dc.contributor.author

value: Feldman, M. A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Feldman M. A. Labor Disputes at the Industrial Enterprises of the Urals rural Area in the Jubilee Year of the Soviet Rule: the Problem of Relations between the Authorities and Workers in 1927, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 115–127.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article, based on the use of statistics, shows the dynamics of labor conflicts at industrial enterprises
of the Ural region, as well as the forms and methods of resolving labor disputes. Authors examines the factors
that provoked the occurrence of strikes and analyzes the results and consequences of the strike movement.
The behavior of workers indicates their willingness to defend their rights under the Soviet labor laws and their
hopes for an opportunity to negotiate with the administration of the enterprise. Because of this, it seems that the
social protest of the workers was of a local and exclusively economic nature. The range of independence of decision-
making by local party committees was determined by political reasons (the desire to meet the mythological
“proletarian state”); purely opportunistic (the desire “not to take rubbish out of the house” and not to cause the
wrath of the Center), economic — for example, a ban on the overexpenditure of the wage fund associated with
the officially proclaimed “regime of economy”. The very limited democratic character of the life within the Soviet society was nevertheless revealed during the events of May 1927 in Sverdlovsk, even if not openly, in the approval
of the strikers’ actions by the part of the workers and in the understanding of the motives of social protest by the
“old Bolsheviks” within the local regional leadership. The option of managed democracy, allowing workers to
present their demands in a strictly established order, patiently waiting for their issue to be resolved in management
instances, appeared to suit the leaders of the Urals region, but was far from the mythological “dictatorship
of the proletariat”.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)

dc.subject

value: party

value: industry

value: labor conflicts

value: Ural

value: workers

value: managers

value: pricing


dc.contributor.author

value: Petin, D. I.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Petin D. I. Situation in the Department of State Securities Production in Irkutsk in the Beginning of 1920s, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 256–270.

dc.type

value: Article

format: Adobe PDF


dc.contributor.author

value: Naumenko, O. N.

value: Naumenko, E. A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Naumenko O. N., Naumenko E. A. “Breivik’s Syndrome” in the Tobolsk Prison Castle, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 198–208.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In article on the example of the Tobolsk prison castle attempts of introduction of the European values
to system of serving of punishments in the Russian history are considered. In the center of authors attention —
reaction of criminal and political prisoners to an imprisonment humanization. Authors have proved regularity:
attempts of introduction of the European values in the Tobolsk prison castle were perceived concluded as weakness
of the state and administrative power and caused new requirements; the prison became uncontrollable, and
each stage of a humanization came to an end with the tragedy. On the other hand, the refusal of the European approaches
stabilized a situation in prison. In article the reasons of this phenomenon are analyzed, economic and
cultural and historical conditions for reforming of prisons in Russia and Europe are compared. Authors emphasize
that when reforming prisons on the European sample in Russia the meaning of criminal penalty as conditions of
keeping of prisoners were sometimes better than in what there lived the poorest part of the Russian society was
lost. Article is constructed on comparison of penitentiary policy of the imperial government and Soviet power; it
is emphasized that Bolsheviks, having come to the power, have considered experience of pre-revolutionary Russia
and have originally refused the European principles of the organization of prisons. Meanwhile, return to the
European principles of a humanization of prison in the period of “Khruschev’s thaw” has led to the same negative
processes which happened in prison during the pre-revolutionary period. In article the idea is introduced that in
culture of the Russian people there is a side of both a humanization, and admissible state repression. Authors
come to a conclusion that the unreasoned transformations of the penitentiary sphere which aren’t considering
cultural features of the country, mentality and financial position of the people can weaken trust to the power.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Работа выполнена при поддержке международного гранта РГНФ № 15-03-00626.

dc.subject

value: Breivik’s syndrome

value: mentality

value: humanization

value: Tobolsk prison castle

value: penal system

value: Russian Empire


dc.contributor.author

value: Mizis, Yu. A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Mizis Yu. A. Voices from the Past: Epistolary Sources on Tambov POW Camps During the Second World War, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 35–48.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article examines and analyzes a special type of sources on the history of the creation and functioning
of POW camps in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War and the first post-war years. Documents from
two Tambov camps No. 64 and No. 188 were taken for study. Letters of war prisoners to their relatives and friends,
appeals to their comrades at the front and ceremonial thank-you albums that were written by them before they
were sent home. They are united by one main feature: they were written under the strong influence of the political
departments of the camps and served propaganda purposes. However, despite strict censorship, the documents
contain quite reliable information about the positi on of prisoners of war, their attitude to the war, and concern for
their relatives and friends. Of particular interest are the letters of prisoners of war of different nationalities, written
in January — March 1943, which were never sent to their destination, perhaps some of them were replicated in
the form of leaflets and scattered over the front line. The bulk of such documents remained forever in the folder of documents of the State Security Committee of the NKVD of the USSR. The letters contain enough information
about the situation in captivity, written to calm their relatives, while in the camps massive diseases and high mortality
reigned. At the same time, there are constant requests for food, smoking and some household items, which
the prisoners of war were sorely lacking. In letters, the idea of the imminent end of the war and the return from
captivity is constantly refreshed. Three appeals written by anti-fascist prisoners of war for their comrades at the
front were to play a powerful campaigning role and influence the German soldiers and their allies fighting at the
front. Parade albums of prisoners of war prepared before sending home are another interesting source, characterizing
the point of view of prisoners of war, anti-fascists.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)

dc.subject

value: war

value: camp

value: prisoners

value: letters

value: album

value: NKVD

value: Tambov


dc.contributor.author

value: He, Xinyuan

value: Song, Lei

dc.identifier.citation

value: He Xinyuan, Song Lei. About the modern Chinese Path Toward Modernization. Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 329–338.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article deals with the basic idea of a Chinese path to modernization. It is shown that “The Chinese
way” is a natural process of historical development of Chinese society. It has historical legitimacy, it is
predetermined by history. But this fact does not mean that we can let it take its own course. We must
accumulate historical experience and lessons, to search for ways for future development, to let history
illuminate the future of the Chinese way.
Culture can contribute to the formation of the state, the process of China’s modernization is
actually a process of cultural transformation. Realistically speaking, the Chinese society of traditional
culture has disappeared, and a modern Chinese culture has still not formed. Now there is a large-scale
process of social transformation. Trial and error prompted the change of dynasties, the revolution
encourages the independence of the state, the construction of sets of social base transformation
causes transformation of the whole of Chinese society: from the instruments of production, of social
organization to the system of values of the entire cultural formation as a whole.
In fact, any method of modernization «is constantly under the process of testing». Europe and
the USA, criticizing and reinterpreting their own path of modernization, have steadily been making
adjustments. Undoubtedly, the success of socialism with Chinese characteristics has passed through
fire, and water, but, nevertheless, one must constantly make adjustments to develop. Refs 16.

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 10; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: the basic idea

value: Chinese way

value: Modernization

value: Chinese model

value: Social transformation

dc.title

value: Article

filename: 06-He Xinyuan.pdf


dc.contributor.author

value: Golovin, A. V.

value: Lagodinski, V. M.

dc.identifier.citation

value: GolovinA.V., Lagodinski V. M. A problem of elastic collision of two spinless particles at their local interaction in relativistic quantum mechanics. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 249–263.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The earlier definition of the square root of a differential operator leading to a local operator was
used to solve the problem of collision of two particles. The problem is posed and solved for the
two-particle relativistic Schr¨odinger equation corresponding to the elastic collision of two spinless
particles in their local interaction. An elastic collision of particles in a system of the center of
momenta is described for a finite radius of interaction. The problem is solved for repulsive and
attracting interaction potentials. It is shown that the proposed approach in relativistic quantum
mechanics leads to the correct nonrelativistic limit. A transition is made to an arbitrary frame
of reference. Refs 22.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Vol. 4 (62); Issue 3

dc.subject

value: relativistic quantum mechanics

value: differential operator

value: elastic collision


dc.contributor.author

value: Varzin, S. A.

value: Gutsev, S. A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Varzin S.A., Gutsev S.A. The space charge layer thickness calculation in NaCl and KCl water solutions. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 268–277.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This paper is devoted to experimental study and theoretical simulate of the electrical double layer
in electrolytes. The primary aim of this paper is to calculation the space charge layer. For it
the Poisson equation was integrated with taking into account the shielding of the electrodes with
taking into account the electrodes shielding by salt ions and water molecules. The calculation of
the thickness of the space charge layer is given for case when the shielding by the ions of the electrode
potential and the water molecules of the micropotential ions are account of. Experimental
voltage-current characteristics for the solutions of NaCl and of KCl are presented. It is shown that
the rapid growth of electric current in the electrolyte solution starts at the potentials when the
space charge layer thickness equal about to the asymptotic value. The method for determining
ion temperature from the experimental voltage-current characteristics of the electrolyte solution
was proposed. Refs 12. Figs 3. Tables 1.

value: the electrolyte

value: ions

value: current-voltage characteristics

value: space charge layer

value: distribution function

value: temperature

value: concentration


dc.contributor.author

value: Orlova, O. I.

value: Karakashev, G. V.

value: Shmurak, V. I.

value: Abzianidze, V. V.

value: Savelieva, E. I.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Orlova O. I., KarakashevG.V., ShmurakV. I., AbzianidzeV.V., Savelieva E. I. Determination of N7-[2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)thio]-ethyl]guanine in rat’s urine as biomarker of exposure of sulfur mustard. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 313–325.

dc.description.abstract

value:
A method for the determination of the sulfur mustard (SM) exposure biomarker-N7-[2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)
thio]-ethyl]guanine (N7-HETEG) byhigh-performance liquid chromatography-positive
electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) was developed. An analytical standard
of N7-HETEG was synthesized and purified (  90%). The limit of detection of the developed
method is1 ng/mL. The method was linearly calibrated from 1 ng/mL to 100 ng/mL.The method
was further applied for the quantifications of N7-HETEG in rat urine exposed of SM in vivo at
dosage of 2 mg/kg. Refs 13. Figs 10. Tables 1.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

value: sulfurmustard

value: biomedical samples

value: biomarker

value: metabolite

value: adduct

value: DNA

value: highperformance liquid chromatography

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Ukolov, A. I.

value: Radilov, A. S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Ukolov A. I., RadilovA. S. GC-MS determination of hydroxylamine in blood and urine. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 337–345.

dc.description.abstract

value:
A GC-MS method was developed for hydroxylamine (HA) quantitation in blood plasma
and urine. Feature of this method is two stages of derivatization: benzaldehyde and bistrimethylsilyltrifluoroacetamide.
HA is a highly polar, hydrophilic, low-weight basic compound.
We tried a variety of approaches to derivatization and isolation of HA from water phase: simultaneous
extraction and derivatization HA with acetone, extraction of acetone oxime using
head-space solid phase microextraction, benzaldehyde derivatization and extraction into an organic
phase of the resulting oxime and finally, a twin stage derivatization with benzaldehyde and
bis-trimethylsilyltrifluoroacetamide, which has been recognized by us the best option. LOD of
GC-MS method is 30 ng/mL, but using GC-MS/MS allow us to reduce LOD to 0.1 ng/mL. Quantification
was performed by using relative calibration with methoxyamine as internal standard.
Toxicological experiments with experimental animals were carried out in order to establishing
possibilities of our method for diagnostics of acute and chronic intoxication of hydroxylamine. It was shown that GC-MS are possible to diagnose just acute poisoning hydroxylamine (SLD50),
but GC-MS/MS are possible to diagnose chronic intoxication by HA (2 mg/L in drinking water).
Refs 16. Figs 4. Tables 2.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Vol. 4 (62); Issue 3

dc.subject

value: hydroxylamine

value: blood

value: urine

value: jet fuel

value: GC-MS


dc.contributor.author

value: Bogomiagkova, Elena S.

value: Evsikova, Ekaterina V.

value: Nikolaenko, George A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bogomiagkova E. S., Evsikova E. V., Nikolaenko G. A. The case of memory studies: Students remembering 1993. Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 302–314.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Despite the fact that the events of the early 1990s played a crucial role in shaping the social,
political and cultural spheres in Russian Federation that embarked on the path of the democratic and
capitalist development, this seldom falls into the focus of modern sociological research. In particular,
this concerns issues of memory and, as a consequence, historical images that form national identity. In
this article we turn to the classical theory of memory by Maurice Halbwachs, as well as to the works by
Michel Foucault. Thus, the key concepts of our research are “memory” and “counter-memory”. Within
the framework of our research, the analysis of the formation processes of the historical memory of
modern students about the events of 1993, in particular — the Putsch, was conducted. The study
involved technical students and humanities at the age of 17 to 22 from two universities in St. Petersburg.
The study included 3 parts: an online survey (200 participants); unstructured personal interview
(12 participants); content analysis of media (TV and 36 newspapers) and federal textbooks on the
history of Russia for 2013–2014. Based on the content analysis, we found out that the interpretation
of events in the mass media contradicts its legal version. The image of Boris Yeltsin as a central person
prevailed in all analyzed sources, while his opponents are hardly mentioned. The events that occurred
in 1993 were almost ignored by Russian history textbooks. This is how the “insignificance” of these
events was formed. The results of the survey and interviews were similar. Thus, it can be argued that,
at the moment, a fairly tough historical policy is being pursued in Russia, including the events of 1993.
Refs 33. Figs 3. Table 1.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 10; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: memory

value: counter-memory

value: putsch

value: historical policy

value: memory design

value: survey

value: content analysis

value: generational analysis


dc.contributor.author

value: Karhu, Jani

dc.identifier.citation

value: Karhu J. Memorialised and Imagined: Meanings of the Urban Space of Vyborg, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 149–162.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this article, I analyse both the urban space of Vyborg in relation to the Finnish tradition of memorialising
the town, and the meanings given to certain places. My analysis is concentrating to three central monuments
inside the city space of Vyborg: the Castle, the Round Tower and the Library. The article has its roots in our Finnish
Academy project “Meanings of an Urban Space, Past and Present”. Main theoretical concepts are imagined city
by James Donald, places of memory by Pierre Nora and postmemory by Marianne Hirsch.
The trauma of losing Vyborg in World War II has had a great effect on the way that Finns have memorialised the
town. My findings suggest that a certain tradition of memorialising (postmemory) can produce imagined and, in
many ways, fixed collective views of history, which are materialising through the popular monuments of the town
space. Monuments like Vyborg Castle, the Round Tower, and the Central City Alvar Aalto Library are the core
places of memory for Finns. In many cases, however, they are not important because of their present reality but
due to their meanings inside the imagination. These imagined realities also include strong claims of ownership
towards the town space, which seems to be set in the era of Finnish independence in the 1920s and 1930s.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)

dc.subject

value: Interpretations

value: History

value: Places of Memory

value: Postmemory

value: Memory

value: Vyborg

dc.title

value: Article

filename: 11-Karhu Jani.pdf


title: Of Andrey Pavlovich Molchanov’s 100th anniversary

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Vol. 4 (62); Issue 3


dc.contributor.author

value: Anisimov, Yu. I.

value: Agishev, N. A.

value: Guz, V. S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Anisimov Yu. I., Agishev N. A., Guz V. S. Development of the disruptive technique of pulsed metal vapor production. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 264–267.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The development of a disruptive technique for pulsed production of metal vapors is gas-discharge
tubes (GDT), manufactured by electrodynamic disperse (EDD) technology. The essence of technology
is. An electrodynamic suspension of the chemical compound particles is created in the
discharge tube. The pressure of the buffer gas is such that the electric discharge in the discharge
tube possesses diffusive nature. This leads to the formation of a film of a substance deposited on
the inner wall of the DT. The perspective of using GDT, created by EDD technology, is considered
in the work on the example of the possibility of creating a new “color” laser on self-limited
transitions. The DT used in this process has on the walls a evaporated compound of metals Pb,
Au, Cu and a buffer gas N2. Practical evaluations of such a laser show the possibility of its
realization. Refs 12.

dc.subject

value: electrodynamical disperse systems

value: electrical discharge

value: laser on self-limited transitions


dc.contributor.author

value: Talybov, G. M.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Talybov G. M. Condensation of substituted benzaldehydes with benzyl chloromethyl ether at the phase transfer catalysis. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 346–350.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Condensation of chloromethyl benzyl ether with arylaldehydes and sodium hydroxide in conditions
of phase transfer catalysis (the catalyst — TEBACl) is investigated. The method of synthesis
2-benzyloxy-3-aryloxiranes (10 examples) is developed. The synthesis oxiranes undergoes
stereoselectively with formation a trans-isomers. Refs 5.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: substituted benzaldehydes

value: benzyl chloromethyl ether

value: trans-isomers

value: 2,3-disubstituted oxiranes

value: phase transfer catalysis


title: For the 100th anniversary of the Great Russian revolution

dc.language.iso

value: ru

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 10; Issue 3

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Pavlovskii, A. A.

value: Zenkevich, I. G.

dc.identifier.citation

value: PavlovskiiA.A., Zenkevich I. G. Anomalies of temperature dependence of gaschromatographic retention indices (review of literature). Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 4 (62), iss. 3. P. 278–312.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The influence of temperature (T) of gas chromatographic separation on variations of isothermal
retention indices (RI) and the possibility of using temperature coefficients of retention indices
β = dRI/dT for identification of analytes is considered in the review. Features of linear and
nonlinear approximations of RI(T) dependencies is considered on the example of compounds of
different chemical origin and stationary phases of different polarities. Of special interest are
the anomalous dependences of RI(T) with extrema which are observed for some polar analytes
on nonpolar phases. This anomaly, first discovered in 1990s — beginning of 2000s, implies the
variations in the signs of temperature coefficients β which leads to appearance of minima or
maxima on the plots of the RI(T) dependences. Concepts of the entropy index, first and second
derivatives of the retention indices proposed to explain the anomalies of dependencies RI(T)
are discussed. Despite general acceptance for a long time that only the chemical nature of the
analyte and the type of stationary phase determine the character of the RI(T) dependence, effect
of injected amount of polar analyte on the character of RI(T) dependences was recently revealed.
It is shown that these anomalous temperature effects are caused by the dynamic modification of
nonpolar phase by polar analyte. Refs 125. Figs 6.

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Vol. 4 (62); Issue 3

dc.subject

value: gas chromatography

value: polar analytes

value: non-polar stationary phases

value: gas chromatographic retention indices

value: anomalous temperature dependence of retention indices

value: dynamic modification of stationary phase by analytes


dc.contributor.author

value: Yarskaya-Smirnova, Valentina N.

value: Kovalev, Mikhail V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Yarskaya-Smirnova V. N., Kovalev M. V. Temporality of the revolution in the discourse of russian emigration. Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 269–286.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article is devoted to the phenomenon of the Great Russian Revolution in intellectual discourse and
the historical memory of Russian emigration of the 1920 and 1930’s. At the center of the author’s attention
is the construction of the Temporality of Revolution: expulsion from Russia became a characteristic
feature of the Time, an Existential Tragedy. The Russian emigration as a witness and participant
of global historical shocks created their model of Time, the culture of historical Memory, rethinking
the events of the First World War, Revolution and Civil War. In the emigrant intellectual Culture there
was a trend towards diversity of Temporality, the Time of Revolution produced an Inversion, extracting
the Social Facts of the Historical Past to the Present. The authors presented Time as not a cool and
indifferent background against which History unfolds, but as a live Monitoring of sociopolitical Life
in Russia. Refs 49.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Работа подготовлена в рамках международного научно-образовательного сотрудничества по
программе «Иммануил Кант» (проект 33.9938.2017/ДААД), гранта Президента Российской Федерации для государственной поддержки молодых российских ученых — кандидатов наук (проект
МК-4739.2016.6), гранта РФФИ 2014-2016 (проект 14-06-00242).

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: temporality

value: time

value: revolution

value: Russian emigration

value: historical memory

value: identity


dc.contributor.author

value: Astoyanc, Margarita S.

value: Troitskaya, Olga A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Astoyanc M. S., Troitskaya O. A. Labor motivation in the period of structural reform of the organization Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 339–356.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article presents the results of an empirical study of labor motivation of employees of enterprises
in the sphere of railway transport during a period of structural reform. The influence of the reform
on the personnel motivation system and the risks which it creates for the human resources of the
organization is shown. A methodology based on the principles of socio-reproduction approach, the
theory of social integration, the risk paradigm and the two-factor theory of motivation of F. Herzberg
is presented. The methodical procedures by which the factors of motivation and demotivation were
revealed, the level of satisfaction with the factors of motivation, the motivational profiles of employees,
the reasons for staff turnover were obtained and described in detail. The results are presented in the
form of a comparative analysis of indicators for young workers and older personnel. Refs 31. Tables 4.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 10; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: labor motivation

value: railway transport

value: structural reform

value: comprehensive methodology

value: motivation factors

value: demotivation factors

value: personnel

value: young workers

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Lomonosova, Marina V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Lomonosova M. V. Sociology of the revolution by Pitirim Sorokin. Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 251–268.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article is dedicated to analysis of the “Sociology of Revolution” as a turning point in Pitirim Sorokin’s
scientific activities. The concept of the sociological study of revolution played a principal role
in Sorokin’s academic career and scientific heritage. The article discusses the concept of revolution
in the scientific heritage of Pitirim Sorokin with respect to its history. Sorokin’s first book in English
was “Leaves from a Russian Diary” (1924), a description of his ideological change during the Revolution.
“The Sociology of Revolution” (1925) is strongly colored by Sorokin’s revolutionary experiences.
His main purpose is to chart the course of internal events in typical revolutions. Every revolution, he
says, follows a cycle of license, reaction, repression, and new equilibrium. A few years later, Sorokin
returned to the subject of the revolution and analyze this social phenomenon in his famous work «Social
mobility” (1927) and “Social and cultural dynamics” (1937-1941).The key concepts elaborated by
Sorokin – social stratification, social mobility, and sociocultural dynamics – are related to the concept
of sociology of revolution.
Sorokin in his youth was a revolutionary, politician, and publicist in the Russian revolution.
He watched the revolution from the inside, but only years later did he try to find the answer to the
question: “Under what conditions do revolutions occur?” Refs 15. Tables 2.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: sociology of revolution

value: Pitirim Sorokin

value: social mobility

value: stratification

value: sociocultural dynamics


dc.contributor.author

value: Vostrikov, A. V.

value: Strakhova, Ya. A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Vostrikov A. V., Strakhova Ya. A. M. F. Shcherbakova. “Revolution in Petrograd” (Memories of Events in February — March, 1917), Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 233–255.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)


dc.contributor.author

value: Voytikov, S. S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Voytikov S. S. “The Holy of Holies”: Formation and Evolution of the Party Statute (1898–1920s), Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63–80.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this research paper, based on traditional published source (materials of party congresses and conferences)
and on unpublished documents of the Russian State Archive of Social-Political History, examined the
main directions of the evolution of the Party Statute (Manifesto of the RSDRP, the Organizational Statute) in the
Russian Social-Democratic (labor) party, and then Lenin’s “party of a new type” in the 1898 — 1920s. The Statute,
being formally second (after the Program) party document, in fact was “alpha and omega” of RSDRP and then
Lenin’s “party of a new type” life and activity. The evolution of party rules during the Civil War and then during the
1920s was the result of strangulation is very conditional originally “inner-party democracy”. Without studying the
history and evolution of the Statute is impossible to study the history of the Lenin’s “party of a new type” and the
inner-party struggle in RSDRP, then within their own Bolshevik party — until the era of Stalin’s “personality cult”.
The member of the Politburo of the RCP(b)’s Central Committee, G. E. Zinoviev not by chance stated in 1924 that
“the Bolsheviks used to come primarily from the party organization”. In the light of the evolution of the statutory
standards for new light on the story of “party unity”: the facts that a debate about the first version of the Statute
at the II Congress of the RSDRP in 1903 began the history of the Bolshevik fraction, and with crimes against the
Charter in the Prague conference in 1912 — the history of the Bolshevik party suggest the following idea: a split
gene was incorporated into the body of Lenin’s parties initially.

value: Bolshevik Party

value: Central Committee

value: V. I. Lenin

value: G. E. Zinoviev

value: I. V. Stalin


dc.contributor.author

value: Ignatova, Svetlana N.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Ignatova S. N. The reforms of the early 90s: the opinions of contemporaries. Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 287–301.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The discussion in the research community about the support or lack of support for reforms in the early
90s in Russian society and nostalgia for the Soviet past are pushing one to revisit the analysis of the
changes implemented. It is necessary not to mythologize and simplify the context of the beginning of
the reforms, which the official public discourse suffers from, but to take a fresh look at the opinions of
the population. While the main purpose of the transformations was the structural adjustment of the
Russian economy, creation of market mechanisms for its regulation, increasing economic efficiency
through the revival of the institutions of private property and competition, the means of implementing
reforms led to somewhat different results. The foundations of alienation of the population from power
and ownership were even more profound in comparison with the Soviet period. The aim of the reforms
was not the development of the country, but the establishment of a new economic order beneficial
to old and new nomenclatura. Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to the perceptions
of transformations in the country and estimates of the socio-political and economic changes, to return
to the beginning of the 1990s and to rethink the mood in society in the course of reform. Refs 29.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Статья подготовлена в рамках реализации проекта «Траектории жизненных курсов петербуржцев в постсоветской России: межпоколенческий анализ», поддержанного грантом РГНФ,
№15-03-00421.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 10; Issue 3

value: economic and political reforms

value: stability

value: mistrust to the authorities

value: transformation of values

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Tsintsadze, N. S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Tsintsadze N. S. Literary and Art Reflection of Social and Natural Problems of the Soviet Pre-War Village in 1920–30s (on Example of the European part of the RSFSR), Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 182–197.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article was prepared in line with a modern scientific field of environmental history. The article
examines features of literary reflection of the environmental problems of the Soviet pre-war village end of the
1910–1930s. Analyzed novels and stories written by F. I. Panferov, N. I. Cochin, P. I. Zamoyskiy, K. Y. Gorbunov,
G. N. Troepol’skiy, V. A. Kaverin, V. V. Ovechkin, M. A. Sholokhov, L. M. Leonov and A. P. Platonov. It is noted that
the writers being witnessed of the agrarian changes, brightly and vividly passed as the objective processes of
nature depletion (low soil fertility, desolate land, deforestation, ravines growth, the disappearance of rivers and
so forth), as well as the subjective attitude of the peasantry to them. The problem of agrarian overpopulation
and land hunger of the 1920s noticed them. Writers realistically passed authority initiated processes agricultural
recovery after wars, droughts, and other destructive events of the end of the 1910–1930s: the land reclamation,
improvement of field crop systems, soil fertilizer, grass cultivation, forest protection and others. Latently in their
works there was the idea of a high degree of human depending on the nature, at the same time the belief in
technological progress, helped society rebuild natural processes “under itself”. At the same time, they are realized
the harmfulness and uninterrupted, not replenished pumping out resources from nature, expressing their
thoughts through the heroes of their works. The conclusion is that environmental subjects in the pre-war “village”
prose were not leading, however, they attracted some attention of the authorities and society to socio-natural
problems of the village. Writers saw the reasons of the negative socio-natural phenomena, which was described
them, in unreasonable economic activities of people. Precisely because of the desire of society to pump natural
resources from a maximum useful properties without their compensate, according to the creative intelligentsia,
led to a reaction eco-system: frequent phenomenon became droughts, dry winds and so on. Peasantry realized
the relationship of unreasoned, consumer economic activity of the society and negative natural disasters. On
the pages of novels reflected the picture of tractorization the village, which was the symbol of the new Soviet
village. In the end, the Soviet writers by means of art reconstructed a true picture of the breaking of traditional
agrarian society.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда (проект № 17-78-10032).

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)

dc.subject

value: environmental history of Russia

value: traditional agrarian society

value: soviet village

value: human pressure

value: natural resources

value: fiction


dc.contributor.author

value: Sikevich, Zinaida V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Sikevich Z. V. Contradictions and paradoxes of the Soviet national policy: the expert’s reflections. Vestnik SPbSU. Sociology, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 315–328.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article is devoted to the contradictions of the Soviet national policy, which in the author’s opinion;
along with others factors predetermined the disintegration of the USSR. Particular attention is paid to
the artificiality of the borders between Soviet republics, the political hierarchy of Soviet nations and
to the mistakes made by the country’s leadership on the eve of the collapse of the USSR. The deportation
of some Soviet nations during the war and in the period immediately preceding its beginning is
discussed. The overall assessment of Soviet national policy is concretized by a detailed examination of
the historical causes of the Ukrainian crisis and the Karabakh and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts.
According to the author, the collapse of the USSR was laid at the time of its formation and is
conditioned by two mutually exclusive tendencies in state policy. On the one hand, there was the desire
to form a single community — the Soviet people — fused by ideology and not solidarity on a civil basis.
On the other hand, there was the ethnic delimitation of the state, with allocation to each nation of its own
territory designated by borders. The weakening of the ideological press during the years of “perestroika”
became the basis for the emergence of separatist sentiments in most of the Soviet republics. Refs 14.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: В статье использованы материалы исследования, поддержанные грантом РФФИ № 16-03-00-414.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 10; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: national policy

value: national state ethnicity

value: ethnic relations

value: interethnic conflict

value: union republic

value: constitution of the USSR

value: disintegration of the USSR


dc.contributor.author

value: Bryantsev, M. V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bryantsev M. V. Anglo-Soviet Conflict of 1927 in the Representation of People of the Soviet Provinces, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 100–114.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article is devoted to the representation of the population of Soviet Russia of the Anglo-Soviet
conflict in 1927. Based on materials of regional archives, the author notes that the deterioration of relations with
Britain and a number of other international events have put in the public mind a number of questions related to
the understanding of the population of the principles of proletarian internationalism and the world revolution. As
a result of activities undertaken within the framework of the international coverage of events, the Bolsheviks managed
to form the majority of the population view of the peaceful foreign policy of the USSR. However, the “military
alert in 1927” clearly showed the complexity of the mosaic and the public mood. Analysis of the data shows that, in
spite of the massive processing of the population, the authorities did not manage to avoid negative evaluations of
the USSR in the international arena. Opinion of the Bolshevik government’s culpability in unleashing a future war
was popular not only among the anti-Soviet population. At the same time, the gap in England relations with the
USSR allowed to put questions of internal policy of the Bolsheviks, to reflect on the results of their ten-year reign.
During this time, the population was formed in disappointment promises to create a just society, and therefore a
threat of war made it possible to say what was previously hidden deep in the mind, first of all, it is dissatisfaction
with the Soviet government achievements in building a socialist society. We can say that the great mass of people
gradually began to see clearly, seeing the results of the policy of the Bolsheviks. All this gave rise to a feeling of social frustration, mass frustration. Under these conditions, part of the population was ready to accept the defeat
of the USSR in the coming war, noting the economic and socio-political weakness of the system created by the
Bolsheviks.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)

dc.subject

value: England

value: Soviet Union

value: Population

value: Conflict

value: War

value: Bolsheviks

value: Agitation Campaign

value: disappointment

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Timofeev, L. V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Timofeev L. V. A Biography of a Hero of the Soviet Union A. T. Sevastjanov, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 128–148.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article is devoted to the difficult fate of the defender of Leningrad during days its blockade, a fighter
pilot of air defense troops, Hero of the Soviet Union A. T. Sevastyanov (1917–23.04.1942). Night air ram German
bomber from 4th to 5th November 1941 over Leningrad forever inscribed his name in the history of the city’s on
Neva defense. However, in reports, essays, articles, biographical information Sevastyanov combat work reduced
to the description of this feat, air combat (according to witnesses), in which the pilot was died April 23, 1942 as well
as the discovery of his remains in June 1971. Archived documents can extend the repose of his militant work, and
understand the reasons for which, because of circumstances beyond his control, led to the death. Contrary to the
widespread opinion that the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was allegedly given to the pilot Sevastyanov posthumously,
the author shows that the his award list was presented long before his death. It is important to emphasize
the circumstances that largely predetermined the fate of the pilot. Sevastyanov died, piloting the MiG-3 and he
did not have the opportunity to participate in air battles with this aircraft. Before that, covering the besieged Leningrad
sky, he flew on an I-153 plane, which was used mainly for attack of ground targets, because its tactical and
technical characteristics, especially speed and vertical maneuver, were lower than the same characteristics of
the enemy airplanes. In addition, after the heroic night ram-attach on November 4, 1941 and until the last combat
sortie, he did not took part in aerial battles.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Second world war

value: defense of Leningrad

value: Sevastianov

value: pilot

value: combat missions

value: air battles

value: M. L. Frolov


dc.contributor.author

value: Morozova, E. N.

value: Raskin, D. I.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Morozova E. N., Raskin D. I. Formation of Soviet State System: Use of Tsarist Heritage in the Sphere of Central Governing, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 7–23

dc.description.abstract

value:
The paper considers the Soviet Power’s usage of the Russian Empire’s central institutions. Contrary
to the wide-spread statement of dismantlement of the old state machine, the real practice of the early Soviet
years involved first of all take-over of the old government apparatus and its adjustment to the objectives of the
new authorities. The authors traced back the history of over than 250 state supreme and central institutions of the
Russian Empire after October 1917. The case study of the institutions in charge of economy demonstrated that
many of them kept functioning after the October take-over. Later, by way of renaming and reorganization they
were incorporated into the system of the Soviet government machine. During a long period the pre-revolutionary
system of document management was being preserved. Alongside with this, the advisory bodies of old ministries
and departments were among the first to be eliminated, though the learned committees were partially preserved.
As a rule, structural units of ministries maintaining technical and record functions were retained. Numerous fragmentations
and transformations of the old institutions are explained by the “bureaucratic dilettantism” of the new
authorities. Alongside with the well-known facts of numerous officials refusing to cooperate with the Soviet Power,
the revealed sources demonstrate determination of a significant part of the pre-revolutionary bureaucracy
to maintain their positions. An essential role in renovation of the central government institutions carrying their
work under the Soviet Power was played by the removal of the Council of People’s Commissars to Moscow.
A prominent number of central institutions in charge of economy, industry, trade, transport became structural
subdivisions of VSNH (the Supreme Economic Council). Deactivation of work of some institutions responsible for
foreign trade, agriculture, etc., was greatly influenced by the Civil War and the Soviet policy of nationalization in
the fields of industry and trade.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)

value: Central institutions

value: Russian Empire

value: Soviet Power

value: document management

value: economy

value: trade

value: industry

value: bureaucracy


dc.contributor.author

value: Krymskaya, A. S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Krymskaya A. S. The First Soviet Sputnik as an Impetus to the Reform of American Education: On the 60th Anniversary of this Historic Event, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 209–222.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The Soviet Union’s October 1957 launching of Sputnik was of domestic political importance to the
US. It led to a review of the US education system, which resulted in the adoption of the National Defense Education
Act by the US Congress in 1958. Its purpose was to strengthen the national defense by appropriating
federal financial support to increase the number of educational programs responding to critical national needs.
Discussion of Sputnik’s influence on the reform of American education has continued for 60 years. In the scientific
and journalistic literature various arguments have been advanced for and against satellite’s influence, which
are discussed in this article. It attempts to show the satellite’s impact on accelerating negotiations for exchange
agreements between the USSR and the USA in the fields of culture, technology and education, and ultimately
creating a new branch of American historical scholarship — Russian Studies. Particular attention is paid to the
content of Section VI of the NDEA. It provided financial support to higher education institutions that established
or already had in place modern foreign languages centers. The results of the implementation of this paragraph
were evident in the same year, as universities in different states began establishing Russian and East European
Studies Centers. It became the starting point for a new stage in the development of Soviet-American relations in
the field of science and education.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: Soviet Sputnik

value: National Defense Education Act

value: USA

value: USSR

value: academic exchange

value: American education

value: Russian and East European studies

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Ledovaya, Yanina A.

value: Tikhonov, Roman V.

value: Bogolyubova, Olga N.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Ledovaya Y. A., Tikhonov R. V., Bogolyubova O. N. Social networks as a new environment for interdisciplinary studies of human behavior. Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 193–210.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The paper describes a new approach to collecting individual psychological, behavioral and language
data from online social networks. Within this approach, personal data (“digital footprints”) are collected
by means of special programs and web-applications that are embedded in social networks interfaces
or otherwise connected with them. Usually, users provide additional information by answering
questions of online surveys embedded in such applications. Psychological variables can be then associated
with online behavioral data and other available information. The data of thousands of users
can be not only analyzed with traditional statistical methods, but can also be used to build predictive
models with machine learning algorithms. Thus, psychological characteristics (personality traits, wellbeing,
etc.) and demographical data can be predicted based on public user information — wall posts,
page likes, etc., which is a completely new approach to data collection. Such research projects usually
involve multidisciplinary teams of psychologists, web developers, computational linguists and data
scientists. Advantages and limitations of this methodology are discussed, as well as the methods of
data collection and processing and predictive models building. Key findings of the pioneers of this
research direction are presented. These are the findings of the British project “Mypersonality.org” and
the USA-based project “World Well-Being Project”. Both are employing the described methodology
quite massively. Refs 47. Tables 2.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Работа выполнена при поддержке гранта Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета, проект 8.38.351.2015 «Стресс, здоровье и психологическое благополучие в социальных сетях:
кросскультурное исследование».

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Psychology and Education;Volume 7; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: social networks

value: Facebook

value: data collection

value: digital footprints

value: psychological traits

value: predictive models

value: computer linguistics

value: interdisciplinary approach


title: Preface

dc.description.abstract

value: Preface

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Kolantaevskaya, Anna S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Kolantaevskaya A. S. Characteristics of identity in life choice situations. Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 224–234.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article discusses the problematics of identity in its connection with the social reality. While the scientific
approach is directed variously toward internal subjectivity, changes and development of identity
are more often being considered as a result of an individual’s subjective activity. The conception of
“existential identity”, connecting identity with the person’s life choices is here considered.
The results of researching identity in one’s life choice situation are presented. Examples of meaningful
life choice is considered as professional choice (the situation of bachelors students completing
studying with the possibility of changing their specialty attending a master’s program). The research
objective is to study the identity dynamics in one’s life choice situation, and the connection of personal
(professional) and existential identity. The design of the study was longitudinal: two measurements
were taken with an annual interval. Results indicated that the identity of the respondents making
the decision to change the profession is less formed than that of the group of respondents staying in
profession. A year after the change of profession, the identity of those who changed is significantly
higher. The author concludes that respondents planning to change their specialty are in a state of
identity crisis, making a choice and confirming it in the future will allow them to develop their future
identity. The correlation of the formation of professional identity with the parameters of existential identity was also obtained (a positive correlation with a sense of existential fulfillment and negative
correlation with an existential fault characteristics), which indicates a close connection of personal and
existential identity. Refs 16. Figs 4. Table 1.

dc.subject

value: identity

value: life choice

value: existential fulfillment

value: existential guilt


dc.contributor.author

value: Strizhitskaya, Olga Yu.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Strizhitskaya O. Yu. Gerotranscendence: Psychological content and theoretical models. Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 268–280.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This paper considers the psychological content of gerotranscendence theory by L. Tornstam. Aging is
a complex and multilevel process. The present paper examines the paradigm of the biopsychosocial
model that encompasses the biological, psychological and social level, and psychological characteristics
are seen as possible moderators of both biological and social levels. Gerotranscendence theory
is a systemic model of optimal aging that includes a set of transitions taking place at the level of the
personality, society and cosmos. This model offers an explanation for the specifics of psychological
reflection of realm and interaction with the world in aging. This paper suggests predictors, factors and possible outcomes of the gerotranscendence changes on most general characteristics of one’s functioning
such as psychological well-being and health. In the paper we hypothesize two alternative models
of the formation of gerotranscendence: normative and qualitative. We describe possible triggers for
its formation, and show that gerotranscendence can be seen as obligatory formation of aging or as a
qualitative change. Refs 14. Figs 3.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Psychology and Education;Volume 7; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: psychology of aging

value: gerotranscendence

value: positive aging

value: development

value: psychological resources


dc.contributor.author

value: Krasnoselskikh, Tatiana V.

value: Shaboltas, Alla V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Кrasnoselskikh Т. V., Shaboltas А. V. Foreign theoretical models of behavior change in the prevention of socially significant diseases. Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 249–267.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The acquisition of socially significant diseases such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including
HIV and hepatitis B and C is almost totally determined by behavioral factors. That is why the traditional
biomedical approach in prevention of those infections should be enhanced by interventions focused
on individual psychological and behavioral factors of risk behaviors. The highest effectiveness of
preventive interventions is reached if they are based on well-known scientific conceptions of behavior
change. The objective of this manuscript was to review the main foreign theoretical models of behavior
change which are widely used in public health for prevention of socially significant infections. The
analysis conducted in this article presents the international resources which describe the most wellknown
theoretical concepts of behavior correction associated with health issues. The authors concluded
that there are a lot of theoretical models currently used in the world allowing to explain, to predict
and to change human behavior with the high probability. Theoretical conceptualization is an integral
basis of any preventative intervention which can pretend to be effective. Most of the effective preventive
programs focused on the risk reduction of STI and bloodborne infections which were evaluated
in longitudinal clinical trials were based on the theories presented in this manuscript. Refs 41. Figs 5.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Статья подготовлена при поддержке гранта РФФИ (ОГОН) № 15-06-10506 «Комплексная дистантная программа профилактики социально значимых заболеваний: психологические и медицинские основы разработки и оценка эффективности».

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: theoretical models

value: behavior change

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Avanesyan, Marina O.

value: Bashmakova, Iana P.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Avanesyan M. O., Bashmakova Ia. P. The study of explicit and implicit representations of curiosity. Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 235–248.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Curiosity is usually viewed as an urge to develop and learn, based upon intrinsic motivation. Therefore,
it important to find out how different people represent curiosity. The study aimed to investigate
mental representations of curiosity in all their variety. Participants were asked to name any features of
the concept ‘curiosity’ that came to their minds, and then to create a metaphoric comparison, illustrating
this concept. Sample: N=45, aged 18-28 (M = 20,14), students of SPSU.
Curiosity was depicted by participants as something that is spontaneous and related to the process
of searching new information. It is associated with obstacles, such as social rules or inaccessibility of an
object that a person is curious about. Curiosity, on the one hand, is connected to cognitive processes,
specifically visual perception. On the other hand, being curious means being childish, tactless, naïve.
A discrepancy was discovered between explicit and implicit representations of curiosity. Explicit
representations of curiosity are more stereotypical: it is wrong to demonstrate curiosity, but feeling curious is a pleasant emotional state, that evokes interest and activity when interacting with the world.
Implicitly curiosity seems to be uncontrollable, but helpful if one wants to obtain usually inaccessible
or hidden information. Refs 23. Tables 2.

dc.subject

value: curiosity

value: metaphor

value: representations of curiosity


dc.contributor.author

value: Troshikhina, Evgenia G.

value: Manukyan, Victoria R.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Troshikhina E. G., Manukyan V. R. Anxiety and stable emotional states in the structure of psycho-emotional wellbeing. Vestnik SPbSU. Psychology and Education, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 211–223.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The analysis of psychological concepts of wellbeing showed that hedonistic and eudemonic approaches
were based on different theoretical grounds and reflected distinct areas of the inner world of a person. The eudemonic view does not include the emotional factor, whereas hedonistic approaches include it
as the main one. As is known, the emotional component of wellbeing unites feelings, which are conditioned
by the successful or unsuccessful functioning of all spheres of the personality, and performs
regulatory and adaptive functions. The article is aimed toward theoretical and empirical substantiation
of the psycho-emotional wellbeing construct. It is considered as an interrelation of hedonistic
and eudemonistic aspects of wellbeing in a ratio with basic emotional characteristics of personality.
The article presents the results of two correlation pilot studies (N1 = 228; N2 = 54), which confirm that
anxiety and stable emotional states are including in the structure of psycho-emotional wellbeing of the
adult. The total scale of psychological wellbeing (C. Ryff) negatively correlates with integral indicators
of anxiety (p < .01) and positively correlates with scales of interest, emotional tone, and comfort
(p <.001). Some criteria of psychological wellbeing that focus on interaction to environment such as
competence and positive relations correlate with the positive stable emotional states and anxiety reduction
(.001 < р< .05). Autonomy and personal growth do not have any connections with the scales
of emotional states and are the least comprised in the structure of psycho-emotional wellbeing. The
results confirm the advisability of promoting the construct of psycho-emotional wellbeing as a more
holistic one. Refs 22. Figs 2.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Исследование поддержано грантом РФФИ (ОГОН), проект № 16-06-00307а.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Psychology and Education;Volume 7; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: psycho-emotional wellbeing

value: anxiety

value: stable emotional states

value: happiness

value: hedonistic wellbeing

value: eudemonistic wellbeing


dc.contributor.author

value: Movchan, V. N.

value: Zubkova, P. S.

value: Pitulko, V. M.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Movchan V. N., Zubkova P. S., Pitulko V. M. Formation of the criterial base for ecological assessment of state of urbanized territories. Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 266–279.

dc.description.abstract

value:
On the basis of our own data and that of the literature, the sanitary-hygienic, bioindicative and medico-
demographic approaches to the formation of criteria for the ecological assessment of the state of
the territory were investigated. The low effectiveness of the application of the sanitary and hygienic
direction of ecological rationing has been demonstrated shown both in the evaluation of past environmental
damage and current man-made changes in the components of the environment, and in the
assessment of the impact of man-made factors on public health. The health risks and the elemental
status of the population were considered as indicators of chemical pollution’s impact on citizens. The
population health’s risk of Saint Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don linked to air pollution was evaluated.
The comparative analysis of data on the structure of morbidity and the elemental status of child were
given for the two districts of St. Petersburg with different degrees of anthropogenic impact: Kolpinsky
and Petrodvortsovy. As a result, it is concluded that, during the assessment of ecological state of
urbanized areas and identification the causes of violations of public health it is necessary to adopt an
integrated approach, including a number of additional criteria: the health risk and the elemental status
of the population. Refs 15. Figs 2. Tables 3.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Earth Sciences;Volume 62; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: urban territories

value: environmental assessment

value: elemental status of population

value: health risk

dc.title

value: Article


title: Profile tourist destinations

dc.contributor.author

value: Zyrianov, A. I.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Zyrianov A. I. Profile tourist destinations. Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 254–265.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The tourist service is a complex set of enterprises, which can be classified according to the size of the
share of tourist functions. The diversity and dispersion of the tourist service complicates the study of
its geography. The division of the service according to types of economic activity does not clearly reflect
the patterns of its spatial organization. For the study of service geography and the identification of
the territorial structure of the service, the effective allocation of tourism types and the analysis of profile
destinations as specialized tourist service spaces is needed. Based on an example of the ski mounting
centers, the expediency of allocation of profile tourist destinations is demonstrated. Refs 10. Fig. 1.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.subject

value: tourism

value: service

value: geography

value: profile destination

value: ski mounting destinations

value: Profile tourist destinations


dc.contributor.author

value: Bashmachnikov, I. L.

value: Belonenko, T. V.

value: Kuibin, P. A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bashmachnikov I. L., Belonenko T. V., Kuibin P. A. Application of the theory of columnar Q-vortices with helical structure for the Lofoten vortex in the Norwegian Sea. Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 221–236.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this paper, dynamic characteristics of mesoscale vortices in the ocean are considered using the
theory of columnar vortices with a helical structure. The radial profile of the relative vorticity is approximated
with the Q-distribution. Expressions connecting the distributions of the horizontal and
vertical velocity components in this type of vortices are obtained. The limitations for the applicability
of the analytical solution are derived. The advantages and disadvantages of this model are shown in
comparison with the radial distributions of the corresponding parameters in Scully and in Rayleigh
vortices. In particular, it is shown that the Q-distribution can, in some sense, be considered as a compromise
solution between the two distributions above. The theory of columnar Q-vortices with helical
structure is applied to the permanently existing anticyclonic Lofoten vortex of the Norwegian Sea. The
mean radial distributions of various dynamics characteristics of the Lofoten vortex are obtained using
simulations with the regional hydrodynamic model MIT. The reasons for formation of the observed
vertical velocity structure are analyzed. It is shown that, in contrast to atmospheric synoptic structures,
divergence of Ekman fluxes in the bottom layer affects only the lower part of the vortex. In the upper
ocean, ascending vertical motion is observed in the Lofoten vortex. It is assumed that horizontal dispersion
of vortex energy, the most intense in the surface layer, plays an essential role in the formation
of the field of vertical velocities in the upper part of its core. Refs 36. Figs 3.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Работа выполнена при финансовой поддержке Российского фонда фундаментальных исследований (гранты № 16-05-00452 и 17-05-00034). Авторы благодарят Д. Л. Волкова (Cooperative
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies University of Miami, США) за предоставленные данные
гидродинамического моделирования при помощи MIT.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: Norwegian Sea

value: Lofoten vortex

value: radial velocity structure

value: Q-vortex

value: divergence

value: MIT hydrodynamics model


dc.contributor.author

value: Fartyshev, A. N.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Fartyshev A. N. Geopolitical and geoeconomical position of Siberia: Modelling and estimation. Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 300–310.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article analyses geopolitical space and geopolitical position based on geopolitical notions and
categories, such as geopolitical subject. It rethinks and reevaluates the geographical point of view.
It derives attributes of synonymy in notions of geopolitical position and geoeconomical position on
some conditions. It represents a model of the geopolitical position of subject examined as a ratio of
geopolitical strength of the subject to geopolitical strength of outward subjects as considering the influence
of every subject and level of political relation on the scale of “friend-foe”. It takes an estimation
of the geopolitical and geoeconomical position of Siberia based on the components of the model and
finds features of similarity and difference between the geopolitical position of Siberia and the ideal
geopolitical position, and where it can be characterized as profitable. It gets a prognosis of its transformation
over the near term with considering conception of diversification of oil flows, realizing at
the present time. It draws a conclusion to get generally better position of Siberia due to realizing this
policy. Refs 21. Figs 3.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Работа выполнена при финансовой поддержке РФФИ и РГО в рамках проекта 17-05-41057
РГО_а «Транспортно-коммуникационный фактор развития Сибири: возможности, ограничения,
перспективы».

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Earth Sciences;Volume 62; Issue 3

value: geopolitical position

value: geoeconomics

value: political geography

value: theoretical geography

value: quantitative methods in geography

value: limology

value: diversification of oil flows

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Moskalenko, A. N.

value: Khusnitdinov, R. R.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Moskalenko A. N., Khusnitdinov R. R. Prediction of fracture intensity of carbonates based on the results of paleostress estimation by fault kinematic analysis based on the 3D seismic data (Kuyumba Oil Field). Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 311–322.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The approach of prediction of fracture intensity of low permeability rocks is presented based on slip
and dilation tendency analyses. The input data are faults kinematics data and the stress components
that regulate their formation. As an example, data obtained from the Riphean complex of the Kuyumba
oilfield and the concentrators of fractured oil reservoirs in the investigated region, is examined.
Refs 19. Figs 5. Table 1.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Kuyumba oilfield

value: fractured oil reservoir

value: stress state

value: seismic horizon


title: Arslanov Hikmatulla Adievich (on the occasion of his 85th birthday)

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Earth Sciences;Volume 62; Issue 3


dc.contributor.author

value: Pilyasov, A. N.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Pilyasov A. N. Sovereignty as an economical and geographic phenomenon (employing trends in the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation). Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 280–299.

dc.description.abstract

value:
A departure from the legal interpretation of the sovereignty of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation
allows one to draw the tools and information resources of other Sciences into studying this concept.
The author believes that economic geography can make a significant contribution. An economicgeographical
approach to the problem of national sovereignty in the Arctic puts it in the context of
space (the sovereignty of which is questioned), which is atomized on a micro-level of municipalities
(districts and cities) and rural and urban settlements. The protection of their sovereignty is connected
with the implementation of investment projects, livelihood of local communities, preservation of the
traditional economy and way of life, territories of traditional residence and natural use of indigenous
peoples, ongoing research (stationary and expedition) activities in the territory. The author suggests
an understanding of sovereignty as a process, which has a different value (which changes) in specific
periods of time. This approach is illustrated by two periods in the development of the Arctic zone of the
Russian Federation: 2010–2013 and 2014–2017. The first period can be called a time of “exogenous”
developments, when the question of the sovereignty of the Arctic territories and waters of Russia
approved in the coordinates of the active international cooperation with other Arctic countries on all possible negotiating forums. The second period saw a radical change in the entire instrumentation of
Arctic sovereignty in favor of domestic investment focus on large mining and infrastructure projects,
land and transition zone “land-sea” and defense mobilization in the Arctic Islands and coastal areas.
Refs 17. Tables 3.

dc.subject

value: Sovereignty

value: economic-geography approach

value: support zone of the Arctic


dc.contributor.author

value: Brodsky, A. K.

value: Bobylev, N. G.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Brodsky A. K., Bobylev N. G. Biodiversity and overcoming the contemporary environmental crisis: A discussion on anthropocentric and ecosystem-based approaches to sustainable development. Vestnik SPbSU. Earth Sciences, 2017, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 237–253.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Talking about the biosphere equilibrium, our society has been primarily focused on discussing anthropo-
centered issues such as climate, greenhouse gas concentrations, levels of environmental pollution,
to name a few. Processes occurring in nature have been marginalized too often in public policy
debates. However, diminishing biodiversity and ecosystems degradation are at the core of the current
ecological crisis. While perusing development, too often we forget that the Earth’s condition, which
enables humans to thrive, is a product of the biosphere and its ecosystems; current human livelihoods
are based on ecosystem services. The paper discusses the role which the biodiversity and ecosystems
discourse should be playing in shaping the development and environmental policy debate across academic,
social, and policy sectors. Refs 18. Figs 4.

dc.subject

value: biosphere

value: ecological crisis

value: biodiversity

value: dynamic stability system

value: concept of sustainable development

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Novikova, Mellin

value: Kuznetsov, Alexander

dc.identifier.citation

value: Novikova, M., and Kuznetsov, A. 2017. Palmar flexion creases and finger linkage groups in New World monkeys — functional and evolutionary palmistry Bio. Comm. 62(3): 181–201.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Manipulatory abilities and activities of primate hands are crucially important
for humanity’s understanding of our own species, and they have been very well
studied in diverse aspects. However, there remains a surprising ignorance as to
the variety of flexion creases on primate palms and their functional and evolutionary
significance. Here we present the first extensive attempt to fill this gap.
Major attention is paid to New World monkeys known for the diversity of their
grasping adaptations, which exceeds that of prosimians, Old World monkeys
and apes together. The presented analysis is based on the assumption that
the palmar flexion creases border groups of fingers which are used together —
which we suggest naming “finger linkage groups”. We show that this assumption
is in agreement with what is known about hand usage in locomotion and
manipulation by different primates. Here we show that the Life Line bordering
the thumb is present in all primates manifesting the basic ability of thumb
opposition, which can be enhanced (like in humans or capuchins) or reduced
(like in marmosets or spider monkeys). Longitudinal creases (Fate Line) seem to
have appeared early in evolution, as they are present in lemurs, marmosets,
and some Old World monkeys; typically, two longitudinal creases are present
(humans show one as a variation). The longitudinal creases were replaced in
simian evolution by transversal ones, of which the most common is the Simian
Line bordering fingers II–V and facilitating a power grip by these four fingers
against the palm. This four–finger crease is the only type of transversal creases
known in Old World monkeys and apes (the last have two such creases). In marmosets
the transversal crease borders all five fingers, while in schizodactylous
New World Monkeys it borders only the three last fingers. Apart from them,
such a three–finger crease, known as the Heart Line, is found in humans only.
However, its origin is different. In human evolution, it was most likely produced
by a breakage of the ancestral Simian Line into two, the second half being represented
by the unique human Head Line. This breakage dislinked the index
finger from the power grip, allowing for pointing gestures and individual usage
of this finger.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This work was supported by the
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
(grants 15-04-05049 and 17-04-00954).

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications;Volume 62; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: palmar flexion creases

value: finger linkage groups

value: Platyrrhini

value: functional morphology


dc.contributor.author

value: Muraeva, Olga

value: Maltseva, Arina

value: Varfolomeeva, Marina

value: Mikhailova, Natalia

value: Granovitch, Andrey

dc.identifier.citation

value: Muraeva, O., Maltseva, A., Varfolomeeva, M., Mikhailova, N., Granovitch, A. 2017. Mild osmotic stress in intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and Littorina obtusata (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): a proteomic analysis. Bio. Comm. 62(3): 202–213.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Salinity is a crucial abiotic environmental factor for marine animals, affecting
their physiology and geographic ranges. Deviation of environmental salinity
from the organismal optimum range results in an osmotic stress in osmoconformers,
which keep their fluids isotonic to the environment. The ability to
overcome such stress is critical for animals inhabiting areas with considerable
salinity variation, such as intertidal areas. In this study, we compared the reaction
to mild water freshening (from 24 to 14 ‰) in two related species of intertidal
snails, Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata, with respect to several aspects:
survival, behavior and proteomic changes. Among these species, L. saxatilis is
more tolerant to low salinity and survives in estuaries. We found out that the
response of these species was much milder (with no mortality or isolation reaction
observed) and involved weaker proteomic changes than during acute
stress (freshening from 24 to 10 ‰), characterized earlier. The proteomic response
of the second species, L. obtusata, was weaker (6 % vs 10 % of regulated
proteins) than that of L. saxatilis and engaged a mostly different set of proteins.
Among proteins potentially involved in adaptation to low salinity, we identified
enzymes of energetic metabolism and antioxidant response, chaperones, proteins
of extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton, ion channels and regulators of
cell growth and proliferation.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This work was supported by the
Russian Foundation of Basic Research
(project No 15-04-08210) and by a project
of Saint Petersburg State University (project
No 0.40.491.2017).

dc.subject

value: salinity adaptation

value: osmotic stress

value: proteomic analysis

value: intertidal molluscs

value: periwinkles

value: Littorina


dc.contributor.author

value: Maksimova, Ekaterina

value: Abakumov, Evgeny

dc.identifier.citation

value: Maximova, E., and Abakumov, E. 2017. Soil organic matter quality and composition in a postfire Scotch pine forest in Tolyatti, Samara region. Bio. Comm. 62(3): 169–180.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Evaluation of humus accumulation and humification rates was conducted on
soils affected by surface and crown fires during 2010 forest fires near Tolyatti
(Samara region, Russia). Three key soil plots were studied for estimating SOM
quality changes under the forest fire effect. Total carbon and nitrogen content,
as well as Сhumic acids/Cfulvic acids (Cha/Cfa) ratios, were estimated to evaluate the dynamics
of soil recovery. Humic acid powders were extracted from soils and analyzed
by elemental composition and 13C-NMR spectroscopy to assess changes
in structure and composition. The data indicate that the burning of a forest
floor and humic horizon led to humus losses and decreases in total carbon
stocks and content. As a result of the fires, the content of humic acids in the
pyrogenic horizon increased. Greater increases in the degree of organic matter
humification were observed for surface fires than for crown fires. Fire also
lead to the formation of humic acids with an increased proportion of aromatic
compounds than in control soils, which indicates the degradation of carboxylic
and aliphatic groups of molecules under the burning effect. This corresponds
well with the decrease of the proportion of hydrogen when comparing the elemental
composition of burned soil with that of mature soil.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This work was supported by a
grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation,
project 17-16-01030. This study was partially
supported by analytical analyses performed
at the Centre for Magnetic Resonance and
at the Centre for Chemical Analysis and
Materials Research of Research Park of
St. Petersburg State University.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications;Volume 62; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: soils

value: wildfires

value: postfire soil development

value: humic acids

value: soil organic matter

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Saifitdinova, Alsu

value: Koshel, Elena

value: Vishnevskaya, Maria

value: Galkina, Svetlana

dc.identifier.citation

value: Saifitdinova, A., Koshel, E., Vishnevskaya, M., and Galkina, S. 2017. Celebrating the Jubilee of Elena Gaginskaya — the founder of the Lampbrushology School in Saint Petersburg University. Bio. Comm. 62(3): 159–164.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Elena Gaginskaya is an outstanding scientist, doctor of biological sciences, professor,
international expert, creator of the first core facility at St. Petersburg
State University, and the founder of the Lampbrushology Scientific School. She
celebrates her 85th birthday this year. Students, colleagues and friends congratulate
Elena with all their hearts on her jubilee, and mark their devotion to
her with this publication.

dc.subject

value: Jubilee

value: Elena Gaginskaya

value: lampbrush chromosomes


title: SUPPLEMENTS 1–5. Mild osmotic stress in intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and Littorina obtusata (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): a proteomic analysis

dc.contributor.author

value: Muraeva, Olga

value: Maltseva, Arina

value: Varfolomeeva, Marina

value: Mikhailova, Natalia

value: Granovitch, Andrey

dc.identifier.citation

value: Muraeva, O., Maltseva, A., Varfolomeeva, M., Mikhailova, N., Granovitch, A. 2017. Mild osmotic stress in intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and Littorina obtusata (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): a proteomic analysis. Bio. Comm. 62(3): 202–213.

dc.description.abstract

value:
SUPPLEMENTS 1–5.
Olga Muraeva, Arina Maltseva, Marina Varfolomeeva, Natalia Mikhailova, and Andrey Granovitch
Mild osmotic stress in intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and Littorina obtusata (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): a proteomic analysis

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.type

value: Other


dc.contributor.author

value: Saifitdinova, Alsu

value: Volodkina, Valeriia

value: Gaginskaya, Elena

dc.identifier.citation

value: Saifitdinova, A., Galkina, S., Volodkina, V., and Gaginskaya E. 2017. Preparation of lampbrush chromosomes dissected from avian and reptilian growing oocytes. Bio. Comm. 62(3): 165–168.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Lampbrush chromosomes represent transcriptionally active chromosomes that
exist during the extended diplotene phase in the growing ovarian eggs of many
vertebrate animals, except therian mammals. They are excellent for studying
chromosome structure and aspects of RNA transcription. Because of their giant
size they allow a great increase in the resolution for physical gene mapping.
Lampbrush chromosomes have no connection with the nuclear envelope, and
can be manually dissected from living oocyte nuclei. Here we present the complete
protocol for lampbrush chromosome microsurgical isolation from avian
and reptilian germinal vesicles. These chromosome preparations can be further
used for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunostaining.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
The research was carried out
under project 15-04-05684 financed by
Russian Basic Research Foundation.
V. V. was supported by a grant from
the Saint Petersburg State University
(1.42.961.2016).

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications;Volume 62; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: nucleus

value: germinal vesicle

value: meiotic chromosomes

value: microsurgical isolation

value: Aves

value: Reptilia

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Bogatyreva, Karina A.

value: Shirokova, Galina V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bogatyreva K. A., Shirokova G. V. Main approaches to exploring intention-action gap in entrepreneurship Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management. 2017, vol. 16, issue 3, pp. 343–363.

dc.description.abstract

value: The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of theoretical foundations for the entrepreneurial intention-action gap concept as well as a literature review in this field. The review was based on empirical papers indexed in EBSCO, Scopus, and Web of Science databases selected with no time restrictions. The analysis of studies on entrepreneurial intention-behavior link allowed to identify main theoretical roots and empirical research directions as well as to distinguish crucial factors that are able to stimulate or hamper intention-action translation in entrepreneurship. The first research direction encompasses studies devoted to the role of individual traits with regards to entrepreneurial intention-action transformation. The second literature stream covers studies of micro-environment peculiarities. Finally, the third research direction focuses upon the influence of meso-level factors on the link between intentions and actions in entrepreneurship. This article contributes to the literature on entrepreneurial intention models by specifying essential moderators (boundary conditions) that determine the strength of the association between entrepreneurial intentions and subsequent behavior. The overview of the current state of empirical research allowed to formulate future promising research directions in this field. In particular, the field can be further developed by movement of empirical focus towards investigating the role of macro-level environmental peculiarities, applying experimental design, and assessing multi-level models of entrepreneurial intention-behavior translation.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Management;Volume 16; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: entrepreneurial intentions

value: start-up activities

value: entrepreneurial intention-action gap

value: literature review


dc.contributor.author

value: Volkov, Dmitry L.

value: Garanina, Tatiana A.

value: Nikulin, Egor D.

value: Udovichenko, Olga M.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Volkov D. L., Garanina T. A., Nikulin E. D., Udovichenko O. M. Sherlock Holmes in finance: Methodology of development and solution of the case on company identification based on financial statements. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management, 2017, vol. 16, issue 3, pp. 447–468.

dc.description.abstract

value: In this work we represent a methodology for development and solution of a study case for the courses “Financial Accounting and Analysis” and “Financial Statement Analysis” that are part of the curriculum of different study programmes in Russian Universities. The main goal of the study case is identification of companies based on their financial statements. This kind of a case helps students to develop skills that reflect application of financial statement analysis instruments to identify industry differences between companies and also differences between companies within one industry that have different business models. These skills may be useful for further career development as they are needed both for work of an external financial analyst and a company’s management while evaluating its financial position. The main novelty of the developed methodology is that faculty members can apply it for further development of study cases of different levels depending on the differences between participants’ knowledge levels and programmes it is used at: bachelor, master or Executive MBA. The work also contains an example of a study case with its solution that is developed on the basis of the methodology described.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: financial analysis

value: financial statements

value: industry

value: business model


dc.contributor.author

value: Efremov, Sergey A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Efremov S. A. Government support of agriculture: The case of the Novgorod region. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management, 2017, vol. 16, issue 3, pp. 424–446.

dc.description.abstract

value: Agriculture providing population with food is one of the most important industries. The article analyzes the current state of the system of budgetary support for agriculture in the Russian Federation. On the example of the Novgorod region, the main shortcomings of the current budget support system for the industry are demonstrated: an insufficient level of budget support; a large number of types of subsidies; instability of the amount of support for types of subsidies; untimely delivery of federal funds to regional budgets; weak linkage of the target indicators of the effectiveness of the use of subsidies with subsidy directions. In general, it can be said that the current budget support system for the sector could not overcome the main negative trends: low profitability of agricultural production, unsatisfactory material and technical security and relatively low wages. It is necessary to improve budgetary support for agriculture in the following areas: to formulate a budget for the development of agriculture, taking into account the balance of production and use of basic types of food; distribute federal budget funds among the constituent entities of the Russian Federation no later than January of the current fiscal year; unify the types of subsidies at the regional and federal levels; to adjust the system of indicators of the effectiveness of the use of subsidies from the federal budget. This will improve the efficiency of budget support for the industry, create prerequisites for the growth of agricultural production and ensure food security.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

value: agriculture

value: budget support

value: subsidies

value: Novgorod region

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Nefedov, Konstantin S.

value: Panibratov, Andrei Yu.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Nefedov K. S., Panibratov A. Yu. Global value chain analysis: Main dimensions and further research agenda. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management. 2017, vol. 16, issue 3, pp. 364–397.

dc.description.abstract

value: In this paper we provide an overview of the origins and development of the global value chain (GVC) concept and group extant research in the field according to different aspects of the GVC analysis in order to identify promising areas for further research. Institutional dimension of the GVC analysis is emphasized in terms of the specifics of emerging-market multinational enterprises (EMNEs). Based on a detailed review and systematization of the extant research in the field two main areas for further research are identified. Firstly, the influence of institutional distance between different countries taking part in GVCs on GVC configuration parameters (governance type, geographical distribution of GVC operations and GVC upgrading type) and secondly, the role of various contracting methods (outsourcing, offshoring, franchizing, etc., as opposed to traditional foreign direct investment) in the configuration and improvement of GVC operations. Thus institutional and geographical aspects of the GVC analysis as well as upgrading in GVCs in the context of EMNEs are identified to be the most promising areas for future research in the field.

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Management;Volume 16; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: global value chains

value: global commodity chains

value: institutional dimension of the GVC analysis


dc.contributor.author

value: Liuhto, Kari

dc.identifier.citation

value: Liuhto K. Foreign board members in Russia’s largest corporations: A special emphasis on the country’s 10 biggest firms investing abroad. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 3, pp. 452–471.

dc.description.abstract

value: A foreigner born outside the former USSR occupies every fifth board seat in Russia’s 50 largest corporations. Unsurprisingly, Russia’s private firms more frequently have foreigners on their boards, than the state-owned enterprises do. Less than 10 % of the board seats of Russia’s largest state-owned enterprises have been given to foreigners, while the respective share in privately-owned firms is nearly 30 %. The share of foreigners on the boards of Russia’s biggest firms investing abroad is clearly larger than in the country’s 50 largest corporations, in general, indicating a correlation between an intensive foreign direct investment expansion and a higher proportion of foreigners on the boards of directors. The British, the Americans and the Germans hold more than half of the board seats given to foreigners, in Russia’s 50 largest corporations. Only two Chinese citizens could be detected among the nearly 100 foreign board directors. It remains to be seen what the impact of Western sanctions on the future board composition of Russia’s largest corporations will be. Therefore, it is worth following how the number of Chinese board members, in Russia’s most significant firms, will develop in the coming years, since the growing number of board seats usually reflects increased FDI flows. So far, Russian statistics show that Chinese investments in Russia are non-existent, and the same applies to Russian investments in China, as well.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies;Volume 33; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: Russian outward foreign direct investment

value: internationalisation of Russia’s largest corporations

value: corporate governance

value: board of directors


dc.contributor.author

value: van der Ploeg, Frederick

value: Malova, Aleksandra S.

value: Saltan, Andrey А.

dc.identifier.citation

value: van der Ploeg F., Malova A., Saltan A. Harnessing hydrocarbon revenues: reflections on Russia. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 3, pp. 348–363.

dc.description.abstract

value: Economies, like Russia, blessed with resource abundance, do not usually perform well during the period of commodity price boom. The optimal policy of managing resource revenues prescribes to commit the permanent income rule to smooth the resource dividend in efficiency units and to smooth the real exchange rate. During the commodity price boom, Russia followed partially this prescribed policy, but the situation changed after the crash of oil and gas prices in 2014. Possible ways to overcome the consequences of low oil and gas prices are discussed, paying particular attention to the lack of economic complexity and the need for diversification and capabilities for growth and development of the Russian economy. Refs 29. Figs 3.

dc.subject

value: natural resource curse

value: managing resource revenues

value: permanent income rule

value: real exchange rate

value: coping with low commodity prices

value: diversification

value: economic complexity

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Zabolotskii, Egor D.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Zabolotskii E. D. Experience of European pension systems reforming and the possibility of its use in the Russian Federation. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 3, pp. 472–497.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In recent years, after the World Bank publication in 1994, there has been much discussion about pension systems reforming. A key issue considered by World Bank was increasing life expectancy and projected pension resources shortfall. Since 2000 the European Commission actively participates in the process of reforming pension systems in European Union (EU) member States.
The aim of the study was to develop concept for further reforms of the Russian pension system based on the experience of EU. The need for Russian pension system change is due to increasing maintenance costs, dependence on budget revenue and participant contributions, low level of total pension system assets and anticipated growth deficit of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.
Increasing and equalization of the retirement age between men and women, increasing contributions of employees for funded pension, lifting of the moratorium on the transfers to non-state pension funds and further development of individual supplemental pension (non-governmental) were identified as major proposals for priority directions in improving Russian pension system, based on EU experience. Refs 26. Figs 4. Tables 7.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies;Volume 33; Issue 3

dc.subject

value: pension systems

value: reforming

value: key indicators analysis

value: European Union

value: Russia