Internal History of Literary Languages (on the Example of the Slovak Literary Language)
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The study of the internal history of a literary language allows you to change ideas about its development, based solely on the history of the external. Internal history is primarily the study of the formation and change of its norm by comparing texts related to different synchronous levels. So, comparisons of the language of translations into the Slovak language of the Holy Bible, carried out in 1756–1759 and 1830, with the codification of A. Bernolak (1787) shows that they represent two different stages of the formation of the same norm, which even codification could not significantly changed, but only corrected, mainly in the field of spelling. In this regard, A. Bernolak's codification is not the initial stage in the development of the Slovak literary language, the origins of which date back to an earlier period.
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Water Space Mythological Spirits in the Serbian and Chinese Folk Traditions
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The paper puts into comparison the names and the identifying features of the Serbian and Chinese (Shandong province) mythological spirits (ss. water demons) along with the relevant rites and folk legends. The article examines anthropomorphic (Serb. водењак, lit. ‘waterman’, Chine. shuigui, lit. ‘water devil’, maorenshuiguai, lit. ‘haired devil’) and zoomorphic (Serb. водени бик,lit. ‘water bull’, Chin. biejing, lit. ‘water turtle’) water demonic creatures, as well as the dragon-like water monsters that form a separate group of the demons who belong with both water and air spaces. The research is based on the methods of the Moscow ethnolinguistic school, which presupposes reconstruction of the ancient folk spiritual culture backed by the linguistic data (either texts or lexical units) and provides the reader with the stories and legends, rites and ceremonies, associated with water mythological spirits with their names and the models of such nominations. In conclusion, the author analyzes the typological similarities and differences of the investigated mythological water demons and their names, documented in the folk cultures of the Chinese Shandong province and Serbia.
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‘Passions’ Around the Second Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1932)
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The article is devoted to Polish-Soviet cultural contacts in the interwar period. Author examines the preparation and holding of the II Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in the context of the development of Soviet cultural diplomacy. The article touches upon such issues as the role of VOKS in establishing cultural ties, the importance of the competition for the foreign policy of the USSR. The author pays great attention to the participation of Soviet representatives in the organization of the competition and their attitude to this event. The article is based on archival documents, the main sources were the reports of Soviet representatives and their correspondence. The author comes to the conclusion that the political aspect of the second Chopin competition was one of the most important for the Soviet side. The Soviet leadership, as the author of the article shows, gradually realized the importance of soft power to create a positive image of the USSR in the international arena.
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Review of the Materials from the Expedition to the Aromanians of North Macedonia
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The review highlights the general results of the field ethnolinguistic expedition in the city of Krushevo and in the villages of the Bitola district (North Macedonia) in 2022. The purpose of the expedition was a survey of the Aromanians living close to the Slavic Macedonian population in this area. The constant intensive contacts and interaction of the Slavic and the non-Slavic population contributed to linguistic and cultural interference and borrowing in the traditions under consideration. The field research was directed to the collection of the material on funeral and memorial rituals, mythological ideas and terminology serving this «mortal» sphere. In the course of the survey, a wide vocabulary layer of borrowings was revealed both in the language and folk culture.
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Štícha F., Vondráček M., Kolářová I., Smejkalová I., Giger M., Osolsobě K., Petkevič V., Veselý L., Lukešová L., Panevová L., Ševčíková M., Bílková J., Kopáčková L., Půda L. Comprehensive Academic Grammar of Contemporary Standard Czech. Prague, Academia Publ., 2021, 978 p.
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IzotovAndreyI.Štícha F., Vondráček M., Kolářová I., Smejkalová I., Giger M., Osolsobě K., Petkevič V., Veselý L., Lukešová L., Panevová L., Ševčíková M., Bílková J., Kopáčková L., Půda L. Comprehensive Academic Grammar of Contemporary Standard Czech. Prague, Academia Publ., 2021, 978 p. // Slavic Studies. Journal of Russian Academy of Sciences. = Slavyanovedenie. 2023.
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