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The book contains two studies united under the Gulag theme. The first one entitled ‘The Gulag Press’ examines closed periodicals which the General Directorate of Camps published in 1918-1955 for distribution among political prisoners. The history of the camp press is presented in the context of the general trends in the development of Soviet journalism at that period. The second study is called ‘E.P. Peshkova’s Lists‘ and deals with a unique phenomenon - the activities of “The Assistance to Political Prisoners’ Foundation which existed from 1922 to mid-1938.

The book contains examples and problems that allow us to master the methods of functional analysis without using the theory of measure and the Lebesgue integral. The manual is aimed at students specializing in applied mathematics. The reader needs to have prior knowledge of the basics of mathematical analysis and linear algebra.

The book contains scholarly works produced by the School of System Studies in the political economy of international relations and led by A.A. Kokoshin, A.N. Gromyko, A.A. Sidorov. The school was formed at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, based on the Department of international organizations and world political processes and the Center for security and development problems. The articles were prepared as part of the scientific project ‘Methodology of Systemic Analysis of the Practice of Applying ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft Power’ for
Foreign Policy Purposes’ This project was supported by a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for leading research schools of the Russian Federation (NSH-2427.2014.6). The collection contains articles on military, politico-diplomatic and financial-economic instruments as well as ‘soft power’ tools. The publication is addressed to students, postgraduate students and university and college teachers in the field of ‘International Affairs’ and ‘Political Science’, as well as to all whose who are interested in global policy problems.

The book contains scholarly works produced by the School of System Studies in the political economy of international relations and led by A.A. Kokoshin, A.N. Gromyko, A.A. Sidorov. The school was formed at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, based on the Department of international organizations and world political processes and the Center for security and development problems. The articles were prepared as part of the scientific project ‘Methodology of Systemic Analysis of the Practice of Applying ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft Power’ for Foreign Policy Purposes’ This project was supported by a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for leading research schools of the Russian Federation (NSH-2427.2014.6). The collection contains articles on military, politico-diplomatic and financial-economic instruments as well as ‘soft power’ tools. The publication is addressed to students, postgraduate students and university and college teachers in the field of ‘International Affairs’ and ‘Political Science’, as well as to all whose who are interested in global policy problems.

In the age of development of multi-core processor architecture, the topic of parallel programming assumes great importance for engineers and designers of computer systems. The book ‘Principles of Parallel Programming’ written by renowned researchers and scholars Calvin Lin (Department of Informatics at the University of Texas, Austin) and Lawrence Snyder (Department of Computer Science and Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle), deals with the fundamental principles of parallel computing. The book explains various phenomena and provides examples of the cases when these phenomena contribute to the success of parallel programming, or, on the contrary, create certain difficulties. The publication is intended for senior university students, for students studying for their master's degree and professionals who want to learn parallel programming. The book contains valuable reliable and information that will continue to be relevant despite the hardware and software evolution.

The books of the series ‘Rereading the Classics’ contain a modern analysis of works that are part of school curricula in literature.
For the first time, the spiritual, moral and religious aspects of the work of Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries are thoroughly elucidated. The series is offered as the basis of modern knowledge of Russian literature, necessary for the passing of school examinations and admission to any university. Analyzing the art of 70s-80s émigré prosaists, the author talks about the origins of the ‘third wave’ of the Russian Diaspora, examines the historical background and artistic features of the literary works by all the generations of 70s-80s émigrés writers (from V.P. Nekrasov to Sasha Sokolova), identifies the main directions of their writings and characterizes its themes and genre peculiarity.
For teachers of schools, lyceums and gymnasiums, high school students, students, specialists in philology and lovers of Russian literature.

The monograph summarizes the results of the author's research over many years and the information contained in the literature on the unique life form of propionic acid bacteria. The author tells about the complexity of scientific research, original approaches to the study of propionic acid bacteria and the great contribution to this area of microbiology by domestic researchers who have discovered amazing facts of general biological significance. She presents the data on the ultrastructural organization of propionic acid bacteria, their biochemistry, physiology, ecology as well as new data on the genetics of these bacteria, which are important for understanding the evolution of the world of living beings.
For microbiologists, biochemists, biotechnologists.

The book contains unique documentary material, which has not been introduced before. The main purpose of the manual is to get the reader directly acquainted with the primary sources in the history of the opposition and dissident movements in six Central and South-East European countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia) in the late 1960s-1980s. The book reproduces concrete documentary evidence of the intensive search in the regional countries’ opposition environment for ideological concepts and models alternative to the established regime as well as programs of political and social transformations. The documents published systematically reflect the evolution and structure of the opposition movements in the region, helping readers to navigate in their wide spectrum, which makes it possible to fix the key points of the history of each of the six countries and to compare protest movement models with those in other parts of the world.
For researchers, teachers, postgraduate students, students and a wide range of readers.

The book is a psychological study of socio-political processes in Russia in 1985-2013 through the prism of the traditional Russian mentality. In fact, this is the first book in Russian psychological literature to pose the question of how an individual lived and thought in a specific historical period, and to touch upon a number of socio-psychological problems that seem self-evident to everyone and yet traditionally escape from academic science’s reflection and critical analysis.
The publication is intended for psychologists, sociologists, political scientists and a wide range of readers, it can also be of interest to state, public and political figures of all levels.

The monograph contains studies by international scientists who carry out research on the psychological aspects of COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our lives. Special attention is given to the experience of providing psychological support in different regions of Russia and abroad. The book presents research-based recommendations for psychological guidance, as well as psychological training of medical workers and neuropsychological diagnosing and rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients.

The monograph will be of interest to specialists in psychology and to everyone interested in managing the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the first anthology to be published in our country providing the necessary theoretical material for the course ‘The Psychology of the Abnormal Child’ which was read for many years at the Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University, and other related courses (‘Emotional Disorders in Childhood’ and a hands-on workshop on ‘The Psychology of an Abnormal Child’). The specific feature of this book lies in the fact that it has been compiled by practicing psychologists who are directly involved in working with children in a clinic or a children’s consultation office. The numerous cases that different authors describe in their articles make theoretical constructions or conclusions clear and understandable helping to recognize deviations in child development and map out ways to correct them. The domestic psychological literature knows no other publication like this in the width and variety of theoretical concepts presented in the textbook and in the extent of the book’s coverage of clinical manifestations of abnormal child development. The reader is designed both for students who are beginning to study psychology, and for working doctors, psychologists, teachers and caregivers.

The manual contains materials from the course the authors have been reading for a number of years to students at the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University. It considers the theoretical underpinnings of the psychological analysis of political mass communication, provides examples from modern communicative political practice and presents texts for reading and assignments for students’ independent work.
For specialists in the field of political science and psychology, students and post-graduate students studying political communication as well as all those who are interested in this subject matter.

The present monograph publishes the works by psychologists from Moscow University, the institution that has accumulated considerable material in the field of sports psychology, including both theoretical fi ndings and their practical application. “Sports Psychology” is a result of long-term work carried out by many researches. The book reflects recent tendencies as well as modern methods applied in the field of sports psychology. It presents the results of experimental studies carried out at Moscow University.

The book will be of interest not only to scientists and specialists in this field, but also to a wider audience interested in modern trends in sports psychology.

The book of selected works by P. Ya. Galperin is the most complete collection of his publications and speeches covering a wide range of fundamental and applied problems of psychology. The publication introduces the teaching of P. Ya. Galperin about orientation activity as a function of the psyche, ideas about its development in philo-, anthropo- and ontogenesis, the theory of gradual formation of mental actions and concepts, the concept of different types of orientation activity.

Of particular interest is the planned-stage formation as a method of studying mental processes, creative thinking and the problem of the relationship between learning and development.

The poetic collection ‘Bird Alphabet’ will help the younger generation to get to know the world of wildlife and will teach them how to love, understand and protect it.

The book ‘Vasily Terkin’ by A. Tvardovsky played an outstanding role during the Great Patriotic War and became, to put it in the words of a front-line soldier, an encyclopedia of the soldier's life which found place for humor that brightened up the endless trench warfare, and the harshest truth, ‘no matter how bitter it was.’ The long-time researcher of the great Russian poet’s life and work tells the story behind this ‘Book about a Soldier’, its complex fate and amazing artistic originality that is still to be fully appreciated.
For teachers of secondary and higher schools, their students, applicants and all lovers of Russian literature.

The book is dedicated to the ‘The Tale of Igor's Campaign’, one of the most famous and mysterious Russian literary monuments. Having been published in 1800 only once according to the manuscript that later burnt in the Moscow fire of 1812, ‘The Tale ...’ has constantly attracted the attention of researchers and writers and generated new interpretations for more than two centuries now. The manual examines the authenticity of the ancient Russian ‘poem’, the creation of a twelfth-century nameless scribe or an eighteenth-century mystification, and the problem of the genre nature of the work, the reflection of history in ‘The Tale ...’, obscure (‘dark’) passages and Christian elements in its text. The book is largely an overview of various modern scholarly interpretations of the monument.
For teachers of schools, lyceums and gymnasiums, students, high school students, applicants, philologists and a wide range of readers.