Abstract: The article is devoted to activity of repressed Buryat writers of the 1920 - 1930's viewed from the new methodological positions. Practically to the end of the 1980's, the main criterion for evaluating their social and creative activity was 'political' accusations. The author of the article pays special attention to the process of rehabilitation when culture activitists whose names were eliminated from the history as a result of repressive policies return to the academic literature. The methodological basis of the research is the axiological approach, the main research methods include historical-cultural, retrospective, descriptive methods and analysis. The objective analysis of social-political and national-cultural activity of Buryat intelligentsia should include full and, if possible, completely new reconstruction and interpretation. This, in its turn, provides big opportunities for methodological experiments and allows to restore historical justice in relatin to Buryat culture activisits who tried to preserve national values when the socialist culture was developing. 

Keywords: repressed writers, bourgeois nationalism, repressive policies, national intelligentsia, Buryat culture, socialist culture, national culture, historical justice, rehabilitation, rehabilitated culture

Abstract: The subject of the research is the influence of an English architect and publicist of the first half of the 19th century Augustus Welby Pugin (1812-1852). The object of the research is the theoretical views of Pugin as these are presented in his published works, and the degree of their correspondence of the architectural practice to the period of Pugin's activity. The author of the article examines such aspects of the topic as the views of Pugin and his contemporaries concerning the ideological component of architecture as well as differences in their views on the ethical component of Gothic architecture. The methodological basis of the research implies an integral approach that combines art history, historical and culturological methods of research. To analyze the historical and cultural environment that defined the existence and perception of Gothic architecture the author has used interdisciplinary methods.  The main conclusions of the research are as follows. In the cultural environment of his times, Pugin was marginalized because he presented the style of thinking attributable for the preceding era. Consequently, Pugin's affect on the architecture of those times was that of an oucast whose intentions coincided with the architectural trends at some point. The author's special contribution to the topic is that he discovers the relationship between Pugin's antiquarian tradition and mentality of the preceding era. 

Keywords: ethics, Catholicism, function, revivalism, 19th century, architecture, Augustus Welby Pugin, The Gothic Revival, Middle Ages, England

Abstract: The object of this research is the iconographic composition of the dome of an early Christian mausoleum that is often referred to as the Exodus Chapel (Bagawat necropolis, Kharga, Egypt). The subject of the research is the compositional and semantic interactions between three compositions depicted on the western wall of the mausoleum. The author of the article examines such aspects of the topic as the mutual location, iconography and semiotic relations between these compositions. She pays special attention to the origin of iconographic types, sequence of how those compositions were created, their interpretation and the place they take in a range of Egyptian and Eastern Mediterranean memorials of those times. Particular features of the research matter predetermined the author's choice of methods, in particular, the author applied the iconographic approach and methods of historical contextualisation and semiotic analysis as the main research methods. The main conclusion of the research is the author's proved hypothesis that initially the orant entered the Sacrifice of Abraham scene and it was Isaac. Later, as a result of compositions being drawn in a limited space and united according to the gender and virginity features, the orant figure was depicted in a new composition that was most likely to be devoted to the deceased. The author's special contribution to the topic is her analysis of the influence of the mainstream and local artistic traditions on early Christian funeral art of the Kharga Oasis. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author defines probable stages of creation of that group of compositions and clarifies precedent hypotheses about their semantics. The author also evaluates the role of the memorial in the history of the Coptic Art development.

Keywords: Mausoleum, Al Bagawat, Coptic Art, Orant, Saint Thekla, Sacrifice of Abraham, Early Christian Art, composition, group of compositions, iconographic types

Abstract: In her research Kanokova examines different kinds of traditional female headgear of the Nogais used by all Nogai ethnographic groups since the 14th (creation of the Nogai Horde) till the 20th century (the final stage of the development of the national Nogai female costume). The author of the article describes their sign function. By carrying out an integral analysis of the research objects, the author studies their stylistics, manifacturing technique, decoration technique, and relation to customs and religious concepts. This allows to define the infant, maiden, wedding and grown-up female headwear. Due to the insufficient study of the matter, the author has also used the method of field ethnography besides general and special cultural and art historical methods. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author discovers and carries out an integral analysis of a wide range of female headgear kinds described or recorded in written or graphic sources and held in museum or private collections of regions where Nogai ethnographic groups live. For the first time in the academic literature the author defines local particularities and general features that define Nogai headgear as an individual type of headwear. 

Keywords: velvet, karanogai, decoration, embroidery, scarf, laced hat, headgear, nogai, plait, fur hat

Abstract: The article is devoted to one of the brightest representatives of Russian mujsical art, military bands, and peculiarities of preparation of their repertoire. The aim of the research is to provide a general insight into the repertoire of Russian military bands, how it is prepared, selected and performed taking into account specific features of socio-political expositions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic since 1918 till 1922 and pre-war period of the USSR since 1922 till 1941. In his research Malyutin analyzes the role of military music as an instrument of the political and ideological influence of the government. The methodology of the research is based on the study and analysis of historical facts and creative work of military music bands that are being introduced in the academic literature. The author of the article focuses on compositions of famous composers and musical activists as well as attitude of political agents to musical arts. The author also offers his own classification of periods in the development of the military music repertoire. Malyutin carries out a comparative analysis of activities of Russian military bands during the pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary periods, objectives and methods of their performance, staff and organisation chart of military bands and the influence of art on people. 

Keywords: music compilation, military bands, creative team, orchestral performance, military music, state cultural policy, musical and educational activity, service repertoire, concert repertoire, march