Aim. To disclose the strategic plans of the political leadership of the United States of America to change the system of the global world order, to design the future.

Metodology. The study is based on the US National Security Strategy 2022, the US National Intelligence Council Global Trends Report 2021, and forecasts from US private intelligence company Stratfor. The key research methods are historical-genetic, used to identify the evolution of American strategies, and futurological, used to describe the vision of the future in the developments of US analysts.

Results. The analysis carried out allows us to confirm that the US claims to establish a system of “world domination”. The public presentation of plans for the reorganization of the world under the American strategic plan is recorded. The hostile attitude towards Russia in the current agenda of American politics is fundamental.

Research implication. The research materials can be used in the development of high-level Russian strategic documents, in solving urgent problems of ensuring Russia’s national security. It is advisable to use research materials in educational activities in political science.

Aim. To determine the origin, meaning, time and reasons for the appearance of the “dove” symbol in the Moscow coinage, which subsequently acquired the position of one of the leading symbols in Russian coinage.

Methodology. The article considers a specific example of identifying implicit information of political nature in numismatic sources. The method used in the article is neo-kantian.

Results. A concept is put forward, according to which the “dove” image, which has become one of the leading symbols of Russian coinage, is the Old Testament dove. This is the dove that gave hope for salvation to the forefather Noah during the global flood. This conclusion is based on the analysis of the coins issued by Pskov Mint in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the history of Russian state symbols.

Aim. To undertake historical reconstruction of the main stages of life O. K. Fonova considering her relationships with the members of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party and other representatives of the Russian liberation movement.

Methodology. This article analyzes archival materials, including previously unpublished materials stored in the fonds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, to identify biographical information about O. K. Fonova and others associated with her. Retrospective and biographical methods were used in the study.

Results. The work reveals previously unknown biographical information about O. K. Fonova, as well as introduces new factual data about the prominent members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and other participants of Russian liberation movement into the scientific circulation. In the course of this study a general social portrait of the prominent representatives of Russian Neo-Narodnism was also formed, which contradicts their widespread purely nihilistic image in Russian historiography.

Research implications. The article presents new materials on the history of the Russian liberation movement related to various representatives of Neo-Narodnism and related individuals. The materials of the study can be used in further scientific activities aimed at the study of Russian history of the early 20th century. Furthermore, the materials of the article can be used in the process of teaching the discipline “History of Russia in the 20th century”.

Aim. To study the Russian sports movement under sanctions pressure from international sports organizations under the control of globalists.

Methodology. The study is based on work with published sources, as well as on generalization of the data given in modern research literature and journalism. The work uses problem-chronological, historical-systemic, comparative-historical methods, as well as general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction) and the principle of objectivity.

Results. The source analysis revealed that there is no consensus among the Russian sports community and active athletes regarding participation in international competitions on the terms of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and international sports federations. This circumstance is explained by the conflict between the supporters of globalism and sovereignty in the Russian sports movement.

Research implications. A concept was created about the decisive role of globalism supporters in the IOC and the vast majority of international sports federations and their pressure on Russian sports. The struggle between the supporters of Russia’s sports sovereignty and the adherents of embedding the national sports life into the emerging global world order is revealed. The materials of the article can be used in the development of special courses and special seminars on the contemporary national history, the history of Russian sports, international relations, the modern Olympic and international sports movement.

Aim. To describe the distinctive features of the ancient scientific and technological revolution, which remained throughout its unfolding, and to reveal the reasons for the formation of the unique scientific and technological revolution in Ancient Greece.

Methodology. The methods of discursive analysis, logical-semantic analysis, content analysis, philosophical comparative studies, and factual proof are used.

Results. The factual proofs of the deployment of the unique scientific and technological revolution in the ancient society are presented. Brief characteristics of the distinctive features of the scientific and technological revolution in Ancient Greece are given. The reasons of the formation of the unique scientific and technological revolution in ancient Greece are revealed.

Research implications. The results of the study allow us to substantiate the reasons for the boom of science and technology. The author indicates the need to reconsider the main economic and political processes of European, Russian and world history.

Aim. To continue the chronology of the discovery and development of Spanish Florida in the XVI century. Expeditions from 1513 to 1516 were considered.

Methodology. The work uses archival documents, maps and scientific research available for 2022. The research is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity and consistency.

Results. A chronology of expeditions discovering and developing Florida from 1513 to 1516 is presented, as well as their connection with events in the Spanish kingdoms and Europe.

Research implications. For the first time in Russian historical science, the chronology of events and causal relations regarding the discovery, development and Christianization of Florida in the 16th century are presented in detail. The results of the work can be used in organizing a special course for the discovery and development of a large area of the North American continent, called "Spanish Florida".

Aim. To consider the features of such specific bodies of power in France of the Period of the Ancien Rйgime as Parliaments (Paris and provincial) in interaction with the royal power and prince du sang (prince of the blood) in historical dynamics.

Methodology. The article considers such specific institutions of power in France in the 17th–18^th centuries as parliaments, the peculiarity of which was the functioning as a judicial, rather than a representative body of power. The article reveals the main aspects of the conflict between the Paris and provincial parliaments of France with the royal power, their cooperation with another medieval institution – the prince du sang. During the study, the comparative-historical method and the method of historical periodization, based on the principles of historicism and consistency, were used.

Results. In the course of the work, it was shown that royal France of the Ancien Rйgime (which ended in 1789), until its downfall, retained such specific (and at the same time related) institutions of power as parliaments (membership in which was not elective, but hereditary) and the institution of princes du sang. The activities of these institutions in the era of absolutism decline were one of the main reasons for the collapse of the monarchy in this country.

Research implications. The conclusions of the study contribute to the understanding of a number of significant political and social processes in the life of France and Europe of the 17th–18th centuries, which, in turn, can improve our capabilities in the field of scientific forecasting of the occurrence of typologically similar inter-elite and intra-elite conflicts. The materials of this publication can be used in the development of special courses on the history of France of high absolutism, as well as reading the general course of a new history.

Aim. To explain the term “naval warfare” based on works of foreign and domestic theorists of military art.

Methodology. A review and comprehensive analysis of the term “naval warfare” was carried out based on the research of military historians Ph. H. Colomb, A. Th. Mahan and S. G. Gorshkov.

Results. In the course of studying the works of Admirals Ph. H. Colomb, A. Th. Mahan and S. G. Gorshkova, it was discovered that the “naval warfare” and similar to it constructs, despite their similarity, reflect different aspects of the war at sea, which creates difficulty in drawing conclusions on the problem and requires the systematization of the material. The chronological framework of the “naval warfare” was revealed, as well as its definition.

Research implications. In this paper, the key works have been identified, on the basis of which the views and judgments of admiral theorists about the semantic meaning of the term “naval warfare” are formulated.

Aim. To determine the development by historian scientists of one of the components of the state historical educational policy of the USSR - issues related to the creation and content of school history textbooks.

Methodology. The article reviews modern historiographic sources devoted to the issues which are related to creation and analysis of the content of school textbooks of the history of the USSR. When conducting the study, the comparative historiographic method was used, as well as methods for observing, generalizing and interpreting the results.

Results. In the course of the work, the existing methods of working with school textbooks as historiographic sources were identified, the degree of development of this type of sources in modern historical research was determined, the conclusions of historians, whose scientific works were devoted to school textbooks of the history of the USSR, were summarized.

Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the historiographic study of modern sources devoted to the state historical educational policy of the USSR.

Aim. To analyze the problem of revealing the causes of the American Civil War (1861–1865) in the works of the Soviet historians.

Methodology. The article considers the issues devoted to the scientific analysis of historians’ views on the problems of the causes of the second American revolution and the change in the perception of topics and the evolution of approaches (from the early 1920s to 1991) of the Soviet scientists The main subject of the work is the application of multifactorial content analysis: economic, social, political and ideological factors. The methodological basis of the study was the use of such methods as comparative-historical, historical-typological, problem-chronological.

Results. The conclusions obtained by the Soviet historians who studied the causes of the Civil War in the United States (1861–1865) are debatable, but at the same time are fully confirmed by the modern historical community.

Research implications. The work carried out can be used by researchers on the issues of the Civil War in the USA (1861–1865) to fully understand the essence of the conflict.

Aim. To analyze Radek’s estimates by foreign historians.

Methodology. Foreign publications devoted to the activities of K. Radek are analyzed, several groups of researchers are formed depending on their assessments of the politician: the opinions are arranged in chronological order, as well as in accordance with the internal logic of the article.

Results. The analysis revealed that the historians note Radek’s high intellect, his political literacy, and his successful activities in the Comintern. The politician is criticized mainly for the lack of political will, for adapting to Stalin’s policy in the second half of the 1920s, for the betrayal of former comrades-in-arms.

Research implications. The research material on this topic is summarized for the first time. The problems of studying the activities of K. Radek and the communist movement as a whole have been updated.

Aim. To consider the foreign policy and domestic political contexts which accompanied the development of the “Kozak Memorandum” as the best option for the long-term settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.

Methodology. When conducting the study, such methods as theoretical analysis, generalization, comparative-historical and problem-chronological methods were used.

Results. In the case of study, the reasons why the project was rejected by the President of the Republic of Moldova V. Voronin were analyzed; the article also discloses the value of the unused but still relevant potential of this document in the Transnistrian settlement.

Research implications. The content of the draft settlement of the Transnistrian problem, which did not receive further development, was analyzed. It is justified that the adoption of the “Kozak Memorandum” could have become a turning point in the long-term, if not final, settlement of the Transnistrian problem. The results of the article can be used in compiling lecture courses on modern history and foreign policy of Russia, the history of conflicts in the post-Soviet space, as well as as one of the positions for further research on this issue.

Aim. To reveal the applied methods and strategies of China and the United States in the South China Sea at the present stage.

Methodology. The main content of the study is the analysis of texts of foreign researchers. These materials are devoted to China’s foreign policy course and strategies of the states which are interested in the affairs of the region.

Results. The analysis showed that the actions of the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific region are operations within the framework of a hybrid war as a modern form of international conflict. The South China Sea is becoming an increasingly important object due to its economic, military, resource and strategic importance. Taking control of it is a priority task for China and the United States as the strongest rivals on the world stage.

Research implications. The new material on the topic under study has been summarized. The activities of the key rivals in the region have been considered through the prism of the hybrid warfare conception.

Aim. To analyze some key factors that influenced the evolution of the Soviet state from its formation to its collapse in the context of the entire history of the USSR.

Methodology. The presented materials are based on expert assessments of the genesis and significance of a number of key factors in the dynamics of the Soviet Union. As part of the system analysis, the circumstances of the implementation of these factors in the spheres of public life are studied.

Results. The authors of the presented materials stated the absence of predetermination of the collapse of the USSR. The studied factors of the evolution of the Soviet Union should be considered in line with concrete historical approach, taking into account the changes in the policy of the Communist Party. At the final stage of the history of the USSR, its leadership could not give adequate answers to the new challenges of modernization, which contributed to the collapse of the USSR.

Research implications. The results of the analysis can be used to develop a deeper understanding of the causes of the collapse of the USSR and implementing its experience to prevent similar cataclysms in the future. The presented materials can also be used in teaching social and humanitarian disciplines.