Encyclopedic Publications Research Articles

The problem of implementing the principle of semantic rationality in theological research

The article attempts to comprehend the possibility and necessity of implementing the “Principle of Semantic Rationality” in the course of conducting theological research. First, the problem of interpretation of religious terms is raised, formulated in the process of centuries-old theological research, transformed over time, sometimes acquiring opposite (contradictory) meanings. Attention is drawn to the specifics of working with terms that have existential meanings, characterized by some blurring of terminological boundaries, differences in their understanding (interpretation) not only in everyday and religious meanings, but also within the same religion, which causes significant disagreements leading to the emergence of different directions and schools As one example of the ambiguity of interpretation, examples of terminological contradictions in the definition of the concepts of soul (nafs) and spirit (ruh) in the Islamic theological tradition are given. The work provides a brief overview of three groups of encyclopedic and explanatory dictionaries recommended to help the theologian. The first group includes publications covering directly Islamic topics, the second group contains information concerning other religions, and the third group includes religious studies publications that are non-confessional in nature. In conclusion, it is noted that despite the presence of a significant number of authoritative encyclopedic publications, questions of multivariate interpretation of religious terms remain, which, on the one hand, complicates the research process, and on the other hand, stimulates reflection on their deep meanings.

Ukrainians and World Civilization: Encyclopedic Aspects

This article delves into encyclopedic biographistics, particularly addressing the representation of prominent Ukrainians in the context of world civilization. The aim of the study is to substantiate the necessity of creating encyclopedic publications (encyclopedias, lexicons, reference books) that highlight and popularize significant achievements of Ukrainians in fields such as science, culture, and the arts worldwide. Despite globalization, questions of identity remain pertinent, especially for nations that have experienced prolonged periods of statelessness. Ukrainians, despite the challenges in their history, have managed to preserve distinctive national traits, customs, traditions, language, culture, and even aspects of their national elite, challenging the portrayal by official Russian and Soviet historiography. The material, architectural, literary, museum, and cultural achievements serve as a national heritage for Ukrainians. Ukrainian intellectuals rank among the world’s brightest minds, requiring clarification and dissemination of information about their contributions within and beyond the country, particularly in the realm of world civilization. The preparation of biographical encyclopedic publications poses methodological challenges, including issues related to attributing certain individuals to the Ukrainian national continuum.

Russian-Ukrainian War: Biographical Discourse on Ukrainian Heroes

In this article, the author addresses the importance of encyclopedic publications aimed at highlighting and popularizing the defenders of Ukraine. These individuals not only protect their homeland in the war against Russia but also, through their successful and heroic deeds, defend the contemporary global order embodying a humanistic, democratic path of civilization development. The Russian-Ukrainian war, lasting almost a decade, with the last two years being full-scale and particularly brutal and destructive, has vividly exposed the gap between Ukrainians and Russians, dispelling long-held notions of fraternal nations. Ukrainians represent democracy, peace, and progress, while Russians embody totalitarianism, aggression, and decline. Throughout centuries, regardless of Russia's political system, it exploited Ukraine by annexing territories, exploiting natural resources, looting archaeological findings, destroying ancient landmarks, appropriating history, culture, language, and ruthlessly targeting talented Ukrainians, depriving the nation of its elite. Today, all masks have been torn off: the leadership of the Russian Federation seeks to permanently resolve the Ukrainian issue, committing genocide on the sovereign territory of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the war has “opened the eyes” of many Ukrainians, prompting them to recall not only the sad moments of its history but also times of glory and world fame. Stories of the victorious regiments of Russian-Ukrainians under Prince Sviatoslav, the daring Cossacks Ivan Sirko and Ivan Bohun, and the exploits of Ukrainians during the First and Second World Wars have come to the forefront. Ukrainian historical scholarship has already produced substantial research on these periods of military history, including encyclopedic formats. The building the biographical references, especially encyclopedias, about heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war is relevant from various perspectives: not only preserving the memory of contemporary elite Ukrainians but also laying the groundwork for future research in history, including military history, and biographistics.

INTEGRITY AS A COMPONENT OF WORLDVIEW CULTURE AND A FACTOR OF CREATIVITY

Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Philosophical reflections on the cultural-creative process are widely represented in both domestic and Western philosophical thought, particularly in the works of Y. Bystritskyi, M. Boichenko, S. Krymskyi, M. Kultaieva, N. Radionova, P. Sloterdijk, V. Sukhomlynskyi, and E. Fromm. Productive ideas regarding the formation of integrity and worldview culture in educational and upbringing practices are traced in the works of V. Bekh, M. Boichenko, N. Boichenko, Yu. Boychuk, N. Dyichyk, I. Dorozhko, M. Drobotenko, H. Korzh, S. Kremen, M. Kultaieva, N. Radionova, S. Pylypenko, S. Pustovit, and M. Tryniak. Despite the considerable attention from scholars, educators, and the public to the issue of integrity, the complexity of contemporary sociocultural development requires a comprehensive approach that considers both classical and modern scientific works, as well as encyclopedic publications on this subject. The research objective. This article attempts to demonstrate the humanistic potential of philosophy and education in constructing contemporary strategies of integrity as productive life-creation in various spheres of human existence. In the changing contexts of the present, it aims to justify the role of culture as a resource in shaping integrity at both social and individual levels. The article seeks to unfold the cultural-creative resource of integrity and its influence on modern educational and upbringing practices. The statement of basic materials. Despite diverse interpretations of the concept of integrity, it can be identified as a state of coherence and consistency between beliefs, decisions, and actions based on ethical values. In the philosophy of José Ortega y Gasset, a conception of noble life has emerged, characterized by active creativity, self-development, and the internal need for voluntary submission to a higher norm. Emphasizing duties over rights, Ortega y Gasset argues that “nobility obliges”. In contrast to virtuous noble life, he describes an inert state of relaxation, undisciplined behavior, irresponsibility, and an inability to adhere to any norms, even those considered ethical. This state is purposefully contrasted with integrity. Indicating that dishonesty is perilous for both individuals and society, it renders individuals defenseless against the influence of propaganda and manipulation. Society is also at risk of establishing authoritarian or totalitarian regimes. The organic connection between democracy and ethical principles is crucial, and courage is required to defend them despite associated risks. Education and art play significant roles in the pursuit of virtuous life. Theodor Adorno argues that they provide spaces where individuals can experience freedom. However, mass culture and semi-education may hinder individuals by culturally masking the antitheses of integrity.

Исторический обзор русских биографий Аристотеля (вторая половина XVIII – начало XX в.)

The article reviews some multi-genre texts of Russian intellectual literature (the 18th – early 20th centuries), containing structured biographies of Aristotle: dictionaries and encyclopedias, textbooks, educational and scientifi c publications. The author singles out seven main chronological periods in the history of the philosopher’s biographies’ creation, as well as their features and source base, with special attention to the authors’ personalities. A separate block examines the key biographies of Aristotle written in the Soviet era. In the main part of the article the author describes each of the selected periods chronologically in every detail, and considers the history of the individual biographical works’ creation. It is noted that the content of the studied texts varies from full-fl edged biographical sketches to brief notes, listing only the main facts or stages of Aristotle’s life. The conclusion is made about the auxiliary nature of these works, where the philosopher’s biography was often referred to when compiling thematic encyclopedic and dictionary articles, or historical references for educational purposes. At the same time, this information was borrowed mainly from foreign encyclopedic publications and popular science works devoted to Aristotle. The above features of the content of the studied texts allow us to call them Russian biographies of Aristotle only conditionally. Among the designated authors there are scientists from various fi elds, philosophers, publicists, theologians and popularizers of science. However, among them there were no professional researchers who purposefully studied the biography of Aristotle. The most signifi cant for the Russian culture of the studied period are the works of S. Ya. Nechaev, G. Voskresensky, S. S. Gogotsky, S. G. Kovner, E. F. Litvinova, S. N. Trubetskoy.

«От умолчания к интересу»: отечественная антивоенная мысль второй половины XIX – начала XX в. в советской историографии

Introduction. The article considers the trends in the development of Soviet historiography of Russian anti-war thought in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Analysis. The interrelation of the evolution of the views of Soviet researchers on pre-revolutionary pacifism with socio-political changes in the USSR is revealed. The negative assessments of “bourgeois pacifism” expressed by V.I. Lenin had a significant impact on the study of peacekeeping in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Methods and materials. In the existing historiography, only certain aspects of the problem are considered. Among the most important methods and approaches used in writing this work are the historical-systemic and historical-comparative methods. The source base of the study was primarily scientific works, reference and encyclopedic publications, and journalistic materials. Results. The authors propose to single out three stages in the history of the study of Russian anti-war thought in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Soviet times. The most distinct features of the first stage (lack of significant research on the topic, harshness, and categorical assessments) emerged in the mid-1920s and were traced until the mid-1950s. Against the background of political changes in the USSR and the growth of public interest in the problem of maintaining peace, there was a serious increase in research interest in the history of Russian anti-war thought. Peacekeeping ideas were considered during this period primarily within the framework of legal, historical, and philosophical studies. The third stage became noticeable at the end of the 1980s, which manifested itself in a significant increase in works on the history of domestic pacifism and its terminological “rehabilitation.” Authors’ contribution. N.Yu. Nikolaev revealed the trends in the development of Soviet historiography of Russian anti-war thought in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. S.P. Ramazanov analyzed methodological approaches and carried out general scientific editing of the article.

ЕErnest Chausson: periodization of artistic path in the context of the style formation

Statement of the problem. In the history of French music the work of Ernest Chausson (1855–1899) played a connecting role between the late romanticism of S. Franck and the early impressionism of C. Debussy. The personality and work of the French composer are sufficiently deeply studied in European and American musicology; it is natural for Ukrainian researchers to join the process of this study. Despite the outstanding importance of the composer’s work in both French and world music, there are no problematic studies devoted to the study of his legacy in domestic science. The music of the French master, in particular, vocal music, remains little-known in Ukraine. One of the debatable issues of studying the work of E. Chausson is the periodization of his legacy, since the discrepancies existing in the works of researchers hinder the understanding of his creative evolution. After all, the chronological distribution of the artist’s work takes into account complex historical, socio-psychological and artistic processes, as well as the specificity of his creative method and related stylistic changes. The purpose of the article is to summarize the known periodizations of E. Chausson’s work and to develop synthesized one in order to remove existing disagreements. Solving this innovative task required the study of a number of works of foreign scientists using historical, historiographical, comparative approaches, as well as genre and style analysis when referring to the creative work of E. Chausson.Information on the periodization of E. Chausson’s creative heritage is provided both by encyclopedic publications (Warszawski, 2005; Latham, 2009, etc.), and by some scholars who refer to the music of E. Chausson (Chiang, 2006; Moroncini, [2022]; Hanon, 2022). At the same time, certain chronological differences can be traced in the information provided by scientists. Results and conclusions. The application of the basic position of domestic musicology regarding the change of the “intonational image of the world” as a criterion for distinguishing historical periods (Chekan, 1997) and the experience of foreign scientists made it possible, as a result, to prove the feasibility of dividing E. Chausson’s work into three periods: early (1877–1886), where tangible lateromantic influences of J. Massenet, S. Frank and R. Wagner, middle, mixed, (1886–1889), marked by the interaction of late-romantic and impressionistic traits, and the final (1889–1899) stage of formation of the composer’s individual style. Such a periodization, without excluding existing ones, will contribute to a clearer understanding of E. Chausson’s creative evolution, which should facilitate the work of a musician-performer.

УКРАЇНА ЯК ДОНОР ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО РОЗВИТКУ РОСІЇ ТА СРСР

The purpose of the research is to clarify the role of Ukraine as a donor in ensuring the development of russia and the former Soviet Union, proving of the constant negative for Ukraine movement of resources between Ukraine and the union center, identifying the consequences of such non-equivalent exchange for the population, economy, and nature of the country. The unique role of our country in the maintenance and development of Russia and the Soviet Union, in general, is confirmed on the basis of the analysis of statistical sources, many of which consist of encyclopedic publications, statistical directories, materials of congresses of the communist party, and other sources of the Soviet period, which are difficult to suspect in the submission of advantageous statistics and sympathy for Ukraine. Much attention is paid to the analysis of Ukraine’s role as the breadbasket of the USSR and the traditional looting of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products, which lasted throughout all the time of the union, and which is now, for hundreds of years, openly carried out by the Russian aggressor on the temporarily occupied Ukrainian lands. The scientific novelty of the article lies in a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, and environmental consequences of long-term exploitation of the integrated development potential of Ukraine.

The history of the Orenburg encyclopedia project (based on materials from T.L. Bolshakova’s family archive)

The paper analyzes the history of the unrealized project of the Orenburg encyclopedia, which could become an example of the first regional encyclopedia creation in the history of modern Russia. However, this project faced unforeseen organizational difficulties, contradictions of a subjective nature, and as a result was reformatted into several narrowly thematic regional encyclopedic publications. The author shows main stages and directions of the work of the authors on this project, identifies fundamental approaches to the encyclopedia and its structure, which were followed by the authors and well-known regional scientists of the Orenburg Region. The paper is based on the materials of the family archive of T.L. Bolshakova. One of them is a personal diary of Leonid Naumovich Bolshakov, the head of the team of authors who worked on the encyclopedia project. This unique source made it possible to see the emotional component of the work on this project, the internal mechanisms of its development, to trace the ambiguous role of historians and representatives of the government of the Orenburg Region in the encyclopedia creation as well as in the reasons for this project failure. It is noted that the Orenburg encyclopedia could become the first project of this kind in Russia, if there werent any objective and subjective difficulties that arose while working on it.

A Brief History of Liberal Education in Ancient and Medieval Europe－Focusing on the Formation and Evolution of Liberal Arts

This paper examined the history of liberal education in ancient and medieval Europe, focusing on the formation and evolution of liberal arts using materials concerning the history of education, history of university, history of philosophy, and history of science. The elementary form of liberal education emerged at Greece in the fourth century BC. The philosophers’ tradition and the orators’ tradition made two approaches to liberal education. Greek scholarship was accepted in the form of encyclopedic publications in the Roman era, and <i>Disciplinarium libri novem</i>, the first work which contained the idea of liberal arts, was written in the first century BC. In the early medieval ages, so called dark ages, secular scholarship maintained its existence through the medium of liberal arts. In the fifth century, liberal arts became actualized into the seven liberal arts through <i>De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii</i>. Since the sixth century, the seven liberal arts were divided into trivium and quadrivium. In the Renaissance of the twelfth century, ancient writings were extensively translated including Aristotelian works, and the attempt to relate Greek philosophies and the seven liberal arts was tried. Circa 1250, some universities were set up in the major cities of Europe, and medieval universities were mostly organized with the faculties of arts, theology, law, and medicine. Since the late thirteenth century, the arts faculty extended the scope of liberal arts by adding three philosophies to the existing seven liberal arts: natural philosophy, metaphysics and ethics. Based on the above examination, this paper showed that the scope of liberal arts was not fixed but continuously changed, and that humanities and science were not separated in ancient and medieval Europe.

Alternative views on historical aspects of the modern football formation

Football is a game of millions. People hold their breath, quit their unfinished business, and become confined to TV screens for two hours to cheer for their favorite team in the national championship or for their country’s national team. The schedule of matches of the World Cup, Europe, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, national championships and Cups fans with experience know better than “Our Father”. In the modern era of sports and competitive activities development, in terms of its popularity at all levels, football is second only to athletics and ranks first among team sports. Footballers of national teams are heroes in their homeland, their photos are always on the front pages of sports publications, they are the object of “hunting” of sports journalists, who in the pursuit of sensations even invade the personal space of players.
 Football is a game that, according to modern encyclopedic publications, first appeared in Foggy Albion, and most experts in the history of physical culture and sports agree. But recently, the struggle for the right to be considered the ancestor of the popular game has intensified among scientists around the world, who find historical facts that football had been played in their country long before the birth date of “His Majesty” was declared by the British. The British also consider themselves the first in the process of making rubber balls for playing football, not to mention that three thousand years before them, the natives of Central America made rubber balls for the national game of pok-ta-pok and ulama. Therefore, the authors team, in this article, decided to systematize modern historical information and review aspects of the formation of football.

Croatization of the Bosnian Middle Ages in Light of the Religious Character of Stećak Tombstones (About a model of the changing the historical memory)

The nationalist approach to Croatianhood formed within the Croatian Party of Rights and and the concept of political Catholicism were both introduced into the Croatian historiography of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This phenomenon, along with a new historical perspective on Croatia as „mother-land“, led to attemptsto Croatize the Bosnian Middle Ages. As a result, an extensive historiography was created with the aim of presenting the Bosnian Middle Ages as part of Croatian medieval national history. These efforts were also reflected in a false ethnic and religious attribution of stećaks – Bosnian medieval tombstones – which were and still are attributed exclusively to Croatians andCatholics. The extent of the Croatization of the Bosnian Middle Ages, and thus of stećaks too, changed withthe changing political regimes. In the Austro-Hungarian period (1878–1918) two authors, Fran Milobar and Ivo Pilar, published books and articles based on the theory, propagated by the Croatian Party of Rights, about the „original territorial acquisition.“They set up and developed a pseudoscholarly thesis about the ethnic and dynastic Croatian character of the Bosnian Middle Ages. During the first Yugoslavia (1918–1941) the thesis was picked up and further developed by Josip Horvat in his monumental synthetic work on a thousand years of Croatian culture. During the same period a number of articles were published in an issue of the People’s Calendar, put out by Napredak, the Croatian Cultural Society of Bosnia-Herzegovina,which propagated this historiographic error to a wider readership. During the quisling state called The IndependentState od Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, 1941–1945), the Croatization of the Bosnian Middle Ages was “standardized” in a publication produced by Napredak and entitled The History of Croatian Lands in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Earliest Times until 1463; the main contributors were Filip Lukas, Oton Knezović, Ćiro Truhelka, Ljubo Karaman, VladimirVrana and Mate Tentor. The theory of Croatian Bosnia was also popularized through textbooks. Ante Pavelić, the head of The Independent State od Croatia, dealt with the same topic in his writings, using the Bosnian Middle Ages as the central motif. Particularly manifest in these writings are historiographical and geopolitical delusions concocted in order to legalizeThe Ustasa regime: 1. The Drina river – the civilizational boundary between two worlds in the context of national and ideological topography with the inclusion of the Drina river in the lyrics of the Croatian national anthem. 2. Croatians – the outer wall ofWestern Europe. 3. Iranian/Gothic origin of Croats. 4. The supposed centuries-old continuity of Croatian statehood as a legitimizing factor for The Independent State of Croatia. 5. Bosnia – body and heart of the Independent State of Croatia.In the period since 1945, father Dominik Mandić – a prominent name in historic scholarship to this day – went further than anybody else in the Croatization of the Bosnian Middle Ages. Some encyclopedic publications, even the latest ones, as well as of course the Internet as the most suitable tool for the globalization of such delusions, were not exempt from the“virus” of bad scholarship. Abandoning the Croatian myth of Greater Croatia, invented by the Croatiann Party of Rights, of Croatian Bosnia since “the seventh century” and the placing of the “Croatian question” in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the context of its creation – since the nineteenth/twentieth century – ought to be the primary goal of historical scholarship as a “secondary” discipline in the creation of democratic political culture. The Croatization of stećaks and of the Bosnian Middle Ages cannot contribute to the achievement of this goal because, apart from being factually unsound, it reflects a state of political immaturity. Scholarly maturity is a prerequisite to the maturity of political culture and its „relocation“ from the worldof submissive and parochial culture into the world of participatory and civic culture.

Значение создания региональных энциклопедических изданий по библиотечному делу в развитии библиотечной политики в Украине

The article deals with a new direction of research and publishing activities in Ukraine, such as the creation of regional branch encyclopedic publications. The author, focusing on the fact that this is mainly a local history direction and more than 70 editions have already been prepared, emphasizes that this work is gradually developing in the field of librarianship. Тhus, an important event in generalizing the experience of the development of the theory and practice of librarianship in Ukraine is the preparation and publication in electronic format of the nationwide “Ukrainian Library Encyclopedia” (UBE), which since 2010 has been created largely by the staff of the Yaroslav the Wise National Library of Ukraine. Leading librarians and practitioners of many scientific, public and specialized libraries, specialized universities and research institutes take part in the implementation of this project. Every year, the preparation of the UBE finds an increasing resonance in the professional circles of library specialists. Thanks to the work on the creation of this branch encyclopedia, new information about many outstanding figures in librarianship is introduced into the historical and scientific circulation; new directions of studying the history of libraries are developing, new terms of library science, new directions of library activity are characterized. To date, UBE has already published about 900 articles.

ОБРАЗ АТАМАНА ЕРМАКА В РОССИЙСКОМ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЧЕСКОМ НАРРАТИВЕ ПЕРВОЙ ПОЛОВИНЫ XIX ВЕКА

The purpose of the article is to reveal the image of Yermak presented in the Russian encyclopedic narrative of the early 19th century. The first half of the 19th century is of particular interest in this regard, since at that timeб there was interest in the past of the country, the history of its development, and the history of the conquest of Siberia by ataman Yermak. The issue of the conquest of Siberia by the Cossack ataman Yermak was reflected in journalism and fiction, and with the advent of encyclopedias it penetrated there. For researchers of that time, the history of Siberia’s conquest seemed important for understanding the uniqueness and greatness of the Russian state. It should be noted that the dictionary and encyclopedic publications of the first half of the 19th century are currently insufficiently studied as a historiographical source and a monument of social thought. The appearance of the encyclopedia is a certain milestone that fixes the state of science itself and its achievements for society. Encyclopedic publications not have only a great informational potential, but also influence the construction of the reader's picture of the world.

Performing Ornaments in English Harpsichord Music. Part I

The article deals with the problems of interpreting English ornaments (embellishments, graces) of the second half of the 17th century in the process of their evolution. The authors consistently analyze the recommendations of the early English musicians Edward Bevin, Christopher Simpson, Matthew Locke, John Playford, and Henry Purcell. Emphasis in this study is allotted to the first ever published in England full table of ornaments with their execution written by Christopher Simpson in his The Division-Violist (London, 1659). Detailed consideration here is given to the ornament named “Shaked Beat”. It should be noted that the first full table “Marques des Agréments et leur signification” in France was enclosed only in D’Anglebert’s Pièces de Clavecin (c1689). For comparison, recommendations of the performance of ornaments are provided by some Italian, German and French composers and theorists of this time, such as Emilio del Cavalieri, Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers, Jean Rousseau, Gilles Jullien, Étienne Loulié and Johann Gottfried Walther. A critical revision of scholarly publications on the problems of this study beginning from Edward Dannreuther and Arnold Dolmetsch to the present time has been carried out. Serious inaccuracies were found in the works of modern researchers and in reference and encyclopedic publications, including The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.

ТАРАС ШЕВЧЕНКО В ЗАРУБІЖНИХ МЕДІА: ЛІНГВОІМІДЖЕВИЙ ДИСКУРС

The article considers the linguistic specifics of modeling the image of Taras Shevchenko in foreign media. The author's attention is focused on the great image-forming potential of this iconic, precedent for Ukrainian culture personality and the importance of its correct presentation in the modern media space. It is determined that Ukrainians themselves are the main creators of image texts about Kobzar in the world media. Thus, three main channels of image information about Shevchenko abroad are analyzed: (1) cultural diplomacy as a part of the "soft power" policy; (2) the Ukrainian diaspora, which addresses the figure of Kobzar in the media; (3) information resources of world encyclopedic publications dedicated to the poet. Thus, the study of the linguistic and image specifics of the representation of Shevchenko in the foreign media proves that a great deal of image-making work in this aspect is carried out by cultural diplomacy, which represents Ukraine and its national cultural products in the world information space. Thanks to the efforts of cultural diplomacy, Shevchenko is known and appreciated abroad, as evidenced by the activities of Ukrainian embassies. In the context of linguistic imageology, the information presented by Ukrainian embassies is unambiguously of image nature, which confirms the use of effective linguistic means of image modeling: metaphors, personifications, emotionally-evaluative lexemes, epithet forms of the word, which verbalize positive author's assessment of the covered information. An equally important linguistic tool for modeling the poet's image is the use of creolized media texts that have great suggestive properties and significant image potential. In addition, Shevchenko's positive image abroad is successfully constructed by the media resources of the Ukrainian diaspora. The author's attention in this research context is attracted by the leading Canadian and Australian media. From the standpoint of linguistic imageology, effective means of forming the image of Kobzar in the considered foreign media are emotional and evaluative lexemes with elements of hyperbole, paraphrase with a positive semantics, the use of oxymoron etc. The article emphasizes that Shevchenko's positive image abroad is created not only at the textual level, but also at the extralinguistic level, which is realized in the annual holding of numerous mass events related to the celebration of Shevchenko's days. In turn, a high assessment of the poet's work and his role in Ukrainian cultural life is found in world encyclopedic publications: Encyclopædia Britannica, Oxford World Encyclopedia, bibliographic fund of The Library of Congress etc. Thus, the study convinces that Taras Shevchenko is a bright image figure of modern foreign media space, which forms not only internal but also external image of Ukraine. That is why its correct presentation in world media should be one of the priorities of the national image strategy.

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ СТАНОВЛЕНИЯ ГРАЖДАНСКОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ МОЛОДОГО ПОКОЛЕНИЯ РОССИЯН: ИНТЕГРАТИВНЫЙ ПОДХОД

The article presents an integrative approach to the study of the process of formation of civil identity, where civil identity is understood as a conscious process of a person's identity with a certain civil society in a specific socio-cultural context, acceptance of the values of this society, as well as an active positive influence on its development. The authors of the article took the concept of integration as a synthesis of social sciences as a basis for studying the integrative approach and applied it to the concept of civic identity. After conducting a detailed analysis of encyclopedic publications, they came to the conclusion that an integrative approach to the formation of civic identity as a political concept consists in understanding this process as an integrative phenomenon, and at the same time, taking into account the integrative foundations of its formation. The authors of the article consider personality as an integrative phenomenon, which, integrating into civil society, becomes a part of it, influencing its formation and development. At the same time, the personality and its civic consciousness develop in the context of sociocultural transformation, where sociocultural transformation is an integrative environment for the development of civic identity of the modern young generation. The authors come to the conclusion that it is more effective to form civic identity with the help of social technologies of unification and on the basis of transdisciplinarity (according to Piaget), through the construction of integrative structures for the formation of civic identity with the involvement of research results in the fields of political science, sociology, philosophy, psychology, pedagogical practice and methodology.

КОШОВИЙ ОТАМАН ЗАПОРОЗЬКОЇ СІЧІ ПЕТРО КАЛНИШЕВСЬКИЙ НА СТОРІНКАХ ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДИЧНИХ ВИДАНЬ, СЛОВНИКІВ І ДОВІДНИКІВ

The purpose of the article is the issue’s clarification of reflection of the figure of the last kish ataman of Zaporozhian Sich P. Kalnyshevsky on the pages of encyclopedic publications, dictionaries and reference books. Chronological boundaries of the study are the end of the XIX – the beginning of the XXI century. There are used the historical-comparative, historical-typological, historical-system methods during a covering of the topic. The heroic figure of the last kish ataman of Zaporozhian Sich P. Kalnyshevsky was reflected mainly in monographs, collections of documents, scientific articles, local lore, materials of scientific conferences, educational literature, periodicals. At the same time, it is remained out the attention of researchers its coverage in the pages of encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference books. Scientific research refers to encyclopedic, dictionary and reference books, which contain articles about P. Kalnyshevsky as an important historiographical source. There is analyzed the reflection of the figure of the Zaporozhian leader in different historiographical periods. It fits generally into the context of the general development of Ukrainian and foreign historical science. Prolonged silence in the historical science about P. Kalnyshevsky was accompanied by various conjectures, distortions of facts and falsification. Historical science become an ideological servant of the totalitarian regime, in the Soviet era. It considered the history of the New Sich and the figure of P. Kalnyshevsky simplified mostly and distorted, from the so-called party-class approaches. Radical changes in the approaches of Ukrainian historians to the history of the Cossacks and their leaders, including to P. Kalnyshevsky, took place after the restoration of state independence of Ukraine in 1991. The revival of national traditions of Ukrainian historical science began, the methodology and topics of scientific research were updated, and there was intensified the integration of domestic historiography into European and world historiography. All this affected the reflection of the figure of P. Kalnyshevsky on the pages of encyclopedic and reference books, dictionaries.

УКРАЇНА Й УКРАЇНЦІ НА СТОРІНКАХ «АВСТРАЛІЙСЬКОЇ ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДІЇ»

In this article, we present an analysis of the 10-volumed Australian Encyclopedia published in 1958. The purpose of the analysis is to identify encyclopedic information concerning the Ukrainian people. Since the late 19th century, a part of the Ukrainian ethnic group inhabits the Australian continent, so it is natural to expect the appearance of Ukrainians in encyclopedic publications of Australia. But do Australians mention Ukrainians in their own fundamental encyclopedias? This question is caused not only by the general interest, but also by the fact that Ukraine is shown in the national narratives of many countries through various myths generated by Soviet propaganda. Therefore, the analysis of the representation of Ukrainians in the pages of foreign encyclopedias is a topical issue of contemporary Ukrainian studies in general. In this study, we found that the main body of information about Ukrainians is statistical data about the Ukrainian community in Australia, which settled after the Second World War. Among the 10 volumes there are no mentions of Ukraine, its capital, prominent people of the nation, etc. In addition, general highlights of the Australian encyclopedia publishing sphere are proposed. It is noted that the Australian Encyclopedia as a fundamental work published in six editions during 1925–1996 is the main achievement of the Australian encyclopediography. It is noteworthy that there is currently no national online encyclopedia in Australia. At the same time, there are domain (subject-specific) publications by research teams among other achievements of contemporary Australian encyclopedia publishing, such as the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, the Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia, the Companion to Tasmanian History, etc.

Studying of the history of the Samara Region from the XVI to the early XX century: a historiographical review

The purpose of the article is to summarize the intermediate historiographic results of the study of the history of the Samara Region (pre-revolutionary period). The study is based on the historiographic sources, i.e. monographs, collective works, scholarly articles, conference materials, as well as textbooks and popular science publications on the history of the Samara region. On the base of the historiographic analysis of these works, the authors distinguish several stages of studying the history of the Samara region, characterize the main trends in the development of regional history studies, and identify the changes in thematic priorities and methodological approaches to studying regional history at each of these stages. The history of studying the Samara Region is reviewed in the context of formation of historical education system and research institutions in Samara, the development of the local history movement, the appearance of periodicals on local history, and the organization of scholarly conferences on regional history. The authors prove that, at present, the development of new research methodology has allowed regional science to reach a qualitatively new level, to proceed with the creation of generalizing works and encyclopedic publications on the history of the region; a significant role in coordinating this work belongs to the historians of Samara University. Studying the history of the Samara Region has become interdisciplinary in its character; the cooperation of representatives of various humanitarian specialties, historians, and local history experts is an important condition for inspiring the readers with interest and love for the history of their homeland. In the final part of the article the authors outline possible prospects for the further development of regional history.