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Московские клиники. Избранные главы Moscow Clinics. Selected Chapters

Based on lecture and seminar materials, the manual presents the historical period of the 19th – 20th century development of Russian medicine illustrating it with the examples of Moscow hospitals. It speaks in detail about the history of six major Moscow clinics, which were named in honor of great Russian physicians, graduates of the medical faculty of Moscow University. At the end of each chapter it gives some background information about the scientists (N.V. Sklifosovsky, N.I. Pirogov, A.A. Ostroumov, S.P. Botkin, G.A. Zakharyin, E.M. Tareev).

For students, interns, graduate students, doctors and all those who are interested in the history of the national health care system.

Московский университет и советский атомный проект Moscow University and the Soviet Atomic Project

The book tells a story about the involvement of MSU-related scientists and specialists – its graduates, teachers and staff members – in creating Soviet nuclear weapons and our country’s nuclear industry. It contains many previously classified materials and fills in the blank pages in the history of Moscow University.

Мудрость Сутры Лотоса. Диалог с учениками. Том 1 The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: a discussion. Volume I

In this six-volume work, Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher and president of the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International (SGI), examines and expands on the Lotus Sutra, a highly valued sutra in the Mahayana tradition.

Together with representatives of the Soka Gakkai Study Department, he shares observations and insights on each of the Lotus Sutra’s twenty-eight chapters as interpreted by the 13th century Japanese Buddhist teacher Nichiren and the Sutra’s capacity to empower contemporary society.

Мудрость Сутры Лотоса. Диалог с учениками. Том 3 The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: a discussion. Volume III

In this six-volume work, Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher and president of the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International (SGI), examines and expands on the Lotus Sutra, a highly valued sutra in the Mahayana tradition. Together with representatives of the Soka Gakkai Study Department, he shares observations and insights on each of the Lotus Sutra’s twenty-eight chapters as interpreted by the 13th century Japanese Buddhist teacher Nichiren and the Sutra’s capacity to empower contemporary society.

Мудрость Сутры Лотоса. Диалог с учениками. Том 4 The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: a discussion. Volume IV

In this six-volume work, Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher and president of the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International (SGI), examines and expands on the Lotus Sutra, a highly valued sutra in the Mahayana tradition. Together with representatives of the Soka Gakkai Study Department, he shares observations and insights on each of the Lotus Sutra’s twenty-eight chapters as interpreted by the 13th century Japanese Buddhist teacher Nichiren and the Sutra’s capacity to empower contemporary society.

Мудрость Сутры Лотоса. Диалог с учениками. Том 5 The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: a discussion. Volume V.

In this six-volume work, Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher and president of the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International (SGI), examines and expands on the Lotus Sutra, a highly valued sutra in the Mahayana tradition. Together with representatives of the Soka Gakkai Study Department, he shares observations and insights on each of the Lotus Sutra’s twenty-eight chapters as interpreted by the 13th century Japanese Buddhist teacher Nichiren and the Sutra’s capacity to empower contemporary society.

Мудрость Сутры Лотоса. Диалог с учениками. Том 6 The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: a discussion. Volume VI.

In this six-volume work, Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher and president of the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International (SGI), examines and expands on the Lotus Sutra, a highly valued sutra in the Mahayana tradition. Together with representatives of the Soka Gakkai Study Department, he shares observations and insights on each of the Lotus Sutra’s twenty-eight chapters as interpreted by the 13th century Japanese Buddhist teacher Nichiren and the Sutra’s capacity to empower contemporary society.

Key words: Sutra, The Lotus Sutra, religion, Shakyamuni, Buddhism, Nichiren, Buddhist philosophy, humanism, dignity of life.

Музеи университетов Евразийской ассоциации Museums of the Eurasian Association Universities

This annotated reference book Museums of the Euroasian Association Universities, prepared by the Scientific and Methodological Center of University Museums of the EAU and The Earth Science Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, contains information about 222 museums of Russia and CIS countries (members of the Euroasian Universities Association).

The reference book also gives additional information on 50 university museums which collaborate with the Scientific and Methodological Center of University Museums, but are not members of the EAU yet. Provided information can be helpful in the coordination of educational, scientific and exhibitory, scientific and fund, and research work as well as in inter-museum communication.

The book is intended for employees of higher educational establishments and museums, teachers of secondary schools and other educational and cultural institutions of Russia and neighboring states.

Н.В. Гоголь. Жизнь и творчество Gogol: Life and Art

Books in the ‘Rereading the Classics’ series give a modern analysis of the works that form part of school literature curricula. This is the first attempt to provide a detailed insight into the spiritual, moral and religious aspects of the art of 19th and 20th century Russian writers. The series is offered as the basis of modern knowledge about Russian literature, which is necessary to high school students to pass school-leaving examinations and to gain admission to any institution of higher learning.

The book contains the analysis of Gogol’s main works – the comedy ‘The Inspector General’ and the poem ‘Dead Souls’. It considers in detail the fate of the second volume and reveals features of Gogol's poetics, covering those aspects of the writer's biography and creativity that were rarely addressed by pre-revolutionary and Soviet literary critique: his book ‘Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends’, ‘A Trip to Jerusalem, “Trips to Optina Pustyn”. The author recreates the spiritual and moral appearance of Gogol as a writer and a person.

The book is addressed to high school students, applicants, students, teachers of literature, philologists and all those who are interested in Russian literature.

На войне остаться человеком: Фронтовые страницы русской прозы 1960‒1990-х годов Remaining a Human Being in Wartime: War Front Pages of 1960s – 1990s Russian Prose

Books in the ‘Rereading the Classics’ series give a modern analysis of the works that form part of school literature curricula. This is the first attempt to provide a detailed insight into the spiritual, moral and religious aspects of the art of 19th and 20th century Russian writers. The series is offered as the basis of modern knowledge about Russian literature, which is necessary to high school students to pass school-leaving examinations and to gain admission to any institution of higher learning.

The manual analyzes the works by the greatest masters of 1960s-1990s Russian military prose who became an organic part of the current school curricula — K. Simonov, Yu. Bondarev, V. Astafyev, K. Vorobiev, G. Baklanov, V. Bogomolov. The reader will undoubtedly find it useful to get acquainted with the analysis of the short stories and novelettes by V. Nekrasov, A. Platonov, M. Sholokhov, with the process of approximating through the artistic word toward the full truth about man at war, about his courage, sorrow of loss and nobleness. Russian military prose will appear here as a very dynamic system of texts with complex interrelations, volatile narrative structures and vivid creative individualities. The book shows the interaction between war prose and the overall literary process of the 60s – 90s.

For teachers of schools, lyceums and gymnasiums, students, high school students, applicants, philologists and a wide range of readers.

На рубеже веков. Разговор о главном At the Turn of the Century. Talking about the Main Thing

The founder and head of the Soka educational system (Japan), Dr D. Ikeda and V.A. Sadovnichy, Rector of the Moscow State University named, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, continue the dialogue on education and upbringing, which has been continuing for the past 15 years.

The first part of the book repeats the 2004 edition. Its main theme is the role and place of universities in the globalizing world. The second and new part of the dialogue can be tentatively called ‘The Future. Loss of Certainty ... ‘. Reflections on this subject form the essence of the ‘conversation about the main thing’.

Нанохимия Nanochemistry

This book is the first Russian monograph devoted to nanochemistry, a new and rapidly developing area of science associated with obtaining and studying the physico-chemical properties of particles measuring several nanometers in size. Such particles may have a high reactivity over a wide range of temperatures. By using various elements as examples the book shows that research in the field of nanochemistry opens up new possibilities for synthesizing substances and nanomaterials with hitherto unknown properties. The main attention is paid to the specifics of obtaining and transforming atoms, clusters and metal nanoparticles chemically. Its special sections are devoted to carbon and works on the cryochemistry of atoms and metal nanoparticles. Several chapters examine dimensional effects in chemistry and prospects for developing nanochemistry.

The monograph is of interest for those who would like to get acquainted with the new area, which closely intertwines ideas of chemistry, physics, materials science, and, more recently, biology and medicine. The book will be useful to scientists and teachers who develop specific areas of nanoscience, students and postgraduate students who would like to dedicate themselves to this new and promising 21st century science.

Нас называли ночными ведьмами We were called the night witches
A unique women's night bomber regiment was created in 1942 and ended its combat journey near Berlin. Irina Rakobolskaya, chief of staff of the regiment, and Natalya Kravtsova, pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, remember their fellow soldiers, night flights under anti-aircraft fire, and how women lived during the war. 10 girls from Moscow University also fought in the regiment; they interrupted their studies and voluntarily went to the front. Published with financial support from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Наука и религия. Диалоги Science and Religion. Dialogues

This book is a collection of all the dialogues that were conducted between Academician A. Logunov, a Soviet Russian prominent physicist and a former rector of the Moscow State University, and D. Ikeda, a Japanese philosopher and the founder of Soka University, for a quarter of a century, in two different – Soviet and Russian – periods. In their dialogue ‘Science and Religion’, the scholars attempt to find common ground between Buddhist philosophy and advanced scientific views and discuss problems of modern civilization and mankind’s spiritual growth. In the dialogue ‘The Third Rainbow Bridge’ where they compare national peculiarities and socio-economic differences of the two countries, they are engaged in the search for humanistic views, which are common for all people in order to promote development of beneficial relations between countries and peoples.

Нейрокомпьютерная парадигма и общество Neurocomputer Paradigm and Society

This multi-authored monograph is dedicated to the application of neuro-computer and some related models in different spheres of social and humanitarian knowledge (political studies, sociology, administration, business ethics, economics) and also fundamental problems of the neuro-computer paradigm development.

The book can be useful for the specialists in various fields of neuro-computing, political forecasting, administration sociology, organization management and state administration as well as for everyone interested in the perspectives of development and application of the neural network technologies, neuro-computers and neuro-modelling, including post-graduates and students of technical, biological and social science specialties.

Нелинейные дифференциальные уравнения (pdf) Nonlinear differential equations (pdf)
Published by decision of the Editorial and Publishing Council of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. The book reflects the content of the course “Nonlinear Differential Equations”. The publication derives a number of nonlinear partial differential equations that model various processes. Effective methods for studying equations are discussed. Problems with solutions, problems for independent solution and a literature review are proposed. The manual is intended for master's students in the specialty 01.04.02 “Applied Mathematics and Computer Science” of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, and will also be useful for students and graduate students of physics and mathematics.
Немецкие сказки. Тексты и упражнения German fairy tales. Texts and exercises
The book is one of the components of the educational complex for students of humanities faculties of universities studying German, and is designed for independent work by students under the guidance of a teacher. The book is provided with line-by-line comments. The texts of the second and third sections are given a brief annotation containing biographical information about the writers and information about the history of the creation of the work.
Немецкий язык для студентов-историков. Практический курс German for history students. Practical course
The manual contains a detailed presentation of sections of German grammar, historical texts, grammatical and lexical exercises. The purpose of the manual is to familiarize students with the basic grammatical phenomena of the German language, teach them to see the grammatical structure of the text for its understanding and translation, and instill in them the skills of independent practical application of acquired knowledge both in oral and written speech. The manual will help students master the grammatical system of the language necessary for communication, i.e. in speaking, listening, as well as in understanding foreign language literature and the ability to extract key information from original sources. For students of history departments at universities who are focused on a long period of study, especially for those starting to study German as a second foreign language.
Неорганическая медицинская химия Inorganic Medical Chemistry

The textbook “Inorganic Medicinal Chemistry” is devoted to describing new interdisciplinary trend as a part of medicinal chemistry and the use and development of metal-based drugs.

Нилова Пустынь. Монастырь и мир The Nilov Monastery. Monastery and the World

The book is dedicated to the Russian Orthodox shrine which was once famous and is now being revived – the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn or Nilov Monastery on the island of Stolobny on Lake Seliger in the Upper Volga region. It presents the history of the monastery, its spiritual and cultural traditions, symbolism, architecture and planning of the monastic complex, development of church arts. The author traces the formation of the iconic and sculptural image of Reverend Nil of Stolobny, a Russian saint and miracle-worker.

For historians, art historians, painters, restorers and all those who are interested in the history and culture of Russia.