{"title":"The concept of “happiness” in Russian and Chinese linguistic cultures in the era of globalization","authors":"Kou Xiaohua","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2021-4-10-32-51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2021-4-10-32-51","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents a comparative study of the Russian and Chinese traditional concepts of “happiness” from a linguistic-cultural point of view. The author analyzes similarities and differences of the concept “happiness” in Russian and Chinese linguistic cultures by examining the etymology of the word “happiness” and its use in proverbs and sayings, as well as interprets the reasons for these differences. On the basis of sociological surveys the author investigates current ideas of happiness of Russian and Chinese youth in the context of globalization and analyzes the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the perception of the concept “happiness” by young people of the two countries. The article concludes that the views of the happiness among young people in China and Russia are somewhat similar, but at the same time have individual characteristics. The concept “happiness” for Chinese youth is mainly focused on the personal and family aspects and is more susceptible to external evaluations. Some young people show a strong attraction to material goods in their pursuit of happiness, while Russian youth see happiness as their own unique experience, attaching great importance to inner harmony, self-actualization, and self-esteem. The article notes that most young people in the two countries believe that the coronavirus epidemic has had an impact on their perception of happiness, with more emphasis on such factors as “health”, “family”, and “peacefulness”; under the influence of globalization and the coronavirus epidemic, Russian and Chinese youth have developed a complex perception of happiness, characterized by both the priority of spiritual values and passive consumer utilitarianism, which has given rise to a variety of models for young people in China and Russia to achieve happiness.","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115158302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpretation of the story about Yuzuf and Zuleikha in the novel ”Zuleikha opens her eyes” by G. Yakhina","authors":"Natalja J. Bukareva, Darya R. Shushkova","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2022-1-11-68-81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2022-1-11-68-81","url":null,"abstract":"The article analyzes the peculiarities of presenting the folklore religious plot about Yuzuf and Zuleikha in G. Yakhina's novel “Zuleikha opens her eyes”. This plot is widely spread in Eastern literature, as it goes back to religion and the folklore heritage, it is included in both the Bible and the Koran, which causes its popularity. The authors of the article consider the origins of the religious plot and the variants of its interpretation in the Eastern literature. The writers' appeal to such types of plots is justified, first of all, by the fact that the culture of the described ethnic group is associated with a certain religion and, therefore, inherits its traditions. In her novel, G. Yakhina uses the plot written by poet A. Jami in the poem “Yuzuf and Zuleikha”. The female characters of these texts turn out to be similar in a number of ways: religiosity, fate, tempers. The differences are connected with the image of Yusuf and, consequently, his relationship with the women: Zuleikha in the novel written by the modern author is a mother, Zuleikha from the poem is in love with a beautiful young man. The male characters also have common traits in their temper – they are sincere, pure, eager to explore the world; they have the same life mission – supporting others and giving them hope. They are different because Yuzuf lacks religiosity in the novel and he leaves his mother, whereas Yuzuf and Zuleiha in the poem do not part after their reunion. The authors of the article believe that G. Yakhina resorts to this plot to show how true love can manifest itself: the love of a parent to their child is as pure and sincere as the love of the heroes of Jami's poem to God.","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122415658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Historical discourse of Mikhailovsky castle's artistic universe: aspects of power","authors":"Vyacheslav A. Letin","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2022-1-11-112-133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2022-1-11-112-133","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the historical discourse of Emperor Paul's representational program of power and personality in the context of the artistic universe of his St. Petersburg residence, the Mikhailovsky Castle. This large-scale project, Paul I embodied not only advanced building and decoration technologies of contemporary palace construction, but also the traditions of the sovereign's power and personality representation inherent in the palace discourse. The Mikhailovsky Castle of Emperor Paul I was both the most “expensive” object of palace construction and the most “conceptual”. His symbolic program absorbed the principles of power representation implemented in the residences of his predecessors. However, at the same time, it was formed personally by the royal customer. Examining the correspondence between the compositional axes of the building to the earthly (south-north) and spiritual (west-east) aspects of existence, the author of the publication reveals the symbolic, gender and historical principles in the composition of the grand enfilades of Paul I (southern and eastern parts of the palace) and Maria Feodorovna (northern and western parts of the palace). The researcher focuses on interpreting the history of Russia and the Sovereign's persona in the setting of the palace's exterior and interiors of the palace. The detailed semiotic analysis of the historical paintings created by J. Atkinson and G. I. Ugryumov on the initiative of Emperor Paul I for the Resurrection Hall of the Palace reveals the concept of power, based on the principles of masculinity, patriotism and sacredness. The gallery of hero rulers (the first of their kind), created by the artists, presented Paul I as one of the royal pioneers – the first ruler to unite not only secular and spiritual power, but also the Eastern and Western Christian churches. The dualism of secular and sacred principles is the leitmotif of the historical discourse of the palace decor, which, in turn, corresponds to the idee fixe of its sovereign master.","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130111986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cultural image of the were-fox in Elena Shvarts' poetry","authors":"L. V. Dubakov, Wenjing Guo","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2022-3-13-81-94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2022-3-13-81-94","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125087936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The uniqueness of collisions in a typical scenario: the language policy of the Republic of Moldova","authors":"T. P. Mlechko","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2021-2-8-5-27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2021-2-8-5-27","url":null,"abstract":"The article is devoted to the formation and evolution of an independent language policy in the new post-Soviet sovereign states, each of which, despite similar processes, has its own specifics, due to both internal and external factors. The author focuses on the language policy in the Republic of Moldova, as stated in the language legislation, as well as on the extraordinary collisions that have arisen and are arising in dealing with language issues in this multi-ethnic republic during the 30 years of its independence. Since there are no special comprehensive studies on this topic at present, the article is an important attempt to give an analytical overview of language policy in the Republic of Moldova with relevant sociolinguistic comments on the documents forming its legal sphere, as well as taking into account the specifics of such regions as the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauz-Yeri. The article introduces the latest documents and materials on language policy of Moldova for the first time. The logic of the article structure enables to present the three key directions of language policy in the republic in a consistent and sufficiently detailed manner: language policy regarding the state language, with regard to the Romanian influence on it; policy regarding the Russian language as a popular means of inter- ethnic communication with a sufficient index of sustainability and its status; and policy regarding the languages of ethnic minorities that have long lived in the Moldovan region. The article gives a holistic view not only of the documents, but also of the motives, circumstances and processes of their adoption, as well as the consequences of each new step in the language policy promotion in the Republic of Moldova.","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126808046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative study of population problems and demographic policy in China and Russia","authors":"Yanru Yang, F. Xu","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2022-4-14-5-28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2022-4-14-5-28","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123966948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"City on the Amur: the image of Blagoveshchensk in Leonid Zavalnyuk’s poetry","authors":"Victoria D. Gavrilenko","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2022-4-14-81-91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2022-4-14-81-91","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"342 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124227220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The quality of higher education as the potential of Russia's “soft power”","authors":"Sergei L. Talanov","doi":"10.20323/2658-7866-2022-4-14-29-52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20323/2658-7866-2022-4-14-29-52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236873,"journal":{"name":"World of Russian-speaking countries","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133226426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}