Sphere of culture

The study examines the legacy of the physiological scientist and thinker Alexei Alekseevich Ukhtomsky (1875-1942), the author of the doctrine of the dominant, which formed the basis of his philosophy of man as an internally growing being, who builds himself, moving towards perfection. The core of this upward movement, according to Ukhtomsky, is faith. The scientist and philosopher states the unity of faith and knowledge, like representatives of Russian cosmism N.F. Fedorov, P.A. Florensky, as well as the French paleontologist and philosopher P. Teilhard de Chardin, and substantiates his ideas both naturally and theologically, insists on the integrity of man extending the imperative of transformation to both spiritual and physical nature. Like F.M. Dostoevsky, he defends the mystery of man, which lies in the ability to see another person as an Interlocutor rather than a Lookalike, criticizes civilization and culture devoid of a religious vector, contrasting them with the ideal of collegiality and cosmic responsibility of man.

The implementation of the Federal National Project Culture in each of the regions of the Siberian Federal District is carried out in different ways and has territorial peculiarities. The current article identifies factors which affect this process, analyzes the problems that the regional authorities face as well as specific results achieved in 10 constituent entities of the District over the past 6 years. The authors come to the conclusion that the record of quantitative indicators obtained during the implementation of the national project has not been sufficiently made; they point out the need to identify qualitative characteristics associated with the peculiarities of the resource potential of individual regions; raise the question of monitoring the population that makes up the audience of cultural institutions.

The article gives a consistent characteristics of six artistic techniques for depicting the dialectics of the soul of a child, which form the basis of psychologism in A.P. Chekhov’s novel Steppe: 1) the motif of a road as reflection of the dynamics of the child’s mental states; 2) the combination of the narrator’s voice and non-personal direct speech; 3) characterization of the child’s feelings through the outside world; 4) mimic psychologism; 5) introduction of elements of children’s etymology; 6) the use of figurative means to describe the poetic perception of the world by a child. The novelty of the study consists in the application of the term dialectics of the soul to the analysis of a children’s artistic image in A.P. Chekhov’s work. The authors prove that the combination of these techniques allows the writer to show the evolution of children’s consciousness, soul movements in explicit and implicit ways.

The marriage and coronation of Emperor Nicholas II as well as the centenary of the Romanovs dynasty were accompanied by opening of churches dedicated to the patron saints of the reigning persons and the spread of icons with the images of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the martyr St. Alexandra of Rome. The authors of the article examine this tradition on the example of works of icon-painting art found in the Altai region. The images of the saints belonged to the same iconographic variation, but had different interpretations in terms of arrangement of figures and decorative solutions. Icons with the faces of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the martyr St. Alexandra of Rome were often ordered and bought by peasants, which testifies to the people’s veneration of the ruling dynasty in the late XIXth - early XXth centuries.

Directors who work with mass forms of festive culture and in the field of concert and entertainment arts participate in their professional activities in the implementation of various creative projects, the creation of which is characterized by certain specifics. The article examines the evolution of views on creative project technologies in the XXth - early XXIst centuries. The authors prove that the development of projects of this profile at the present stage should combine four approaches (ideological, problematic, commercial and semiotic). These methodological grounds should also be taken into account in the project and creative training of student-directors of theatrical performances and holidays.

The study examines the problem of digital socialization of children and adolescents in the context of the formation of social and cultural experience of an individual (mastered value-normative models, role and identification scenarios), caused by the influence of digital data and information technologies. Particular attention is paid to communication strategies related to reading (book) and gaming (video games) network practices. A comprehensive survey has been conducted by the authors in order to find out the attitude of children and adolescents (650 respondents) to reading and playing in the digital space. The article presents the analysis of the survey results.

Materials published in 1920-1928 in the central newspaper of the Samara Province The Kommuna covered various events that took place in the printing industry, book publishing and book trade in Samara. The article reveals the value of newspaper articles and notes as a meaningful source for studying the history of the Samara printing industry, the Provincial Branch of the State Publishing House, the activities of shops and authorized representatives of the Trade Sector of the State Publishing House, as well as the trade union movement of Samara printers in the specified period.

The article analyzes the correspondence between Academician N.P. Likhachev (1862-1936) and E.M. Khruslov, the curator of the Moscow City P. and S.M. Tretyakovs’ Art Gallery. The correspondence dates back to 1902-1905 and is devoted mainly to the preparation and publication of the catalog of Old Russian painting collected by P.M. Tretyakov. A comprehensive source study discourse has revealed methodological aspects of N.P. Likhachev’s work in the field of icon painting as well as his contribution to the development of Russian art history.

The review presents the characteristics of 17 reports made in May 2025 at the Udmurt Institute of History, Language and Literature of the Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Izhevsk) at a meeting of the Problems of Archeography, Source Studies and Historical Bibliography Round Table. This event follows the tradition of the Bibliographic and Archaeographic Source Studies in Libraries, Archives and Museums Round Table, which functioned within the structure of the Russian Library Association (2009-2024). The reports made at the meeting are dedicated to various aspects of the study and publication of historical sources, problems of historical bibliography and biographics as well as regional archeography.