Abstract: The object of research is process of clericalism in modern Russian society and the main features of clericalism as a theoretical mirovozzrencheskii and socio-political platform. The subject of this research is relevant in the socio-political space of modern Russia, the discussion on theological education and the possibility of philosophical synthesis on the basis of the ideological platforms of post-secularism. The author examines the relationship between teologiska and clericalism, tracing the deep ideological and historical roots of the latter. Special attention is paid to the possibility of theological education, which supporters proclaiming their ideological platform postsecular thinking, secretly are in positions of clericalism, thus trying under the guise of deepening social democracy to impose on society a "new middle ages".As methods of research used the historical-philosophical reconstruction, and cross-cultural analysis, inductive generalization and conclusions on the conditional-categorical syllogism, the formal-logical methods utanovleny volumetric relations between the concepts, definition and division concepts, methods, simulation, and thought experiment. The main conclusions of the research is a set of assertions that theological education based on ideological platform of clericalism, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific and non-scientific knowledge and, to some extent, the loss to science and philosophy of his heuristically-rational capacity and status. In the current modern domestic political and socio-cultural situation the task of the representative of both scientific and philosophical knowledge, perhaps, is that, armed with the "Occam's razor" to try to "clean up" the problem field of modern Russian social Sciences and Humanities from "multiplied" clericalism "entity" to prevent the danger of its transformation into the "new maid" of theology.

Keywords: postsecular thinking, secularization, scientific discourse, clericalism, the religious worldview, secular culture, Russian society, atheism, pantheism, ideological synthesis

Abstract: The subject of this research is the interrelation of the diverse classes of youth with Komsomol, which strived to eliminate the religious moods in the Soviet society. Attention is focused on the examination of the atheistic influence of Komsomol upon youth on the brink of the 1950’s – 1960’s, a period that became crucial in the relations between the church and the state, as well as upbringing of the new generations, which according to the Soviet authorities were destined to live in the era of Communism. One of the main plots of this article is dedicated to the analysis of the activity of Komsomol aimed at separation of the religion from the folk traditions, and their adaptiveness to the tasks of propaganda of the Communist ideology, as well as the Soviet style lifestyle. Komsomol is being viewed as a sociocultural phenomenon of the XX century. In study of the atheistic influence upon the youth, the authors based themselves on the fact that atheism is one of the forms of the freethought with regards to religion, and a rather characteristic element of the spiritual and ethical life. It is demonstrated that atheistic work in Komsomol was primarily aimed not at the struggle against the religious views, but at the consolidation of the atheistic outlook among the members of Komsomol themselves. However, the attempts to completely overcome the religious influence within Komsomol have failed. The Komsomol was leading the youth away from religion not as much by its antireligious work, as much as by its successful cultural-public work, and organization of groups of diverse interests.  The broader was impact of the new Soviet culture, the narrower became the influence of the religious culture upon the society.

Keywords: Space exploration, Komsomol wedding, Folk traditions, Leisure, Propaganda, Culture, Komsomol, Atheism, Religion, Youth

Abstract: The subject of this research is the socio-political ideals of the Soviet literature during the period of 1953-1991, particularly the representatives of the “country prose” in the literature. The object is the history of development of the Soviet literature starting with the very first post-Stalin publications of Ilya Ehrenburg, Fyodor Abramov, Vladimir Pomerantsev, and finishing with the works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Vladimir Nabokov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Anna Akhmatova, and others. The analysis of the “country prose” allowed us to thoroughly examine the process of revision of the principles of socialist realism and rebirth of the “timeless values” within the literature that affected the Soviet political atmosphere. The scientific novelty consists in the comparative and historical analysis of the various directions in the Soviet literature, including the “country”, “urban”, and “military” prose, which allows speaking of waves of continuity and intermittence of the Soviet and Russian literature tradition, and their important contribution into the process of political transformation of the Soviet society and government.

Keywords: urban prose, nationalism, ideology, country prose, thaw, socialist realism, Tamizdat, Samizdat, Soviet literature, collectivization

Abstract: The subject of this work is the peculiarities of the political debates within the Soviet literature of the 1960-1980’s. The object of the research is the “reformers” and the “conservators” of the literary segment, who established on the pages of the journals “New World” and “October” the key topics of the political debates: overcome of the “cult of personality”; relations with the West, corruption; political and economic difficulties in construction of socialism, crisis of the socialistic realism; revitalization of national character and Russian culture under the conditions of infiltration by the Western elements; and also the role of Christianity in the Soviet society. In the course of this work, the author conducted a comparative analysis of the Soviet literary sources (including the journals “New World” and October”), historical monographs, and other Soviet and foreign scientific journals. In the conclusion it is stated that these political debates contributed into the formation of the new ideological and theoretical directions, which served as the foundation of the modern Russian culture.  

Keywords: Russian culture, USSR, journal "October", journal "New World", destalinization, political debates, socialist realism, Soviet literature, national character, political control

Abstract: As the results of the analysis show, despite the fact that new religious organizations and destructive cults function in nearly all countries of the global community, nevertheless there is a number of countries that have managed to considerably decrease the infl uence of these organizations on political developments. This was the consequence of a number of measures undertaken by the government and taking into account peculiarities of religious organizations in each particular country. The author of the present research article is quite sure that this issue can be also solved in our country through a complex analysis of current relations between the government and religious organizations. There are several political and social prerequisites of a wide spread and infl uence of destructive religious organizations on young people in Russia. These prerequisites include, fi rst of all, extremely liberal legal regulations of the Russian Federation regarding religious organizations. The author of the article analyzes the infl uence of new religious organizations of the destructive and occult nature on social processes in modern Russia. The author also offers her own classifi cation of the spheres of infl uence based on the analysis of primary data. The author also provides a substantiation of the given classifi cation.

Keywords: New religious organizations, destructive cults, national security, political infl uence, legislation, confessions, traditional religions, separatism, mind control, violation of law.