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The work includes the results of the research on morphofunctional parameters of the teenagers aged 15–18 of indigenous small peoples of the North. The anthropometric measurements are based on: body weight and length, depot fat composition (indirect calipermetry method). In addition, Quetelet index is calculated, the somatotype structure is determined according to the classification scheme of B. Heath and J. Carter. To assess the respiratory system functional state, the lungs’ vital capacity is assessed, togethe...

The interest in Freemasonry has shifted today from the field of metaphysics to the scope of aesthetics. The method of the “new hermeneutics”, proclaimed by Ulitskaya, presupposes an appeal to the world culture codes. The mythology of Freemasonry occupies an important place, which is connected both with interest in the Silver Age, and with a common for transitional epochs attention to the problem of world evil. The principle of high game, helping to overcome the boundaries of what is visible in the name of exis...

Religious art is representative of religions concept. Indian mausoleums, which were created during the reign of Mughal represent features of Indian Islam. Art analysis and philosophical interpretation of signs and images of Indian mausoleums helps to understand the unique features of Indian Islam. Religious Islamic art in India continues to have an impact on the recipients in the present. The art works of Islamic architecture can be studied as cultural texts. The ideals, values and standards of Islam are of archit...

The article deals with one of the eternal issues of the theory and practice of literary translation: “What happens to a literary original after it has been translated?” The answer to this question could be probably found through interdisciplinary approach which takes into consideration not only exclusively translation categories and literary translation traditions but also broad literary, cultural and political contexts of the target text. The subject of the present research is the experience and results of fo...

In modern criticism, V. Nabokov is revered as one of postmodernism “godfathers”. In the texts of a number of iconic contemporary writers (from A. Bitov up to O. Slavnikova and L. Ulitskaya) the influence of “Lolita” author’s creative works is highly significant. L. Ulitskaya never attributed herself to the postmodernist trend; on the contrary, she insisted that aesthetics under the sign “post” is becoming obsolete. Such experience of the author's self-identification beyond the post-modernism's aesthet...

In the course of education a significant role is played by motivation of students. The study of academic motivation is one of the fundamental problems in pedagogics and psychology, since an efficient interaction between teachers and students is possible within understanding of their motivation. To teach in todayВ’s environment it is necessary to be able to interpret such pshyco-pedagogical characteristics of a person as motivation, independent behavior, active performance and ability to reach oneВ’s goals. To asse...

The idea of manipulation in broad Translation Studies context finally resulted into the significant translation concept and a relative category, which was shared initially by the Manipulation School representatives (S. Bassnett, T. Hermans, J.S. Holmes, I. Even-Zohar, A. Lefevere, G. Toury) and later by a certain number of modern professional translators and translation theorists (F. Farahzad, N.G. Kornaukhova, P. Kuhiwczak, N.V. Klimovich). The aforementioned concept and category are mainly based on the fact that...