Issue 2006 No. 1 (8)

The problem of regional cooperation in Central Asia and Iran's role in this process is analyzed in this article. The author pays much attention to the theoretical and historical aspects of this problem, taking into account the modern circumstances of intraregional cooperation.

In the article the author gives a detailed analysis of economic relationns of the Caspian region's countries, the economic conditions of their political game in the Caspian.

In the article the author analyses the examples of mutual relations between state and civil institutions in Astrakhan, Stavropol and Krasnodar regions. The activities of public and religious organizations of the South of Russia are in the centre of this analysis. The author pays a special attention ... to the varieties of civil initiatives at the all-Russia and regional levels.
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In the article the author makes the attempt to give qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the Caspian region's image on the base of content-analysis of Russian and foreign Russian language print mass-media communication and internet-edition. The author defines factors, influencing on creat ... ion of the region's positive image.
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The ecological analysis (qualitative and quantitative) of microscopic fungi-saprophytes from coastal water and soil of Apsheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea is carried aut Among 7 fungi genus isolated from the water the more distributed appeared the species of Penicil-lium genus which are detected i ... n 58,3 % of all water samples. In the research it is shown that the fungi of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucor, Penicillium genus are able to actively degrade crude oil and oil products (diesel, kerosene, benzene). The degree of oil pollution of the researched areas is defined by the method of gas-liquid chromatography.
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The peculiarities of socio-economical changes of the coastal regions of Azerbaijan are considered in this article. Alongside, a special attention is paid to the questions of transport development, accommodation of the population, changes in social sphere and environmental situation. The attention is ... also focused on the development of oil sector, where the recreation economy can be perspective.
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In the article the results of the All-Russia sociological research «Spiritual culture of Russia: state and prospects of development» are considered. The basic conclusions are made according to the problem situation of research. It consists in the contradiction between the historically usual values a ... nd norms in the Russian society and formed new valuable orientations and spiritual inquiries basing on democratic priorities. The author pays a spesial attention to the distinctive aspects of the results of the interrogation in the Astrakhan region.
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In this article the vitalism as a sort of non-classical sociological theory at the end of 20 - beginning of 21 centuries is used as a methodological base for the youth's problems analysis. In this conception culture is examined as a main human vital force. The author supposes that ... the forming of vital forces can be determined by values as the essence of culture. Accordingly, much attention should be paid to those values, which are the bases of culture's mental features, which, in their turn, lay the foundation of Russian youth's vital forces in modern conditions.
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On the boundary of XIX-XX centuries the Persian question began to play the most important role in the Anglo-Russian relations. Its perception by counter-fighting sides determined ways and results of dispute resolution. This article investigates the position of British Crown and its role in solving t ... he problem of foreign policy.
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On the example of Russian foreign trade with the Eastern Countries, the author shows how geopolitical plans of the state link with the Russian internal policy, especially in the XVIIIth century.