True Goal Research Articles

Образ и маска в живописи Франсиско Гойи — онтологические и аксиологические аспекты

It is widely recognized that F. Goya’s development of a picturesque manner is in the vein of his great predecessors — El Greco and D. Velázquez. However, with all the importance of the experimental novelty of this Spanish master’s technique, the uniqueness of his creativity should be sought elsewhere. Goya managed to decidedly push the established boundaries of the European art expanding its range with the themes and problems that had previously been rarely and poorly represented. Anticipating an existential and anthropological shift that was evident back in the last decades of the 19th century and being almost a century ahead of it, those themes, plots, and problems were aimed at exteriorizing the inner world of man on the scale that appears to have never existed before. Goya systematically examines the human psyche in extreme existential situations when the conscious and the subconscious intertwine in a whimsical way. The specific feature of this perspective is an interest not in the individual and individuality but in the collective consciousness and the collective unconsciousness, as C. Jung would later justify it. The master’s true goal is to break through to where the archetypal components of the psyche, thinking, and behaviour rest. In this sense, the images of the mentally disturbed and the imprisoned become semantically significant, the atmosphere of madhouses and prisons, the world of human imagination that engendered the sphere of the irrational. Goya seeks the truth about man scrutinizing him in extreme situations and critical states. The artist often approaches the visualization of all this through a theatrical element — through masks, role-playing, and games. He is interested in that harsh inversion where a person, put into inhuman, unbearable conditions, can no longer to remain rational and turns into a dreadful, meaningless human mask. The main characteristics of the artist’s approach are explored in comparison with thematically similar works by William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli, and Théodore Géricault.

Solar Energy-Driven Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction: Photothermal Effect, Photoelectric Activation and Selectivity Regulation.

Excessive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are one of the main causes of the greenhouse effect. Thermal catalytic reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction, which is a pre reaction for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, is considered an effective way to convert CO2 and synthesize high value-added chemicals in industry. However, traditional thermal catalysis requires a large amount of fossil fuels to drive reactions, which cannot achieve the true goal of carbon neutrality. Photothermal catalysis, as a novel conversion pathway, can achieve efficient CO2 conversion while significantly improving solar energy utilization. This review provides a detailed introduction of CO2 and H2 adsorption/activation and reaction pathways in thermal catalysis, as well as the catalytic mechanisms of thermal and chemical effects in photothermal catalytic RWGS to supply readers valuable insights on the mechanism of photothermal catalytic RWGS reaction and provide a reference for better catalyst design.

Probing the interference between non-linear, axionic and space-time-anisotropy effects in the QED vacuum

In this paper, we pursue the investigation of a generic non-linear extension of axionic electrodynamics in a Carroll-Field-Jackiw (CFJ) scenario that implements Lorentz-symmetry violation (LSV). The model we inspect consists of an arbitrary non-linear electrodynamic action coupled to the axion field in presence of an anisotropy four-vector that realizes the breaking of Lorentz symmetry under the particle point of view. For the sake of our considerations, the non-linear electromagnetic field is expanded around a constant and uniform magnetic background up to second order in the propagating photon field. The focus of our attention is the study of the material properties of the vacuum in the particular case of a space-like CFJ 4-vector. The dispersion relations associated to the plane wave solutions are explicitly worked out in two situations: the magnetic background perpendicular and parallel to the wave direction. We extend these results to consider the analysis of the birefringence phenomenon in presence of non-linearity, the axion and the LSV manifested through the spatial anisotropy. Three specific proposals of non-linear electrodynamics are contemplated: Euler-Heisenberg (EH), Born-Infeld (BI) and the Modified Maxwell electrodynamics (ModMax). Throughout the paper, we shall justify why we follow the unusual path of connecting, in a single Lagrangian density, three pieces of physics beyond the Standard Model, namely, non-linearity, axions and LSV. We anticipate that we shall not be claiming that the simultaneous introduction of these three topics beyond the Standard Model will bring new insights or clues for the efforts to detect axions or to constrain parameters associate to both non-linear electrodynamics and LSV physics. Our true goal is to actually inspect and describe how axionic, non-linear and LSV effects interfere with one another whenever physical entities like group velocity, refraction indices, birefringence and effective masses of physical excitations are computed in presence of an external constant and homogeneous magnetic field.

Из истории насильственного выселения чеченцев и ингушей: к 80-летию депортации (1944–2024 гг.)

During the years of the Stalinist regime, the authorities used destructive measures to influence both individual groups of people and entire nations. The Chechen and Ingush peoples turned out to be victims of lawlessness and arbitrariness, which became part of the official policy of the totalitarian regime. The study of Stalin’s deportation policy during the ongoing war, with the diversion of a significant number of military, transport, and material resources, allows a more critical approach to understanding the course of the historical process in the USSR. Based on concrete historical facts, the presented article examines the nature of the deportation of Chechens and Ingush, carried out in the winter of 1944, and its consequences. Identifying the causes of the deportation of peoples during the Great Patriotic War and debunking the myth of their collaboration remains one of the urgent scientific tasks. According to many researchers, the deportation policy was carried out by the Soviet government as a preventive measure, as punishment for cooperation with the Germans, to solve demographic problems. However, upon serious analysis, the listed reasons turn out to be untenable and the true goals of mass repression have not been revealed to date.

Educational Thought of Islamic Philosophers Perspective of Islamic Philosophy of Education

The true goal of education is to increase human competency, which is achieved through the application of different information and skills that humans themselves require. The goal of education is to support students' human potential development. Education is seen by Indonesians as the country's battle. History has demonstrated that ties and exchanges with the Islamic civilization, which is presently undergoing growth, are inextricably linked to the highs and lows of education. With the rise of Islamic education ideas, this is undeniable. History reveals that the Abbasid period, which reached its zenith, is when Islamic educational philosophy started to take shape. The idea of education, which includes children's education, educational objectives, and educational principles, was first articulated by Al-Qabisi.It is impossible to learn about other objects that have a higher ontological status, namely immaterial reality, without the presence of the five senses, according to Ikhwan As-Shafa. Only the five senses are capable of perceiving objects in the form of material-physical reality that are present in space and time. metaphysical. The As-Shafa Brotherhood's profound admiration of the senses demonstrates the significant influence of Aristotelianism in their epistemological thought. In this regard, they even venture to promise that, provided all circumstances are met, there will be no errors made by the senses.

Educational Thought of Islamic Philosophers Perspective of Islamic Philosophy of Education

The true goal of education is to increase human competency, which is achieved through the application of different information and skills that humans themselves require. The goal of education is to support students' human potential development. Education is seen by Indonesians as the country's battle. History has demonstrated that ties and exchanges with the Islamic civilization, which is presently undergoing growth, are inextricably linked to the highs and lows of education. With the rise of Islamic education ideas, this is undeniable. History reveals that the Abbasid period, which reached its zenith, is when Islamic educational philosophy started to take shape. The idea of education, which includes children's education, educational objectives, and educational principles, was first articulated by Al-Qabisi.It is impossible to learn about other objects that have a higher ontological status, namely immaterial reality, without the presence of the five senses, according to Ikhwan As-Shafa. Only the five senses are capable of perceiving objects in the form of material-physical reality that are present in space and time. metaphysical. The As-Shafa Brotherhood's profound admiration of the senses demonstrates the significant influence of Aristotelianism in their epistemological thought. In this regard, they even venture to promise that, provided all circumstances are met, there will be no errors made by the senses.

The Intervention Opportunity: Why the Industry Does Not Do More and How New Collaborative Workflows with Aligned Outcomes Can Change This

Summary This analysis challenges the typical way interventions have been planned and executed, both on an operational and a commercial basis, and examines where there is room for significant improvement in the industry. Perhaps more importantly, it examines the case for performing interventions and tries to explain the challenges (“headwinds”) in what is an opportunity to achieve both financial and net-zero emissions goals. Benchmarked data have already shown that opportunity absolutely exists to do more, and we investigate why the intervention opportunity is underserved. By appreciating the issues operators face when justifying and designing intervention activities, the challenges can thus be addressed by proper alignment to the best outcome. Intervention global expenditure is a small percentage of the total cost of exploration and production, and yet there is a strong value case for such operations. This study examines why this is so and then looks at how to address those issues. There is a huge array of well integrity and reservoir performance challenges that can bottleneck production, and the industry has delivered many innovative solutions to address these issues. Reduced capital expenditure over the past years and the pressure to maintain production sustainably should create a perfect climate for intervention. However, an asset mindset that is often risk averse to entering a producing well, as well as complex workflows, will too often detract from the opportunity to intervene. New workflows—including digital—can simplify the identification of candidate wells, and intervention techniques can help determine the success rate of the operations, as well as incremental production gains, more reliably to enable more robust outcomes. However, current contracting techniques and conventional key performance indicators can also cause further misalignment as to the true goal of interventions being to increase production sustainably. Those issues and how they have been resolved are addressed in this study. New workflows and commercial models have been used to facilitate the quicker identification of intervention opportunities, enabling collaborative planning and optimal solution identification, combined with feedback mechanisms to ensure continuous close collaboration between technical experts enabled by digital tools, which can disrupt the conventional intervention model. Case examples support the arguments made and demonstrate a new way of performing interventions. New digital workflows combined with strong collaborative, technical domain knowledge and a wide array of possible intervention solutions can change current typical intervention models. With these changes, further improvements can then be made to the conventional business models used to maximize the intervention opportunity and the sustainability opportunities it brings with regard to getting the most out of existing infrastructure.

Sebuah Refleksi dan Konstruksi Keilmuan Berbasis Pemikiran Sastrajendra Hayuningrat Pangruwating Diyu

This article aims to construct a science based on the thought of Sastrajendra Hayuningrat Pangruwating Diyu. This article uses the method of a pashalik's spiritual journey consisting of three stages, namely mortal life, the "death" phase, and the real-life after "death", and is based on the Nusantara Paradigm. This construction changes the form of future science, which has a different dimension from modern science that only emphasizes material goals. The purpose of the science that will be taught is to return to God, which is the true goal. Manners are the main thing in transforming civilization, so it must be instilled in the process of teaching science. The teaching method uses various dimensions both physical and spiritual. The cognitive process is based on mental cultivation, taste, and meditation, and reflexivity.

«Науки об исламе» и «науки ислама»: тождество и различия

On the assumption of the identity and differences between the “sciences of Islam” and “Islamic sci-ences”, the peculiarities of their subject matter, logic, and methodology of knowledge, the author substantiates the significance of combining the efforts and potential of various branches of Islamic studies in order to create the image of Islam adequate to the in-depth essence and forms of the Mus-lim religion and to overcome the stereotypical ideas thereof. The specific features of the “sciences of Islam” are derived from their initial focus on developing a value-neutral image of Islam formed by an outside researcher guided by the criteria of social and humanitarian knowledge. “Islamic scienc-es” are associated with their traditional orientation towards understanding Islam from within the religion itself, on the basis of unconditional faith in One Allah, the Islamic understanding of the world and man, as well as the cult, norms of behavior, and principles of Islamic doctrine prescribed from above. The article substantiates the danger of a content-related transformation of “Islamic sci-ences”, the prospect of losing their confessional essence and meaning in the event of their forced transformation into a scientific discipline that meets the criteria of social and humanitarian knowledge. Another subject to the author’s critical consideration is Islamology, which in recent dec-ades has established itself as a borderline branch of Islamic knowledge formed according to the can-ons of post-non-classical science. It is noted that Islamology, declaring itself a discipline that meets international standards of science, is based on the principles of critical analysis and dialogue with various humanities and social sciences and focuses on the paradigm of understanding God as the true goal of a scientist, actually transforms the problem of understanding the essence and existence of Islam into the problem of the essence and existence of Allah, which has always been and still re-mains the pivot of theology/theology of Islam.

Pengembangan Kemampuan Kreativitas dalam Pembelajaran IPS

The field application shows that social science education is still mainly theoretical. The attitude that social science education is only "for memorization" is only partially responded to by teachers who solely focus on delivering theoretical content. The classroom learning process shows that schools have not been able to optimize students' creative thinking abilities, especially in using those abilities to solve everyday challenges. To encourage student creativity, teachers must have their own creative skills. If teachers act as creative pilots for the class, student creativity will also emerge. To achieve the true goals of social science education, the lesson materials outlined in the syllabus must be well developed. New ideas or ideas that have never been thought of before are considered creative. In the field of education, creativity is very important for understanding lessons or understanding all future tasks. Therefore, efforts to foster creativity should begin from elementary school or early childhood. Creative expression and the actualization of personal identity in relation to oneself, nature, and others is an experience.

INTEGRASI MATERI PAI DALAM UPAYA PENCEGAHAN DEKADENSI MORAL DI ERA DIGITAL

Moral decadence may arise as a result of a lack of understanding of the meaning and relevance of faith itself. Unfavorable environmental conditions can have an impact on morale and educational disorientation, which is known if the current learning orientation is to obtain good grades. They do not understand and master the knowledge and abilities they should master. In this case, education has a very important role in achieving the true goals of students' education optimally. Where the school has become a second parent for children who in the process really want to create and present the best for the development of students so that they can confidently create a happy and prosperous life in this world and the hereafter. Therefore, the material offered by Islamic religious education includes elements contained in the Koran and Sunnah. The PAI material that is presented must also follow developments in the challenges that exist in society, and the existing material must also be packaged in such a way that it is not out of date and remains guided by the sources of the Koran and Sunnah. That way we can answer and overcome phenomena that occur, such as moral decadence in this digital era. The aim of this research is to provide an overview of how to integrate Islamic religious education materials in efforts to prevent moral decadence in the current digital era. The method used by researchers is to use qualitative methods, with a phenomenological approach where the data collection technique uses observation and interviews. The results of this research show that it is very important to have updates in Islamic religious education material, this is because the learning process from year to year has had very significant changes. So with material prepared in accordance with the challenges faced in the digital era, where students are more inclined towards technology, today's educational challenges are different from previous challenges.

Practice of Interfaith Marriages in Indonesia on Islamic Jurisprudence

This article discusses Islamic jurisprudence in responding to the practice of interfaith marriages in Indonesia. The practice of interfaith marriages in Indonesia has occurred, despite rejection from various Islamic circles. According to Islamic law, in this case the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has prohibited the practice of marriage. This interfaith marriage cannot achieve the true goal of marriage. This research uses a normative approach using the Sadd Dzari'ah theory. Sadd Adzariah refers to actions that initially provide benefits, but end in losses. The conclusion of this research shows that the Sadd Dzari'ah concept in prohibiting interfaith marriages aims to prevent religious change and avoid potential conflicts within the family. Interfaith marriages can cause one of the Muslim partners to change their faith, so the clerics prohibit it to prevent negative impacts such as changing beliefs. In addition, restrictions on interfaith marriages aim to create peace in the family and prevent children who marry non-Muslims from following non-Muslim religions. This prohibition also aims to avoid divisions in the family.

Time saved in disease progression for treatments in AD (including 3 monoclonal antibodies and 2 other promising treatments)

AbstractBackgroundAlzheimer’s disease progression causes worsening on multiple symptoms of disease which can be measured by cognitive, functional and global scales. These scales can be thought of as surrogate outcomes for the true disease progression. The degenerative and therefore progressive nature of the disease indicates that time is a measurable gold standard against which we can assess all other outcomes. Composite endpoints and global statistical tests have been used to approximate this progression outcome since it is not directly measurable. Using time as the gold standard, one can calculate the alignment of any measure against the gold standard using a signal to noise ratio. A combination of the ADAS‐cog, ADCS‐ADL and CDR‐sb aligns more than 90% with the unmeasurable progression outcome.MethodConverting each of the clinical scales to a time scale allows us to measure progression in “disease progression” time: i.e. months of progression per month of treatment, which should be linear in nature despite any non‐linearity in the clinical scale. A recent meta‐analysis was performed and data from relevant studies have been estimated using an overall progression time metric.ResultResults for five studies of interest (three monoclonal antibodies and two other treatments) Aducanumab, Donanemab, Lecanemab, AD04, and Souvenaid show time savings range from 2 months per year to 7 months per year. Results for these five studies are presented in Table 1.ConclusionMeasuring time savings in a degenerative disease reflects the true goal of disease modifying treatments which is to slow down a progressive disease which will result in slowing of progression on all aspects or symptoms of disease. Progressive diseases would cease to be diseases at all if there was no progression of symptoms. Focusing on the clinical meaningfulness of each separate point on each outcome distracts us from this overall goal. Progression time savings is meaningful to patients, caregivers and all stakeholders and can be calculated from meaningful, clinically acceptable outcomes.

Wrist proprioception—An update on scientific insights and clinical implications in rehabilitation of the wrist

The field of wrist proprioception, as it relates to rehabilitation and surgery, has gone through a period of intense growth in the past decade. From being primarily focused on the function of the joint and ligaments in patients with wrist trauma or after wrist surgery, the understanding is now that of a greater complexity in treating not just the wrist but the hand and arm as a whole. Proprioception is derived from the Latin words “proprius” – belonging to (oneself) and “-ception” to sense. In other words, how to sense ourselves. To have a complete sense of self, multiple sensory afferents originating from joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons, nerves, skin, vision, and hearing work together to orchestrate a balanced integration of sensorimotor functions, with the true goal to perceive and adapt to the physical world around us. In this update on wrist proprioception, we review current developments in the understanding of proprioception, with an implication for our everyday work as hand therapists and hand surgeons. Each contributing sense—joint, ligaments, muscles, skin, and brain—will be reviewed, and the clinical relevance will be discussed. An updated wrist rehabilitation protocol is proposed where the therapist is guided to rehabilitate a patient after wrist trauma and/or surgery in 4 stages: (1) basic hand and wrist rehabilitation with a focus on reducing edema, pain, and scar formation; (2) proprioception awareness to improve the sense of joint motion and position; (3) conscious neuromuscular rehabilitation where isometric exercises of muscles that are beneficial for a particular injury are promoted, whereas others that are potentially harmful are avoided; and (4) unconscious neuromuscular rehabilitation with training of the reflex and joint protective senses.

Exception Handling in Logic Programming

One problem on logic programming is to express exception handling. We argue that this problem can be solved by adopting linear logic and prioritized-choice disjunctive goal formulas (PCD) of the form G G 0 *1 ⊕ where G0, G1 are goals. These goals have the following intended semantics: sequentially choose the first true goal GI and execute GI where i (= 0 or 1), discarding the rest if any.

Antardvandva: in Urvashi Khandakavya

This article examines the development of conflict in the characters of Siddhicharan Shrestha's Urvashi Khandakavya. Urvashi was captivated by Arjun's brilliance and courage after he reached Indralok, who was in exile, and she was attracted by his arrival. She intends to accomplish her mission by entering Arjuna's bedroom in a state of desire. Khandakavya is based on the context of Arjuna, who is on the verge of attaining the goals of truth, justice, and victory by mastering his senses. Due to Arjuna and Urvashi's divergent aspirations, conflict has developed in the Khandakavya. Based on subheadings, this article analyzes the topic introduction, conflict theory, historical context of conflict, categories of conflict, conflict in Urvashi Khandakavya, positive-positive conflict, negative-negative conflict, positive-negative conflict, etc. What kinds of problems do the poem's protagonists face? The conclusion has been reached that there is a contradiction between poetry and the academic problem-solving endeavor.

Jesus the Harmony, Gospel Sonnets for 366 Days by Gracia M. Grindal

Reviewed by: Jesus the Harmony, Gospel Sonnets for 366 Days by Gracia M. Grindal Philip Nesvig Jesus the Harmony, Gospel Sonnets for 366 Days. By Gracia M. Grindal. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021. 369 pp. Drawing upon the long Christian tradition of harmonizing the life and ministry of Jesus, Gracia Grindal has expanded this form by writing 366 gospel sonnets to match any modern calendar year. Using the harmony provided by Johannes Thorbjørnson Ylvisaker (1845–1917), Grindal astonishingly wrote her sonnets on a daily basis for an entire year. One could assess Grindal's success with the sonnet form, but poetry does not take pride of place in this remarkable [End Page 202] collection. Proclaiming Jesus does! Grindal is preaching to us on every page. The reader is aware that the iambic pentameter rhythm is the structure for each poem. Yet the form is the servant of the proclamation. Each sonnet is one piece of a comprehensive sweep of the biblical message. On one level, the entire Bible story drives each sonnet with a selected gospel pericope plus two additional biblical texts per poem. On another level, the preaching and devotional proclamation of each sonnet reveal the enduring value of Grindal's masterpiece. The reader meets Jesus before and after his public ministry. As such, the starting point for the devotional use of this work is the Advent-Christmas season with but 24 sonnets. The public ministry portion of Grindal's book begins with John the Baptist's pointing to "the Lamb of God" and concludes with the Johannine "These were written so you might believe in Jesus." (Jn 20:31). The same could be said about the sonnets. The reader will be impressed by the Christocentric focus of the sonnets. As the supporting non-Gospel Bible passages are read, Jesus appears in the sonnets much as Luther discovered him in all of Scripture. The result is a profound appreciation for the "red thread of salvation" (xvii). The sonnets proclaim the paradoxical glory of Jesus' death. Lutheran theological themes and points of emphases enrich the texts. Poetic paraphrases, puns, allusions, turns of phrase, slogans, artfulness, wry humor and metaphors provide both profundity and play. They delight the reader. Names of Christians throughout the centuries appear with some occasional surprise as an echo of the texts in their witness. We meet St. Francis, Hieronymus Bosch, Flannery O'Connor, Joseph Conrad, Mother Teresa, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as well as some lesser knowns who gave their ordinary but impressive witness. This sonnet collection is best appreciated by those who have worked the biblical texts for years, namely, experienced preachers and all students of the Bible. Having said this, all readers will benefit from engaging the three daily texts as well as the sonnet. The true goal of each sonnet is to evoke the living Word, thereby preaching Jesus to the reader. Some books require a slow read because the thought process and the argument presented are intricate and [End Page 203] intellectually demanding. Other books require a slow read because they are so rich in meaning that they must be absorbed in due time. Grindal's work is the latter type. Jesus the Harmony deserves to become a devotional classic. Philip Nesvig Tacoma, Washington Copyright © 2023 Johns Hopkins University Press and Lutheran Quarterly, Inc.

Knowledge and society: A comprehensive approach to social epistemology

This article proposes an alternative approach to social epistemology – a comprehensive approach. It argues that the dominant approaches to social epistemology, which it identifies as communitarian and veritistic, are inadequate. It observes that the nature of the emphasis that the communitarian approach places on the epistemic community foster mindless tolerance in epistemology, which makes the pursuit of the cognitive goal of truth difficult to attain. It also observes that the veritistic approach that seeks to refocus social epistemology on the pursuit of the cognitive goal of obtaining truth does this at the expense of the affective goals of social epistemology. To overcome the inadequacies of the communitarian and the veritistic approaches and to ensure that social epistemology effectively pursues its cognitive and affective goals, this article offers the comprehensive approach. This approach absorbs the virtues of the communitarian and the veritistic approaches while avoiding their errors. Hence, it thrives on a view of truth that posits an objective and a subjective dimension of truth. The objective dimension ensures that the community only fosters and never impedes social epistemological projects such that social epistemology continues to pursue the cognitive goal of truth. The subjective dimension guarantees that the concern for truth does not lead to the neglect or abandonment of the pursuit of the affective goals of social epistemology. The rationale behind this approach is that for social epistemological projects and practices to remain truly epistemological and social, they must always take into consideration the cognitive and affective features of knowledge and knowers.

Mental capacity-why look for a paradigm shift?

Challenges to the legitimacy of mental capacity over the past 10 years have been spearheaded by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the treaty body for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This challenge has been asserted to have produced a 'paradigm shift'. In this article, we examine why that interpretation has had such limited traction in the legal policy arena, and whether it should have traction. We also analyse whether the Committee has subtly but importantly shifted its position. We then develop an argument that the true goal, compatible with the CRPD, is the satisfactory determination of whether a person has or lacks mental capacity to make or take a relevant decision. Our article contextualises multi-disciplinary, research-informed guidelines designed as a contribution to satisfactory determination. While our article is based upon the position in England and Wales, we suggest that our conclusions are of wider application.

Проблемы оценки эффективности административно- территориальных преобразований в России

In modern studies devoted to the issues of reforming the administrativeterritorial division in the present and historical past of Russia, the point of view traditionally prevails, according to which the true goal of such transformations is to create not so much an economically efficient but a state-administrative territorial framework. However, most of these judgments are not supported by empirical evidence and quantitative estimates. Therefore, modeling the problem of the conflict of managerial and economic interests during the reform of the administrative- territorial division of Russia seems to be an interesting research task. Its solution will give a new assessment of the effectiveness of administrative-territorial transformations both in historical retrospect and in modern political realities. The authors collected statistical data for 135 years for studying the evolution of the territorial organization of Russia. The value of real GDP per capita in 1913 prices was chosen as an endogenous variable. As the main variables of interest, dummy variables were used, obtained according to the authors’ grouping of historical events and characterizing political and economic initiatives to change the territorial division of the country. As a result of modeling, it was proved that the transformations on the "crossroads" of the administrative borders of the regions (regardless of the declared goals) during the period under review contributed more to solving the political and managerial tasks of the Center than to the economic development.