On the Jubilee of Anna A. Plotnikova

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Information is presented about the deceased Sergey Pavlovich Gubin, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, head of the Laboratory of Nanomaterial Chemistry at the N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, laureat of the USSR State Prize, Honored Scientist of Russia, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, a well-known specialist in the fields of solid state chemistry, nanosystems and nanotechnology. The main biographical data are given: studies at the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Chemistry), postgraduate studies and work at INEOS AN USSR, defense of PhD and doctoral (chemical sciences) dissertations, authorship of more than 600 scientific papers in scientific journals, 5 books and about 40 patents, graduation of 6 doctors and more than 30 candidates of sciences, participation in Russian and international conferences and seminars, editorship in scientific journals. Founding and directorship at the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, directorship at the Novosibirsk Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Siberian Branch). Work at the N.S. Kurnakov IGIC of RAS, creation and management of the country's first laboratory of nanomaterials chemistry, creation and development of graphenics in the country, professorship at M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and at the Faculty of Physics of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, membership in various Russian and international scientific societies and expert councils.

This congratulatory message refers to the lead researcher of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of the History of Slavic Literatures, Doctor of Philology Elena N. Kovtun. Since 1991, after defending her PhD thesis “The functions of convention in the artistic system of Karel Chapek. The traditions of H. G. Wells”, E. N. Kovtun began to work at the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University. Since 2003, she has been a professor at the Department of Slavic Philology, lectured on the history and culture of the Czech Republic, the history of Czech literature, conducted special courses for bachelors, undergraduates and postgraduates. In 2000, E. N. Kovtun defended her doctoral thesis “Types and functions of artistic conventions in European literature of the first half of the twentieth century”. She has published five books and is the author of many articles on fiction and secondary artistic conventions in Slavic and Western European, as well as in Russian and North American literatures. In 2007, E. N. Kovtun established the Department of Slavic Studies and Central European Studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities and directs this department to this day. In addition, she worked on reforming and modernizing Russian higher education. Since 1991, E. N. Kovtun has been the Academic Secretary of the Council for Philology of the Educational and Methodological Association for Classical University Education. Since 2015, she headed the Educational and Methodological Council for Philology of the Federal Educational and Methodological Association “Linguistics and Literary Studies” and developed the federal state educational standards in philology. In 2016–2021, she served as Director of the Institute of Russian Language and Culture at Lomonosov Moscow State University. E. N. Kovtun is a member of the Union of Writers of Russia and president of the Association of Science Fiction Researchers, winner of the I. A. Efremov Prize (2009). At the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, E. N. Kovtun has been heading the Department of the History of Slavic Literatures since 2022, preserving the traditions of the former head of this department, L. N. Budagova.

The article is devoted to Rina Pavlovna Usikova – Doctor of Philology, Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University – and to her work as the Head of Slavonic languages and cultures Department, as well as her Slavonic and linguodidactic studies as a specialist on Bulgarian and Macedonian languages. The facts of Rina Usikova’s personal and scientific biography are cited, special education of the Department’s teachers is described. The question is about forming a body of new Department for teaching Slavonic languages students of the humanities. The body of the Department primary consisted of young people. Rina Usikova cared of scientific level of every member of the Department. All of the teachers finished post-graduate study and defended their PhD and doctoral dissertations. Rina Usikova was constantly engaged in scientific researches, teaching of Bulgarian and the series of disciplines on Macedonian complex. She participated in compiling of Bulgarian and Macedonian languages’ text books, Macedonian-Russian dictionaries. She wrote Macedonian grammar and text book of Russian for Macedonians. She had wide scientific interests as well in classic linguistics areas as in applied linguistics. She defended her doctoral dissertation, then she was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University and became a Honorary member of Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts. The author of the article writes also about her experience of communication with Rina P. Usikova and about work under her leadership.

Professor A.D. Bogaturov is a leading Russian IR scholar, orientalist and founder of the scientific school of applied analysis of international relations. A.D. Bogaturov graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1976, defended his PhD thesis on foreign policy of Japan in 1983 at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and in 1996 at RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies - his doctoral thesis on the relations of the USSR/Russia and the USA in East Asia. He was a visiting professor at the Brookings Institution, Columbia and Princeton Universities (USA). He worked at RAS Institute for International Security Problems, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2007-2012 he was deputy-rector at MGIMO University, dean of the Faculty of Political Science (2006-2007) and founder of the Department of Applied Analysis of International Problems. Professor A.D. Bogaturov launched the leading in Russia scientific journal on the theory of international relations - International Trends. For many years he had been organizing winter schools for young researchers in Russia, CIS, which helped many of them to become leading IR scholars. He is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including fundamental works on history and theory of international relations, international political analysis published in Russia, as well as in the USA, Japan, Germany, France, South Korea, and Italy. In his interview A.D. Bogaturov describes the way how the systematic approach influenced the teaching of IR history in Russia and how it gradually led to the formation of the Russian theory of international relations.

The book contains papers of students – participants of the 5th school of Serbian studies “Dominants of Serbian culture. East and West in the Serbian language and culture” (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philology, October 9–12, 2023). The papers are devoted to the problems of Serbian linguistics, literature, cultural studies and comparative study of the Serbian and Russian languages

Vladimir Igorevich Parusnikov died on August 22, 2015 after a long and serious illness. He was born in Moscow on January 21, 1957. Vladimir Igorevich graduated from the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, finished his postgraduate studies in 1982 and he defended his thesis in 1983 in there. At the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics he worked since 1982 as a junior researcher, and since 1996 — as a senior researcher. He has published more than 45 scientific papers on functional and numerical continued fractions and their generalizations.V. I. Parusnikov was kind, honest, responsible man and a talented mathematician. His passing is a great loss for the KIAM and for science in general. He was buried at Khovanskoye cemetery in Moscow. We provide a survey of his mathematical work. First, he studied the generalized functional continued fractions and got rather strong results. The last twenty years he, together with A. D. Bruno, was looking for a multi-dimensional generalization of the continued fraction giving the best Diophantine approximations and the periods in the algebraic case. Such a generalization was finally found. The first Section of the paper was written by A. I. Aptekarev, the second Section was written by A. D. Bruno, the list of scientific publications of V. I. Parusnikov was prepared by A. B. Batkhin.

Innovation Ability Cultivation of College Students in Scientific Research

PhD and Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics (Habilitation), Research Professor and Directeur de Recherche Emerite, Member of Academia Europaea, Mikhail A. Vorotyntsev is internationally recognized as a bright researcher and organizer of international meetings and research projects, well known for his enthusiastic, energetic, and independent-minded attitude to science. After graduation from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, M. A. Vorotyntsev continued research and studies for a PhD degree in the department of mechanics and mathematics (specializing in Chemical Mechanics at the Prof. V. G. Levich chair). He defended his PhD thesis BKinetics of Charge Transfer in Polar Media^ in Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1971 under the supervision of Prof. R.R. Dogonadze and Dr. A.M. Kuznetsov. Doctor of Sciences degree (Habilitation) was awarded to him in 1987 by Institute of General Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR for his doctoral thesis BTheory of Equilibrium and Kinetic Phenomena at Metal/Electrolyte Solution Interface^. His academic career in Russia included positions of assistant professor in the department of mechanics and mathematics at M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (1970–1978) as well as Senior, Leading and then Principal Researcher (1979– 1998) in the theoretical department at the famous A.N. Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In the period of 1992–1995 he carried out research in several institutions outside Russia, including the Fritz-Haber institute at the Max-Planck Institute in Berlin (Germany), Pierre & Marie Curie University (Paris, France) and the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Freiburg (Germany). Then he served as a full professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Fukui University (Japan) in 1995–1997. The next stage of his academic carrier is connected to Bourgogne University (Dijon, France). There he served as an associate professor and research director, affiliated with the CNRS. Since 2011, Prof. Vorotyntsev is a research director emeritus in this university. In parallel, since 2005, he was * Ekaterina V. Zolotukhina zolek.ya@yandex.ru

Going for a PhD: Joys and Pitfalls

The engagement in research, as the primary form of learning engagement for PhD students, is crucial for enhancing their competitive edge. Academic passion, a key determinant of learning engagement, plays a significant role in driving the research enthusiasm of PhD students. However, the "black box" concerning whether and how academic passion influences PhD students' research engagement remains to be explored. Addressing this gap, the present study draws upon self-determination theory, adopts the "motivation-behavior-effect" analytical framework, and incorporates ambidextrous learning as a mediator to elucidate the specific pathway through which academic passion impacts PhD students' engagement in research activities. Furthermore, it examines the facilitating role of the academic climate in this process. From December 2022 to March 2023, a questionnaire survey was conducted, collecting 522 responses from PhD students across 25 universities in China. The survey primarily assessed the PhD students' academic passion, ambidextrous learning behaviors (including tendencies towards exploratory and exploitative learning), and their perceived academic climate, investigating how these factors collectively influence their engagement in research activities. The questionnaire data were analyzed using a combination of SEM and bootstrapping with SPSS 26.0 and Mplus 8.3 software. The findings reveal that academic passion significantly positively affects PhD students' research engagement; ambidextrous learning (exploratory and exploitative learning) mediates the relationship between academic passion and PhD students' research engagement; and the academic climate effectively facilitates the transformation of PhD students' academic passion into ambidextrous learning (exploratory and exploitative learning). The study's conclusions not only foster PhD students' enthusiasm for research but also enhance learning effectiveness and innovation vitality, providing a theoretical basis for reforming the doctoral training system.

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Starting from conceptual definitions and theoretical framework of the research problem, this paper offers the findings of empirical non-experimental research on the global and fragmented approach: a) assessment of the representation of (innovative) models of class teaching within the university repository of defended doctoral dissertations in the Republic of Serbia, and b) assessment of the innovative characteristics of selected doctoral dissertations through the analysis of reports from professional committees evaluating completed doctoral dissertations. All 109 PhD dissertations defended at Serbia’s six state faculties of teacher education between 2005 and 2022 are included in the overall sample. The second component of the research specifies a fragmented or deliberate/ stratified sample that consists of 36 defended PhD dissertations and 36 evaluation reports for the approval of PhD dissertations that inherently include novel teaching models. Both quantitative and qualitative content analysis were used in the research. The units of analysis include: the title of the defended doctoral dissertation, keywords presented in the doctoral thesis (quantitative analysis), and the content of the Evaluation Report of the doctoral dissertation, specifically the segment on scientific contribution (qualitative analysis). Based on the analysis of dissertation titles and keywords, it was found that one-third of doctoral dissertations focus on research in the field of (innovative) teaching models. The analysis revealed that not all models are equally represented in different subject methodologies of class teaching, nor within individual methodologies. Content analysis showed that the selected theses are dedicated to the specified problem, they support the issue of the innovation of the teaching process and indicate that there is room for innovation in the teaching process in a creative sense. Future PhD dissertations with a thematic focus on innovative teaching models should be directed towards the affirmation of research on different work models (of the entire corpus) in subject methodologies, the synthesis of innovative teaching models within the same methodology of class teaching, exploration of learning material most suitable for implementing a specific innovative work model within various methodologies of class teaching...

Interview with Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University V.V. Mironov with the head of the culture department of the business weekly "Profile" N. Sokolova (№31/31 August 2009)

Background. The article is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nina Fedorovna Talyzina (1923–2018) — a famous Russian (Soviet) psychologist, specialist in the field of didactics and psychology of teaching and learning, one of the students and followers of P.Y. Galperin, author of the activity theory of learning, creator of the Department of Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University Objectives. The focus of the article is on the restoration of the scientific biography of N.F. Talyzina as well as on the identification of the main directions of research carried out under her leadership and with her direct participation. Methods. In this historical and psychological research, the oral and written speeches of N.F. Talyzina, as well as biographical and archival materials were analysed. Results. The article presents the main stages of the scientific biography of N.F. Talyzina. N.F. Talyzina completed her Cand. Sci. (Psychology) thesis on the topic “Inferences in solving geometric problems” under the supervision of P.A. Shevarev at the graduate school of the Research Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the RSFSR (now PI RAO). After defending the thesis in 1950 she began working at Moscow University. At Lomonosov Moscow State University N.F. Talyzina made her way from assistant (1950-1952), senior lecturer (1952–1960), associate professor (1960–1963) of the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy to the head of the Department of Pedagogy of Humanities Faculties (1963–1966), and then head of the Department of Pedagogy and Educational Psychology (1966–1995) of the Faculty of Psychology created in 1966. In 1970, N.F. Talyzina defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic “Psychological foundations of managing knowledge acquisition.” In 1989, on the initiative of N.F. Talyzina a Training Center for retraining university employees in the field of psychological and pedagogical foundations of the educational process in higher education at the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University was created. In 1995 N.F. Talyzina left the post of the head of the department and for 20 years until 2015 she remained a professor at the above-mentioned Training Center. From 2015 until the end of her life N.F. Talyzina was a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Educational Psychology at the Department of Psychology of Education and Pedagogy. Conclusions. The ideas about the controlled formation of concepts developed by N.F. Talyzina not only received experimental testing, but were also used in organizing school and vocational instruction.