No 2 (2014)

The article elaborates upon historiography of the Aeneolithic period in terms of archeological periodization and systematization used till the end of 1980s. The paper considers all the points of view at that time regarding definition of the time frame of the Aeneolithic period. The author’s proposed solution to the issue is described.

Contrary to recent opinions, “The Tale of Muskovite days, tzars and saints” (Russian: “Словеса дней, царей и святителей московских”; Slovesa dney, tzarey y svyatiteley moskovskikh ) - a remarkable work of the Russian opinion journalism created during post “time of troubles” period - should be attributed to knyaz (royal nobility rank) I.A.Khvorostinin. It’s believed that the copyist didn’t make a mistake with a title “The Tales of the victories of Muscovite State” as it was the author’s intention to tell the reader about the recent hardships that the country went through.

The paper dwells upon the history of foundation, social composition, structure, organization of work at the Tomsk and Tobolsk branches of The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.

The paper dwells upon the publication of the central periodical magazibe issued at the beginning of XX century. It was dedicated to the development of theoretical and practical issues of police service and also sought to change public attitude towards the police.

From the first day of validity of Soviet-German non-aggression Pact USSR launched political and ideological campaign, aiming to form a positive image of Hitler's Germany. Many Soviet citizens were dissatisfied with the treaty which highly contrasted previous anti-fascist rhetorics of the Soviet propaganda.

The present paper outlines the stages of planned development of Surgut, alongside the factors that brought about changes to its general plan. The opinions of old residents, party-government leaders of Surgut and Tyumen oblast about the urban planning of Surgut are described.

Our study dealt with attribution of two early medieval Byzantine lead seals found in the recent years in the Southwestern Crimea. They attracted our attention because their reverses are stamped with Greek block monograms, and at the moment we’re developing technique to decipher them. We submit our findings for scientific discussion.

The paper considers the “Cold War” context of the U.S. and Soviet Navy development, describes tactical and technical characteristics of aircraft carriers. It is noted that during the World War II, the U.S.A. gained considerable experience in construction and exploitation of aircraft carriers, including installment of nuclear reactors on ships of that class.