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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1392</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>The elite and the war: the falsification of victory and defeat</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>The elite and the war: the falsification of victory and defeat</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Karabushenko</surname><given-names>P.L.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Karabushenko</surname><given-names>P.L.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>Pavel_karabushenko@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2363" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2363"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2015</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><fpage>334</fpage><lpage>339</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2015/issue/4/article/1392">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2015/issue/4/article/1392</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(45)/334-339.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(45)/334-339.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>In the history of humanity the war has always played a key role. It was an exceptional event in the life of a single person and a standard course politicians zavedshih situation in the conflict impasse. War changed the face of the world, the political map, moved to new places and people of culture, turned the pages of the history of entire eras. Human history was written in blood, for humanity behaved very foolishly, sometimes simply inhuman. All this happened because of the war that fueled the forces of our В« beast-likenessВ» and the general propensity for violence. That is the fight against violence in ourselves is the main essence of pacifism. The process of humanization of humanity has always stumbled over potholes wars and social revolutions. And the main idea of a provocateur and a conductor of the war was is and will be the political elite,</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In the history of humanity the war has always played a key role. It was an exceptional event in the life of a single person and a standard course politicians zavedshih situation in the conflict impasse. War changed the face of the world, the political map, moved to new places and people of culture, turned the pages of the history of entire eras. Human history was written in blood, for humanity behaved very foolishly, sometimes simply inhuman. All this happened because of the war that fueled the forces of our В« beast-likenessВ» and the general propensity for violence. That is the fight against violence in ourselves is the main essence of pacifism. The process of humanization of humanity has always stumbled over potholes wars and social revolutions. And the main idea of a provocateur and a conductor of the war was is and will be the political elite,</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>война и мир</kwd><kwd>элиты</kwd><kwd>власть</kwd><kwd>лидеры/вожди</kwd><kwd>политическая история</kwd><kwd>политический режим</kwd><kwd>конфликт</kwd><kwd>победа</kwd><kwd>поражение</kwd><kwd>war and peace</kwd><kwd>elite</kwd><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>leaders / chiefs</kwd><kwd>political history</kwd><kwd>political system</kwd><kwd>conflict</kwd><kwd>victory</kwd><kwd>defeat</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>война и мир</kwd><kwd>элиты</kwd><kwd>власть</kwd><kwd>лидеры/вожди</kwd><kwd>политическая история</kwd><kwd>политический режим</kwd><kwd>конфликт</kwd><kwd>победа</kwd><kwd>поражение</kwd><kwd>war and peace</kwd><kwd>elite</kwd><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>leaders / chiefs</kwd><kwd>political history</kwd><kwd>political system</kwd><kwd>conflict</kwd><kwd>victory</kwd><kwd>defeat</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>