Abstract: The article is devoted to the role of societal symbols threading through the entire society and uniting it as one symbolic structure. Social values play a special role in societal space of the country. The article contains an analysis of the research of focus groups. The results of this research illustrate transformation of values lying at the root of the Russian society. Transformation of symbolic images of heroes and average men in Russian social conscience is studied as an example (based on fairy tale and real images in history and literature). Images of heroes and anti-heroes are analyzed from the point of view of affective (emotional), cognitive (perceptive) and motivational elements of the Russian social conscience. The author also compares and analyzes societal images of heroes and anti-heroes in different generations and evidently shows how changes in socio-political, cultural and economic environment inß uenced the transformation of the images of hero and average man. The results of this research can be used by the state authorities, social services, scientific and educational establishments in our country.

Keywords: philosophy, heroes, anti-heroes, values, politics, society, symbols, transformation, generations.

Abstract: Color revolutions on the post-Soviet territory were successful due to the fact that the revolutionary opposition used masses to cast down the government. The purpose of this particular article is to show how public masses can become a weapon in revolutionists’ hands. So called ‘non-violent’ revolutions that happened in the republics of the former USSR resemble the Velvet revolutions in 1989. In particular, the communistic regime in some countries of the Eastern Europe was casted down with the help of numerous political meetings and demonstrations held by the opposition. There were mostly university and school students who participated in meetings and demonstrations. Due to their young age and absence of their own life experience, they could be easily manipulated. Moreover, so called youth political organizations also played a huge rule in revolutions. Leaders of Color Revolutions used the experience of their Velvet colleagues. Revolutionists used masses not only to cast down the government but also to legitimize the new government. Usual ‘palace revolution’ turned into people’s revolution. Mass media also played in important role in Color Revolution by deliberately falsifying information or spreading false but ‘sensational’ rumors for the purpose of manipulation of public opinions and attitudes. Therefore it can be concluded that people’s masses have also been one of the key instruments causing revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine and Kirgizia.

Keywords: political studies, crowd, people, revolution, breakthrough, color, orange, non-violent, manipulation, political meeting.

Abstract: The article analyses the politological aspects of modern Russian statehood. The analysis of theoretical development of the Russian statehood is given in the article, statehood definition according to the conditions which have developed in modern Russia is improved. The question of a choice of prospects of the Russian statehood is considered. The concept of symmetric model of federalism in Russia is offered.

Keywords: Russian statehood, federalism, stages of federal development, asymmetric of the Russian federalism, modernization of the Russian federalism, symmetric model of federation, political system, party system.

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to discover and study drivers of anti-criminal attitudes among population. The topic being analyzed in the present article involves motives of proper behavior in a social environment as well as ways of inß uence on citizens’ legal consciousness suing mass media in order to form anti-criminal attitudes in a social environment. The results of the research can be used for further scientific researches in the sphere of studies of law. At the end of the article the author concludes that the issue of legal culture still remains very topical. The author’s research demonstrates a quite stable hierarchy of values involving the human rights. However, as the statistics show, in a modern world there is a large gap between importance of socio-economic rights and political rights for the population. The author of the article also makes a conclusion that under modern conditions it is practically impossible to form the anti-criminal attitudes among population if the mass media workers are not competent in the field of law since these workers have a significant inß uence on legal culture in any country.

Keywords: studies of law, crime, security, protection, society, behavior, legal consciousness, state institution, punishment, inß uence.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the first wave of emigration of the Ukrainians to Germany. Life features of a newly born Diaspora are viewed from the point of view of creation and performance of the most important Ukrainian establishments and so are they key problems and achievements influencing the Ukrainian land in general. The First World War is considered to be one of the milestone events in the Ukrainian history which has caused the mass scattering and emigration of the Ukranians to European and American states.

Keywords: history, emigration, refugees, war prisoners, hetman, establishments, society, institute, Ukraine, Germany.

Abstract: The article reveals peculiarities of using the rotating labor method during mineral production. The author describes the main advantages and disadvantages of the above mentioned method such as: opportunity of conquering remote districts, high salaries, difficult physical conditions, remoteness of one’s home and family and adverse climate conditions. The author also describes peculiarities of rotation camps which provide comfortable conditions for life and activity throughout the working period as well as development of the transportation system to pick up the workers and take them to work. Recruiting and usage of the federal, regional and local labor market for searching for employees still remain one of the topical issues. Physical and psychological readiness will surely influence on the climate inside the team which, in its turn, will influence on social and economic efficiency of their activity.

Keywords: social studies, labor, rotating scheme, settlement, team, organization, production, activity, development, peculiarities.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the determination and analysis of the tendencies of reformation of the local selfgovernment authorities at the stage of reformation of the Soviet system of government in the first half of 1990. Transitional nature of that stage defined the absence of a common conceptual model of local government reformation, restrictions of socio-economic and political conditions for its creation and development. Declarative character of legal provisions and lack of concrete mechanisms of their implementation created various models of local selfgovernment activity. Within the framework of the process of searching for an optimal model of self-government taking into account local traditions and historical and geographical features, local administration provided the population with an opportunity to independently form the local self-government authorities which became the prototype of the district self-government in Russia.

Keywords: history, Soviet model of local self-government, Local Councils, local authorities, self-organization of the local community, constitutional model of local selfgovernment, administrative command management system, local economies, territorial public sel-government, Western Siberia.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the process of formation of the model of Politics of Place associated with the development of different integration institutions. Much attention is paid at the economic and ideological factors as well as the integration concepts influencing the formation of the structure of the existing model of Politics of Place in Latin America. At the end of the article the author makes a conclusion that the amplification of the structure of communication and economic relations between Latin America countries creates grounds for formation of the pluralistic model of Politics of Place which, in its turn, does not cancel numerous cultural and ideological issues but requires an analysis of the development of integration institutions and search for methods of integration based on a great variety of variables.

Keywords: political studies, pluralistic Politics of Place, open Politics of Place, integration, Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, South African Community of Nations, Andean Community, Latin America, model of regionalism.

Abstract: Boris Nikolaevich Chicherin (1828—1904) left a remarkable trace in Russian history of law and politics. His concept of development of the Russian state institution was not left unnoticed in Russian academic society. Famous Russian historians and lawyers such as Kluchevsky, Soloviev, Belyaev and Korkunov discussed Chicherin’s doctrine from different points of view. Many ideas presented by the Russian researchers play a significant role in today’s science and are often used by modern historians.

Keywords: history, state institution, freedom, liberalism, school (of law), reforms, reaction, theory (organic theory), Slavophiles, Westerners.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the role and place of class stratification of the society in social government of the Russian empire. The author of the article studies the political and legal context of the problem, describes the legal nature of classes and systematizes the relevant laws as a part of the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire. The author also analyzes the Code of Laws on the Status published in 1832-1857 for the grounds of legal status of the main classes.

Keywords: history of Russian state institution and law, structure of society, organization of government, state regime, classes, status, class legislation, Code of Laws of the Russian Empire, Code of Laws on the Status.