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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">1796</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>THE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL ELITES IN В«DAS NIBELUNGENLIEDВ»</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>THE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL ELITES IN В«DAS NIBELUNGENLIEDВ»</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Sarakaeva</surname><given-names>Asia A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sarakaeva</surname><given-names>Asia A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>asia-lin@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2921" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Lebedeva</surname><given-names>Irena V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lebedeva</surname><given-names>Irena V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>irenalebedeva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2922" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2921"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Hainan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Hainan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2922"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Caspian Institute of Sea &amp; River Transport</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Caspian Institute of Sea &amp; River Transport</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" /><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-08-14"><day>14</day><month>08</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><fpage>183</fpage><lpage>191</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2019/issue/2/article/1796">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2019/issue/2/article/1796</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(59)/183-191.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(59)/183-191.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article is an experience in historical, cultural and political analysis of the medieval German epic В«Das NibelungenliedВ». The authors study the social origins and political status of the ruling elites as described in the epic, and single out a correlation between the social composition of the governments and their respective political modus operandi.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is an experience in historical, cultural and political analysis of the medieval German epic В«Das NibelungenliedВ». The authors study the social origins and political status of the ruling elites as described in the epic, and single out a correlation between the social composition of the governments and their respective political modus operandi.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>«Песнь о нибелунгах»</kwd><kwd>средневековое государство</kwd><kwd>короли</kwd><kwd>вассалы</kwd><kwd>министериалы</kwd><kwd>выработка политических решений</kwd><kwd>вассалитет</kwd><kwd>совет</kwd><kwd>«Das Nibelungenlied»</kwd><kwd>medieval state</kwd><kwd>kings</kwd><kwd>vassals</kwd><kwd>ministerials</kwd><kwd>political decision-making</kwd><kwd>vassalage</kwd><kwd>advice</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>«Песнь о нибелунгах»</kwd><kwd>средневековое государство</kwd><kwd>короли</kwd><kwd>вассалы</kwd><kwd>министериалы</kwd><kwd>выработка политических решений</kwd><kwd>вассалитет</kwd><kwd>совет</kwd><kwd>«Das Nibelungenlied»</kwd><kwd>medieval state</kwd><kwd>kings</kwd><kwd>vassals</kwd><kwd>ministerials</kwd><kwd>political decision-making</kwd><kwd>vassalage</kwd><kwd>advice</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>