There is no secret that the majority of Russian students are focused on only getting higher education but not any other kind of education. In the last decade of the twentieth century, the national system of higher education began to take clear shape oriented on the demands of the post-industrial society: the high level of professionalism, academic and social mobility, readiness for self-education and self-improvement provide the demand of graduates in the labor market. And since the same knowledge is a strategic resource company, to the extent formation of key competencies specialist consistently integrating and defining professional competence, should start from the first day of training at the university. In the small towns there are often no institutes of higher education. Applied bachelor programs - are a good way out. The development of applied bachelor programs, defined by their structure and stages of formation are described. The task of applied bachelor programs in the situation of the innovation economy is twofold. On the one hand, they should provide fundamental knowledge, good base. On the other hand, the graduate should receive topical skills which are practical at the moment. Teaching and research competence in this regard is a form of knowledge existence, skills, education in general, which lead to personal self-realization, to finding graduates of bachelor and master’s place in the world due to what kind of education becomes a highly motivated, individualized for maximum demand for personal potential, recognition and awareness of personality surrounding her own self-worth. The direction of content multilevel education on the development of competence is analyzed.

The theme is the prospects of interaction of Russian and Chinese universities in the design of educational programs in the sphere of architecture and design within the framework of inter-university associations. Relations between Russia and China, despite competition in some areas, in general can be described as promising and important for both sides. In education our countries have many common concerns and points of contact. It is necessary to take stock of the positive and negative experience of educational cooperation between the two countries and give it a new impetus. Russian university cooperation in the design of educational programs in the field of architecture and design is home to the Confucius Institute, based mainly on bilateral vertical. Significant potential in the creation and development of joint and / or international resource and expertise centers in the design of educational programs in the field of architecture and design lies in the working groups of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), but the mechanism of initiation of projects in them provides for “co-sponsors”. The interaction of individual universities within the framework of the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) in the coming years seems real only on certain groups of countries, although it is educational cooperation in the design of educational programs in the field of architecture and design, even under the Russia, India, China (RIC) have some problems.

New approaches to professionally-oriented foreign language teaching in non-linguistic institutes of higher education are proposed. Linguistic and methodic basements of teaching include methodic basements of teaching discussion (aims, tasks, regularities, content, methods, resources and etc.) in their inseparable connection with language / culture and communication nature as social phenomena. Bilingual / bicultural aspect of professionally-oriented foreign language teaching is reviewed, which aim is to form artificial subordinative type of bilingualism among students. It is established, that artificial bilingualism means parity knowing two codes - the code of native linguistic culture and the code, formed in artificial educational sphere, closely remained to conditions of real communication, it is different from the first one in asymmetric communicative competence in relation to native and the studied language and corresponding cultures. The technology of professionally-oriented teaching, providing formation of professional competence of artificial bilingualism and communicative competence of the students, their actualization in the conditions of non-linguistic institute of higher education is proposed. It is proved, that professional competence of artificial bilingualism consists of particular competences, includes knowledge (submission), relations, behavior, linguistic / cultural variants and discursive strategies. The levels of professional competence of artificial bilingualism realization: linguistic, cultural studies and subject and its structural components are considered; linguistic and cultural regularities of transition into the sphere of foreign language and interference removal are analyzed. Interconnected teaching of different types of speech activity is made at all stages of bilingual / bicultural foreign language teaching.

The creative process of improvisation as a type of communicative situation and the features of improvisator’s personality - musical talent, including the sense of musical rhythm, the possibility to operate at will by musical-acoustic performances, the ability to feel emotional expressiveness of high sound movement are considered. The notion psychomotor system as a general form of psychic reflection, providing sensible cognition and link of a person with the world around by means of movements is revealed. The attention is paid to psychomotor system in musical-creative activity, its structure and content, founded by B.G. Ananyev, P.Kh. Anokhin, N.A. Bernshtein, A.V. Zaporozhets, B.F. Lomov and also the theories of multilevel and hierarchy building of movement, proposed by N.A. Bernshtein. The social-psychological functions of musical self-education as a part of multi-aspect, multi-linear development of personality of the performer and basic musical functions of interaction of performer-improvisator with listeners are defined. The sense of improvisation through external and internal functional links of its structure, which in definite context creates wide associative fields and makes the perception of music an act of understanding and spiritualization is revealed. The set of multi-aimed elements is proposed - performing idioms for musical self-development of the performer, which serve for professional growth and different performing programs which are a characteristic feature of jazz styles and directions.

The problem of formation of the educational environment of higher education institution is considered. The analysis of transformation of ideas of the educational environment of higher education institution in the context of traditional, synergetic, cluster approaches is carried out. It is revealed that application of each of the listed approaches to the educational environment allows to solve the certain circle of problems and to remove contradictions in educational process, but not fully meets the modern requirements of training of specialists. It is noted that now the steady need of society and state for development of innovative economy leads to that the education system also passes to a new stage of development that defines new requirements to the educational environment of higher education institution. The vector of its development is directed towards formation of innovative infrastructure, inclusion of innovative design activity of students in educational process, activization of their participation in competitions of innovative products and services. The assumption that one of their directions of improvement of specialists training in higher education institution formation of the educational environment of higher education institution on the basis of innovative approach in which there is a personal development and professional formation of the expert is proved. The analysis of the educational environment of higher education institution components on the basis of innovative approach is carried out.

The planning of young football players’ training process in preparative period of year cycle is considered. The data of preparative period (the place of holding this cycle, short period of time, taking into consideration the level of young football players’ preparation after dead season) are given and concretized. The factors, decreasing physicality of football players and the ways to get into good shape are pointed. The attempt to study physical qualities and functional abilities of Russian footballers at the stage of sportive development (Football Academy of Tambov) is made. The results can be viewed in tables. Basing on the data and experience of Russian and foreign specialists in the sphere of football, the proposals for training process correction are made. The approximate structure of trainings, where the attention is paid to specifics of work in training cycles are defined. The content of young football players training in preparative period, including more effective methods of training is developed. The data of the held experiment in Algeria (team of Merouana) in two groups are given, the content of training of young footballers of the second and third groups were different in methods of training. The conclusion is made about the use of the developed content of training with primary use of connected method.

Based on the complete study of the published normative and administrative acts of the first years of Soviet authority (1917-1921) the peculiarities of the state power’s perception of demographic and environmental problems in the Russian village at a turning point of transition from a traditional to an industrial type of society were studied. The analysis of more than a hundred revealed papers on the subject has allowed to evaluate objectively the Soviet government’s level of consciousness and interest in the decision of demographic and ecological problems. Eventually, conclusions that there was no disastrous perception of environmental problems by the authorities, environmental issues of natural resources use in agriculture were resolved by the authorities with other agricultural issues. Demographic problems were not separate and were a part of social and economic policy. Immediate objectives were the maximum increase of the cultivated area in order to solve the food problem, restraining the population within the borders of Central Russia for cultivation and restoration of agriculture, felling of forests for export. Issues of reasonable environmental management, as well as in the “royal” time were procrastinated for later. In spite of that, in the 1910-1920s can be already found a tendency to separation of some environmental problems in the state internal politics.

Museum as social-cultural institute, acting as socially significant in the region is reviewed. The direct connection of museum’s activity with political environment in a definite period of time of country’s history, when the formation of new state’s social-cultural sphere was happening is shown. Museum in this period was one of organization centers of cultural-enlightening work among the population. The direction of this work defined communist party, which led to establishment of political-enlightening work as basic type of Soviet museums’ activity in 1920-1930-s. The aims of creative life organization of country in this period were placed on agitational-propaganda departments of Central Committee of Russian Communist Party(b) and local party committees which had authorities on coordination of all activity in the sphere of culture. Agitation and propaganda department had to become fighting centers of struggle for Marx ideology and ideal influence of the party in mass under the supervision of comrades, having significant Marx preparation. One of main aims of the museum in this period of time was keeping the materials on history of revolutionary movement and October revolution. New authorities made everything to convince the society in relevancy of the revolution and legitimacy of bolsheviks’ power. It was necessary to keep the evidence of property exfoliation of Russian society, irreconcilable class struggle of proletariat with bourgeoisie and peasantry with noble - landlords, leading role of Russian Communist Party(b) in the preparation and accomplishing October revolution in 1917. Museums of Tambov province basing on materials of revolutionary departments introduced wide groups with the history of revolutionary movement in Tambov region. The propaganda of party ideology in museums lead to politicization of all activity aimed at keeping and use of historical-cultural heritage.

The problem of relations between the Roman Catholic Church, the society and the authorities in the chronological framework of XIX century attracted the attention of many specialists. Of course, such an interest in the institutions of Catholicism was not accidental. The stormy and oversaturated events century of the revolutions, the colonial empires and the formation of industrial civilization in Europe has had a tremendous influence on all Christian churches. Pre-revolutionary Russian scientists - theologians, philosophers, historians, jurists - contributed to the scientific discussion about the current state of the Roman Catholic Church. Moreover, this problem was Russia’s special sound. Relevance of the topic is caused by the necessity of understanding the relationship between Russia and the Vatican, which for centuries were not easy - they were closely linked to political events because Russian public interpreted Vatican primarily as an inspirer of the Western European states. The discourse of Russian studies as well as their context is analyzed. The peculiar attitude of Russian researchers to the Roman Catholic Church linked to the specific historical development of Russia and Western Europe, located at opposite ends of civilizational paradigm.

The urgent research topic of today is the question of life and activities of Chinese migrants in Russia in different historical periods. This problem field is extremely important for research, because migrants staying in the territory of another state always lead to close cooperation of people and civilizations, which has a direct impact on the further development of bilateral relations at various levels. In the first quarter of the XX century there was a rapid spread of Marxist ideas in China that took place primarily under the influence of the revolutionary processes in Russia. The significant force in the spread of the ideas of Marxism began to Chinese workers laboured in many regions of Russia. Their fate and life paths were different, but, in one or another way, almost all of them turned out to be closely linked to the Chinese revolution and the transformation process in the Chinese society of the middle of the XX century. The inevitability of the broad support Russian revolutionary ideas be the Chinese migrants is substantiated, the inevitability of the obvious choice of the Chinese workers the way of active participation in the revolutionary transformations in Russia and China is proved, the extent of their involvement in the spread of Marxism after their returning to China is analyzed.

Documents of National Archives of Republic of India (funds of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ministry of Internal Affairs) are published for the first time. They were found during field trips to India. The documents are protocols of three meetings of Indian ambassador in Moscow S. Radhakrishnan with the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR I.V. Stalin and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR A.Y. Vyshinsky. The published materials are supplied by scientific comments. The documents help to understand the counteractions in double-sided relations of India and the USSR better. The possibilities of finding compromises are highlighted. The peculiarities of diplomatic style and polemic methods of Soviet and Indian politics are revealed and the position of I.V. Stalin concerning Indian national elite is reviewed. It is shown how difficult were the Soviet-Indian diplomatic relations build up. It is marked, that the growth of communist movement in region and in India made the first Prime Minister of independent India J. Nehru to follow the pro-Western course in foreign policy. The decision of Indian government to join the British Commonwealth of Nations is explained by the same thing. The attention is paid to the most important for the USSR Karshmir question. The tension in Soviet-Indian relations were the evidence of Indian documents of three meetings of higher Soviet government with the ambassador of India in Moscow in 1950. The literal content and style of the original are kept in the documents during translation from Russian into English.

The materials, devoted to blessed memory of L.G. Protasov, doctor of history, professor, scientific adviser of Institute of Humanitarian and Socio-Cultural Education of Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin are presented in this publication. The materials contain the article of A.G. Ayrapetov and Y.A. Mizis about the life and scientific heritage of L.G. Protasov, short memories of his daughter, candidate of history, associate professor of Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin Olga Lvovna Protasova, business correspondence of L.G. Protasov with his correspondents before his death. They give an idea of the circle of problems and worries, of characteristic features of outstanding Russian historian’s character.