
	RUSSIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF ECONOMY RUSSIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD EDITORIAL BOARD YU.I.IGRITSKY, Ph.D.(Hist.), Corresponding member of IIA, Editor-in-Chief L.N.VERCHENOV, Ph.D.(Philosophy) V.I.GERASIMOV, Ph.D. (Phylology), Corresponding member of IIA , Deputy Editor-in-Chief L.P.DELYUSIN, Dr. (Hist.), Professor E.B.KALOEVA, Ph.D. (Hist.), Deputy Editor-in-Chief A.D.NEKIPELOV, Dr. (Econ.), Academician of RAS B.S.ORLOV, Dr. (Hist.), Professor T.G.PARHALINA, Ph.D. (Hist.) YU.S.PIVOVAROV, Dr.(Politology), Corresponding member of RAS L.V.SKVORTSOV, Dr. (Philosophy) , Professor, Academician of IIA B.A.HEIFETS, Dr. (Econ.) L.I.SHANSHIEVA, Ph.D. (Philosophy) V.M.SHEVYRIN, Ph.D. (Hist.), Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chief Secretary A.A.HALATOV Editor-Consultant I.L.BELENKIY 2010 N 2 Contents N 1 Contents 2009 N 4 Contents N 3 Contents N 2 Contents N 1 Contents 2008 N 4 Contents N 3 Contents N 2 Contents N 1 Contents 2007 N 4 Contents N 3 Contents N 2 Contents N 1 Contents 2006 N 4 Contents N 3 Contents N 2 Contents N 1 Contents 2005 N 4 Contents N 3 Contents N 2 Contents N 1 Contents N 2 (67), 2010 In This Issue: Lessons of Modernizations in Russia The Crisis and Anti-Crisis Policy Ecology and Business The EU and Russia: Energy Problems The Soviet State and Asocial Elements CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW V. L. Inozemtsev The History and Lessons of Russian Modernizations T. A. Agapova The Economic Crisis in Russia and the Effectiveness of the State Anti-Crisis Policy E. Ya. Vittenberg Ecological Responsibility of the Russian Business RUSSIA AND THF WORLD IN THE 21^ST CFNTURY N.I. Bukharin Transformations in the Central European and East European Countries: Achievements and Problems V.I. Voloshin Russia and the EU: The Hard Press of the Energy Dialogue Yu.A. Safonova A New EU Energy Policy: Prospects for «New» Europe? P.V.Gunichev, E.K.Khizhny The Shadow Economy and Hidden Employment in the West European Countries (1995 – 2005) M.N. Arbatskaya National Ideas in National Mottos PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY N.G. Kedrov Stalinism and the Peasantry: A Socio-Cultural Analysis Ye.Yu. Zubkova In the Backyard of Soviet Everyday Life (peculiarities of the state policy toward social anomalies and deviant groups of population, 1945-mid-1960's) COMMUNICATIONS. REFLECTIONS. COMMENTS A. G. Dongarov The USSR and the Baltic States (August 1939 - August 1940) A.A. Salnikova The Soviet, Post-Soviet and the National in the Tatar ABC Book «Alifba» (the end of the 1980's-2000's) A.V. Kiva China and Russia: Different Civili-zations, Different Reforms 0. V. Besschetnova Life Outlook and Values of Young Students (Polls in Saratov and Volgograd provinces) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE G.N. Vasilevich A New Life of the Pushkin Memorial P.M. Shulgin Ancient Bolgar - An Unique Historical and Cultural Territory on the Map of Russia Т. V. Sokolova New Economic Association S.A. Sitaryan The International Academy of Management SURVEYS. DIGESTS Haller M. Die Europaische Integration als Elitenproekt Vercoulon Th. Matieres premieres, regulation international et Etats rentier SUMMARIES N 1 (66), 2010 In This Issue: What has the Collapse of Communism Brought Demography and Power Women and Power in Russia The Crisis and the State Debt The Eurasian Economic Space CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW J. Kornai Liberte', Egalite', Fraternite'. Reflections on the Changes Following the Collapse of Communism K. N. Svitnev Demography and Power N.Yu. Lapina, A. Ye. Chirikova Women in Power in Russia: Careers and Motivations G.L. Voronin Social Welfare: The Correlation of Objective and Subjective Factors B.A. Kheyfets The Crisis and New Tendencies in Managing the State Debt in Russia N .V. Pankevich Disproportions of Regional Development in the Russian Federation: A Problem with No Solution? RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^ST CENTURY Ye. Ye. Shestakova The Concept of «Social Quality» as a New Content of the State's Social Policy L.Z. Zevin The Eurasian Economic Space: Possibilities and Limits of Consolidation N.Yu. Kaveshnikov Formation and Development of the Institutional Structure of the Eurasian Economic Space B.S. Orlov Russia in German Eyes since Early 20^th Century COMMUNICATIONS. REFLECTIONS. COMMENTS Ye.P. Sigareva Life Terms of the Russian Populace: History and Present Time M.S. Toksanbaeva The Engagement Policy and Personnel Deficit V.S. Arutynov The Problem of Oil Gas as a Challenge to Russia's Innovative Structure FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE Ye.B. Kaloeva The Russian Voluntary Committee in France for Aid from Hunger in Russia K.S. Pryazhnikov Georgiy Gins, Russian Solidarist SURVEYS. DIGESTS Resistance to Change as a Specific Feature of the System of Management in Russia Formation of a New International System in the 21^st Century C. Jaffrelot Pourquoi la democratie en Inde? BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L. Belenkiy The Intelligentsia and Its Fate in Russia. Literature of 1993-2009 SUMMARIES N 4 (65), 2009 In This Issue: The Crisis and Everyday Life in Russia Sacralization of Supreme Authority in Russia Corruption in Russia Narcotization of Russia’s Population Innovation Development: Problems and Strategies CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW М. К. Gorshkov Russian Everyday Life in the Crisis Conditions: A Sociological Aspect. (Ten Theses) I.I. Glebova Sacralization of Supreme Authority in Russia as a Cultural and Historical Phenomenon V.N. Babenko Corruption in Russia: From Traditions and Customs to a Mode of Life? A.G.Osipov Ethnic Discrimination: Profiles and Practices (case study of Stavropol Territory) A.A. Nelyubin Narcotization of Russia's Population - A Threat to National Security D.B. Dondurey The Crisis and TV as a Factory of Notions RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^ST CENTURY A.A. Zykov, M.Yu. Shinkovsky Russia in the System of Transborder Collaboration in the Asian Pacific: In Search of Its Own Way CHALLENGES OF INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT Ye.B. Lenchuk Russia in the Conditions of Global Technological Challenges V.P. Shuisky Export Potential of the Russian Economy's Intellectual Sectors A.B. Chikalov The Innovation Development of Russia, «Big Seven» and China Ye.P. Smirnov Innovations: On the Way to a Strategic Policy A. V. Alexeev The Innovation Process and the Russian Tax System: Whose Upper Hand? COMMUNICATIONS. REFLECTIONS. NOTES S. V. Bespalov P.B. Struve on the Capitalist Path of Russia's Development on the Threshold of the 20^th Century L.I. Rosenberg The Principle of Self-Determination and the Formation of Independent States in the Baltic Region (Estonia and Latvia, 1918-1920) D.G. Shkaev The Mentality of Youth and the Problems of Social Trajectories in the Labor Market Conditions Yu.A. Kharlamova The Russian Railway Complex: A Geostrategic Aspect N.Ye. Boltenkova New Types of Leasing in the Russian Economy FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE R. Guerra The Dialogue that Never Came True. (French Intellectuals and the Russian Emigre Writers) A. V. Popov Libraries of the Orthodox Church in the Asian Pacific Countries and the United States U. Miller The «Russian Roots» of the Israeli Libraries SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL LIFE R.N. Kleymenova The V.I. Dahl Museum V.V. Leonidov The Return of the A. P. Bud berg Library SURVEYS. DIGESTS AItman R.S. The Great Crash, 2008: A Geopolitical Setback for the West Lambsdorf J., Beck L. Korruption als Wachstumsbremse SUMMARIES CONTENTS OF «RUSSIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD» FOR 2009 N 3 (64), 2009 In This Issue: The Duumvirate and Current Political Agenda in Russia Migration, Labor Demand, Adaptation of Migrants Russia and Post-Soviet Regionalization Russia and African Countries in the New Century Yuri Roerich: Comeback to Homeland CONTENTS YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW D. V.Yefremenko The Duumvirate and the Making of Russian Political Agenda V. V. Borisenko, A.M.Kulkin On Dilemmas of State Management in Russia V. V. Сhemikova Development Strategies of Regional Center Cities in the Demographic Crisis Conditions PROBLEMS OF MIGRATION V. T. Vedeneeva Migrants on the Russian Labor Market Ya.R. Streltsova Labor Migration from the CIS Countries: What Has Changed? L. L.Yemelyanova Adaptation of Immigrant Compatriots (case study of Kaliningrad Region) RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY L.B. Vardomsky Russia and Post-Soviet Regionalization N. V. Shelyubskaya The Formation of the European Research Area and the Development of Innovation Networks A.B. Volynchuk Russia in North-East Asia: The Vector of Geopolitical Interest S. Yu.Nikиliсhev Russia and African Countries: Economic Relations in the Early 21^st Century T.V. Lezhenina Anti-Crisis Programs in East Asian Countries PHENOMENOLOGY OF SOVIET SOCIETY A . V. Gordon Party Culture and Soviet Experience in Study of History REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS. COMMENTS A.N. Barkovsky CMEA: Historical Experience of Planned Economies Intergration A.V. Buyanov The 1989 Elections of the USSR People's Deputies D.S. Sekirinsky «The Talkative Revolutio»: The 1^st Congress of the USSR People's Deputies of 1989 as Foreign Contemporaries Ye. V.Yakubovskaya The Abdication of Nikolay II (Soviet and Emigre Historiography of 1920-1930’s) FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE L. P. Mиromtseva Relics of the Russian Emigration in North America V.A. Rosov Yuri Roerich: Return to a «New Country» (documents of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE 0. V. Shulgina The National Atlas of Russia - The Country's Visit Card A.Ya.Razumov The «Resurrected Names» Center SURVEYS. DIGESTS Beffa J.-L.,Ragot X. La fin du modele liberal-financier Inequality and Social Leveling in the Enlarged EU SUMMARIES N 2 (63), 2009 In This Issue: Lessons of the Global Financial Crisis Russian Oil and Gas for Germany Man and Civilization Image of Russia in Eastern Europe World War I as Seen by Children CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^st CENTURY 0. T. Bogоmоlov Some Lessons of the World Financial Crisis N.V.Smorodinskaya The Developed World Vs the Offshore World: Whose Upper Hand? N.K. Meden Oil and Gas from Russia: German Views of Energy Security MAN, HISTORY, SOCIETY L.V.Skvortsov Man in the Paradigm of Civilization Truth O.A. Vusatyuk Contemporary Man of the Mass and History (a case of Ukraine) THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN THE WORLD L.N. Shanshieva Russia's Image in the Baltic Countries' Textbooks Yu.A. Shcherbakova Current Czech Perceptions of Russia L.М.Svetlorusova Bulgarian Periodicals on Russia in the New Century T.G.Bitkova Post-Soviet Russia as Viewed by a Rumanian Researcher REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS-COMMENTS A .A . Salnikova «Great», «Sacred», «Faraway»... World War I in the Eyes of Children I.L. Belenkiy On the Contexts of the «Russian Science» Book Project N.N. Platoshkin Berlin, August 1961: The Ascent of the Borderline Regime A.V. Bakustin Turkey, Russia and the Central Asian States in the 21^st Century SURVEYS OF LITERATURE A. A. Aliev Islam and Nationalism (The Islamic Paradigm in the Concepts of Current Moslem Statehood) FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE V.M.Shevyrin Pavel Pavlovich Ryabushinsky I. V. Коrnilova Vassily Filippovich Kudryavtsev: Ethnologist and Enlightener SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE P.M. Lavrinets Twenty Years of the Russian Cultural Center in Lithuania A. S. Shurinov The Center for Family and Kinship Study: Past and Present E.V. Sokolova The F.I. Shalyapin House Museum N 1 (62), 2009 In This Issue: Historical Memory and Today's Identification in Russia Financial Crisis and Russian Transnational Corporations Is Russian Business Socially Responsible? Innovations in the Russian Far East Regional Elites in Russia CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW I.I. Glebova Who are We? Historical Memory and National Seif-Identifica tio n in Post-Soviet Russia B.A. Heyfets Russian Transnational Corporations and the Financial Crisis 0. D. Volkogonova, S. 0. Belousov The Phenomenon of Regional Identity as a Factor of Political Process in Russia D.A.Misyurov Symbols of Change in Russia: Variants of the Imperial- Soviet-Presidential Symbolic Model A . В. Doktorovich The Development of Social and Human Potentials as a Key Problem for Russia in the 21st Century Ye.Ya.Vittenberg From Social Irresponsibility to Social Responsibility? (The hard way of Russian business) RUSSIAN REGIONS M .Ye. Nikolaev Innovation Russia: The Far East Azimuth D.B.Tev Power and Realty in Kaliningrad: Interdependence and Political Benefit N.V.Shinkovskaya Experience and Destiny of Local Self-Government in the Primorskaya Province (late 19^th century - early 20 ^th century) ELITES: THEORY AND PRACTICE A. V. Duka «Elites» and Elite: The Notion and Social Reality A.Ye.Chirikova Regional Elites in Contemporary Russia: Conceptual Discussions and Political Practices REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS. COMMENTS V.A. Zakharov, A . G. Areshev Legal Aspects of the Georgian- Abkhaz and Georgian- Ossetian Conflicts V.Z.Tarantul The Genetic and Nuclear Biotechnologies of the 21^st Century and the Human Being А.А.Nazukina Alcohol Trade at the Time of Introduction of State Vine Monopoly (Moscow and the Moscow uezd in 1894) N.D.Yerofeev The Dynamics of Saving Bank Deposits as an Indicator of Political Mood in Russia, 1905-1907 M.Z.Magomedova Tolerance and the Dialogue of Cultures in the Dagestan Polyethnic Society PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY N.G.Kedrov The Collectivization in The Northern Village: Toward Socio-Cultural Understanding CLASSICAL HERITAGE I.Pokrovsky The Ethical Fundamentals of Politics. (Foreword by I.L. Belenkiy) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE P.M. Shulgin The «Kulikovo Pole» Museum Reservation V.G.Tуminsky The Leibnitz Wissenschaftliche Akademie in Berlin N 4 (61), 2008 In This Issue: Russia under Putin: The Epoch and Its Appraisals The Japanese Views of Post-Soviet Russia Again on the Pension Reform The Authorities and the Church in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia Russia and Geopolitics in the Far East CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY-TODAY. TOMORROW Yu.I. Igritsky«Putin's Russia»: Time to Draw Some Balance? M.N. Kornilov The System Transformation in Russia in the End of the 20^th Century and the Beginning of the 21^st Century as Appraised by Japanese Researchers The Pension Reform, the Pension and the Life Worth Living (a roundtable at the Institute of Economy, The Russian Academy of Sciences) N.I. Komkov, M.A. Shamin, A.Yu. Shatrakov, Yu.G. Shatrakov, Ye. V. Yurchenko The Technological Base of the Russian Economy THE ECHO OF 1917 REVOLUTIONS P.P. Marchenya The Political Parties and the Masses in Russia, 1917: Mass Consciousness as a Factor of the Revolution THE AUTHORITIES, RELIGION AND THE CHURCH A . V. Mitrofanova Russia as an Orthodox State: Illusions and Reality N .Уе. Yemelyanov, O.I. Khailova Repressions of the Russian Orthodox Church (1917-1950's) RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^ST CENTURY V. G. Ledyaev Urban Political Regimes: Theories and Empirical Studies THE FAR EAST, ASEAN AND CENTRAL ASIA M.Yu. Shinkovsky, A.B.Volynchuk Russia's Geopolitical Equation in the Far East: What Solution? A. A. Abalkina Russia and the Integrative Processes in East Asia T. V. Lezhenina Russia - ASEAN: The Current Stage of Cooperation Z.A. Dadabaeva Russia and the Problems of Security in Central Asia R.A. Gumerov Russian Geoeconomic Interest in Central Asia A.D.Tsyganok Russia and the Problems of Security of the Asian States in the CIS FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE S. V. Bespalov The 1861 Reform and Its Place in the Political Debates of the Late 19^th Century - Early 20^th Century Russian Science and Culture in the Balkans in the Interwar Period E.N. Valeev Russian Guild Merchants: The Members of the Vyatka Zemstvo V.A. Rosov Innokentij Seryshev and the «New Russia» Project SURVEYS. DIGESTS The Nature of Colour Revolutions: What Is It Really? Tessler M., Robbins M. What Leads Some Ordinary Arab Men and Women Approve of Terrorist с Acts against the United States CONTENTS OF «RUSSIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY 257 WORLD» FOR 2008 N 3 (60), 2008 In This Issue: Russia and World Regionalization State Authorities and Everyday Life in Russia All about Lenin Russia and the Baltic States: The Burden of Mutual Scores Social and Ethical Problems of Nanotechnologies CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY L.B. Vardomsky Russia in the World Regionalization Processes А.N. Avdulov The Formation of the Current Paradigm of Scientific and Technological Progress RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW S.A.Korolev State Authorities and Everyday Life: A Socio-Philosophical Outlook V.N.Livshits, N.I.Belousova, Ye.M.Vasilyeva The State and Natural Monopolies in the Transformation of the Russian Economy A.M.Kulkin Destructive Privatization as a Barrier for Russia on Its Way to Information Society Kh.Kh.Valiullin A Few Words about the Russian Ruble THE ECHO OF THE 1917 REVOLUTIONS S.Dudakov V.I.Ulyanov: The Familiar Stranger A.P.Nenarokov Back to 1917: The Revolutions and the Myths THE POST-SOVIET SPACE R.Kh.Simonyan Russia and Its Baltic Neighbors: The Balance of Myths and Mutual Scores O.B.Podvintsev The Party-Systems of the Former Soviet Republics as a Reflection of Divergent Development Trends in the Post-Soviet Space REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS O.V.Letov Both Benefit and Treat: Social and Ethical Problems of Nanotechnologies V.V.Patsiorkovsky Multi-Generation Family as a Base for Demographic Growth FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE K.V.Bobkov The "Melikhovo" Estate Museum in the Last Two Decades N.K.Meden Russian Graves in Wiesbaden SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE P.M.Shulgin Mariinsk, an Historical Siberian Town: Prospects for Growth S.P.Glinkina The 21st Century Transformations in the Research Programs of the Department for International Economic and Political Studies SURVEYS. DIGESTS Hauner D. The Efficiency of Public Social Expenditures in the Russian Federation Perspectives 2007-2008 pour l'economie mondiale Ogg J., Renault S. Vivre a l'heure de la retraite: Diversities et similitudes N 2 (59), 2008 In This Issue: Revolution and Historical Memory Russian National Interest: Discussions of the Last Ten Years Human Capital and the Innovation Economy Russia and the EU Ethnical Politization in Today’s Ukraine CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW V.P. Buldakov Revolution and Historical Memory: Russian Parameters of Clio Traumatics V.A.Dubovtsev National Interest: Yields of the Discussion in the Last Ten Years Yu.V.Irkhin Russia's National Idea and the «Putin's Plan» Ideologem RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY M.E.Nikolaev Human Capital and the Innovation Economy M.V.Klinova Interaction of the State and Private Capital in the Web Sectors in the EU and Russia V.S.Selin, V.A.Tsukerman Geopolitical and Economic Factors of Russia's Sovereigntyе I.S. Gumarova The Exploration of the Arctic Shelf: Russia and Norway as Natural Partners THE EU, RUSSIA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY I.F.Selivanova The Eastern Direction of the EU Neighbourhood Policy V.S. Avdonin Russia - EU: A New Model of Relations in Formation Warkotsch A. Die Nachbarschaftspolitik der EU im postsowjetischen Raum. (Digest) The EU Eastern Policy: Strengthening of Partnership with Russia. (Digest) RUSSIA. THE CIS. POST-SOVIET SPACE V.Yu.Dodonov Neighbourhood Policies in the CIS: Priorities, Trends, Perfomance O.D.Volkogonova, A.Yu. Polunov Ethnical Politization in Today's Ukraine: The Russian Diaspora and Nationalities Relations in the Crimea V.Kardumian The Armenian Diaspora in Russia and its Influence on the Armenian-Russian Relations REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS-COMMENTS V.A. Litvinov Social Stratification and the Life Level in Current Russia G.S.Lytkina Social Self-Feeling and People's Behaviour in the Rural North and South of Russia (case studies of Dagestan and Komi Yu.M.Komarov National Project «Health»: Achievements and Problems М.А.Magomedov Russia's Nationalities Policy in the North Caucasus: Past and Present FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE D.Heinzig Political Storms of 1945-1946 in a Saxonian Small Town A.L.Kuzminykh Camp N 150 Yu.V.Belchich Academician A.I. Anchishkin SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE I.Ye.Prozorov «Berega» - A Source Study Edition about the Russian Abroad Ye.Yu. Guskova The Center for Study of Current Balkan Crisis in the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences SURVEYS. DIGESTS Bertuch-Samuels A., Ramlogan P. L'euro, monnaie mondiale? Bloom M. Female suicide bombers. A global trend BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L.Belenkiy, Ye.O. Filatov a The Institution of Death Penalty: Materials for the Bibliography of Russian and Foreign Literature in Russian in the Second Half of the 20th Century - Early 21st Century N 1 (58), 2008 В НОМЕРЕ: Russia's Competitiveness in the 21^st Century Russia's Population: How Great Must It Be? Enlargement of Regions Today and Historical Experience Enemy Images in Soviet Cartoons The Atom Bomb and the Soviet Secret Service CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^st CENTURY V.L.Inozemtsev Russia's Competitiveness: Illusions, Realities, Perspectives V. S. Martyanov Politicized Demography or How Great a Population Russia Need J.Коrnai Disciplines of Social Sciences: Delimitation or Interaction? THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN THE WORLD L.S.Lykoshina Russia in the Polish Social Thought. (An historical aspect) N.I.Bukharin Russian and Polish Societies Viewing Each Other RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1917: POST FESTUM I.I.Glebova The Revolutions of 1917: Images of the Past and the Break Up 97 of Historical Continuity Yu.I.Igritsky The Revolutions of 1917: Lessons for Radicals, Liberals and Conservatives P. V.Panov «Amalgamation» vs «Incorporation»: A Comparative Analysis of the First Enlargement of Regions in the Russian Federation O.V.Shulgina The Russian Federation: An Historical Experience of Territorial Delimitation in the 20^th Century O.A.Tolpygina, N.A.Merkulov Russia's Current Political System: Formative Conditions PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY A. V. Golubev Chamberlain, Hitler and Others: Enemy Images in Soviet Cartoons, 1922-1939 B. V.Rakitsky The Tale of How Official Political Economy Invented an Ideological Adversary -«Market Socialism» -and Fought It FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE V. M. Shevyrin Mikhail Vasilievich Chelnokov В. S. Gorobets, Е. V. Kvasnikova The Atom Bomb Project and the Soviet Intelligence Service (1942-1945) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE A.V.Yelpatievsky The Exhibition of Archival Documents on the Civil War in Spain, 1936-1939 Father Georgiy (Belkind) The Trubetsky's Foundation SURVEYS. DIGESTS The US Economy Facing Coming Recession. (A combined digest)) Williamson G. International Migration (from the 19^th Century to 2030) N 4 (57), 2007 В НОМЕРЕ: Sick Economy with Plenty of Energy Foreign Expansion of Russian Business Russia's Image in the West and Japan The Status of the Russian Language in Ukraine Upbringing, Ageing, Dying: Social and Ethical Problems CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^st CENTURY V.G.Klinov How to Cure a Sick Economy: The «Dutch Decease» and Russia's Energy Policy B.A.Heyfets Foreign Expansion of Russian Business S. V.Kolchin Western and Eastern Vectors in the Russian Oil and Gas Policy: Complementary or Competitive? RUSSIA'S IMAGE IN THE WORLD Yu.I.Igritsky The Sources and Development of Foreign Views of Russia/USSR/Russia N.Yu.Lapina Russia's Image in France M. N.Коrnilov Russian History, Politics and Culture in Japanese Perception PROBLEMS OF THE CIS V.N.Babenko On the Status of the Russian Language in Ukraine Ye.Zh.Yeshamanova Kazakhstan-Russia: Cooperation in the Caspian Sea Basin REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS. COMMENTS M.N.Mukhanova Rural Population: Problems and Prospects in the Changing Society M. E. Ryabova On the Socio-Cultural Interpretation of the Russian Crises (reflecting after A.S. Akhiezer's «Works») I. A.Skripacheva Cultural Processes in a Modern Industrial City (the case ofTogliatti T. V. Smirnova Social Designing of the Image of the Elderly 0.V.BesschetnovaCruel Treatment of Children in the Family (the case of Saratov Province) O.V.Letov Ethical Problems of Euthanasia Ye.I.Silaeva Autobiographic Traits in the Russian Emigre Literature (on M.N. Osorgin's recollections) Ye. V. Levchenko Russia as a Lyric Myth in the Works of I.A.Bunin СLASSIC HERITAGE I.Pokrovsky Ethical Prerequisites of Liberty Based Social Order (Preface by I.L. Belenkiy). SURVEYS. DIGESTS Saint-Mezard I. Les relations entre I'Inde, la Chine et les Etats-Unis: Un triangle en voie de stabilization? Bobokylov I. Central Asia: Is there an alternative to regional integration? BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L.Belenkiy. Intellectuals and Their Destinies in Russia, (Literature of 1993-2007) Contents of «Russia and Contemporary World» for 2007 N 3 (56), 2007 В НОМЕРЕ: 90 Years Ago: The Empire, Civil Disorder and Civil War Postmodernism as a Cultural Phenomenon Russia's CivilizationaI Destinies Russian Economy: A Strategy of Development Academician Landau and the State Authorities CONTENTS RUSSIA. 1917. CIVIL WAR-BOLSHEVISM V.P.Buldakov The Empire and the Great Mess: Rethinking History of the Russian Revolution I. V. Mikhaylov Current Historiography of the Civil War in Russia Ye.G.Plimak, V.S.Antonov The October 1917 and the «Bolshevik Experiment» in Russia RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^st CENTURY L. V.Skvortsov Postmodernism as a Cultural Phenomenon Ye.B.Rashkovsky Russia's Civilizational Destinies RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW AUTHORITIES, ECONOMY, BUSINESS S.Yu.Glazyev On the Strategy of Russian Economic Development Ye. Ya. Wittenberg Social Responsibility of Business: An Overall View M. Ye. Borisov Middle and Small Business and the State Authorities in the Russian Federation: An Institutional Interaction Ye. V.Popova The Stabilization Fund: Future Possibilities REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS. COMMENTS M.N.Arbatskaya Voting in Foreign Countries and Non-Recognized States: Norms and Practices А.В.Doctorovich Social Potential as a Subject of System Studies D.Z. Khamdokhov Social Self-Awareness of the Population (case of Kabardino-Balkaria) N. V.Solenikova Political Internet in the Russian Electoral Campaigns: Tendencies of Development V.V.Zaluzhsky Social Networks as a Means of Communication - an Alternative to Mass Media? FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE V. М. Shevyrin «To Wake Good Sentiments» (Countess S.V.Panina) B.S.Gorobets Academician Landau and the State Authorities SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE N.K.Meden Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau 0. V.Betova The International Research Center of Russian and East-European Jewry N 2 (55), 2007 В НОМЕРЕ: Post-Communist Economic Growth and Reforms Democratic Transit in Central and East Europe Russian Federalism under Putin Parties and Citizens in the Russian Electoral Process Today CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE 21^ST CENTURY J. Kornai Equilibrum, Growth and Reform A.N. Medushevsky Democratic Transition and New Constitutionalism in Central and East Europe A.S. Bespalov Poland's Eastern Policy after 1989 RUSSIA YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW RUSSIAN FEDERALISM AND RUSSIA'S REGIONS V.A. Kovalev Federalism in the Framework of «Controlled Democracy»: The Aftermath of the Governor Elections Cancellation A. V.Dakhin Regional Political Competition in the New Conditions (a case study of the Nizhni Novgorod Region N. V. Shinkovskaya The peau de chagrin of Regional Political Process (a case study of the Primorsky Territory) I. G. Kosikov Vanishing Subjects of the Federation: The Russian Autonomies in the Context of the Federative Reform ELECTIONS, RUSSIAN STYLE N. V.Anokhina, E.Yu. Meleshkina Structuring of the Russian Party Conglomerate on the Threshold of the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in 2007-2008 M. N. Arbatskaya Electoral Identification of Russian Citizens as a Factor of Russian Political Culture REFLECTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS. COMMENTS E.E.Shestakova How to Provide Work for the Elderly? (Europe's current experience) L. N. Shanshieva Russia and Eastern Europe as a Subject of Regional Studies S.A.Yermolaev The Freshness of Old Delusions (on the global society and the concepts of «empire» and «plurality» in the works of Hardt and Negri) V. P. Seliverstov Global Science Institution SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE S. Lalukka The Russian and East European Institute in Helsinki N.K.Meden The «Vozhrozhdenie (Comeback)» Society SURVEYS. DIGESTS T. M.Fadeeva The EU and the Russian Federation: Collaboration and Clash of Interests R.Götz Deutschland und Russtand: Strategische Partneren? BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L.Belenkiy Historical Science in the Socio-Political and Ideological Contexts of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Epochs: Studies and Publications of 1985-2005 (Bibliographic materials). (End) N 1 (54), 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: Social Ideal in Current Politics How to Enter Postindustrial Society? Science and Russia's Future 1917: Current Views from Abroad Lenin Misunderstood Horse as a Means of Transport in Russia CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY S. M .Mironov Social Ideal in Current Politics Yu.A. Nisnevich Problems of Postindustrial Transition A.M.Kul'kin Choosing the Historical Perspective of Growth RUSSIA. 1917: FATEFUL REVOLUTIONS IN RETROSPECT V. M. Shevyrin The Revolutions of 1917: Rethinking in Foreign Historiography A.Kh.Вurganov Lenin Misunderstood (Russian experience in «people's capitalism») On the Eve of the February 1917 Revolution. Letters from D.A.Olsufiev and N.N.Lvov to Grand Duke Nikolay Mikhaylovich. (Foreword by V.M.Shevyrin) RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW G.A.Golts Horse Transport and Horse Communication Routes in Russia. (An historical survey) L.I. Rosenberg The Russian Factor in the Baltic Territory (19th century - early 20th century) M.G.Delyagin Bureaucratic Paralysis as an Outcome of the Administrative Reform REFLECTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS A.N.Nikolyukin V. Rozanov's Way of Thinking and Why His Contemporaries Did Not Understand Him G.V.Khlebnikov Some Tendencies of Rapproche-ment between Science and Relig-ion in the Contemporary World CLASSICAL HERITAGE S.A.Korf Nationalities and the State. (Foreword by l.LBelenkiy) FACTS. EVENTS. PEOPLE T.A. Savinova N.P.Makarov - Russian and Soviet Agrarian Economist E .Zh. Eshamanova Nazir Tyryakulov - Diplomat and State Partisan SURVEYS. DIGESTS V.P.Lyubin Italy: Parties, Mafia, Corruption. (Survey of Italian literature) Toward Closing the Era of Petroleum Noel P., Meidan V. La Chine ou ('emergence d'un geant energetique Mortvick R, Spant R. L'egalite des sexes engender-t-elle la croissance? SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE L. V. Popova Russia's Food Safety and the National Project «Development of Agrarian-Industrial Complex». (Round table at the Institute of Economy of the Russian Academy of Sciences) V. V. Leonidov The Russian Fund of Culture: Twenty Years V.M.Pluzhnikov The Center of Heritage Documentation N 4 (53), 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: The Nature of Social Choice Migration Waves and Migration Policies Federalism, Russian-Style Terror and Anti-Terror in the Mass Media Mirror Gulag and Laogai: Forced Labor Camps in the USSR and China CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY A. D. Nekipelov On the Nature of Social Choice MIGRATION WAVES AND DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION I.N.Barkovsky Practices of Regulating International Migration Abroad and in Russia M.S. Palnikov Russian Migration to Europe: Appraisals and Prospects L. L. Rybakovsky, S. V. Ryazantsev International Labor Migration to Russia and Principles of New Migration Politics De Tingni A. La grande migration. La Russie et les Russes depuis I'aventure du rideau de fer RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW FEDERALISM, RUSSIAN-STYLE N. Yu. Lapina Relationships between the Center and Regions: Clash of Concepts P.V. Panov Center - Regions: New Rules of Regional Authorities Formation S .A. Denisov The Federal Assembly: A Notary Office for President of Russia? TERROR AND ANTITERROR М.А.MagomedovThe Roots of Current Moslem Extremism in Russia V. V.Agadzhanov Terror and Anti- Terror in the PR-Space: Own Virtual Life? Johnston R.B., Nedelescu O.M. The Impact of Terrorism on Financial Markets (digest) REFLECTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS V.N.Babenko On History of Political Justice in Russia Ye.G.PIimak Why Success of Lenin's NEP and Failure of Gorbachev's Perestroika Ye. В. Rashkovsky Between Universum and Earth (On «Jewish traits» in the 20^th Century Russian philosophical thinking) PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY D.Heinzig Gulag and Laogai: A Comparison between the Two Systems of Forced Labor CLASSICAL HERITAGE A.M.Rykachev The Real Basis and Ideal Tasks of Political Parties (Foreword by I. L. Belenkiy) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE P.M.Shulgin The State Target Program «Culture of the Russian North» N.V.BIagovo The Museum of the K.I. Mai School in St. Petersburg N.V.Potapova «Moscow Lights» - Museum of Municipal Lighting History Contents of «Russia and Contemporary World» for 2006 N 3 (52), 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: Russia as a Status-Quo Power in Current World Politics "New" Eastern Europe The Regime and the People in Russia Today How to Save the Russian Economy and Make it Competitive Russia, Ukraine and the EU: Models of Interaction CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY V. L. Inozemtsev A Status-Quo Power. Russia in the 21^st Century World Politics A.I.Miller «New» Eastern Europe: Politics and Geopolitics L. S. Lykoshina Lech, Jaroslaw's Brother, Jaroslaw, Lech's Brother, and Their Party «Law and Justice» S.L.Volkova Turkey's Economic Relations va Russian Regions (North Caucas, Volga Area, Urals) RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW I.I. Glebova The New Russian Authority and the Society of Mass Consumtion A.Yu.Shevyakov Reforming the Social Sector: The Effects of Interaction of Economic and Social Factors CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH R.I.Nigmatullin On Prices, Solvency and Income or: How to Save the Russian Economy Е. V.Popova On Methodology of Formation of Russia's Economic Strategy S. S.Sulakshin The State's Policy of Russia's Industrial Development M.I. Gelvanovsky The National Strategy of Competitiveness as a Base of Russia's Industrial Policy O.G.Golichenko The Russian Economy: Problems of Transition to Innovative Development L. В. Vardomsky Innovative Politics in the Russian Federation PROBLEMS OF THE CIS L. S. Kosikova The Euro-East as a Field of Interaction of Russia and the EU A.V. Shurubovich The Growth of Integrative Interaction within the EvrAzES A. I. Kudriachenkol Variants and Variables of the Ukraine's Strategic Collaboration with Russia SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE V.S.Yem Times Connecting Chain (on book series «Classics of Russian Civilistics») P.M.Shulgin The Wonderful Krapivna: Village Today, Museum Tomorrow Е .A. Lashchenova «The Russian World» in Armenia V.Mazur The Tolstoy Society in Hannover SURVEYS, DIGESTS Beck U., Lau C. Second Modernity as a Research Agenda: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations in the «Meta-Change» of Modern Society Arts W., Halman L. National Identity in Europe Today: What People Feel and Like Вето Т., Ward С. Innocence Abroad: Pocket Guide to Psychological Research on Tourism N 2 (51), 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: The Great Transformation in Central Eastern Europe Quality of Authority and the Strategy of Development for Russia Elections, Russian Style Post-Soviet Central Asia Leo Tolstoy's Full Collection of Works: The Story of Publication CONTENTS 85 Years of Academician V.A. Vinogradov RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY Kornai J. The Great Transformation of Central Eastern Europe: Success and Disappointment S.M.Mironov Quality of Authority and the Strategy of Development for Russia V.Ya.Gelman Elections in the Russian Manner: Game Rules in the Russian Electoral Politics A.S.Bespalov Poland and the «Orange Revolution» in Ukraine A.V.Gordon The Experience of Agrarian Transformation in the People's Republic of China PROBLEMS OF THE CIS Z.A.Dadabaeva Tadjikistan in the System of State Relations in the Post-Soviet Space Tkhen Ki KomRussia's Relations with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan G.Yu.Sitnyansky Central Asia Facing «Flower» Revolutions REFLECTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS O.I.Borodina Russia, 19^th Century: The Road to the 20^th Century Revolutions L.A.Osterman Leo Tolstoy's Full Collection of Works: The Story of Publication FACTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE Brahm H., Lyubin V. Adenauer and the USSR: History's Unknown Pages A.M.Filitov Adenauer's Moscow Visit in 1955 CLASSICAL HERITAGE K.F.Golovin Outside Parties: Experience in Political Psychology. (Foreword by I. L. Belenkiy) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE Yu.V.Belchich The «Russian Emigration» Information and Cultural Center Yu.М.Khilchevsky The Center and Museum of History of Russian Diplomatic Service V.L.Kushpel The Museum of History of the Diplomatic Academy, Russian Foreign Ministry CLASSICAL HERITAGE A. von Brinkman Mistrust ( foreword by I.L.Belenkiy) SURVEYS, DIGESTS L. N. Shanshieva Social Asymmetry in the Unified Germany Riches-Flores V. Choc demographique: Les mutations a venir Cruz-Castro L., Sanz-Menendes L. Bringing Science and Technology Human Resources Back: The Spanish Ramon у Cajal Programme N 1 (50), 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: Russia, 21^st Century Economic Success without Development and Democracy? New Cleavages in Russia's Political Culture Last Years and Death of Trotsky: Another Eye-Witness Account CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW R.S.Grinberg Russia in the Beginning of the 21^st Century: An Economic Success without Development and Democracy? I.I.GIebova Political Culture of Contemporary Russia: New Cleavages V.A.Kovalev The «Russian System». A Fantastic Version A.Yu.Sidorov Social Responsibility of Business A.M.Kul'kin The Authority's Hostages. Science and Education in Today's Russia THE FIRST RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: 101 YEARS AFTER A.B.Zubov Why Were the «Senseless Dreams» Not Realized (The Manifesto of October 17, 1905) G.Z.Golovkov1905-1907. The Cornerstones of Mutual Violence of the Regime and the Revolution REFLECTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS I.Ya.Levyash An European Discourse of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche B.J.Zselicki The Janos Kadar Context of the Soviet-Hungarian relations. 1957-1988 M.V.Shubina The European Ultra Right in the Era of Globalization CLASSICAL HERITAGE K.F.Golovin Outside Parties: Experience in Political Psychology. (Foreword by I. L. Belenkiy) FACTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE Another Eye-Witness Account of the Last Years and Death of L.D. Trotsky V.V.Leonidov The Return of «Rodina» SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE L.P.Repina, M.S.Bobkova The Society of Intellectual History: Experience in Interdisciplinary Cooperation E.S.Danilko The Russian Association of Ethnographers and Anthropologists T. V. Polyachenko New Horizons of Interdisciplinary Scholarly Cooperation of Economists SURVEYS, DIGESTS Meyer K. La polvere dell'impero. U «grande gioco» in Asia centrale Hagen M. Empires, Borderlands and Diasporas: Eurasia as Anti-Paradigm for the Post-Soviet Era Ash T. Free World. Why a Crisis of the West Reveals the Opportunity of Our Time BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L.Belenkiy Historical Science in the Socio- political and Ideological Contexts of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Epochs: Historiographic Studies and Publications of 1985-2005 (bibliographic materials. A continuation) N 4 (49), 2005 IN THIS ISSUE: The Information Society and Prospects for Russia Caspian Oil and Geopolitics Max Weber's Methodology and Russia CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY A.N.Avdulov The Information Society: Evolution. Current Stage, Lessons for Russia A.K.Magomedov The Caspian Oil, Geography and Geopolitics in the Beginning of the 21^st Century I.R. Tomberg Russian Science Abroad L.V.Krasnov Russia in the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW Yu.I.Igritsky What Happened 20 years Ago? (The Collapse of the Soviet System and "Perestroika" in Today's Studies) V.P.Buldakov Russian History and Russian Forecasting: To Look into the Future without Understanding the Past? S.A. Denisov The Restoration of the Administrative Social System in Russia V.A.Kovalev Political Studies in a Provincial University (Russian Problems and Political Implications) RUSSIA IN THE SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THE PAST A.V.Kustarev Weber's Social Thinking and the Russian Reality A.B.Rakhmanov Were Marx and Engels Really Possessed by Russian Phobia? FACTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE Ye.B.Rashkovsky Toward a Poet's Self-Understanding: Romantic Culture of the Polish Nobility in Boris Pasternak's Poetic Logos O.V.Belchich "The Russian Abroad Goes on to Create..." (Life and Fate of V.I. Yurkevich, World Prominent Ship-Builder) SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE N.V.Meden Russian and East-European Studies in the Federal Republic of Germany: Current Organizations and Institutes 0. R. Trifonova The Museum of "The House on the Moscow River Embankment" SURVEYS, DIGESTS E.B.Kaloyeva Bulgaria and Russia between the Past and the Future (survey of literature) Damon G. Le population de la Monde en 2050 Jasinska-Kanja A. Changing Mentality of the Europeans: Global, European, Regional and Local Scandinavia - A Specific Path to an Integrated Europe BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L.Belenkiy Historical Science in the Socio-political and Ideological Contexts of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Epochs: Studies and Publications of 1985-2005 (bibliographic materials) Contents of "Russia and the Contemporary World" in 2005 N 3 (48), 2005 IN THIS ISSUE: Russia on the Political and Economic Map of the World The Army, State and Society in Russia Russian Political Class and Modernization Russia and the CIS. Debts and Payments. Social Development Labor Incentives in GULAG CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY D.E.Sorokin Russia on the Political and Economic Map of the World А.N.Barkovsky, V.P.Obolensky Russian Foreign Economic Policy in the Global Economic Space S.S.Sumlenny Public Television in Russia and the World: Problems and Prospects RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW A.L.Andreev The Society, the State and Military Structures in the Socio-Historical Development of Russia O.V.Gaman-Golutvina The Authorities Political Class and Development (Reflections on the subject of modernization in Russia) L.V.Terebnev Transport and Russia's Security in the Wars of the Future V.F.Borzunov Russia in the System of Global Transport Communications PROBLEMS OF THE CIS B.A.Heyfets Russia and the CIS Countries: Debts, Payments, Mutual Claims L.S.Degtyar The Social Component of the Transformation Processes in the Post-Soviet States A.M.Lokshina The Tendencies of Regional Social Development in Russia and the CIS PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY L.I.Borodkin The Mechanisms of Remoulding: Labor Incentives in GULAG I.V.Bezik N.S.Khrushchev's Visit to the USA in 1959: The Vladivostok Echo CLASSICAL HERITAGE A.Mertvago The Nearness of a Big War (Foreword by I.L. Belenkiy) D.P.Konchalovski Ways of Russia: Reflections about the Russian People, Bolshevism and Modern Civilization (Foreword by I.L.Belenkiy) V.M.Chernov Through the Mist of the Future (Foreword by V.M.Shevyrin) FACTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE V.M.Roslavsky The Soviet Authorities and Historical Monuments in 1918: Restoration, Protection, Requisition O.V.Babenko New Archival Materials Relating to the Murder of P.L.Voykov R.N.Yevstigneev The Czechoslovak Reformer of the 1960's Ota Sik SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE E.I.Stepanov The International Association for Conflict Studies P.M.Shulgin Yasnaya Polyana: Using Historical and Cultural Heritage SURVEYS, DIGESTS Piel H., Shultze P.-W., Timmermann H. Die offene Flanke der Europaischen Union: Russische Federation, Belarus, Ukraine und Moldau Voynich D. Market: Curse or Salvation? Tanaka G. Digital Deflation: The Productivity Revolution and How It Will Ignite the Economy N 2 (47), 2005 IN THIS ISSUE: Geopolitics or Globalization: Russia's Choice in the 21^th Century Russia, Europe, EU: What Future? Russia's Self Identification as a Civilization Mentality of Contemporary Russians Russian Economy How to Attract and Use Investments? S.L.Frank on Despotism CONTENTS RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE NEW CENTURY I. Ya. Levyash Russia in the 21 ^th Century: Between the Urge of Geopolitics and the Imperative of Globalization N. P.Shmelev Russia and Present Day Europe: Views from Both Sides B.S.Orlov The Enlarging Europe: An Open Project? (On Socio-Cultural Aspects of the European Civilization) RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW L.V.Skvortsov The Problem of Russia's Self Identification: A Theoretical Aspect V.A.Tishkov The Crisis of Understanding Russia M.K.Gorshkov The Citizens of New Russia (On Stability and Change in the Russian National Mentality) S.S.Sulakshin The Investment Factor of the Russian Economy: The Key Role and Mechanisms of Utilization Tsiuy Yanmin The Party System of the Russian Federation: A View from China REFLECTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS B.M.Maklyarsky War on Poverty: An American Experience and Russian Practices I.N.Buzdalov On the Social and Economic Nature of Poverty I.I.Glebova The Image of Elizaveta Fedorovna, the Great Duchess, in Today's Russian Information and Symbolic Space V.P.Seliverstov On Modern Technologies of Global Prognostication CLASSIC HERITAGE S.L.Frank Philosophical Prerequisites of Despotism (Foreword by V.M.Shevyrin) M.V.Nechkina Russian History in the Light of Economic Materialism. An Essay in Historiography (Foreword by I.L.Belenkiy) I.I.Glebova The Image of Elizaveta Fedorovna, the Great Duchess, in Today's Russian Information and Symbolic Space FACTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE O.B.Polyakova The Shchukin Brothers - Entrepreneurs and Art Collection Owners V.V.Leonidov "The Russian Art" is Back in Russia SURVEYS. DIGESTS Pollak D. Nationalismus und Europaskepsis in postkommunistischen Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas Allum F., Sands J. Explaining Organized Crime in Europe: Are Economists Always Right? Lambert Y. Des changements dans l'evolution religieuse de l'Europe et de la Russie SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE Food Safety in Russia (Round table at the Institute of Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences) A.S.Filimon The House and Public Museum of Jacob Bruce in Glinki BIBLIOGRAPHY I.L.Belenkiy Heritage of Russian 19^th and 20^th Centuries Historians of Russia: Books Published in 1950-2004 (end) N 1 (46), 2005 IN THIS ISSUE: Public Policy in Russia in the Early 20^th and 21^th Centuries Russian Nationalism Alcoholism and the Demographic Crisis in Russia and the World Migration as a Factor of World Development How Russia Must Build Its Relations with the CIS CONTENTS RUSSIA YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW Yu.S.Pivovarov Russian Public Policy One, Russian Public Policy Two... O.D.Volkogonova Russian Nationalism: A Political project for Russia? L.I.Rosenberg Mercifulness and Charity in Russian Social Culture from the 11^th to the 20^th Century RUSSIA AND THE WORLD IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CENTURY O.Yu.Malinova Imperial Guise: Past of Future of the European Union A.V.Korotaev, D.A.Khalturina Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and the Demographic Crisis in Russia and the World MIGRATION AS A FACTOR OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT V.P.Lyubin The Revolution of Migration and its Regulation in Russia, Germany and the EU S.V.Mikhaylov Europe: From the Gastarbeiter to New Ethnic Minorities E.K.Khizhny Immigration in the West European Countries: Economic, Demographic and Legal Aspects PROBLEMS OF THE GIS L.S.Kosikova How Russia Must Build Its Relations with the CIS countries? D.I.Ushkalova The Unification of Russia and Belarus: Economic Problems and Tensions REFLECTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMENTS M.A.Magomedov Commonwealth of Russia's Peoples: The Soviet Ordeal V.N.Babenko History of Courts of Law in Russia in Recent Russian Literature Ye.B.Rashkovsky Historiology of Pyotr Lavrov: A View from Nowadays FACTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE I.I.Glebova "Saint Old Lady" of the Russian Throne L.D.Yezova The Moscow Spiritual Academy in the Late 19^th - Early 20^th Centuries V.M.Shevyrin Nikolay Nikolaevich Lvov (foreword to: N.Lvov. More on the Balashov Events) SURVEYS. DIGESTS H.Vogel Umweg oder Rueckfall? The EU Enlargement: Economic Efficacy Overestimated Globalization Demystified SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL LIFE N.K.Meden The Rose Luxemburg Foundation Sorokin A.K., Petrov Yu.A., Yepifanova L.M. 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