The book “Russian common folk herbalists and healers: a collection of medical manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries”, published by Professor V. M. Florinsky (Kazan, 1879) is analyzed. The importance of the study of written monuments of medical content for studying the history of the formation of Russian medical terminology is emphasized. The importance of studying the “Herbalist” and the “Book called cool garden” included in the collection of Florinsky is substantiated. The uniqueness of the language situation in which the named monuments were created is noted - the end of the XVII - the beginning of the XVIII centuries. The objectives of the study are listed. They include identifying the names of diseases and disease states. Word-formation models characteristic of these items are described. Nominative phrases are considered, which play the role of preterm in the professional speech of physicians. It is concluded that the processes of term formation in the Russian medical field, as well as descriptions of painful conditions, were carried out at first using the resources of the mother tongue, which coincided with the idea of the national language norm. Attention is drawn to the fact that the combination of Russianisms, Slavisms and borrowed words in the sources studied can serve as confirmation of the hypothesis about the formation of a new book type of language in which the stylistic neutralization of the genetic differences of lexemes begins.

The results of work on a multi-aspect thematic dictionary of Samara dialects is summarized in the article. The novelty of the study is that the created dictionary is the first combined dialect dictionary in the region. It is reported that the language corpus of vocabulary fixations compiled by participants in dialectological expeditions using the methodology for presenting a thematic questionnaire to respondents is used as the main source of material for the thematic dictionary. The question is raised about the possibility of a systematic representation of the vocabulary of secondary dialects. The idea is proved that the thematic presentation of vocabulary material occupies an essential place in the complex characterization of the Volga dialects along with methods for presenting facts at other levels of the language (phonetic, morphological, etc.). The possibility of establishing classifying semantic and word-formation features is demonstrated in the example of separate thematic groups of the dictionary. Attention is drawn to the variety of word-formation formants in lexical-semantic groups, their role in the organization of a certain semantic space. It is concluded that the publication of a thematic dictionary offers great opportunities for the study of dialects of territories of late settlement in various aspects. The author of the article states that the thematic principle of the presentation of vocabulary material makes the structure of the dictionary open, the study of the lexical level of modern dialects is promising.

The process of borrowing English words in Russian and Italian is discussed in the article. Particular attention is paid to the communicative-pragmatic analysis of the peculiarities of the use of Anglicisms in radio speeches. In the study of dynamic language processes, the media and communication have traditionally been the main sources of replenishment of the lexical structure of the language, including through foreign borrowing. The relevance of this work is determined both by the increased scientific interest in comprehension of active language processes in recent decades, and the linguists refer to comparative studies of dynamic phenomena in systems of different languages in order to identify similar or different processes in them, due to national linguistic specificity. A review of the scientific literature on various aspects of the study of borrowing in the analyzed languages is performed, the choice of material is substantiated, and research methods are described. The results of a comparative analysis of Russian and Italian radio speeches are presented. It is established that English-language borrowings have an extensive set of functions that are auxiliary in relation to the system-forming function of radio discourse - the impact on the target audience. It is proved that the coincidence of the main borrowing functions in the radio discourse of the analyzed countries is due to the strong position of the English language as a universal international means of communication.

The article analyzes the semantic structure of the nest * mork - ‘flicker’ in Russian dialects. Extensive lexical material extracted from dialect dictionaries, as well as unpublished card indexes containing materials from field collections of the Toponymic expedition of Ural University (Russian North and Upper Volga Region). A hypothesis is proposed and proved that the values of the * mork - continuants turn out to be related to different stages of flickering, which is a return movement, when either one of the extreme points (darkness or light) comes to the fore, or the intermediate stage is actualized - movement from light to complete darkness and vice versa. A thematic and motivational classification of dialect vocabulary is carried out, during which two main semantic blocks are distinguished: “Nature” and “Man” (there is a third block - “The subject world” - but it is extremely small and contains values derived from the sphere “Man”). It is emphasized that the first block implements primarily meteorological semantics, while the second one shows a wide range of meanings (behavioral, communicative, perceptual, related to the field of physiology, mental, intellectual activity, etc.). Contamination processes are analyzed, the actants of which become elements of the nest being studied (during attraction to the extensions of mor -, smorod -, morsh -, etc.). An explanation of the phenomenon of enantiosemia observed in the semantic space of the studied nest is proposed.

The features of the presentation of the situation of drinking in the works of N. S. Leskov is discussed. It is noted that Bacchic vocabulary can perform various functions in the world of artwork. Firstly, it participates in the spatial organization of the work, “sets” the background for the development of events. Secondly, it performs a plot-modeling function, that is, forms a narrative canvas, is a key turning point of events. It is noted that, in addition to the utilitarian function, wine can be an indicator of social status, values, beliefs. The author sets a goal - to identify the features and characteristics of the names of alcohol, as well as the ethnocultural component of understanding the situation of wine drinking. Features of the name of alcohol are described: hapaks arising on the basis of compounding of the name of alcohol and consonant action or any of its characteristics; positive and negative descriptive names; transfer of the name of the alcohol to the situation and / or its result, etc. It is shown that an important feature of Leskov’s idiostyle is the representation of the Russian national character through the introduction of national customs and traditions, often presented against the background of the life characteristics of other nations, while the situation of wine drinking plays an important role in this case.

The results of an analysis of the rhetoric of Winston Churchill’s public speaking “Their Finest Hour” are presented in the article. The novelty of the study is in the attempt made to interpret the archival documents by comparing the facsimile draft and final texts of the speech of the British Prime Minister. It is emphasized that the authenticity of the sources studied not only determines the correctness of citation, but also is a unique confirmation of the author’s understanding of the components of W. Churchill’s oratory. It is noted that the politician embodies his concept in his own rhetorical practice. It is argued that the text of the speech, according to the theory of the “vertical dimension” of the hermeneutic circle, representing the author’s version of the event, can be interpreted by the reader / listener / researcher. An algorithm for the interpretation analysis of the Prime Minister’s speech is proposed, which is defined by the content of the article “The Scaffolding of Rhetoric”. Attention is paid to the fact that in an incomplete and not translated into Russian language article by young W. Churchill, he defines a number of terms in the rhetoric of successful public speaking: the correct choice of words and phrases in speech; the rhythm of utterance; the presence of convincing argumentation; use of analogy and expressiveness of the speaker’s language. The author of this publication dwells on such a sequence of analysis of the identified rhetorical components of the speaker’s famous speech.

The features of the self-nomination of English-speaking adolescents in Internet communication - in a social network such as Twitter microblogging are discussed in the article. The focus of the article is the anthroponymic units of Internet communication - nicknames belonging to Internet users of the age group of 12-17 years. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to fill up research gaps in socio-, psycho- and ontolinguistics, as well as the unflagging attention of philologists to the anthropocentric aspects of Internet communication. The novelty lies in an integrated approach to the consideration of the features, methods and means of naming teenagers on Twitter. The nominative potential of nicknames is analyzed. In accordance with the nature of the constitutive token, self-nomination groups of autonomous, pseudonymous, and transitional types are distinguished. Conclusions are drawn about the characteristics of the anonymity of teenage names on Twitter (the degree of anonymity and its expressiveness). The authors also dwell on the structural aspect of virtual individual names, identifying the most productive models of property creation in virtual space. The results of a graphical analysis of the research material are presented, accompanied by a quantitative characteristic of paraverbal means. The analysis has established a correlation between the psychological new formations of adolescents and the characteristics of their nicknames on Twitter. It is shown that the inconsistency and originality of the considered stage of the ontogenetic development of users is projected onto their self-nomination.

Attention is paid to the methods of implementing direct and indirect speech acts of apology. It is shown that the use of an indirect speech act of apology along with a direct speech act of apology is typical of the English language. It is noted that the tendency toward the use of stable expressions observed in the English language allows us to analyze the implementation of the indirect speech act of apology with the help of linguistic corps by requesting clichéd expressions used instead of standard speech apology formulas. The description of the methods of formation of indirect speech acts is given. The conditions necessary for the implementation of these speech acts are indicated. The authors dwell on a detailed study of such a method of forming an indirect speech act of apology as reduction, since this method is the main one for an indirect apology. An overview of the main strategies for reduced apology in the English language is given. The analysis of the implementation of these strategies, which can be used individually or combined with each other depending on the context, is performed. The novelty of the study is that for the first time a detailed description of the realizations of the reduced speech act of apology based on the material of linguistic corps is given.

The question is raised about the study of mosque books of the Tobolsk province of the XIX - early XX centuries, stored in the State Budgetary Institution of the Tyumen region “State Archives of Tobolsk”. It is reported that the documents cover the period from 1830 to 1917 and are the metric books of the Siberian Tatars “on a note on births, about marriage, divorce and death”. The relevance of the study is due to the preservation and study of the literary texts of the indigenous Turkic people of Western Siberia - the Siberian Tatars. A review of the geography and chronology of preserved manuscripts is carried out, the features of the composition of the information contained in mosque books of the Sauskan and Chebourg yurts are considered. The authors emphasize the value of metric books as a source, since some traditional features of Tatar writing of the 18th-19th centuries have been preserved in them, which is associated with generally accepted standards for the design of official business papers. The scientific prospects of the study are considered: the creation of a written corpus of manuscript books of Siberian Tatars; analysis of the unexplored literary texts in the corpus, archaeographic (paleographic description, the study of graphics, spelling and punctuation), linguistic-textological and linguocultural aspects; application of the genealogical approach in describing the anthroponymic of Tobolsk province of the 19th - early 20th centuries on the basis of metric data on births, marriages, divorces and death.

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of manipulative mass media discourse. The results of the analysis of Kazakhstani media with verbally expressed manipulative discursive practice are presented. The research material was the Russian-language texts of opposition newspapers and information and analytical portals of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The choice of the source of factual material is due to the fact that it is in such a mass media discourse that language markers of the manipulability of the text are most pronounced. Given the generalization of the results of modern research, the concept of the manipulative nature of mass media discourse is defined. As a result of the analysis of texts from the position of cognitive-discursive and linguistic approaches, the main lexical, morphological and syntactic markers of manipulativeness are identified. For the first time, syntactic tools are described and formalized in which predicates in collocation with lexical and morphological tools form lexical and grammatical markers - statistically valid indicators of computer diagnostics of manipulativeness as a factor of a certain information threat to society. The results of the study can be theoretically and practically significant in the fields of sociology, political science, pragmatic linguistics, journalism, and information technology.

The cognitive mechanisms underlying the semantic-pragmatic evolution of the prepositive component of Latin origin super are described. The analysis is carried out on the basis of the data of the modern Polish language, studied in comparison with the data of the English and Latin languages, acting as donors of the semantic-pragmatic evolution of the prefix. It is proved that the locative semantics of the prefix serves as a trigger that starts the processes of metaphorical reinterpretation in modern English. It is shown that the final stage of the pragmatization of the formant is it’s functioning as an evaluative predicate and emotive interjection. It is stated that in the host Slavic language, the specificity of actualization in speech of the super component is determined by the interaction of linguistic and extralinguistic factors. It is emphasized that the integration of post-socialist countries into the global socio-economic space determines the intensive pragmatic-oriented use of this component in advertising discourse and in colloquial speech. It is noted that the influence of the linguistic factor - the features of the word-formation system - determines a new stage in the morphological evolution of the component super. It has been established that, within the affixal derivatives, a new meaning of an element acquiring the status of a root morpheme is being fixed. The relevance of the work performed is determined by the functional and explanative approach to the description of active word-formation processes occurring in modern Slavic languages under the influence of the universal tendency of linguistic globalization.

The article is devoted to the problem of studying a written scientific English text in medicine. Attention is paid to the features of its formation as a result of long historical development. The question of the patterns of presentation of prescriptive information in the medical text of the XVIII century, which is considered the final stage of the nationalization of the language of science, is revealed. The author determines that a medical text possessing signs of expressing prescriptiveness functions as informing, regulating and influencing the addressee with the aim of expressing the meanings of duty, recommendation, permission and prohibition. The article contains a definition of prescription in relation to a medical text. The description of the ways of expressing prescriptions by means of linguistic units is presented: verbs used in the passive voice, nouns, adjectives and participles. It is shown that such texts are intended to induce the recipient to accurately follow the instructions of the doctor and to prevent the possibility of double interpretation. The main prescriptions of the medical written English-language scientific text of the XVIII century, used by doctors in relation to the recipients, are identified as having a character that is not compulsory, but politely recommended.

The story “The Bird of God” (2018), the work of the Far Eastern writer Tatyana Innokentyevna Gladkikh (born 1952), is reviewed in the article. The scientific novelty of the study is that the prose of Gladkikh was not a subject of comprehension in literary criticism. The relevance of this work is due to the importance of studying regional (Far Eastern) literature, which is a necessary condition for the formation of an integral picture of the domestic historical and literary process. The article presents the results of the immanent analysis of the story; attention is paid to issues of the plot, value content, figuratively motivational nature; the typology of the hero is traced and the typological parallel between the image of the hero of the story and the hero of medieval life - Alexy, the man of God, is justified. It is revealed that the hero of the story embodies the “hagiographic” type of world attitude, which manifests itself in a sense of universality with all living things, love, compassion. Particular attention is paid to the “homecoming” motive, which is seen as central in the plot-storyline and value-semantic organization of the work, and also acts as the organizing principle in the motive complex of the story, combining the images of “wandering”, “house”, “memory”, “soul”. The article traces how the “homecoming” motive is realized at three levels of organization of the artistic structure of the text: storyline, subjective and existential.

The article is devoted to the mythological, historical and personal aspects of the creation of the Theseus dilogy (“The King Must Die”, 1958; “The Bull from the Sea”, 1962) by the English author Mary Renault (1905-1983). The relevance of the study is due to the need to comprehend these mythocentric works, which are the result of the synthesis of various types of artistic mythologism. The study is based on the principles of comparative historical, biographical and historical-genetic methods of analysis of a work of art. The traditions of mythologism in the English literature of the twentieth century are analyzed. The following features are distinguished: the mythological tradition of the twentieth century reflects the pressing issues of our time; modern mythologism implies a change or destruction of the canon. It is stated that the principle of historicity of M. Renault novels is implemented on the basis of archaeological and anthropological works of her contemporaries. It is proved that two types of artistic mythologism are simultaneously used in dilogy: demythologization and remythologization. The authors argue that this approach makes mythogenesis possible within the framework of a realistic narrative. In addition, the question about the implementation of the author’s creative intention to attract public attention to the problems of same-sex relationships is raised.

The essays of populist writers (G. I. Uspensky, N. N. Zlatovratsky, F. D. Nefedov, N. E. Karonin-Petropavlovsky) are explored in the article in the aspect of the theme of childhood for the first time. It is argued that in populist prose, peasant children were most often portrayed as doomed to death. Narodnik writers emphasized the attitude of the peasants themselves towards the infantile death, while noting their social and moral infantilism. It is stated that in populist prose, peasant children were most often portrayed as doomed to death. Narodnik writers emphasized the attitude of the peasants themselves towards the infantile death, while noting their social and moral infantilism. The article analyzes the cycle of Uspensky “From the village diary”, in which the writer considered the problem of guilt and responsibility of the people for their actions. It is proved that the innocence of the peasant was identified by Uspensky with children's innocence. As demonstrated in this article, the entire responsibility for social evil committed among the people, the Narodnik writers was placed on the Russian intelligentsia. They were set the task of spiritual support and practical assistance to the peasantry in the anti-human conditions of capitalism. Thus, the theme of childhood in the Narodnik discourse had a complex sociocultural content, due to the idea of the people as a child undergoing a difficult stage of growing up.

The reception of the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky “Notes from the Underground” in the works and correspondence of D. H. Lawrence is analyzed in the article. The novelty of the study is in the fact that the influence of this story on Lawrence’s prose is being studied for the first time. Particular attention is paid to Lawrence’s letters to the translator S. S. Kotelyansky, with whom the English writer shared his impressions of reading the works of Russian classics, especially Dostoevsky, as well as to one of the letters addressed to the writer G. Campbell, which contains the only direct reference to “Notes from the Underground” in Lawrence. This letter reveals an individual interpretation of the story by Lawrence. It is proved that this interpretation turns out to be close to the reading of the Notes by L. Shestov. The question is raised about the existing parallels between the text of Dostoevsky and the novels of D. G. Lawrence (“Women in Love”, “The Lost Girl”, “Rainbow” and “Aaron’s Rod”). The similarity is seen in the peculiar interpretation of the Underground concept by Lawrence. It is shown that the image of the Underground in the works of the English writer (usually expressed by the words “underworld”, “subterranean”) is always somehow connected with the irrational principle and is involved in the formation of Lawrence sensualism.

The subject of study is the originality of the artistic vision of A. Murdoch, which involves in the plot of literary text, the collision and interweaving of various philosophical systems (existentialism, Marxism, Freudianism, neo-Catholicism, pragmatism). The main attention is paid to incorporating Eastern philosophical systems (Zen Buddhism, Sufism) into the work of the writer. The example of the novel “The Black Prince” by A. Murdoch shows the complex interweaving of the life history of the heroes of the work with the philosophical reflections of the author about the laws of the universe, world live order, God, man. The definitions of Zen Buddhism, Sufism, the Sufi Path, as well as the classification of “parking on the Path to the Almighty” are given. The results of a comparative analysis of the novel by A. Murdoch “The Black Prince” and the treatise “Mantiq-ut-tayr” by Sufi author F. Attar are presented. It is proved that Zen Buddhism and Sufism are implanted in the text of the Black Prince novel to create the effect of polyphony of opinions, voices as multidimensionality of being, ambiguity and insufficiency of one interpretation of human actions, as well as any phenomenon in being. An assumption is made about the proximity of the novel “The Black Prince” by A. Murdoch with the theory of Nassim Taleb’s “Black Swan”.

In a comparative aspect, historical and mythological components in the main oral and written versions of stories about a woman who was the main character in the oral traditions and chronicles of the Khori-Buryats are considered. The novelty of the study is in the identification of the historical cognitive part of the traditions in the context of real events concerning the image of Balzhan. The results of a comparative analysis of different versions of written texts and oral stories to identify mythological sacred additions and transform the real story are presented. The relevance of the study is due to a comparative analysis of the main versions of tradition in an interdisciplinary aspect, which led to the conclusion that the storyline of the novels about Balzhan in the vast majority of cases develops exclusively in the context of describing the history of the formation and development of the ethnic group of the Khorinsky Buryats in the period from the 17th century. It is proved that in written versions the main oral plot outline is preserved with the strengthening of historical components, in some cases the entire mythological part is removed to create the image of a plausible historical hero. The authors note that the mythological nomadic insets in the legends go back to oral traditions, having the functions of sacralizing and heroizing the tragic fate of the non-standard woman who determined the fate of the tribe.

The attempts to analyze the “mutually addressed” lyrics of N. S. Gumilyov and A. A. Akhmatova within the framework of a communicative approach is analyzed in the article. The novelty of the study is in the fact that the particularities of the realization of dialogical intentions are determined, the principles of expressing addressing in lyric texts at the level of motive-shaped structure, visual-expressive and speech means are indicated. A comparative analysis of the artistic practice of the two greatest poets of the XX century is carried out. The material for analysis was the most representative lyric poems of A. Akhmatova and N. Gumilyov of 1900-1921, containing explicitly or implicitly expressed directives for dialogue, as well as devotional notes that indicate addressing each other. As a result of the study, it was revealed that in the poems of Akhmatova and Gumilyov there are similar communicative scenarios, the choice and content of which varies depending on the image of the addressee, the problematic thematic focus, as well as the specifics of the lyrical emotion. The “tools” of communicative interaction, due to the biographical context, the features of its personal interpretation, as well as the professional and philosophical development of colleagues in the “Workshop of poets”, are examined in detail.

The activity of the first in Russia teachers of religion union of secondary educational institutions of Nizhny Novgorod (since 1915 - all Nizhny Novgorod teachers of religion) is considered. The relevance of the study is due to the revival of religious education in the modern school. The novelty of the study is that for the first time a generalized analysis of the work of the union, designed to rally the teachers of the “Law of God”, is presented, to facilitate the exchange of experience in order to increase the educational value of the course in the context of expanding secularization of public consciousness. It is concluded that the union carried out important work on the analysis of spiritual literature, textbooks, curricula, and sample lessons. It is shown that the lack of power and authority of the union deprived it of the opportunity to influence the choice of new teachers of religion and deputies for exams on the course “God’s Law”, limited its importance in solving the problems of religious and moral education of students. The author has come to the conclusion that the union, becoming an example for other cities, played a role in understanding the teaching theory and practice for harmonizing and optimizing the work of teachers of religion. It was established that in 1917-1918 the union took measures to preserve the institution of teaching of religion at school.

Based on the documents of the National Archives of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), published reviews and reports of the regional administration, the creation of state and public grain and food reserves in the 19th century Yakutsk region that were necessary for the population to protect them from starvation and mortality in cattle during adverse years is considered. The main attention is paid to the influence of the bread storage system on the distribution of agriculture, the development of traditional crafts and occupations of foreigners, the development of loan and entrepreneurship. It is noted that, with the efforts and purposeful work of the regional government in Yakutia in the 19th century, along with state-owned shops, a network of rural public bakery stores was created that could adequately provide the population of the region with food, hay and other reserves. It is shown that the organization of a food safety system in the Yakutsk region was based on the principles of a careful attitude of the state to the needs of its subjects, which significantly increased the importance of government events, strengthened the authority and trust of the population in the activities of government. It is concluded that the process of organizing the bread storage system and food funds created favorable conditions for the spread of agriculture in the region, supported traditional crafts and occupations of the population, and opened up opportunities for the development of entrepreneurship.

The evolution of bilateral relations between the PRC and the Republic of Turkey is examined in the context of the integration of the Turkish project “Central Corridor” into the Chinese initiative “One Belt, One Way” in 2013-2019. A set of factors was identified and analyzed that contributed to building a constructive dialogue between Beijing and Ankara on cooperation in the New Silk Road projects. The periodization of the political and diplomatic history of coordination of the Chinese and Turkish concepts of creating a single economic space in Eurasia is proposed; the characteristic of its main stages is presented, as well as the legal and institutional framework for the interaction of the two states formed during the negotiations. A review of the joint projects implemented by Turkey and China in the framework of the land and sea Silk Road projects has been completed. It is noted that their quantitative and qualitative parameters confirm the strategic nature of relations between China and Turkey. It is substantiated that the process of matching the integration models proposed by Beijing and Ankara for Eurasia is far from complete due to the presence of certain disagreements regarding the conditions and limits of bilateral cooperation, as well as due to the influence of adverse foreign policy factors.

The issue of understanding by scientists and public figures of the Russian Emigre of social relations in the USSR of the 1950-1970s is considered in the article. The novelty of the work lies in the choice of sources of research - articles and books of figures of Russian Emigre. The author emphasizes that the main part of the ideas of the considered authors is not sufficiently represented in the scientific community. It is noted that the founders of the research of Soviet society were scientists from the Munich Institute for the Study of History and Culture of the USSR, which in 1957 held a major international conference “Modern Soviet Society”. It is concluded that the conference reports on the multiplicity of Soviet society, the presence of serious legal and economic differentiation, the emergence of new progressive classes (engineering and technical intelligentsia) laid the foundation for promoting research on Russian society. According to the author, in the late 1960s, this direction was actively cultivated by Soviet dissidents who emigrated to the West, and close associates who remained in the USSR (A. A. Amalrik, K. Bourzhuademov, S. S. Malevsky-Malevich, V. Belotserkovsky). A review of the historiography of the Russian Emigre allows us to create a platform for reflection on the social forces of Soviet society, the driving motives of their activity and the struggle for a place in the class hierarchy.

The article is devoted to the characterization of the crisis in the agriculture of the Kuzbass region in the early 1920s. Moreover, they are analyzed in the context of the consequences of the revolution and civil war. The issues of the dynamics of sown areas and animal husbandry in this territory are considered. Based on the analysis of statistical data, the volumes and structure of the peasant plow and regional herd are presented. The question is raised about the correlation of natural, climatic and socio-political factors in the conditions of the agricultural crisis of the early 1920s. The novelty of the study is that for the first time based on the processing of statistics, the state and dynamics of the main agricultural sectors in the Kuzbass region (Kuzbass) in the specified period are presented. The relevance of the study is due to its scientific and social significance. The first is determined by the fact that this kind of research, based on the analysis of statistical data, is carried out for the first time. The second is connected with the need to draw attention to the problems of sustainable socio-economic development of rural territories at present.

The process of changing the border line of the Akmola province of the Kazak Autonomous Republic (until 1925 - the Kyrgyz Republic) of the Autonomous Republic with the adjacent territory of the Omsk District of the Siberian Territory (until 1925 - the Omsk Province), consisting in the transition of the Cherlak District (Stepanovskaya, Dobrovolskaya, Cherlakskaya and part of the Bostandyk-Tuska Volost) to the Omsk District in the second half of the 1920s is considered in the article. On the basis of archival documents first involved in the scientific revolution, a detailed analysis of the inclusion of the Cherlaksky district in the Omsk province is carried out. The history of this border issue in 1922-1923, the reason for which was the petition of residents of border villages is discussed in the article. The course and features of the consideration of this issue by local and central authorities, the work of the conciliation commission for the reception and transfer of Cherlak territory are described. It is concluded that the transfer of the Cherlak district to Omsk took place under the conditions of the manifestation of an active civic position of local residents, support for this border issue by the Cossack and Siberian authorities and was carried out only after the general regionalization of Kazakhstan by the end of the 1920s.

The article is devoted to a rather relevant, but still little developed topic in regional historiography. The basis for the study was largely unpublished materials from three regional archives. It is stated that trade is the basis of the development of the economy of any state. It is stated that the purpose of this article was to study the state of retail trade in the Middle Urals (Sverdlovsk Region) in one of the interesting periods in the history of the former USSR - the fifth and sixth (incomplete) five-year periods (1951-1958). It is declared that it was during the mentioned period that the country began to gradually move away from the difficult legacy of Stalin's totalitarianism, very significant economic projects were being implemented, and the reform of the management of the national economy was launched. There were impressive scientific achievements, primarily in the military and military space fields. It is argued that the beginning of the study period in the trading sector of the Middle Urals did not inspire much optimism. The thesis is put forward that, as the Soviet economy developed, the situation in the trade sphere also gradually changed for the better. It is noted that the assortment of goods that Soviet trade had in the period under study clearly lagged behind modern requirements. It is concluded that the period under study was a step forward in the development of the trading sphere of the Middle Urals, although it was still very far from meeting its civilized standards.

The article is devoted to the problem of decentralization of urban self-government in Russia in the XIX - early XXI centuries. Both the practical experience of functioning of intra-urban municipalities (small urban units), and the level of theoretical understanding of the problems of decentralization in different periods of national history are analyzed in the article. The author has identified three time periods when the idea of creating a small city unit took on practical implementation: the revolutionary period in 1917-1918, the decade from 1995 to 2005 and the period from 2014 to the present. The author considers the socio-political context of the transformation at each of these stages. Particular attention is paid to the transformation of the regulatory framework in the studied area. It is shown that the legislation alternately ruled out, then allowed the possibility of creating intra-city municipalities, which impeded the progressive development of this level of municipal authority. The scientific novelty of the work is in the fact that the author revealed common typological features of the decentralization process that are characteristic of all the stages studied. It is concluded that the relatively low efficiency of a small urban unit is due to the politicization of its problems and the lack of historical continuity.

The results of a study on the extent, causes and measures of combating fires in churches in the north of the Tobolsk diocese in the XVIII - early XX centuries are presented in the article. Sources indicate “large” fires in Berezov and Surgut and few in rural parishes, and, as a rule, they indicate the destruction of church buildings and the futility of public efforts to prevent the fire element. The destruction of churches from fire is presented as a common cause of rebuilding of parish buildings in the 18th century. It is noted that the main cause of the fires was the careless handling of fire by church servants when burning stoves. Fire safety measures are characterized by the adoption of relevant legislative norms and administrative orders, monitoring of building codes and the repair of irregularities made during the construction of churches, and the spread of fire insurance. It is indicated that the state tried to involve not only the police, but also the population in the fight against fires. It is concluded that, despite the efforts made, the fire department in the territory of the region remained at a low level and did not allow to successfully confront the fire element.