Abstract: The article examines the philological aspects of the scientific-pedagogical heritage of Russian orientalist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor M. F. Slinkin (05.XII.1925–10.VIII.2007). For the first time in Russian historiography, the most complete bibliographic list of his published works on philological topics is presented. Initially, Mikhail Filantyevich began to carry out comprehensive research in the field of military and military-technical areas of lexicography of the Dari language, taking into account the then lack of Russian-Dari dictionaries required by military translators. M. F. Slinkin’s extensive knowledge in the field of languages, as well as painstaking work on lexicography was noticed by senior officials of the USSR Embassy in Afghanistan, and they began to actively involve him as a qualified translator in negotiation processes at the highest level. The methodological basis of the study is the synthesis of a systems approach and source analysis, which predetermined the use of historical-genetic and biographical methods, as well as the method of document analysis. In 1972, the “Persian-Russian and Russian-Persian Military Dictionary” by G. G. Aliev was published, in the Russian-Persian part of which, there was their translation into Farsi-Kabuli, made jointly by M. F. Slinkin with A. I. Arslanbekov and A. V. Peregudov. In 1981, after more than two decades of Mikhail Filantyevich’s research in the field of lexicography, a fundamental work was published – “Russian-Dari Military and Technical Dictionary”. Being the first such publication on a global scale, this dictionary was in demand, which led to its reissue in 1987. Subsequently, M. F. Slinkin became the author and co-author of a number of conceptual-terminological publications, workshops and textbooks aimed at improving the methods of teaching and learning the Persian language and Dari.

Keywords: Russian-Dari dictionary, Lexicography, Oriental Philology, Afghan Studies, Oriental Studies, Bibliography, Biography, M. F. Slinkin, Farsi-Kabuli, Persian language

Abstract: The article considers the essence and origin of environmental culture as a new branch of philosophy. Special attention is given to the views and outlook of a Lithuanian artist and composer M. K. Ciurlionis. It is underlined that environmental culture is based on the main goal of all human activities and communications, - preservation of human life on Earth, expansion of culture and cosmisation of activity and noosphere.

Keywords: philology, culture, philosophy, environmental culture, picture of the world, human, being.