Keyword: «war»

Based on many years of research by the author, the main stages of the development of the tsarist government’s policy regarding the peoples of the North-East Caucasus, methods and means, the specifics of the Russian experience are considered, which will allow a much better understanding of the nature of many past and current contradictions, using the existing positive potential of the first fortresses in the Lower Terek as important centers of political relations of the Russian state with the peoples of the North-East Caucasus, as strongholds of Russian statehood in the region. Particular attention is paid to the process of integrating the North-East Caucasus into the Russian historical system, into its imperial form, which was ambiguous, peaceful and non-peaceful in nature, which predetermined the formation of relatively peaceful zones and "fortified zones" in the modern borders of the region. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that it raised a number of issues that have not yet been adequately covered in Russian historiography. In particular, an attempt is made to substantiate the phenomenon of deep integration processes that took place in these cities, based on a symbiosis of the diversity of cultural and spiritual values and carried out in conditions of joint coexistence of peoples of different socio-political and cultural levels. The novelty of the work is also given by the fact that rich local archival material, extracted by the author in the Dagestan Republican, Astrakhan Oblast and other North Caucasian and central archives, is brought into scientific circulation. The influence that the fortified cities of Nizovii Terek had as regional trade centers, where goods from all over the Northeast Caucasus, as well as centers of culture and spirituality for the peoples of the region, was noted. Attention is focused on the progressive significance of the annexation of the North Caucasus to Russia.

The article examines the poetry that arose after the outbreak of hostilities in the Donbass and after the start of a special military operation. The motive of the poems is determined. Attention is focused on images. The poetry of this time asserts the idea that Russia is fighting for its existence, for the right to live on its native land, for traditional values. Poets demonstrate the courage of Russian soldiers, their willingness to lay down their heads for a righteous cause. They are the salt of the earth. They are opposed by those who have lost their metaphysical connection with their land, with the country.

The article examines the fate of people involved in a special military operation conducted by Russia. The motivation of those who volunteer for the front is revealed. The emphasis is on what drives such people a sense of duty. This is a duty to oneself, to family, to relatives and friends who make up a close circle. It shows how this close circle expands with the inner growth of the characters and their understanding of the events taking place. It is emphasized that the heroes consider themselves called upon to stop the evil that brings death and destruction of destinies, or by virtue of the possibilities to help those who are fighting this evil. As a result, the sense of involvement of the heroes in the fate of the country is aggravated. In addi-tion, the article traces the spiritual growth of the heroes.

The study of the role of phytonymic vocabulary in expressing the national picture of the world has become one of the principal areas of linguistics at the present stage of development. The use of phytonyms in poetry makes it possible to understand the peculiarities of the linguistic picture of the poets' world, the nominations of plants are the means of its representation. Phytonyms in Russian lyrics of the second half of the 20th century reflect traditional ethnocultural traditions based on the positive and negative components of meaning. In the lyrics of the studied period there is a close connection between the linguistic picture of the poets' world and the culture and spiritual world of the Soviet people.