DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.27277

Abstract: The subject of the research is the variety of digital culture forms that have been developed within the framework of the interdisciplinary research at the interface of cultural research and information communicative technologies. The object of the research is the application of digital technologies in humanities projects. The aim of the research is to analyze app projects Digital Humanities as part of the development of the digital culture. The authors examine the application of information communication technologies in studying cultural heritage, corpus analysis of literary texts, work with big media collections, 3D modelling of art objects, network analysis, etc. The authors focus on interpretation and definitions of Big Data and Linked Data in terms of humanities. The research methodology has a complex nature that combines different methods and approaches. The authors of the article apply the comparative analytical and cross cultural analysis as well as synergetic approach. The main conclusions of the research are the new definitions of aura, replicability, pre-representational thinking, rhizome in terms of the development of digital culture and based on the example of digital humanities. The authors' special contribution to the research is their analysis of a great number of interdisciplinary projects that illustrate the influence of digital technologies on the development of modern culture. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the authors constructs a new concept of cross cultural capital that is developed in the process of consumption of digital cultural products online or offline. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.27589

Abstract: The subject of this research is the Russian culture of the XVIIIth century, development of the basic cultural values, the Russian language as the mirror of sociocultural transformations, definitions of the terms 'fatherland', 'motherland', 'native land' as the basis for the development of cultural identity and national self-identification. Extension of the knowledge about the basic constants of the Russian culture does not only improve the understanding of historical and cultural patternns of the society development but might be also useful for planning the state policy in the sphere of cultural heritage preservation under the globalization conditions. In her research Smirnova has applied the method of historical systems analysis of particular cases of the use of 'fatherland', 'motherland', and 'native land' in different texts. The main conclusion of the analysis of how the aforesaid concepts originated under the conditions of changing mental models of the Russian society, the author points out the importance of the latter on the development of self-identification of the Russians at a particular historical stage. The article also presents new information about transformations of the basic cultural constants.   

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.27682

Abstract: The subject of the research is the Russian cabaret. The article presents a brief review of the creation and development of the cabaret in Russia. She pays special attention to cabaret as a new form of performance that had become an essential element of the Silver Age entertainment culture. The origin of the cabaret in Russia of the early XXth century is viewed by the author as an inevitable phenomenon created in the era f creative unsatisfaction and search with the blossom of the philosophy of free creativity, origin of completely new forms and aethetical principals in the background. In her research Arkhangelskaya touches upon the beginnings of the genre, aesthetic peculiarities of the cabaret as the main part of the entertainment culture of the early XXth century, and tries to compare Russian and Western European tradition. The author concludes that the analysis of the history of the Russian cabaret in terms of the socio-cultural cabaret environment allows to better understand the values of entertainment culture as one of the areas of modern pop culture.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.25517

Abstract: The article is devoted to the literature that played the leading role in the development of socialist culture. Base on the analysis of creative writing by Z. Batotsyrenov, Ts. Don, S. Tuy and B. Baradin the researcher demonstrates peculiarities of the development of the Buryat literature in the 1920 - 1930s. Amgalanova emphasizes that the artistic movement of the after-revolutionary decade generally tried to fundamentally change the cultural life of the society by the means of re-evaluation of aesthetic vlues of traditional arts. Those changes included psychological realism, everyday writing style, and drawing from nature. In the 1930s ideological and political beliefs played the leading role in the development of artistic culture. The methodological basis of the research implies historical cultural approach, the main methods of the research are axiological, retrospective, and narrative methods. In conclusion, the author states that the main purpose of socio-humanitarian research is to perform an objective analysis of the repressive policy of the Soviet state, mainly reconstruction and return of the names of the workers of culture and science and their heritage to the artistic and academic environment. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.26741

Abstract: Throughout the 1920 - 1950s the death and funerals of the leader had been the event under the focused event of the Soviet propaganda. While the funeral ritual was made up really fast and later was repeated with several changes, the art representations of the funerals had been significantly changing over time. The Soviet visual art constantly searched for icognographic schemes that would convey messages and values of that important ceremonial of the national level. The climax of that process was the delivery of the Stalin's prize to the artist A. Gerasimov for his painting 'Stalin by A. Zhdanov's Coffin' (1948). The process of iconographical transformations of the plot can be seen as the process of the canon's development when all the needless was eliminated and the main was highlighted. The documentary narration genre was replaced with the visually readable symbol. In this research Rutsinskaya analyzes the aforesaid process based on the analysis of famous Soviet artwork. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.27440

Abstract: The subject of the research is the architecture of the Caucasian Mineral Water in the first half of the XIXth century. The aim of the research is to discover peculiarities of its evolution and development of a particular visual image. To achieve this purpose, the author analyzed the cultural policy of the state towards early Russian resorts that paid much attention to the development of the city and landscape environment. In particular, Pyatigorsk was an experimental city because it served as the capital of the North Caucasus. Pyatigorsk played the role of a certain reference model all the local resorts should try to catch up with. Thus, their architectural stylistics presented the big empire capital. The researcher also analyzes specific interaction between actors of the cultural policy at different levels: emperor, governor, chief executives, and artistic elite. The research methodology implies the historical cultural approach in terms of the province-capital dichotomy and discovering stylistic transformations in the architecture of the Water under the influence of varied social, military, political and economic factors. The use of archival data, epistolary heritage, and memoiristics allowed to extend the concept of the process. The scientific and practical importance of the research is caused by the fact that Semina analyzes the interaction mechanisms between actors of different levels under severe conditions (Caucasian War, mountaineers raids, absence of stable transport connection) that created the phenomenon of the rural architecture of the Caucasian Mineral Water. The result of the urban development was the synthesis of rigorous classicistic forms and Romantic style. This was also the time when the unique image of resorts developed as the reflection of the syncretic connection to both capital and European culture. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.25621

Abstract: The object of the research is the nature of perception and means of interpretation of the medieval architectural heritage and traditions of the High Victorian epoch. Sokolova also analyzes the influence of John Ruskin's ideas on the development of aesthetic preferences in the English architecture of the epoch. The subject of the research is the English country houses designed by such architects as Richard Horman Shaw, William Eden Nesfield, and Gilbert Scott. The researcher also focuses on the books of John Ruskin The Stones of Venice and The Seven Lamps of Architecture and their influence on the development of particular aesthetic preferences. Sokolova performs a detailed formal stylistic analysis of the frontal composition and architectural decor of English country houses in the aforesaid epoch. Despite a common belief, masters of the British Gothic Revival were not inspired only by the images of the national architecture. Thaks largely to John Ruskin's writing that has become so popular lately, the interest of architects shifts towards the medieval heritage of other European countries including Italy. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.27628

Abstract: The article is devoted to the critical evaluation of Marius Petipa's ballets by an editor, playwright and ballet addict Sergey Khudekov. In his articles published in the newspapers of the second half of the XIXth century ('Russian Stage', 'Musical Light', 'Petersburg Paper', 'Petersburg News', etc.) Sergey Khudekov gave a varied evaluation of the events that were happening on the Petersburg ballet stage. Khudekov, who wrote those articles, showed himself as a great expert in ballet, ballet-master profession and creation of a ballet show. Besides descriptions of the ballet theatre everyday life and evaluations of Marius Petipa's premier ballets, Sergey Khudekov drew the reader attention to the civil and moral state of the ballet environment. The conclusion of the article is that Marius Petipa's ballets proved the important role of art in the aesthetic education of the society, that being the mission Khudekov believed the ballet to have. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.27592

Abstract: The article is devoted to the graphical and musical realisation of the Resurrection concept in Sergey Rachmaninov's small performance lyrics and other compositions. Being one of the basic Orthodox concepts of a great spiritual and cultural importance, the Resurrection concept was practiced by the composer by the means of various genres which once again proved the historical and genetic affinity of the two branches of Russian musical culture (church and secular) and complementarity of their ideals and values. Thus, the methodological principle selected by the author is aimed at discovering the composer's artistic devices that convey the spiritual message of the secular composition. As a result of the analysis, the author discovers that Rachmaninov used different approaches to the realisation of the Resurrection concept in his religious compositions that expressed the cathedral praise of the divine event, and secular compositions that described the expressive romantic and tragic concept of the Russian Temple's death. At the saime time, the analysis of the concept in his small performance lyrics (based on the example of the romances 'Christ is Risen!' and 'The Raising of Lazarus') demonstrates that the theme is quite similar in compositions of both kinds, not only at the level of emotions and meanings but also at the level of music and text. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.10.26710

Abstract: According to a number of critics, in her new novel Guzel Yakhina did not manage to naturally combine different artistic narrations and themes. Rozin analyzes the criticism and arguments based on his own concept of artistici reality. He demonstrates that the new novel of Guzel Yakhina is not traditional in terms of its narration. The writer used the method of artistic poetics that Rozin believes to belong to the phenomenological approach. The peculiar feature of the phenomenological approach is the description and expression of the reality outside the artist and performance of a complex subject content of the consciousness. For this regard, the author discusses the challenges that may be faced by the reader who tries to understand such artistic reality. Rozin has used the following methods: problem statement, comparative analysis, reconstruction of Guzel Yakhina's creative writing, positioning in polemics and axiological analysis. As a result of his research, Rozin demonstrates that it is necessary to differentiate between two different means of construction of the literary reality, wherein phenomenological discourse and aesthetics are very different from traditional ones. Even though the phenomenological approach provides new opportunities, it has certain drawbacks, too, especially in terms of understanding and thinking logic.