Vol 23, No 1.1 (2017)

In the article the issue on ideological function of «black petition to Peter the Great» by V. Zorin in the heart of events of the Streltsy Uprising of 1698 is investigated. The authors prove the hypothesis on the implement of the «black petition» to the publicistic genre form characteristic for the end of the XVII century of an «open letter», more often used during that period of the historical time in the capacity of an instrument of ideological fight for the depiction of the «ideological frames of mind» and open infusion of sociopolitical ideas to large mass audiences. Documentary facts and arguments confirming the intention of the sergeant V. Zorin to create «rebellious» manifesto as an ideological basis of the Streltsy opposition to the reforms of Peter the Great that put at threat narrow group interest of the Streltsy troops are presented.

The article discusses some aspects of the activities of zemstvo self-government of the Ufa province during the First World War. During this difficult period, when the demand for public charitable assistance was very high, provincial zemstvos were rebuilding their work in several areas including assistance to the military department to supply the army with food and clothing, helping sick and wounded soldiers, providing, in various forms, of assistance to families of mobilized, invalids as a result of war, refugees, etc. On the basis of archival material, reports of zemstvo institutions, periodicals of the early XX century, modern studies, the experience of work in emergencies of the Zemstvo of one of the provinces of the country in providing assistance to different groups of the population affected by the war is shown.

The article deals with the methodology of foreign language training in aerospace universities. The increased importance of professionally oriented language skills is stressed; approaches which constitute the methodological base of foreign language training are defined; the content, forms and methods of foreign language training of engineering students are considered.

The article considers the problem of formation of motivational and valuable component of vocational and educational success of a post–graduate student with the help of active methods through the system of psycho-pedagogical training within the framework of the module «Motivation to succeed in my future profession» of the elective course «professional development training».

Problematization of identity of an artistic subject in the work of I. Yarkevich (on the example of the trilogy «Kak ia i kak menia»). The article tells about the main feature of the writer's work – a special model of an artistic subject. Relationships between the trickster character and the world are conceptually significant for the entire artistic world of Yarkevich. The artistic subject in the work of I. Yarkevich is associated with the principles of decoding, postmodern "re-signification", rethinking of traditional literature and the whole past of artistic experience. The problematization of the identity of an artistic subject, considered in this example, is a key model for all contemporary Russian literature.

Actualization of the concept bread in Russian sayings and proverbs is discussed as well as their communicative and pragmatic functions. The sayings and proverbs under consideration reflect the Russian people mentality as well as national and specific cultural features of the society and their ethnic and cultural characteristics. The results of the carried out analysis can be applied for expounding other concepts within phraseological units.

The article deals with such key definitions as anthropocentrism, discourse and media discourse. The article is also devoted to the research of such phenomena as concept and cognitive map and their distinction. The author also examines the influence of English media discourse on forming the cognitive map of a person.

The quotation from the famous anti-war song by American folk-singer P. Seeger is considered in the article in terms of precedent phenomena. Life-story of this song based on a Slavic lullaby version is described briefly with a lot of attention focusing upon the contexts containing the initial phrase of the song performing the function of its title. Semantic variations and the most popular structural-semantic transformations within modern English mass media discourse are also analyzed.