Keyword: «mentality»

The article presents the analysis of the auto- and hetero representations of the Russian character and personality, describes the peculiarities of Russian nationality.

This article highlights the close relationship of Russian economic development in the second half of the nineteenth century and its impact on changing the mentality of peasants.

The article examines the range of paintings of the second half of the XIX century united by their theme. Despite wide popularity of these paintings, so far, they have not been the subject of a special analysis. Author's attention is drawn to a certain strategy for representation of tea drinking, formed in Russian realistic painting. This strategy had no analogues in any other European art school: traditionally they turned to tea theme to represent ideas about comfort, family values and everyday joys. In the paintings of Russian artists of the second half of the XIX century, tea party turned into a story, that tells about social injustice. Refusal to fix the beauty and harmony of everyday life in order to achieve high social goals is considered in this article not as an artistic device, but rather as a way of reflecting national attitude to everyday human existence, as a significant feature of Russian mentality.

This article is devoted to the generalization of theoretical analysis on the problem of professional mentality, the separation of structural components of professional mentality, as well as analysis of the results of empirical research of structural meaningful transformations in professional mentality in future teachers.

In the modern world, due attention is not always paid to the process of studying intercultural communication, especially when the language is not taught in the humanities. The article provides examples of how, without knowing the basics of intercultural communication, one can involuntarily offend the interlocutor or get into an unpleasant position, without understanding what the partner wants to tell you. In addition, the author brings up an issue of language and culture interaction. This scientific article uses examples of both an English / American resident and a representative of Chinese culture way of thinking.