Moscow regional branch of the Russian Society of Political Scientists conducted an expert survey dedicated to the issues of domestic political management. Expert pool was formed from members of the regional branch of the society. The results of the research showed that the development of the institution of Russian political managers is not unambiguous. The coordinator of the project was S. Fedorchenko, Candidate of Science in Politology.

This article is devoted to the «conservative renaissance» of the 2000s. The author considers the stages of forming modern Russian conservative ideology, so called «madoconservatism», its origin and development and transformation into national democracy. The main themes and basic ideas of modern Russian conservatism are also enumerated and analyzed in the article

This article shows the process of formation of the crucial aspect of the Russian diaspora policy. This process is aimed at facilitating compatriots’ voluntary resettlement to Russia. Special attention is paid to the questions of creation of the general strategy of the state policy, institutionalization of the program of resettlement, formation of mechanisms and maintenance of the state measures in the sphere of diaspora policy. The article elaborates on the legal support to diaspora policy of the Russian Federation and is considering its formation as a dynamic process.

In this article the author states that in the twentieth century the leadership of the western type does not arose in all the states. Western leadership is typical for the countries where post-industrial economy is oriented towards innovations, and where political culture is traditionally of a participation type; which political system is open-type. Russian leadership of the XX - XXI centuries has a synthetic character: the components of individual leadership remain significant in its structure. The author explains this fact by a number of situational factors.

The article considers the administrative reforms in the USSR during N. Khrushchev’s rule. Particular attention is paid to the regional aspect of the topic, because in this period there was a process of decentralisation and regionalisation in governance. This process affected mainly the governance of the national economic complex (known as "sovnarkhoz" reform of 1957), and to somewhat lesser degree - the political governance. In the area of political governance this refers to the attempts aimed at optimising the state bodies structure, widening the range of rights and competences of the local Party committees, as well as fighting against "bureaucracy" and "paperwork". The article also deals with the reorganisation of 1962-1964 based on the production principle, highlights main features of the CPSU’s personnel policy during the period under review.

The article dwells on the 50-60 years of the 20th century when the way of life of Muscovites radically changed. The author analyzes the abrupt differentiation of sociocultural functions of the center and the peripheral districts of Moscow (so-called "dormitory districts"). The author of the article also emphasizes the increase of time expenditures for travelling to the place of work, which caused additional stress loads, as well as heightened the risk of worsening the criminogenic situation. The author covers the topic of underdevelopment of city qualities of dormitory districts.

Special attention is paid to the problems of counteracting corruption. The causes and forms of its manifestation are studied through the historical context. Examples of state officials’ corruptive actions are given. Examples of its negative consequences for the society and for the state as a whole are given. The sources describing the fight against corruption in the state public service in Russia are analyzed.

In this article the author studies legal regulations of merchants’ activities in the 1st half of the XIXth century. While Russia’s foreign trade with Eastern countries was developing, merchants’ rights and duties were becoming more complex: the rules of declaring capital, paying taxes and duties in the customs, conditions for entry to foreign countries, organization of trading companies and associations, possessing their own property, documents, organization of fairs. However, townsmen as well as merchants of 2nd and 3rd guilds couldn’t trade with other countries; and, consequently, sell eastern commodities. Nevertheless some rules were becoming more moderate in the period of the 1st half of the XIXth century. Government encouraged creation of trading companies, especially in the Caucasus. The Russian Emperor authorized trade in Central Asia for the merchants of 2nd and 3rd guilds.

The article is devoted to the Caucasian period in the biography of A.P. Yermolov. By the will of circumstances he got an opportunity to take part in the Caucasian affairs after his retirement. As a private adviser of Prince M.S. Vorontsov, who was appointed viceroy to the Caucasus by the Russian Tsar, A.P. Yermolov was helpful to his Fatherland for a long time. In spite of the will of Nickolas I, Prince Vorontsov used skills and knowledge of A.P. Yermolov, who promoted Prince’s efforts to incorporate Caucasus with the Russian empire.

The article tells about a little-known page of the First World War on the Russian-German front battle on the river Rawka in January 1915, in the so-called “Bolimow bag”. Analyzes the operational actions of the German and Russian commands and Ystrategic objectives, which set itself the German command starting offensive on the river Rawka. Article complemented by letters from the front, the authors of which Russian officers talk about the battle for the key points of defense in Humin and Wola Szydlowiecka, during which the Germans used the first time on the Eastern Front poisons.

The article deals with the national historiography of the problem of «Polochans» and «Smolyans» in the history of ancient Russia. The chronological framework of the historiographical review is defined by the second half of the XX-th century and the beginning of the XXI-st century. In the period mentioned a lot of scientific works were devoted to the investigation of Kriviches’ theme, within which the question of «Polochans» and «Smolyans» was discussed. Therefore, the generalization of the research results is relevant. The author determines the basic problems and approaches to the theme in the national historiography.

This article focuses on the formation, development and modernization of the traditional forms of industrial production, the organic part of which is the story associated with domestic industry. The study is integrated into the agenda of historical science due to the content and directions of the historical process, as well as the needs of social and political debates. Readers are offered concrete materials, numbers and dates telling the agrarian history of Central Black Earth region. Besides, reports and proceedings of congresses, census facts are provided. The article is unique due to the reliability of factual material. It shows the development of the economic processes, including cottage industry.

The article analyzes two letters to I.V. Stalin from groups of inventors. One of them is signed by 6 outstanding scientists from various spheres of science and by two inventors. The letter dating back to 25 December, 1945, titled “Synopsis of the ways to maximize the effectiveness of our science and invention” encounters 15 pages. The other 11-pages letter is signed by 10 scientists and engineers and dates back to 2 October, 1945. Its authors are the staff of Research Institute-20 (RI-20), which was involved into designing radio devices. The letters are kept in Fund 588 of the Russian State Archive of Sociopolitical History in the collection of letters to I.V. Stalin dating back to February 1946.While “Synopsis..” offers measures for a large scale of invention spheres, the letter from the staff of RI-20 mentions only the development of radio engineering. Both letters certainly reflect the post-war life in the USSR, but they are of interest as an example of invention development as a part of state policy in scientific-and-technological progress.

The renewal¹ of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation in 1683-1686 is reconstructed in the article. Special attention is paid to the way the Polish and Ottoman issues were connected with the relations between Russia and the Habsburg Empire. The mediation of the Holy Roman Empire in signing the Eternal Peace Treaty between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is thoroughly discussed in the article. The author concludes that the Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686 gave Russia an opportunity to enter into the war against the Ottoman Empire, in which the Habsburg Empire also took part.

In the initial period of its own becoming fascism had no precise content and could not give a coherent philosophical form to its own worldview. In some cases, fascism abandoned its own outlook in favor of Orthodoxy or Catholicism. Religious slant gave fascism a mystique aura of a defender of traditional spiritual values. Convergence of fascism and the church took place under the conditions of acute political struggle for power, anti-liberal and anti-communist motifs formed the basis for further cooperation of fascism and the church.

The article gives a detailed analysis of the life and scientific work of Wolfgang Aben-droth, the famous German historian, political scientist, and lawyer standing on Marxist positions. Chronologically the scope of the study covers the years when Abendrot was becoming a scientist - the second half of the 1920s till the mid of 1950s. Using his works dedicated to constructing socialism in the USSR and East Germany the author analyzes the researcher’s historical concept regarding the real conditions for constructing socialist society. The attention is paid to his research concerning socialist theory. The party struggle in pre - and post-war Germany is presented through the prism of Wolfgang Abendroth’s personal biography. He took an active part in this struggle as a member of several public and political organizations.

The article is devoted to the reasons and political-economic consequences of the USA’s intervention in Guatemala in June, 1954. The article is based on the analysis of some the sources, concerning the activities of the US State Department and CIA in Guatemala in the second half of 1954. On their basis the author comes to the conclusion about there were changes in sociopolitical life of Guatemalan society which were equitable to the interests of the USA. As a result the Guatemalan economy was thrown back for ten years, and the established pro-American dictatorship returned Guatemala into an orbit of the USA’s influence on continent.

This article discusses ways to solve the problem of European security in the New Era. The author explores major changes in the approaches to solving this issue in the period under review. The role of the post-war congresses, international forums, organizations and public associations in ensuring peace and security on the European continent is investigated. On the basis of the analysis the author concludes that by the end of the ХIХ century there were certain changes in solving the problem of European security. The principle of «European balance» became, along with the «balance of interests», the basic principle of international relations. The decisions of international forums and organizations became more efficient. Though they were not a guarantee of everlasting peace, they still increasingly promoted the solution of the issues of European security.

Mass media are one of the most important institutions of society, a tool for the fast and all-embracing report of information of any orientation to each person, the battlefield of various masters of «media wars». Being, in fact, the «fourth power», they affect all sectors of society; first of all, policy, culture, education, religion and even private life of people. Mass media play an important role in the creation and evolution of public consciousness, the formation of public opinion. Moreover, the way phenomena and events in the country and the world are perceived and evaluated is presented and happens through them and with their help. The modern world lives on a media rule: that exists and that is only important what the media said. One of the most actual agendas of the modernity is the incessant conflict in Syria and the role the Russian-Syrian relations play in it. Thereafter the article considers the reaction of the world's mass media to these events.