Importance. CEFR Companion Volume 2018 pays special attention to the development of four modes of communication (including mediation) along with the formation of communicative competence. The purpose of this research is to conduct an interdisciplinary analysis of the term “mediation” as well as to clarify this term in the Russian language.

Materials and Methods. Research methods include analysis and interpretation of literature. The research materials are literature review of foreign and Russian scientists in the field of jurisprudence and law, philosophy, philosophy of religion, social philosophy, sociology, management, psychology, reflexive psychology, cultural-historical psychology, conflictology, linguistics, pedagogy, translation and translation studies, as well as linguodidactics.

Result and Discussion. The concept of “mediation” is analyzed in various fields. The terminology in Russian for three types of mediation activities is clarified according to the CEFR Companion Volume 2018.

Conclusion. In most scientific fields, mediation is viewed as a procedure involving three parties: two parties in conflict and one party acting as a neutral intermediary (mediator). However, in methodology of teaching foreign languages, the emphasis shifts to the fact that any student while developing his/her communicative competence, mastering four modes of communication, including mediation, can independently act as a mediator with any interlocutor or group of interlocutors.

Importance. The subject-language integrated approach is relatively new in the field of foreign language teaching methods. It pursues a dual goal related to the formation of professional communication skills in a foreign language (the formation of communicative and professional competencies). The application of the subject-language integrated approach faces several challenges related to both teachers and students. Firstly, the level of training of students should correspond to the B1B2 level. Secondly, the level of teacher training should combine the foreign language teaching with the specialized content teaching. The potential of the subject-language integrated approach in teaching foreign languages has already been applied and evaluated in the future doctors training, lawyers, and agricultural specialists.

Research Methods. The subject-language integrated approach can be incorporated into the language training for future professionals in the media sphere (areas of training “Journalism”, “Advertising and Public Relations”, “Media Communications”). The professional component of the course is related not only to the thematic content of the classes, but also to the possibility of using modern technologies (for example, the artificial intelligence capabilities, virtual and augmented reality technologies) in the media products development within the framework of the training course with their subsequent discussion in the language being studied.

Research Results. The subject-language integrated approach has obvious potential in the language training of future media specialists (areas of study “Journalism”, “Advertising and Public Relations”, “Media Communications”). The specialized subject content of the course, as well as the technologies and tools used in the practice of media specialists in the media products and advertising products development, along with language competencies, allow the formation of professional competencies.

Conclusions. The aim of the research is to further investigate the potential of an integrated approach to the training of future media professionals. Of particular interest to the study is the identification of specific speech skills required for effective foreign language communication in the speech interaction professional sphere.

Importance. Currently, there is a tendency that when teaching a foreign language, teachers are increasingly resorting to the use of artificial intelligence technologies to plan training sessions, generate educational content, as well as to conduct automated testing of formed communication skills. The monitoring of academic achievements and assessment is one of the key components of the organization of the educational process. Traditional methods of control and assessment require significant time and labor-intensive costs from the teacher, while artificial intelligence technologies make it possible to simplify and automate routine tasks: check tests and written papers, analyze them and identify mistakes, provide feedback. Thanks to the integration of natural language processing (NLP) technologies into chatbots and adaptive intelligent learning systems, it becomes possible on a daily basis to check texts created by students, evaluate them from the point of view of grammatical and lexical correctness, as well as identify stylistic and factual errors in real time. The purpose of this work is to test the applicability of artificial intelligence technologies for thematic control and criteria-based assessment of educational achievements using the example of productive and reproductive writing.

Research Methods. In carrying out this study, the following groups of methods were used: theoretical methods aimed at familiarizing with scientific and methodological literature on the topic of research, analysis and classification of theoretical and methodological material for conducting thematic control and criterion assessment in foreign language classes, as well as empirical methods that allowed modeling pedagogical control and assessment processes using artificial intelligence technologies, observation, analysis and description of the results obtained.

Definition of Concepts. The main concepts used in the study are “control of educational results” and its variety “thematic control”, “criterion assessment”.

Results and Discussion. In the course of the study, various types of monitoring educational results using artificial intelligence technologies were considered: preliminary, current, intermediate, thematic, final. The choice of thematic control is due to the opportunity to trace its applicability within the framework of a single lesson in a foreign language and identify the main difficulties in using this form of control. The following criteria for evaluating writing skills are used to evaluate learning outcomes using artificial intelligence technologies: a) the structure of the written text; b) compliance with the main topic; c) coherence; d) relevance; e) grammatical correctness; f) lexical correctness; g) ethics of writing and stylistic correctness.

Conclusion. Artificial intelligence technologies at the present stage have a high degree of adaptability and include a wide range of software and hardware solutions that allow for such important pedagogical procedures as monitoring educational achievements and evaluation in accordance with user-defined evaluation criteria. The obtained results are proposed to be used in research devoted to the study of modern methods of monitoring educational achievements in the methodology of teaching foreign languages using artificial intelligence technologies.

Importance. The planned transition to new Federal State Educational Standards of the 4th generation has necessitated a revision of the range of competencies developed by students while mastering the educational program in general and in the process of studying different courses. Particular attention has to be paid to the formation of universal competencies, or soft skills, which are necessary for a modern specialist to solve professional problems. To ensure the implementation of this process, Russian universities are introducing additional elective and optional disciplines, as a result of studying which students are expected to acquire a certain set of universal competencies. The purpose of this study is to identify what soft skills can be developed through the elective course “English for cross-cultural communication”.

Materials and Methods. The research is carried out using theoretical methods – literature review on the research topic, analysis, comparison and generalization of the results obtained, and experimental methods – a survey of 2nd year undergraduate students. The objectives of the survey include identifying the degree of students’ understanding of the essence of soft skills, identifying priority competencies and receiving feedback on the course content.

Results and Discussion. The existing approaches to defining soft skills and their classification are studied. An analysis of the literature on the research problem reveals the lack of a unified terminology, multiple interpretations of the term “soft skills” and classifications of soft skills. An attempt has been made to describe the content of the course “English for cross-cultural communication” in terms of developing soft skills necessary for a modern professional. The types of tasks integrated into the content of the course and their correlation with soft skills formed through one or another type of in-class or out-of-class activities are considered.

Conclusion. It is found that the elective course “English for cross-cultural communication” has great potential in terms of increasing the general cultural level of students and developing a wide range of soft skills: communication, cooperation, critical thinking, creativity, empathy, leadership and the ability to work in a team.

Importance. The competence-based approach prevailing in the current higher education puts forward special requirements to the systematization of knowledge and skills of graduates. The composition and description of professional competence, which is the main reference point in course design, has a strong impact on the overall effectiveness of the educational process, so there is an imperative need for a comprehensive and practice-oriented model of linguo-methodological competence. The purpose of the study is to develop a general model of linguo-methodological competence that meets the needs of linguo-methodological areas of training.

Materials and Methods. To carry out the research: the corpus of research literature on the topic is analyzed, the general regularities of requirements to the competence of a specialist are synthesized and systematized, the structure of linguo-methodological competence is modeled.

Results and Discussion. Interpretation of the general model of professional competence under specific conditions of foreign language teaching reveals a number of functionally different aspects of specialist’s competence. The following aspects are identified: behavioral, sociocultural, motivational, information and communication, and linguodidactic. Each component actualizes a relatively autonomous set of knowledge and skills, which can be purposefully influenced.

Conclusion. The presented model is characterized by its structural completeness, which allows integrating private professional competences within the framework of individual components. The selected components reflect the main aspects of professional activity of a modern foreign language teacher, which allows us to use it as a starting point for designing a foreign language teacher training course.

Importance. The widespread use of foreign language education in non-linguistic universities is due to a number of factors that determine the development of professional activity in various industries. Medicine and healthcare are among the key areas of human activity that require regular updating of knowledge and improvement of professional skills of a specialist in the context of scientific and technological progress. Medical professionals are required to keep abreast of the latest achievements of science and technology, to study new methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in order to provide patients with better medical care. Using the example of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world community realized that the emergence of such threats requires rapid response and cooperation between various countries and organizations. Only through the experience of interaction between scientists and medical professionals from different countries, it was possible to jointly normalize the epidemiological situation around the world. The World Health Organization has played a key role in coordinating international efforts to combat coronavirus infection by providing all the necessary information in foreign languages, mainly English and French. In view of this, there is a social demand in the labor market for medical workers who speak English perfectly, and in higher educational institutions there is a demand for language courses from students of residency. The main purpose of the study is to develop a methodological model for teaching residents of foreign language professional communication based on an integrated approach.

Research Methods. To achieve the main goal, theoretical and empirical research methods are applied, which make it possible to study and analyze existing theories and concepts on the topic of developing a methodological model for teaching residents of foreign language professional co mmunication based on an integrated approach. Based on the analysis of the academic literature on the research topic, the regularities of the construction of the methodological model, its functions and component composition are revealed. Modeling of the educational process makes it possible to create an effective methodological model for teaching residents of foreign language professional communication based on an integrated approach.

Results and Discussion. The conducted research makes it possible to identify the didactic functions of the methodological model: 1) orienting; 2) regulatory; 3) formative; 4) controlling. Based on the identified didactic functions, a methodological model for teaching residents of foreign la nguage professional communication based on an integrated approach is developed, which is structurally presented in the form of five consecutive blocks: 1) prerequisites; 2) goal setting block; 3) content block; 4) operational and activity block; 5) evaluation and performance block.

Conclusion. The developed methodological model for teaching residents of foreign language professional communication based on an integrated approach allows creating a simulation of the educational process in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed teaching met hodology. The obtained research results are supposed to be used in the methods of foreign language teaching in medical universities in the training of residents.

Importance. The article focuses on the issues of enhancing linguist students’ motivation of studying a foreign language on the example of a “Cultural studies” course on the training profile “Interpreter/ Translator in cross-cultural communication”. A number of conditions in organizing the process of studying that contribute to enhancing motivation of students when studying a foreign language have been found.

Research methods. Among the methods, used in the current study, one may distinguish theoretical methods (analysis of special literature on psychology, pedagogics and methods of teaching foreign languages in terms of motivation to more efficient studying process) as well as practical methods (forming experiment, observation and carrying a survey).

Results and discussion. As a result of the analysis of theoretical and methodological material on motivation to studying process there have been elicited certain methods, techniques and forms of studying process – active questioning, work in small groups of students, competition between groups of students, introspection. The authors of this article have worked out a survey, aimed at accessing the level of motivation. The results of the forming experiment are presented in the practical part of the article. It was possible to make a conclusion on the effectiveness of changing the types of students’ activities as well as the role of diverse forms of work during classes. The study proved that these factors influence the students’ motivation. The experiment also showed that student collective creative activity in small groups is the most effective when compared to other types of activities.

Conclusion. The results of the carried experiment can serve as methodological recommendations on seminars in High school.

Importance. At the present time, the technologies of artificial intelligence are gradually finding their way into a wide variety of different fields of professional activity, including education. Over the past years, there has appeared a great corpus of research in pedagogical and methodical literature dedicated to the didactic and methodological potential of artificial intelligence. This study represents how the use of artificial intelligence technologies can diversify the learning and professional practice of learners, as well as take over some of the routine functions of a teacher. Genie AI, LegalAI, AI Legal Document Generator – these are all new artificial intelligence tools that allow international law students to draft international legal documents according to the characteristics of the legal systems of foreign authorities. At the same time, their linguodidactic potential is insufficiently revealed, which requires the development of a step-by-step methodology for teaching students to draft international legal documents in a foreign language based on these artificial intelligence tools. The aim of the research is to develop a step-by-step methodology for teaching law students to draft international legal documents based on artificial intelligence tools.

Materials and Methods. The study is conducted on the basis of an expert approach. The materials are scientific articles considered with pedagogy and teaching foreign language methodology published in Higher Attestation Commission scientific journals and journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Scientific literature analysis, methods of observation, and survey of university professors who deliver profile disciplines to students of the ‘Jurisprudence’ major, are used.

Results and Discussion. A step-by-step methodology of teaching law students to draft international legal documents based on Genie AI, LegalAI, AI Legal Document Generator artificial intelligence tools is developed. The methodology consists of the following series of steps: 1) students study the structure of an international legal document taking into account the specificities of the legal systems of the participating countries in a regular class as part of an integrated course;

2) students study or repeat an active vocabulary and grammar that are used in the process of drafting an international legal document; 3) explanation of the goals of drafting international legal documents on the basis of Genie AI learning practice, defining it’s stages and period to the students;

4) discussion about information security and author ethics and the inadmissibility of unauthorised borrowing of generative AI material; 5) extracurricular independent educational practice on drafting international legal documents by students with the artificial intelligence tool; 6) mutual evaluation and discussion in small groups of students regarding international legal documents drafted with artificial intelligence tools; 7) selective evaluation by the instructor of legal documents drafted by students on the basis of practice with the artificial intelligence tool; 8) students’ reflection on the usefulness of using the artificial intelligence tool for drafting international legal documents.

Conclusion. The novelty of the research lies in the development of a step-by-step methodology for teaching law students to draft international legal documents based on Genie AI, LegalAI, AI Legal Document Generator artificial intelligence tools. Prospects for further works are studying the linguodidactic potential of other artificial intelligence tools created for lawyers, and developing methods of teaching language aspects, types of speech activity, and specialised disciplines on their basis.

Importance. The topicality of teaching students the right pronunciation is explained by the fact that phonetic aspect is one of the components of the language competence. The problem of necessity of forming a phonetic competence of students studying a foreign language at a non-linguistic institution is considered. The aim of the study is to consider the difficulties of developing students’ phonetic skills when teaching English in a non-linguistic university, as well as the suggestion of measures to eliminate these difficulties.

Materials and Methods. Within the framework of the research, referring to modern scientific sources on the problem posed, the basic difficulties have been revealed, the material related to measures on solving the difficulties of students in the development of pronunciation skills has been systematized and generalized, various measures to eliminate errors and improve pronunciation skills have been proposed.

Results and Discussion. The examples of traditional phonetic exercises of varying complexity, as well as innovative ones, the use of which is supposed to improve the pronunciation skills of students, are considered; methods for assessing phonetic skills have been defined.

Conclusion. Forming of phonetic competence is an important component of the general language competence of students. By means of a variety of teaching materials, active practice and creating a suitable environment, students can improve their phonetic skills and achieve a higher level of English proficiency. The practical application of the results of the research can be used in teaching English at a non-linguistic university.

Importance. To date, there is an active introduction of artificial intelligence into all spheres of human activity, leading to significant changes in the factors that influence the socialization of the younger generation. Along with this, smart devices have also begun to act as agents of socialization for modern teenagers, with whom they interact both in educational and extracurricular settings. In this regard, the scientific and pedagogical community is interested in identifying both the positive and negative aspects of AI’s influence on the formation of the social experience of minors. The aim of the study is to examine the features and analyse the risks associated with the artificial intelligence impact on the adolescents’ socialisation.

Research Methods. The work is based on a comprehensive review of psychological, pedagogical, legal, sociological, scientific, and technical literature on artificial intelligence the introduction in various fields of human activity, particularly in the education sector. The study is grounded in personal-activity, multi-subject, and environmental perspectives, which allowed for the synthesis and analysis of relevant information, as well as an assessment of the potential risks associated with the artificial intelligence influence on the positive socialization process of school students. Within these frameworks, several research methodologies are employed, including analysis, comparison, generalization, systematization, and structured information organization.

Results and Discussion. The main areas of artificial intelligence application in education are: adaptive learning, automated assessment, examination management, personalized learning, customized educational materials creation, consultation and recommendation systems, gaming and virtual reality, extending the range of opportunities for students with special needs, and monitoring student engagement in learning. However, along with the potential benefits of introducing AI technologies into the adolescents’ cognitive development, there are several risks associated with the intelligent devices’ use: a potential decrease in the education quality, challenges with social skills and self-regulation development, value orientation, adaptation, and self-regulatory resources. Additionally, there is a risk of subjectivity loss, the formation of an unrealistic self-image, aggressive behavior, and the development of digital autism and information pseudoliteracy.

Conclusion. Based on the analysis, it is revealed that the artificial intelligence influence on modern adolescents can be traced not only in changing the educational process of the school, which is a factor and institution of socialization, but also in the direct interaction between a minor and a smart device. At the same time, this process has both positive and negative aspects, the consideration and correction of which is necessary when introducing artificial intelligence into education and other spheres of human activity and society.

Importance. Building students’ value-based attitudes towards other people is an important goal of the modern educational process. This kind of attitude includes three aspects (cognitive, emotional and behavioural). The research focuses on the development of the emotional aspect of the valuebased attitude towards other people. The author analyses how verbal means affect people’s emotions and how these means can be used to create positive emotions in the process of building the emotional aspect of the value-based attitude towards other people in schoolchildren.

Research Methods. The study uses an analytical review of the scientific and methodological literature on pedagogy; lexical, morphological and stylistic analyses of verbal structures are used.

Results and Discussion. Verbal triggers are designed by the author in order to evoke positive emotions in schoolchildren towards the people around them. The examples of exercises with verbal triggers of tenderness and admiration for extra-curricular classes, or course on emotional intelligence, or as part of academic lessons, are also designed by the author.

Conclusion. The research results can be used in the process of organising complex work on the formation of the emotional component of the value attitude towards people, as well as for further theoretical research on the issues of emotional learning and moral education in general.

Importance. The search for the meaning of life is a relevant issue during adolescence. A childadult community plays an important role in the development of meaning of teenagers’ lives by providing support, participation in social events, role models, and opportunities for selfrealization. Interacting with adult members of the community contributes to the development of value orientations among adolescents, the establishment of individual personal and professional goals, and provides support in the search for meaning of life. The purpose of the study is to identify the specific role of the child-adult community in the development of adolescents’ meaning of life.

Materials and Methods. Analysis of Russian and foreign literature, conducting a survey among adolescents, conducting interviews and observations, as well as statistical processing of the results are used.

Results and Discussion. It has been established that in developing the meaning of life, child-adult communities play the role of creating a supportive and emotionally favourable environment, mentoring and role models, and so forth. However, not all of the roles are fulfilled by the community equally. To increase the effectiveness of the child-adult community in matters of meaningful selfdetermination of adolescents, a programme of activities aimed at compensating for the lack of community work is developed.

Conclusion. The study will help educational and social institutions to develop effective strategies and programmes of pedagogical support for adolescents, which may become an object of future research.

Importance. The research examines the characteristics of pedagogical support for persons with disabilities in physical education classes at university. The aim of the study is to analyse the characteristics of pedagogical support for persons with disabilities in physical education classes at university. In order to achieve this goal, a number of tasks have been solved. The definition of “pedagogical support for persons with disabilities” is analysed; a review of psychological and pedagogical literature on the research question is conducted; and methodological recommendations for pedagogical support of persons with disabilities in physical education classes at the university are developed.

Materials and Methods. Analysis of theoretical and methodological literature on the research problem; analysis of the experience of practitioners working with persons with disabilities; comparative analysis; and the method of generalisation are used.

Results and Discussion. Pedagogical support for persons with disabilities can be successfully organised in modern universities under a number of conditions detailed in the study.

Conclusions. Competent and effective pedagogical support of persons with disabilities in physical education classes at the university allows persons with disabilities to integrate into the educational process as much as possible, as well as to compensate for health problems during physical education classes.

Importance. One of the pressing problems of correctional psychological and pedagogical assistance to children with intellectual developmental disabilities is the possibility of early initiation of correction and the choice of effective correctional and developmental methods for the purpose of their maximum socialization. Purpose of the study: orrectional and developmental activities introduction into adaptive physical education classes to increase the social adaptation level of adolescents 14–15 years old with mild mental disability.

Materials and Methods. 20 teenagers aged 14–15 years with mild mental disability, studying in a correctional school of type VIII, took part in the pedagogical experiment. Two groups are formed: a control group, studying according to a standard program for people with disabilities, and an experimental group, in which, as part of pedagogical control, 30 correctional and developmental classes, 30 minutes each, are conducted 1–2 times a week, as part of adaptive physical education classes. The tools for assessing the effectiveness of the correctional classes are: determination of the group cohesion index using K.E. Sishor’s psychometric test, determining the aggressiveness level using Bass–Darki’s questionnaire, assessing communication skills using B.A. Fedorishin’s assessment.

Results and Discussion. Corrective and developmental activities carried out during adaptive physical education classes had a positive impact on the communication abilities development in adolescents aged 14–15 years with mild mental disability. After conducting a pedagogical experiment, adolescents in the experimental group significantly improved the average diagnostic test scores (p ˂ 0.05) on the following tests: K.E. Sishor’s psychometric test, B.A. Fedorishin’s communicative inclinations assessment, Bass–Darki’s questionnaire.

Conclusion. The introduction of developed correctional and educational activities into the adaptive physical education classes program made it possible to increase the social adaptation level of adolescents 14–15 years old with mild mental disability.

Importance. The beginning of the process of interaction between Russian and French book cultures was laid by the era of the Europeanisation of Peter I. The Russian autocrat tirelessly sought to bring his country among the leading countries of the world, to smooth out the difference between Russia and the West. The nobility, the most educated stratum of society at that time, was to become the main conductor of the reformer’s advanced aspirations. The aim of the research is to study the significance for the Russian book culture of the French–language translated book of the second third of the 18th century.

Materials and Methods. The comparative historical method makes it possible to establish the correlation of the role of French literature in the distribution of printed materials in the Russian Empire. The use of the comparative analysis method, which made it possible to comprehensively study the role of foreign literature in the bookselling process in the Russian Empire of the 18th century, plays an important role in the study.

Results and Discussion. The inclusion of a work in the publishing list was conditioned by the community demand, which allows us to speak about the development of the book culture of Russia in the second quarter of the 18th century. In order to capture readers’ mood better, the specialists of the Academy of Sciences found out the specialists’ opinion about publications.

Conclusion. By the middle of the 18th century, the Academy of Sciences had prepared translations of valuable treatises on history, literature, mathematics, psychology and pedagogy, enriching Russian book culture with advanced European bestsellers. This period of the Academy’s activity should be regarded as a new stage in the development of book printing in Russia, which created significant prerequisites for the rapid rise of interest in French culture in the second half of the 18th century.

Importance. The censorship of periodicals in the Upper Volga region during the New Economic Policy years is considered. The research of Soviet propaganda remains relevant in the context of studying the history of the USSR, political communication and mass media. Even in modern Russia, there is a request for the development of a cultural level using the mass media, in the implementation of which the experience of a century ago can help. The purpose of the research is to examine the mechanism for implementing the censorship policy of the Soviet state in the Upper Volga region using the example of the work of agitprop.

Materials and Methods. Methods of system analysis, principles of historicism and scientific objectivity are used. The archival materials stored in the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History are used.

Results and Discussion. The country needed urgent and fairly profound cultural changes, and this had to be done not only by methods of combating illiteracy, but also by propaganda, including in the periodical press. Newspapers are a cheap and easy way to disseminate information, but in an illiterate country it is not very easy to use. The party’s propaganda department had to deal with this phenomenon.

Conclusion. Conclusions about the significant intervention of the Agitprop department in regional periodicals in order to form an ideologically correct understanding of the world and the political situation in the country are formulated.

Importance. The activities of the Artists’ Association branches of Revolutionary Russia (1922–1932) are considered. During this period, the organization had a significant and sometimes decisive place in the artistic life of the country. The subject of the study relates to the culture of the country as a whole and touches on local history issues. The purpose of the work is to assess the influence of the central organization on the local branches development and analyze their importance in the Association work.

Materials and Methods. The research is based on materials from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, the State Archive of the Yaroslavl Region and published memoirs of participants in the events. In the course of the work, the biographical method is used, as well as historical-genetic and historical-comparative methods traditional for historical science.

Results and Discussion. It is noted that the Association participants paid great attention to the creation of representative offices at the local level. The presence of artistic traditions in a particular region played an important role in the development of local branches of the AARR. At the same time, established traditions are not the determining factor. The presence of a bright creative personality in it, who set a certain pace of work, could be of significant importance in the development of a particular branch.

Conclusion. It is revealed that some of the regional branches ceased their activities even before the liquidation of the AARR. Despite this, the work of branches of the Artists’ Association of Revolutionary Russia contributed to the accessibility of art for the local population, attracting regional residents to artistic life and preserving cultural monuments. Museums and creative studios are created, and active exhibitions and lectures are carried out.

Importance. The events taking place in the territory of Lithuania in the interwar period are still controversial among politicians and historians today. Many “blank spots” of that time in this territory were closed for research for a long time, which gave rise to speculation and falsifications. The article examines the activities of state security agencies to ensure public security in the territory of Lithuania in the period from 1921 to 22.06.1941 using historical examples. The purpose of the study is to show the historical events taking place in Lithuania and the activities of the state security agencies to ensure public security in the interwar period in the republic.

Materials and methods. The research is based on declassified archival documents of the State Archives of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archives of Contemporary History. The materials of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR – the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (1934–1960), the 4th Special Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (1931–1959) and on political repression and rehabilitation of the illegally repressed were studied.

Results and Discussion. As a result of the October Revolution of 1917, Lithuania gained its independence. Starting from 1919, nationalist organizations were created in Lithuania, the task of which was to voluntarily assist the police in the fight against the Communists and to assist intelligence agencies in espionage against the USSR. With the entry of Lithuania into the USSR, the activities of nationalists intensified. Before the attack on the USSR, the state security agencies launched a preventive blow against the nationalist underground and their accomplices, which reduced their activity in the initial period of the Great Patriotic War.

Conclusion. The liquidation of the leaders of the nationalist underground and their accomplices allowed the USSR state security agencies to prevent the destabilization of public order in Lithuania on the eve of the German attack on the Soviet Union.

Importance. The activities of the Tambov city authorities, public organizations and institutions, their motives in the work on the preservation of military historical memory in the urban enviro nment during the second half of the 20th – beginning of the 21th century on the example of perpetuating the memory of the first Hero of the Soviet Union from Tambov region – A.N. Moskovsky, are considered. The importance of the research lies in the fact that the use of trends in modern historical science, namely, an interdisciplinary approach to research, political history and historical urbanism, allows us to obtain qualitatively new knowledge about the activities of the Russian cities authorities (based on Tambov materials) to preserve military historical memory in urban toponymy and objects of monumental art during the second half of the 20th century – the beginning of the 21th century.

Materials and Methods. The methodological basis of the research is based on the principles of consistency, historicism, and objectivity. Comparative historical, problem and chronological methods are used. The research is based on such general scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, generalization, and systematization. The main sources of the research are archival materials stored in the State Archive of Tambov Region, the State Archive of Socio-political History of Tambov Region, published and posted on the Internet, as well as materials in the funds of the Museum and Exhibition Center of Tambov Region.

Results and Discussion. The features of the ideological work of local authorities on the development of military historical memory are analyzed. The patterns and continuity of approaches in the military historical work of the city authorities at different chronological stages are revealed. The mechanisms of preserving the memory of a particular hero, senior political instructor, commissar A.N. Moskovsky, are investigated. The forms of historical and patriotic information about the objects of urban toponymy and monumental art created during the development of the urban environment, concerning the perpetuation of the memory of A.N. Moskovsky, are highlighted.

Conclusion. As a result of studying the problem, conclusions are drawn about the multi-faceted approach in the work of city authorities, institutions and public organizations for the preservation of military historical memory in the region.

Importance. The relevance of the research lies in the study of military, political and social aspects of the legionnaires’ repatriation to their homeland. Their involvement in territorial conflicts with Hungary and Poland, integration into a peaceful society after a long absence from home – this experience will be useful for Russia. In the context of an ongoing special military operation, the adapting process of its participants to civil society is extremely important. Solving their social and economic problems with an eye to the First Czechoslovak Republic experience will avoid mistakes. The purpose of the study is to study certain aspects of the legionnaires’ return to the First Czechoslovak Republic, to analyze the Czech legionnaire legislation, to take into account the negative experience of the Czech government in solving their problems. The results obtained can be applied to participants, disabled people and veterans of special military operation.

Materials and Methods. Materials from the Digital Library of the Czech Ministry of Defense are used in the study. In order to achieve the goals of the study, a historical and systematic approach is employed.

Results and Discussion. Even before returning home, the legion members took their place in the national mythologies of the newly formed state as fighters for independence, as well as continuing the Hussite traditions of Jan Hus, Jan Žižka, and Prokop the Great. The Czechoslovak government developed and enacted legislation aimed at recognizing legion members, providing them with certain benefits when applying for positions in government agencies, businesses, the police, and the gendarmerie. Through these laws, the government paid tribute to the legion’s contributions while also reducing tensions within the legion community. However, some of these laws are not implemented in practice, and they are later repealed in 1924 due to economic difficulties. Once in a different environment than that of Russia, the legions lost the unity and cohesiveness that had been fostered by external factors in Russia.

Conclusion. Arriving at their homeland, Czechoslovak legionnaires received honor and recognition from the state, in the form of various privileges, positions in society, and the state’s support. In the future, they will occupy an important place in the military organization and socio-political life of the First Czechoslovak Republic.

Importance. The 110th anniversary of the First World War outbreak awakens in the public and scientific community not only discussions about the causes of the conflict, but also forces us to turn to the legacy of this process. In this regard, the work actualizes the theme of historical memory of the “Great War”. The purpose of the study is to reflect the complex of the legacy of the First World War in Great Britain in the 1930s by referring to the British Newspaper Archive.

Materials and Methods. For the analysis of historical memory in the Great Britain, memoirs, monumental art, works of cinema, music, and many others are often involved. Methods of working with the British newspaper Archive are considered and, based on a specific historical method, we will reflect the perception of the First World War in British society and the situation of veterans in the 1930s. The method of quantitative content analysis is used. The necessary database of source material is selected by keywords, then the selected sources are grouped according to a certain topic. Memoirs, monumental art, works of cinema, music and much more are often used to analyze historical memory in Great Britain. In this work, we will look at the techniques of working with the British Newspaper Archive and, based on a specific historical method, reflect the perception of the First World War in British society and the situation of veterans in the 1930s. Due to the free access to a huge mass of English-language sources, this digital archive is of interest to researchers. The work uses the method of quantitative content analysis.

Results and Discussion. During the study of press materials, it can be stated that the following agenda has been identified in the historical memory and legacy of the First World War in Great Britain in the 1930s: 1) the presence of narratives reflecting the pride of British society for the heroism of soldiers and sorrow for the many sacrifices they made in the name of victory in the war; 2) despite the discussions’ existence about the frontline brotherhood during the war period, after the war, veterans rallied into unions and organizations engaged in a wide variety of support (from mediation when applying for a job to appeals to the authorities about pension provision).

Conclusion. Thus, despite the apparent immensity of the digital database of the British Newspaper Archive, the application of the well-known methodological principle of “Occam’s razor” makes it possible to compile a corpus of sources that meet the purpose of the study. Immersion in the press materials themselves allows the researcher to immerse himself more in the socio-cultural context of Great Britain in the 1930s. Due to the complexity of the information from the studied sources.

Importance. The Kurds are currently dispersed across four countries (Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq), which are quite negative towards them, trying to suppress expression of their identity. Historiographically, the Kurdish issue is usually perceived as another obstacle to regional stability in the Middle East, but the uniqueness of their position forces us to look at the situation from a different perspective. The aim of the study is to prove that the experience of asymmetric interaction of Kurds with various social actors can be extrapolated to address the problem of long-term stability in the Middle East and the resolution of other conflicts.

Materials and Methods. The research is based on the principles of historicism and objectivity; chronological and structural methods and comparative analysis are used.

Results and Discussion. The novelty of the study is that it allows us to consider the religious heterogeneity of the Kurds as a possible positive factor that can be used to build a new Kurdish identity. The peculiarities of the situation of the Kurds in different territories, including in a religious context, are also analyzed. The trends in ethnic relations in the territories of four nearby countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey) are determined.

Conclusion. The eclectic nature of Kurdistan’s religious composition has greatly influenced Kurdish political identity, and despite external divisive factors, the diverse Kurdish population is united due to its culture of tolerance, which stems from its long history of diverse religious traditions. At the same time, it complicates their interactions with the neighbouring states that are intolerant of dissent and other faiths.