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BULLETIN OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES №3 (63) 2026

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HISTORY

Viktor A. Kapitanov
PhD in Engineering
Chief Specialist at Polyus Research Institute of M.F. Stelmakh
Moscow, Russia
e-mail: kapitanov_v_a@mail.ru
https://orcid.org/0000–0002–2153–3848

Comparison of the Results of Identification of Victims of Mass Executions in Vinnitsa and Tatarka with Contemporary Archival Data

Abstract. The subject of the study is the lists of those identified during the German and Romanian exhumations of 1943 in Vinnitsa and Tatarka, declared by the occupiers to be victims of the Great Terror.
The relevance of the work is due to the need, in the context of the ongoing Special Military Operation, to counter Ukrainian propaganda, which enumerates centuries-old “crimes of Moscow,” including Stalinist repressions in the Ukrainian SSR, with a critical analysis of the sources of data on these repressions.
The methodology of the work consists in comparing the 1943 data on the individuals identified during the exhumations in Vinnitsa and Tatarka with contemporary data on repressed persons held in the archives of the SBU, as well as in comparing the arrest dates with the dates found in documents produced during the individuals’ lifetimes.
The main results of the study are as follows: the data on repressed persons contained in Ukrainian archives were repeatedly adjusted; arrest dates were shifted forward into the period of the Great Terror; and actual sentences of deprivation of liberty were replaced with sentences of capital punishment.
The area in which the results can be applied is the weakening of the effect of anti-Russian propaganda.
Conclusions: falsification of death sentences and arrest dates was carried out in Ukraine, presumably in the late 1980s – early 1990s, and were intended to justify Ukrainian nationalist collaborators, promoting the narrative of “crimes of Moscow,” equating the USSR with fascist countries, and shifting onto the USSR the responsibility for the genocide of the Soviet people – that is, for the mass murders committed in Vinnitsa and Tatarka.
Keywords: Great Terror, Holocaust, genocide of the Soviet people, mass execution, burials in Vinnitsa, burial in Tatarka, exhumation.

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Petr E. Lomako
Postgraduate Student at the Department of History and Philosophy
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Moscow, Russia
e-mail: pet.lomako@yandex.ru

The Condition of Wine Warehouses in Moscow Province in the Late Eighteenth Century

Abstract. The drinking trade was an important part of the economy of the Russian Empire, therefore Catherine II’s reforms could not leave this sector untouched. Under the legislative acts adopted in the second half of the 18th century, obligatory urban structures were created in towns, among which were wine warehouses, then called magazeiny. Their condition was to be monitored by the provincial Treasury Chambers. Drawing on both published documents and those newly introduced into scholarly circulation, the article analyzes the condition of the magazeiny (wine warehouses) in the district towns of Moscow Province from the second half of the 1770s when Catherine II’s provincial reform started, to the early 1800s, that is, to the end of the reign of Paul I. As a result of the study, it was established that in the first decade after the creation of Moscow Province, local authorities paid little attention to the condition of the premises entrusted to them; these quickly fell into decay and ceased to perform their function. This state of affairs was also brought about by the violation of the instruction that the magazeiny should be built of stone, since in Moscow Province most warehouses remained wooden, and only in large towns proper structures were erected. The situation began to improve toward the end of the century, which, quite possibly, was facilitated by the abolition of some districts under Paul I. By 1801, the number of stone magazeiny had increased, and the number of dilapidated structures had begun to decrease. However, there was still insufficient space for storing wine in almost all district towns. Despite the enormous profits from the drinking trade, the Treasury Chamber could no longer do anything about it, and therefore from 1807, already under Alexander I, the supervision of the magazeiny was entrusted to private individuals – tax farmers.
Keywords: Moscow Province, second half of the 18th century, Catherine II’s reforms, drinking trade, wine warehouse (magazein), Treasury Chamber.

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PHILOLOGY

Anna R. Davydova
PhD in Philology
Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages
Armavir State Pedagogical University
Armavir, Russia
e-mail: bootlegger@inbox.ru

Mariana R. Sarkisyan
PhD in Philology
Associate Professor at the Department of Western European Languages and Cultures
Pyatigorsk State University
Pyatigorsk, Russia
e-mail: smarianne@yandex.ru

The Epigraph as a Metonymic Representative of the Artistic Whole (Based on J. Galsworthy’s Short Story “The First and the Last”)

Abstract. The article examines the epigraph as a metonymic representative of the artistic whole, based on J. Galsworthy’s short story “The First and the Last.” The epigraph is analyzed as a precedent phenomenon functioning according to the principle of the metonymic transfer “part–whole” (synecdoche). The authors prove that the epigraph “So the last shall be first, and the first last” acts as a semantic entity of the entire work, metonymically replacing the integral artistic space of the story. An analysis of the system of characters illustrates how the Evangelical opposition between “the first” and “the last” is projected onto the personalities of the Durrant brothers, revealing a common spiritual problem: alienation from genuine values. The methodological framework of the research comprises intertextual, cognitive, and conceptual analysis, which makes it possible to identify the mechanisms of semantic concentration in the epigraph and establish its connections with the source texts.

The results of the study confirm that the epigraph functions as a metonymic key to the text, organizing the narrative and establishing a system of artistic correspondences. The reference to the Holy Scriptures adds a layer of spiritual meanings to the text, providing a multidimensional interpretation of the work.

Keywords: epigraph, metonymic transfer, precedent phenomenon, synecdoche, intertextuality.

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Lyudmila V. Moralova
Assistant at the Department of English Studies and Cross-Cultural Communication
Moscow City University
Moscow, Russia
e-mail: ludmilamoralova@yandex.ru

Cohesion and Coherence of the Dialogic Space in a Literary Text: Original and Translation

Abstract. The article discusses cohesion and coherence as key characteristics of the connectivity of literary dialogue from the perspective of translation. The relevance of this study stems from the insufficiently explored functioning of cohesive and coherent devices in literary dialogue when the source text is compared with multiple translations, as well as from the growing interest in the quality of literary translation. The research material comprises the dialogue between Mary Lennox and Mrs. Medlock from F. H. Burnett’s novel “The Secret Garden” (1911) and its four Russian translations (by R. Rubinova; A. Ivanov and A. Ustinova; N. Demurova; and I. Doronina). The methods employed include continuous sampling, as well as contrastive-comparative, contextual, pragmatic, and semantic analysis. The study identifies the translation strategies used to preserve cohesion and coherence within the dialogic space, namely repetition, ellipsis, modulation, generalization, and the explication of implicit meanings. It demonstrates that while calquing the grammatical structures of the source text may formally preserve cohesion, it frequently disrupts both coherence and the pragmatics of the utterance. An unsuccessful choice of micro-level cohesive devices in the target text distorts the coherent structure of the original. Comparing multiple translations of a single text proves particularly effective in revealing such distortions. Furthermore, cohesive devices within the characters’ lines also serve as markers of their personalities.
Keywords: cohesion, coherence, literary dialogue, literary translation, comparative analysis, F.H. Burnett, ‘The Secret Garden’.

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Anastasiia S. Sokolova
Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages
Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine
Saint Petersburg, Russia
e-mail: hawkschatten@mail.ru

Linguocultural Adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel “Crime and Punishment”: a Diachronic Study of English Translations

Abstract. The novel “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky attracts readers all over the world, as evidenced by the constantly growing number of translations that possess scholarly value in the context of a diachronic study of trends in the linguocultural adaptation of this novel. The relevance of the research is due to the need to systematize the results of a comparative study of translations of the novel. The subject of the research is the features of the linguocultural adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. The paper aims to study the specific features of the linguocultural adaptation of the novel in English translations. The study analyzed the current status of research in the field of linguistic and cultural adaptation of the novel, highlighted the features of translations made into English, and presented the results of linguistic and cultural adaptation. The source text used was the novel “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and its three translations by C. Garnett, D. McDuff, and R. Pevear and L. Volokhonsky. To solve the tasks set, contextual, descriptive, and comparative methods were applied. The study revealed that the ease of perception of early translations is achieved through pronounced domestication, assimilating the text to authentic texts of the target culture, which manifests as the neutralization of elements reflecting a different linguistic and cultural background. Pronounced foreignization complicates the perception of the text due to the translator’s desire to explain every culturally marked element and make it explicit. An alternative to making a clear choice between two types of linguocultural adaptation is achieving a balance between domestication and foreignization, which entails the even explication and neutralization of culturally marked elements. The results obtained can be applied in further research focused on the comparative analysis of translations and the evaluation of principles for establishing a balance between foreignization and domestication as a contemporary reality in translation studies.
Keywords: linguocultural adaptation, translation, culturally marked vocabulary, realia, foreignization, domestication.

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Inna V. Shumkina
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
Associate Professor at the Department of the Russian Language and Mass Communication
Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev
e-mail: shumkina.iv@ssau.ru

Functioning of Quotations and Catchphrases from Oleg Mityaev’s Songs in Contemporary Newspaper Journalism

Abstract. The study draws upon research in the field of modern phraseology of winged expressions, one of the objectives of which is to identify the sources of quotations and catchphrases and to compile lexicographic descriptions of the corresponding units. The aim of the present study is to identify the intertextual potential of Oleg Mityaev’s songs in contemporary speech and to establish the status of utterances currently used in speech that originate from this bard’s songs. The article provides a linguopragmatic characterization of quotations and catchphrases from Oleg Mityaev’s songs and analyzes the structural and semantic variation of the well-known bard’s winged expressions in media texts. The scholarly novelty of the study lies in the fact that it is the first to describe the composition and specific features of the functioning of quotations and catchphrases from Oleg Mityaev’s songs, as well as to identify the bard’s lines that are most frequent and significant in contemporary speech. The research material is made up of articles on sociopolitical topics containing fragments of the bard’s songs. The study establishes that, from a linguopragmatic perspective, the poet’s lines – when used as intertextual inclusions in contemporary speech – represent expressive speech acts with different intentional orientations, which is dictated by the characteristics of the bard’s poetic style. The article offers a detailed analysis of the use in newspaper and journalistic discourse of three famous catchphrases coined by the bard: «Как здорово, что все мы здесь сегодня собрались» (“How wonderful it is that we’ve all gathered here today”); «Лето – это маленькая жизнь» (“Summer is a little life”); and «Крепитесь, люди, скоро лето» (“Don’t give up, people – summer is coming soon”). It describes the sociocultural and ethnocultural components of the meanings of these expressions, as well as the semantic dominants forming the core of their meanings. The transformational activity of the expressions is examined in detail, and the semantic groups of the most frequent substitutes are described. The results obtained can be applied in lexicographic practice, as well as in the study of current issues in Russian phraseology, linguoculturology, and communication theory. The research materials can also be used in teaching Russian as a foreign language.
Keywords: quotation; winged expression; intertext; precedent text; phraseological unit transformation; bard song; Oleg Mityaev.

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Georgy S. Prokhorov
Doctor of Philology (Dr. habil)
Professor at the Department of Russian Language and Literature
State University of Humanities and Social Studies
Kolomna, Russia
e-mail: hoshea.prokhorov@gmail.com

“The Anatomy of Melancholy” by R. Burton in A.G. Inger’s Translation and the Baroque Book Tradition in Russia

Abstract. The article analyses the unique translation experience of A.G. Inger, who introduced Robert Burton’s seminal work, “The Anatomy of Melancholy” (1621), to the Russian-speaking reader, within the context of Russian culture. The relevance of the study stems from the need to overcome the perception of Burton’s book as an isolated, purely English phenomenon that does not correlate with the realities of the historical process of Russian literature. The leading method employed is typological comparative analysis, which is linked to the ideas of U. Eco and T. Todorov. The purpose of scholarly comparison is not to seek commonalities but to differentiate – to discover and describe specificity [16, pp. 26–32; 18, pp. 4–6, 12–13]. By juxtaposing Burton’s book with Simeon Polotsky’s “Vertograd Mnogotsvetny” (A Garden of Many Flowers”), the paper articulates its scientific novelty through delineating the distinctions between the English literary Baroque and the Russian Baroque tradition, thereby conceptualizing Inger’s translation as an optical instrument for understanding both English and Russian Baroque. We demonstrate how Baroque typology – its compendium-like character, multilingualism, macaronic style, the poetics of similarity [cf. 16, pp. 45–47], and a complex system of inexact citations – unites the two texts created concurrently, in a similar stylistic manner, yet belonging to different cultures. Accordingly, the specific poetics of the works differ – orientation toward knowledge in general (Burton) vs. orientation toward the Bible (Polotsky); macaronic blending of English and Latin (Burton) vs. that of Russian and Polish (Polotsky). Unlike the fundamental work by M.P. Alekseev on Russian-English literary connections, which was based on the principle of direct textual contact (establishing the 18th century as the starting point of the dialogue of cultures), the present study shifts the focus to typological analysis, thus paving the way for comparing earlier literary monuments. The conclusions substantiate the significance of Burton’s book and its translation for a deeper understanding of Russian book culture of the Baroque period.
Keywords: A.G. Inger, R. Burton, S. Polotsky, Baroque, compendium, macaronicism, topica, translation theory.

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ECONOMICS

Tatyana S. Kapanina
PhD in History
Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Economics
State University of Humanities and Social Studies
Kolomna, Russia
e-mail: tgleonova@mail.ru

Tatyana V. Gotsko
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Economics
State University of Humanities and Social Studies
Kolomna, Russia
e-mail: gotskotv@mail.ru

Centralization of Authority as an Effective Tool for Lean Management of Municipal Educational Institutions

Abstract. One of the current drivers for improving the efficiency of public (municipal) administration is recognized as enhancing labor productivity in public (municipal) institutions through the integration of lean technologies into management processes. The relevance of the topic is determined by the need, amid conditions of turbulence, to identify ways to minimize losses in the provision of public (municipal) services. This can be achieved through the incorporation of innovative lean-management tools into the governance of municipal educational institutions, including in their interactions with centralized accounting offices.
The study aims to substantiate proposals for implementing lean-technology tools in organizing interaction between municipal educational institutions and centralized accounting offices. To achieve this, the following objectives were formulated: to systematize the principal lean-technology tools used in the management of municipal educational institutions; to examine the core problems arising in their relations with centralized accounting offices; and to develop a ready-made solution aimed at minimizing financial, labour, and time losses in this area.
The subject of the study is the economic relations between municipal educational institutions and centralized accounting offices.
The article employs a combination of conventional analytical methods, content analysis, a comparative approach, and the systematization of regulatory documents and publications relevant to the research topic. The use of these methods made it possible to systematize the key problems in the interaction between municipal educational institutions and centralized accounting offices and to propose options for addressing them.
The key findings of the study consist of a set of authors’ proposals for introducing a ready-made lean-management solution into the interaction between municipal educational institutions and centralized accounting offices.
Keywords: municipal institutions, labor productivity, lean technologies, centralized accounting offices, ready-made solutions, efficiency.

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Zhanna K. Leonova
Doctor of Economics (Dr. habil), Professor
Professor at the Department of Management and Economics
State University of Humanities and Social Studies
Kolomna, Russia
e-mail: zh_leonova@mail.ru

Olga V. Pushkina
PhD in Economics
Associate Professor at the Department of Business Analytics
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation;
Associate Professor at the Department of Financial Accounting
Moscow Witte University
Moscow, Russia
e-mail: olvpushkina@fa.ru

Alexey L. Pushkin
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Analytics
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation;
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management and Economics
Russian State University of Social Technologies;
PhD Student
State University of Humanities and Social Studies
Moscow; Kolomna, Russia
e-mail: аlpushkin@fa.ru

Digital Inequality Across Russia’s Regions: From Access to Competencies and Their Monetization as a Factor of Sustainable Development (Based on International Experience)

Abstract. The article examines the transformation of digital inequality across Russia’s regions from an infrastructure gap to disparities in digital competencies and opportunities to monetize them. Drawing on statistical data from NAFI, Rosstat, and the Higher School of Economics, the study identifies an “infrastructure paradox”: high levels of Internet access do not translate into the development of job-relevant digital skills or increased household incomes, particularly outside metropolitan agglomerations.
The study considers the key barriers to monetizing digital competencies, including educational, infrastructural, legal, cultural, and human-resource constraints. It also summarizes the experience of China and South Korea in reducing digital inequality through the coordinated development of infrastructure and human capital. The findings indicate that digital inequality exacerbates youth migration and depopulation of territories.
The authors propose a dual strategy for Russia, encompassing the continued development of regional digital infrastructure and the creation of an ecosystem for teaching monetization skills. The article concludes that only bridging the competency gap can turn digitalization into a tool for sustainable spatial development.
Keywords: digital inequality, Russia’s regions, digital competencies, skills monetization, human capital, sustainable development, spatial polarization, professional applied skills, infrastructure paradox.

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