Vol 94, No 9 (2024)

The article proposes a general presentation of corpus linguistics, its history, its methodology and its influence on current views on how a language must be studied – the process which is usually referred to as “corpus revolution”.

The article describes corpus resources for the languages of Russia and their use in linguistic research. The linguistic diversity of the country is quite substantial: currently 155 languages are identified as languages of Russia. Many of them are under threat of extinction, which makes the task of creating corpora particularly relevant as a tool for language preservation. In this study we conducted a survey among the staff of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other colleagues, which helped us collect the data about 73 corpus resources representing various languages and dialects of Russia. The sample covers both major languages and languages with relatively few speakers, including unwritten languages. The article examines various parameters by which corpora may differ, and offers examples of research based on materials from the corpora. The final part of the article discusses the organizational aspects of creating and maintaining corpus resources. The results of the study suggest that corpus resources not only play an important role in preserving the linguistic diversity of Russia but also represent a valuable tool for various research tasks, as well as for creating other language resources.

The article is devoted to modern trends in the development of Russian linguistics, primarily to dictionaries and the National Corpus of the Russian Language. It is noted that the corpus representation of a language does not exist autonomously; it influences traditional forms of linguistic work and makes it possible to rebuild the technology of lexicography.

Nowadays, a printed dictionary can no longer provide complete information in a time-appropriate form. Therefore, many countries are currently creating various systems for electronic presentation of national dictionaries and connecting them with the language corpus. Such work is actively carried out in Russia, primarily by V.V. Vinogradov Institute of Russian Language of the RAS.

The poem by academician of Greek and Roman literature Ch.F. Graefe, dedicated to the centenary of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, became a highlight of the anniversary events. It was written in Greek (and also translated by the author into German) and was intended for the President of the Academy of Sciences S.S. Uvarov, whom Graefe had been mentoring in classical disciplines for many years. A poetic translation of the poem into Russian was prepared for the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The article examines the main plot lines of the poem: a eulogy to the imperial family, a review of the collections of the Kunstkamera museum, a hymn to St. Petersburg and admiration for the power of the Neva.

Current limitations of access to some international journal platforms and bibliographic systems for Russian researchers result in increased role of national journals for communication and knowledge spreading both at domestic and international levels. Consequently, correct information on Russian journals indexation in various bibliographic systems including underestimated open access databases seems to be topical. The analyzed sample includes journals published by Russian universities as the less studied ones compared to serials published by research institutes. We studied journals published by three types of Russian universities, i.e. Federal, National Research and Basic. Rapid increase in the number of new journals in recent years is demonstrated caused by financial support under different programs. Indexing of journals in Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions and Lens was studied over a period of 2018–2022. In the Dimensions and Lens we also studied the completeness of indexing as these databases index content using other approaches as compared to Web of Science and Scopus. A share of journals indexed by authoritative Russian journal lists Russian Science Citation Index and White List was revealed. The best positions were detected among journals published by National Research universities. However, Basic universities demonstrate positive growth, as well. The obtained results enabled us to conclude that journals published by Russian universities can be regarded as significant strategic information resource for representing Russian research results to international community.

The article presents materials about Academician Timur Magometovich Eneev, an outstanding scientist in the field of space flight mechanics, one of the founders of modern space flight dynamics. His works have made a significant contribution to the achievements of world science. Namely, his contribution to the launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth, the flight of Yuri Gagarin, to the implementation of flights to the Moon, planets of the Solar system, to the study of small bodies of the Solar system, to the theory of cosmogony, solving problems of genetics is great. The new mathematical methods proposed by T.M. Eneev to solve the problems of space exploration constitute the golden fund of Russian astrodynamics and are successfully used for the implementation of Russian space exploration projects. T.M. Eneev is not only an outstanding scientist, but also a citizen of our Fatherland, who responded to the problems of the formation of science, cosmonautics, cosmogony, biology and other issues of concern to modern society.

The article presents an overview of new archaeological research materials from the first two volumes of the fundamental “History of Siberia” (Novosibirsk, 2019–2022). The academic publication was prepared exclusively by scientists from Siberia and the Far East. The main authors are specialists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, other academic institutions of the Siberian Branch and Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, classical universities and colleges of Siberia. The first volume is devoted to the Stone and Bronze Ages, the second – to the Iron Age and the Middle Ages. The volumes cover the period from ancient times to the 16th century. Many of the results of these studies have become significant not only for Siberian and Asian archeology, but have also acquired global scientific significance.