Well-known Specialist Research Articles

INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN ODESA NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY AS A SOURCE BASE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Nowadays, when there are significant changes in society regarding libraries and books, both printed and digital, a new social phenomenon needs to be studied and rethought - book culture and its integral part - private book collections. Personal book collections as a social and cultural phenomenon are primarily a historical source. They are of great interest as not only a reflection of the professional and research interests of its owner, but also as a reminiscence, that reflects the history of book culture. As a rule, personal book collections of famous public figures, scientists, cultural figures become part of large public libraries, the main task of which, in addition to preserving the cultural heritage of the nation for future generations, is to study and put into scientific circulation these collections. From the first days of its existence until today, one of the sources of replenishment of Odesa National Scientific Library are gifts. Among the donors of the library were Novorossiysk and Bessarabia Governor-General M.S. Vorontsov, famous historian and archaeologist I.O. Stempkovsky, honorary member of Odesa Society of History and Antiquities P.Y. Burachkov, patron and trustee of the library M.M. Tolstoy, Ukrainian bibliographer and public figure M. F. Komarov, famous microbiologist and bacteriologist J. Yu. Bardakh. Modern library enthusiasts continue the glorious tradition of donating one’s own libraries, which began in the 19th century. In 1996, the family of a mathematician, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences M.G. Krein, transferred the private book collection of the scientist to the library. During 1995-2016, the French artist, public figure and honorary citizen of Odesa, winner of 159 the Gallery of Honorary Philanthropists of Odesa "People of Generous Hearts" S. Savary-Polidori donated books, art albums, periodicals and more. In 2016, the library received a book collection of mathematician and a well-known specialist in the field of graph theory O.O. Zykov and many others. Book collection started by the famous French artist, public figure and philanthropist Suzanne Savary-Polidori is exceptionally rare. The collection includes 4,667 copies of books, art albums, audio-visual documents, periodicals and electronic publications in French, English, German and other languages. Searching for rare editions in bookstores in France, Belgium, Switzerland and other countries, S. Savary-Polidori carefully collected and publications on history, economics, literary theory, psychology, medicine, art, etc.to Odesa library. In 2016, an important acquisition of Odesa National Scientific Library became the book collection of the worldfamous Ukrainian scientist-mathematician, professor, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, one of the creators of the theory of graphs Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Zykov. It was handed over by his wife Taisiya Zykova. The collection consists of books, periodicals, maps and private archives of the scientist and has 1,772 documents that reflect his professional and scientific interests. Of particular value is his personal archive, which has 108 units of storage and consists of his own documents, correspondence with scientists, manuscripts of his research and more. Thanks to the libraries of Suzanne Savary-Polidori and Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Zykov, the collection of Odesa National Scientific Library was replenished with valuable book editions from various fields of knowledge. In addition, private libraries are cultural monuments that, in addition to the owner's personality and professional interests, reflect the history of book culture at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. An important activity of Odesa National Scientific Library is the accumulation, preservation, study, implementation in scientific circulation and promotion of these unique collections, which are part of national book collections of Ukraine.

“Library Environment and Space” is New Academic Discipline at the East-Siberian State Institute of Culture

The article is devoted to the theoretical justification of the training course “Library environment and space” and the experience of teaching it at the Department of library and information resources of the East Siberian State Institute of Culture (VSGIK). Interaction of library, environment and space is studied using environmental, contextual and spatial approaches. In order to clarify the system of terminology, the authors analyse publications of well-known specialists in library science considering the features of library environment and space. The authors determine the contexts of library and information activities in the library, being socio-cultural institution: physical, historical, communicative, social, ethical, etc. Contextual approach is considered from the perspective of structure of library and information activities. The article indicates the ways of organizing space and environment under the provisions of the “Model standard of public libraries”, as well as the “Concept of modernization of municipal libraries of the Russian Federation on the basis of model standard of public libraries” and “Guidelines for modernization of municipal libraries based on the model standard of public libraries”.The authors generalize the experience of the East Siberian State Institute of Culture in studying library space in the framework of scientific conferences held and educational programs implemented. The article characterizes the authorial discipline “Library environment and space” approbated at the VSGIK in 2016. The authors prove feasibility of its introduction into the Master’s curriculum, reveal goals and objectives of the course, its interconnection with other disciplines, give the fragments of the educational program. The article describes the method of applying the innovative methods of mental maps, puzzle technologies, which help through visualization of objects of study to develop associative perception, imagination, teamwork, collaboration and co-creation, which are important for organizing library environment and space in the public library. Special attention is paid to the specific features of the final lesson, the main form of which is the discussion on the topic “Model library: pros and cons”.The authors consider it justified to introduce the discipline “Library environment and space” into the Master’s educational course of study to form the competence PC-3 “Ability to create and maintain an open, psychologically comfortable library environment”.

<p><strong>Two new Mesozoic species of Tipulomorpha (Diptera) from the Teete locality, Russia </strong></p>

In Siberia, there are numerous Jurassic and Cretaceous locations abundant in fossil insects. The Teete outcrop (renamed Kempendyay) located in the eastern Siberia (Russia) is an important site due to its age estimated to beginning of the Lower Cretaceous as well as its high taxa diversity and very good specimen preservation. However, it is poor in fossils of the Limoniidae. Study of the rare Tipulomorpha material from the Teete locality (= Kempendyay) is presented herein and two new species are described and illustrated. One of them belongs to the family Pediciidae, Prearchitipula ryszardi sp. nov., and the second to the family Limoniidae, Eotipula wieslawi sp. nov. Both species are dedicated to two well-known Polish specialists of fossil Diptera Nematocera.

Strengthening of the political component in the antigovernment actions of students in Naddnipryanska Ukraine in the the 90’s of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries

The purpose of the article: to consider the process of strengthening of political requirements, the radicalization of the student movement at universities in the under Russian Ukraine. In modern literature, in our opinion, such questions as the level of schism among students, in particular, the role of the so-called “Academics”, excessive radicalism in assessing professions, the negative impact on the left of radical left parties. Methods: historical-structural, paradigmal, etc. Main results. This article is devoted to the scientific analysis of student disorders in the universities of pre-revolutionary under Russian Ukraine (St. Vladimir University in Kyiv, Novorossiysk University in Odessa, Kharkov University) during the critical period of the 90’s of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Using the historical comparative system-structural research methods, an analysis of the evolution of student disorders was conducted during this period; the reasons for substantial changes were revealed. Comparing the students’ requirements of the 60’s when their demands were mostly connected with the academic points, protest movements even of such content became more catastrophic. For example, the Student Judicial Commission stated that it was illegal to award a scientific degree of Doctor of Chemistry to Professor I. P. Osipov, a well-known specialist of Kharkiv University on theoretical inorganic and organic chemistry (in particular, the thermo-chemistry of solution chemistry) in analytical chemistry and pharmacology, the expert on forensic expertise in cases of arsons and fakes. Similarly, the injustice a part of the students shown to Professor O. O. Einhelman (St. Vladimir University) petitioning in courts protecting rights of regular citizens, orphans and a future author of Ukraine Constitution project 1918. The third students’ congress in the beginning of 1896 firstly appeared the slogan of support for the working class. Events of February 1899 when security guards bitten students of Saint-Petersburg University became a kind of watershed after which the opportunity for effective dialogue between the authorities and students narrowed to the limit. Reasons for the rise of radicalism today are known domination of atheistic worldview of the most part of student youth, promotion of left parties, belief in socialism, as a panacea youth minimalism and intolerance to evolutionary politics falling family influence lack of an effective education system in universities. The Rules for students of 1895 forbidden student reading houses, kitchenettes, holding theatrical performances, balls. There were illegal public speeches, fraternity, cash fees, lithographic content of lectures without the permission of professors, etc. It was allowed to create a student’s family as an exception since May 18, 1898, but only with the consent of the director of educational establishment or rector. On the other hand system of material assistance to a poor student was operating; scholarship funds; practice; exemption from payment for studies; dormitories were built. These benefits were denied to Jew students that often made them the most active protesters. The Academic Council of Kharkiv University believed that the students’ disorders were due to the lack of a university professorial disciplinary court, which had disconnected from professors. Mention that after the assassination by student Karpovich the Minister of Education Bogolepov the government made concessions by adopting on December 22, 1901, “Provisional rules for the organization of student institutions in higher educational institutions”. Then on August 24, 1902, the provisional rules were approved for the activities of the professorial disciplinary court, which worked closely. Well, the influence of radical parties of students’ disbelief in the evolutionary principle of the development of disunity of “academics”, so called students who did not want to participate in disorders led to a new round of rebels. Thus, by the beginning of 1905, the students became a “flammable material” that took an active part in the revolutionary events of the beginning of the XX century. The practical significance of the article lies in the possibility of its use in the preparation of historical and pedagogical manuals. A certain originality is the widespread use of archival sources. Scientific novelty. For the first time, concrete examples show the mosaic complexity of student speeches, including those overly radical and largely deeply erroneous decisions that can be explained not only by the inexperience of young people, but also by the peculiarities of the then social and political situation. Type of article: descriptive-analytical.

Charles Richet. A Nobel Prize Winning Scientist’s Exploration of Psychic Phenomena by Carlos S. Alvarado

Carlos S. Alvarado is a well-known specialist of the history of parapsychology, and also famous for his pedagogical skills mostly as an affiliate of the Parapsychology Foundation and the Alvarado and Zingrone Institute for Research and Education. Most of the material used in this book was already available online on his blog (https://carlossalvarado.wordpress.com) as it is a collection of previously published essays. I’m part of the people who publicly endorsed the book because Alvarado is clearly one of the most qualified authors able to deal with this topic, but here I will provide a complementary expertise based on my reading of the book and my own work on the history of French parapsychology (Evrard, 2016). (I’m also contributed to the Appendix E “Bibliography about and by Charles Richet with emphasis on psychic phenomena”, 119-132).
 Charles Richet (1850-1935) is a French physiologist (Nobel laureate 1913) who had contributed to many fields, among them psychology and psychical research. The book gathers six essays while trying to exhaustively cover these specific contributions through various glasses: a general overview of his interest in psychic phenomena (Chap. 1, 1-26), a discussion of his metapsychic autobiography (Chap. 2, 27-44), an analysis of his early ideas on mental suggestion and his pioneering use of probabilities in human sciences (Chap. 3, 45-54), his various attempts to create gateways between psychology and psychical research (Chap. 4, 55-66), a review of his masterpiece The traité de métapsychique (Chap. 5, 67-84), and a final comment about his own conclusions about what he learnt from psychical research and the survivalist hypothesis (Chap. 6, 85-96). The first four appendices cover small historical points as Richet’s séances with famous medium Leonara Piper (97-102), one of his observation of moving ectoplasm (103-104), a note about the term “ectoplasm” which he didn’t coin (105-106), and an extract from his Traité (107-118) about the scientific statute of “metapsychics”, his own term for parapsychology, in which we have a nice illustration of his clever and Hugolian expression style.

Personalities of teachers of professional training schools and courses for penitentiary personnel in Russia in 1899 - 1916

The article considers the problem of preservation and upgrading of historical and pedagogical legacy of teachers of the earliest professional training schools and courses for penitentiary personnel in Russia. The author considers the quality characteristics (the staffing level and competence of teachers, the participation of practitioners and scientists, etc.) of personalities of teachers of the earliest educational institutions (schools and courses) involved in professional training of penitentiary personnel. The author notes that the personalities of particular teachers are well-known in the scientific world, some are known only among domain experts (particularly those specialized in jurisprudence), some were known only to their contemporaries, while about others there’s no available scientifically important information at all. The author raises the question about the necessity to admit the role of personalities in professional training of penitentiary personnel in Russia. This research is one of the first attempts to introduce the personalities of the earliest professional training schools and courses for penitentiary personnel to the scientific world. The research is based on the archive materials. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the systematization of tendencies of recruiting teachers of the earliest professional training schools and courses for penitentiary personnel: firstly, the absence of permanent teachers even in schools opened upon the adoption of the Law of 1913; secondly, highly positioned civil servants and qualified practitioners were involved in teaching; thirdly, starting with temporary readings, highly competent and well-known specialists had been involved in the educational process, many of them current or would-be leading scientists and acknowledged scholars. The admission of the role of personalities makes it possible to conduct historical research using biographical methods and personalistics.   

Preface

VI International Scientific and Practical Conference “Virtual Simulation, Prototyping and Industrial Design 2019 (VSPID-2019)” VI International Scientific and Practical Conference “Virtual Simulation, Prototyping and Industrial Design 2019 (VSPID-2019)” was held on 16-18 October, 2019, in Tambov State Technical University, Tambov, Russia.The conference is a great assembly of engineers, scientists, academicians and young researchers who gathered to share their research findings and wealth of experiences in the following scientific sections (a) Virtual modeling, visualization and prototyping of technical systems, (b) Virtual modeling, visualization and prototyping of social objects, (c) Virtual modeling in geographical information systems of territories management: development and use, (d) Design and application of computer simulation models, visual simulators and machine vision systems, (e) Creation of e-learning materials using visual simulation and prototyping, (f) Industrial design, (g) Modern information processing, (h) Modeling of processes of teaching and management in Education, and (i) Mathematical modeling of molecular systems.The event offered opportunity for interaction of engineers, scientists, academicians and young researchers, which enabled the participants to discuss and publish their research achievements, as well as identify and discuss possible solutions to the problems of development of methods and algorithms for creation and application of virtual models and prototype of different objects.VSPID-2019 was jointly organized by Tambov State Technical University (Russia) and Tambov Region’s Government (Russia). The Organizing Committee included professors and specialists from Russian Academy of Sciences, Torino Polytechnic Institute (Italy), University of Soka (Japan), Amberg-Weiden University of Applied Sciences (Germany), University of Münster (Germany), Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University (Russia), Moscow State University (Russia) and other institutions.The Organizing Committee sincerely appreciates the various organizations and individuals who worked hard to ensure the spectacular success of the important event. All the manuscripts went through intensive reviews by well-known specialists in various scientific subject areas from India, China, Vietnam, Nigeria, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, and Russia. The editors expresses profound gratitude to all the reviewers, whose dedication heightened the high standard and quality of the research papers.Organizing Committee:Dr. Vladimir Nemtinov, Tambov State Technical University, RussiaEditors:Prof. Sergei Gorlatch, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, GermanyDr. Peter Ogbuna Offor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Mythological features of doctrinal legal thinking

Based on analyses of well-known specialists writings, it is argued in the article, that scientific thinking, including doctrinal legal thinking, cannot but include mythological features, as such thinking goes not only within rational but also within ideal (imaginative) sphere. Remythologization of scientific knowledge becomes active due to move towards postclassic paradigm and researches need to achieve holistic vision of researchable objects and at the same time realize base structures supporting thinking process. Realizing of cognitive connection of rational elements and symbolism of myth illuminates occurrence of specific myth-logic in knowledge development which allows to guess truth by means of intuitive mechanisms which, as it was formerly believed, are not involved into scientific thinking. Difference between scientific and mythological thinking do not interfere such types of thinking to coexist in capacity of mutual complementarity, as human thought does not operate independently and imagery is unattainable apart from estimation. The sphere of modern consciousness, including legal, involves specific myth-logic, as such consciousness still contains archetypes of legal subjects, the real science is based on believe in a number of basic premises and ideas (paradigm) and reality is presented at a most abstract level which does not allow to use, in a nuanced way, an abstract-conceptual and logical-demonstrable knowledge. The adopted point of view is exemplified by human rights conception. It is resumed that mythological thinking is not only existing feature of thinking process but substantial resource of new knowledge. Therefore, the mythologic in science is not a fantasy but more like a guessed truth. Demythologization in legal science can be reached by explanation of all unclear and disputable points.

Requirements for the definitions in law

The article substantiates the importance and methodological application of the theory of concept in jurisprudence. The analysis of the practical use of logic as the science in legal processes is carried out, in particular, the theoretical approaches to the formulation of definitions in law and the criteria of the correctness of normative definitions, developed by domestic and foreign specialists. The relevance and importance of giving due consideration to this aspect of the rule-proclaiming technique were disclosed. It is shown that the effectiveness of legal regulation is largely determined by the level of compliance with logical rules and laws in formulating definitions in regulatory texts, and ignoring these requirements can lead to legal errors and collisions of all kinds. In the formulated theoretical provisions of the article, the author relies on the works of logicians from Kyiv, Moscow, Kharkiv schools, who have made a significant contribution to the development of the modern version of doctrine of concepts, among them outstanding scientists: E.K. Voyshvillo, V.E. Zherebkin, A.E. Konversky, V.D. Titov and also well-known specialists in the field of law, including S.S. Alekseev, V.M. Baranov, V. Kosovich, A.V. Plotnikov, T. Podorozhna, Y.O. Pokrovsky, A.V. Khvorostyankina, etc. - all of them were engaged in the elaboration of theoretical approaches and the development of methodological recommendations on the formulation of correct legislative definitions. Given the crucial importance of legislative definitions in legal matters, the author demonstrates on the example of definitions in Ukrainian and international law that legal gaps in this aspect of rule-proclaiming technique still exist, and therefore extremely it is necessary to deepen the development of methodological guidelines for the requirements that are put forward to the definitions in law. The practical part of the study is based on the analysis of some definitions of legal concepts from the existing legislative texts. The author of the article concluded that, apart from generally accepted logical rules for the formation of definitions, the lawmaker must also take into account some specific requirements regarding definitions in law. As a result of the research, these specific requirements are formulated. Among them: constancy of meaning of the formulated concepts in different legislative texts, avoidance of evaluative and moral terms and concepts, sequence and coherence in correlation of legal concepts and categories in different legal sources, avoidance of synonyms, brevity, and completeness of the formulated definitions, use of the popular science style and avoidance of overloaded verbal constructions. Each provision was illustrated with examples of existing legislation.

«Нічого в житті не зрікаюсь» (життєвий шлях та інтелектуальна біографія Ольги Діденко)

Висвітлено життєвий шлях та інтелектуальну спадщину відомої уманської краєзнавиці, активної діячки пам’яткоохоронного руху другої половини ХХ ст., поетеси та громадської активістки Ольги Петрівни Діденко (1916-2010). Простежено процес формування поглядів О. Діденко, її найближче інтелектуальне оточення й основні досягнення у дослідженні історії Уманщини. Розглянуто інтелектуальну спадщину О. Діденко: опубліковану та підготовлені, але неопубліковані матеріали з етнографії, історії українського мистецтва та результати багаторічних археологічних експедицій.

Mykola Yakovych Dakhnov (1862–1930): the Symbolic Personality of Steppic Forestry

The purpose of the article is search and generalization of information about M. Ya. Dakhnovʼs life and activity and creation of the most complete biography of the outstanding forester of Ukraine for today.Methods of research: analytical-synthetic, historical-chronological, comparative-historical, logical, historical-biographical.The scientific novelty: for the first time in the historical-chronological context the life and creative way of the outstanding forester M. Ya. Dakhnov is being considered. The hypothesis about the M. Ya. Dakhnov's pedigree is expressed and substantiated.Practical significance: materials can be used in drawing up handbooks on the history of forestry in Ukraine.The originality of the research is based on a wide range of sources used and their analytical and synthetic elaboration.Type of article: descriptive, research. scientific and biographical.The main results. Based on the analysis of historiographical sources on the history of the development of the national steppe forestry, the subject of research was determined: the life and career of a well-known forester and gardener Mykola Yakovych Dakhnov. The little-known facts of his life activity were introduced into scientific circulation. A hypothesis was expressed about who were the parents (father) M. Ya. Dakhnov. The materials are given that in his youth M. Ya. Dakhnov was involved in protest actions against the government of the Russian Empire. The process of the formation of M. Ya. Dakhnov as a well-known specialist in the field of steppe forestry and gardening is considered. Based on the study of materials of the forestry congress in Great Anadol (1908), the role of M. Ya. Dakhnov in the creation and practical implementation of various types of afforestation and methods of "remediation" of forest stands was substantiated. His organizational and scientific activities during the 1908 congress in Great Anadol are shown and his proposals on strengthening the gardening direction in lower forest schools are considered. Given the little-known facts from the life and work of M. Ya. Dakhnov after 1919, when he retired, It was suggested that the resignation and relocation to Alushta could be associated with family circumstances caused by the civil war. Attention is drawn to the presence of "white spots" in biographical essays on M. Ya. Dakhnov. It is noted in this regard, the need for further research of his life and work.

To the 70th anniversary of the birth of Professor V. V. Ivanenko

The main factors of the formation of personality of V. V. Ivanenko, stages of the biography of the famous scientisthistorian and teacher, manager of the high school are considered. The focus of the authors’ attention is the creative work of a scientist - a well-known specialist on the modern history of Ukraine, his work on expanding historical knowledge on the issues of the controversial Soviet period, the didactic activity of the scientific and pedagogical worker, his hard work on the preparation of higher education qualifications as a scientific Head, Consultant and Chair of the Specialized Academic Council on History. An important part of the work of the historian within the framework of the program "Rehabilitated History" in the Dnipropetrovsk region was the revival and preservation of historical memory, the study of punitive and repressive policies of Soviet power, which led to numerous victims of the Stalinist totalitarian regime. The various initiatives of the vice-rector on modernization of educational work with a student youth, his public activity were revealed. The contribution of the jubilator to the development of higher historical education and science in Ukraine is recognized.

"Essay on the history of fossil ungulates" by Academician M. V. Pavlova as phenomenon in the world palaeozoological science (end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries)

The objective of the research is to reveal the main areas of research of Academician M. V. Pavlova in scientific works "Essay on the history of fossil ungulates" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to show the contribution of these works to the world of palaeozoological science. The scientific novelty is that the life path and academic heritage of academician M. V. Pavlova was investigated in complex in the context of the development of Palaeozoology for the first time in Ukrainian historiography, and her scientific biography was reconstructed; the history of domestic palaeozoology is presented through the prism of M. V. Pavlova work and her scientific school; the published and handwritten works of the scientist were analyzed, which enabled to deepen the knowledge about the history of the national palaeozoological science and its influence on the development of world science. She demonstrated the importance of fossil mammal research for stratigraphic constructions. The founder of paleontology, as a scholarly discipline, is considered a prominent George Cuvier. Also, Paleontology and its section of Palaeozoology were created, such world-renowned scholars as Albert Godry, Otniel Marsh, Edward Cop, Volodymyr Kovalevsky, Melchior Neumire, Louis Dollo, Henry Osbourne, and others. To this galaxy of scientists-paleozoologist belongs also our compatriot, academician M. V. Pavlova (1854-1938). It was established that Maria Vasylivna Pavlova (in the girlhood M. V. Gortynskaya) is an entire era in the development of Palaeozoology. She is an outstanding specialist in the study of fossil mammals, the organizer and promoter of Palaeozoology Science. Maria Vasylivna is a world-class paleozoologist, a well-known specialist in scientific circles who was personally familiar with many prominent paleo scientists, for example, Albert Godri, who was her teacher at the Sorbonne, and with Henry Osborne she studied together at the same university, supported the connections with him all her life. The first woman-paleontologist, woman-professor, female academician in the Russian Empire, thanks to whom the domestic paleontology was allocated to independent biological science and which, with its research, laid the foundation for the development of paleontology (palaeozoology) in Ukraine. Works on the history of a large number of groups of fossil ungulates ended one of the cycles of M. V. Pavlova works, that showed the monophyletic development of most of the ungulates, the number of Tertiary and Quaternary faunas in the territory of the Russian Empire and in general in Ukraine.

The 85th Anniversary of Academician V.V. Alekseev

In the article dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Veniamin V. Alekseev, the author traces the main milestones of the scientific biography of the prominent historian who is a well-known specialist in the field of national history and the theory of historical process and the founder of the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The paper considers the main stages of the formation of the scientist, his scientific, organizational and administrative activities in the field of historical science. The author highlights the scientific results of Academician V.V. Alekseev that made him well known in Russia and abroad, his theoretical and methodological studies and such large blocks of scientific research as the history of Russian modernizations, the phenomenon of Russian regionalism, the history of metallurgy of the Urals and industrial heritage. The article also focuses on the features of the scientific method of V.V. Alekseev and his merits in the formation of the documentary base for historical research.

THE ONTOLOGY OF EXISTENCE: THE NEXT PARADIGM. A review of the book "THE IDEA OF THE WORLD: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARGUMENT FOR THE MENTAL NATURE OF REALITY", by Bernardo Kastrup

In recent decades, attempts to create and argue a new ontology of existence that could provide a robust alternative to the mainstream physicalist metaphysics have been made in science and philosophy. A new book by Bernardo Kastrup (2019, 312 p.), a well-known specialist in the field of philosophy of mind and neuroscience of consciousness, offers the author's conceptually clear and rigorous formulation of the philosophical system. The author proves that appearance and reality in ontology are fundamentally experiential. A universal phenomenal consciousness is the sole ontological primitive, which patterns of excitation constitute existence, and a human being is dissociated mental complexes of this universal consciousness, surrounded like islands by the ocean of its mentation. Kastrup’s idea of the World has an idealist ontological underpinning. The author contrasts his vision of the world with the existing ideas of the world perception, such as physicalism, microexperientialism and cosmopsychism. The quality of the argument, which is given in the book, suggests the revival of the philosophy of idealism as the next paradigm, according to which a form of universal mind will be viewed as nature's sole fundamental entity.

DESCRIPTION OF GONATOPUS XUI SP. N. FROM INDIA (HYMENOPTERA DRYINIDAE)

A new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) is described from India: Gonatopus xuisp. n. It is thefirst species of Dryinidae reported from Himachal Pradesh. The new species belongs to group 7 of Gonatopus. The key tothe females of the Oriental species of Gonatopusgroup 7 is modified to include the new taxon. The new species is namedafter the late Professor Zaifu Xu, from Guangzhou (China), well-known specialist of Chinese dryinids.

Русский консерватизм и народное представительство

The article is devoted to the issue of Russian conservatism and popular representation and analyzes the new historiography of social thought in the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries on the basis of a number of monographs and materials of well-known specialists in late Slavophilism published by the “Russian Idea” internet site over the period of several years. The authors differentiate the protective conservatism (in the spirit of K.P. Pobedonostsev and his work “The Great Lie of Our Time”) that denied the positive role of any representation, and the social conservatism that saw the popular representation in the form of Zemsky Sobor as an integral part of political life and panacea against revolution. The authors prove the thesis that moderate conservative and Slavophiles’ recipes of social and political system modernization, based on the principles of power and society mutual trust, much better suited the goals of Russian state system evolutionary modernization than the reactionary protective conservatism on the one hand, and western liberal parliamentarism, on the other hand.

The Greatness of the Personality in the Hybrid Conditions of Totalitarianism: to the 80th Anniversary of the Memory of Mykola Radin

This article is based on the analysis of human issues in history using the example of people in the leading positions of administration in the unique metallurgical industrial giants of the Dnieper Ukraine and Azov region, who were tasked with solving the problems of Soviet industrialization under the rule of a totalitarian regime in the USSR. The research is based on a wide range of published works, as well as newly found and in-depth researched documents of both federal and local Soviet state archival institutions, as well as the archive of the regional administration of the Security Service of Ukraine; with the main attention being focused on little-known events and facts. At the center of the study is one of the long-unknown figures of the big industry in Soviet Ukraine. For the first time in historical studies, the roles and relationships that the industrial manager Mykola Radin had with the Party Committee, under the conditions which were officially codified in the newly adopted Constitution of the Soviet Union and the Constitution of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, are analyzed and viewed through qualitative changes in society and somewhat expanded democracy, while almost simultaneously the ruling party demanded immediate deployment of a policy to target new "pests" and "enemies of the people". The article showcases the mechanism of cooperation between the young leaders of the plant's local Party Committee and the newly elected municipal Communist Party of Ukraine members with the Party's paramilitary units of the Soviet Secret Service of that era: the NKVD. The research of the archived documents of the plant’s Party Committee shows us proof that a Russian graduate of the Military Academy, without actually having any idea about the process of metallurgical production, used the local Party elections to organize a hybrid offensive against well-known and respectable specialists of industry, in the name of a prompt execution of the Stalinist Central Committee's program on the "strengthening of the class struggle with further progress towards Socialism", and hence the intensive searches for more "Pests" and "enemies of the people". Moreover, the agent of Moscow succeeded in organizing a kind of partnership with the local party leaders to further trouble the director of the plant. The research allowed us to prove and document the truth and decency of Mykola Radin, the head of the giant metallurgical plant, and the unfoundedness of the Party's attacks against him, which was very much characteristic of the absurdity of exaggeration among the Communisty Party functionaries, who lived in fear of the NKVD, especially during the Great Terror. Their hybrid offensive can be send as a model betrayal of humanity and basic decency. The historic memory proves a constant need for further deepening of the old and searching for the new information concerning repressed leaders of industrialization in Soviet Ukraine.

Advances in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery of the 13th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association

The 13th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association was held from 4th to 7th September 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of well-known specialists and scholars from 96 countries around the world were invited for the great event. The congress aimed to explore the latest achievements of diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases from both the clinical and basic perspective. In this article, authors reviewed and analyzed the up-to-date research information and combined clinical researches of the author team, in order to share the experience and achievements in the field of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery with colleagues and provide new information and inference for optimization of diagnosis and treatment in this field. Key words: Liver surgery; Biliary surgery; Pancreatic Surgery; The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association; Precision medicine; Translational medicine

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