Introduction. The work consists of the methodological part of the analysis of party documents and conclusions. The study examines the practices of legitimization, orientation and political socialization of the Left in Russia and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Party systems of the former socialist states are being structured to this day.
Materials and methods. The main hypothesis of the study is the assumption that the party discourse of the Left in the countries of the former socialist camp (Russia, Poland and the former German Democratic Republic) appeals to the concept of social justice and the revision of market reforms. To analyze this problem, it is necessary to refer to the methods of content analysis and discourse analysis. Post-communist forces used different discursive strategies.
Results. Self-identification in the party system of modern Russia in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation took place in the conditions of the paternalistic ideas use, a reference in political rhetoric to a strong state and patriotic ideas. The Polish Left used the ideology of socialist past abandoning. The success of the Social Democratic Labor Party and Democratic Left Alliance was dictated by the split within the “Solidarity” Trade Union. The union lost a significant number of supporters in the early 1990s. Despite the presence of strong anti-communist sentiments, only the Polish Left managed to become the ruling political force in the country. Dissatisfaction with ill-conceived liberal reforms became the main factor bringing the Polish and Russian Left closer together. The Party of Democratic Socialism was an alien element for the political system of Germany, but it was this very party which managed to become the only representative of the interests of the former GDR inhabitants during the period under study.
Discussion and conclusion. After analyzing the parties’ programs, key documents and speeches of party members, it was concluded that left-wing political forces experienced a serious crisis in terms of losing legitimacy and electoral support. Each party had to look for a communicative strategy to convince voters in their rightness.

Introduction. The study focuses on the problem of religious intolerance growth in the modern world which hinders both the development of interstate relations and the process of strengthening the national consciousness of citizens. The development of Islamophobic sentiments in the world especially after the well-known events of September 2011 is reflected in the ethno-confessional well-being of people professing the Muslim religion.
Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the study was a set of methods, the choice of which is determined by the goals, objectives and specifics of the subject of study. The main methodological foundation was an interdisciplinary approach, the application of which is caused by the modern requirements of humanitarian reflection and the ongoing socio-political transformations.
Results. Religious restrictions on Muslims in countries where they are a small social group lead to their marginalization and disunity between citizens on an ethno-confessional basis. At present, according to sociological studies in Russia, young people have a low level of knowledge about the ethno-cultural specifics of the Russian peoples, and a lot of people consider the role of the Muslim religion to be negative in the country.
Discussion and conclusion. The article points out that for the effectiveness of national policy in Russia, a conceptual recognition of the Eurasian basis of the state is necessary, which will increase the sense of responsibility for the fate of the country of representatives of all Russian ethnic groups without exception. The author draws attention to the fact that the elements of this idea have already been identified in the political doctrine of the country, but it is possible that the authorities are postponing its official recognition until the spread of this idea among the general population.

Introduction. In the article, the sociological reflection is subjected to the problem of the young family lifeworld, which is topical for Russian society and has not yet been sufficiently researched previously. The authors address the sociocultural component of the lifeworld of young spouses.
Materials and methods. A combination of the “sociology of life” theoretical concept by J. T. Toshchenko and the risk concept of youth developed by Y. A. Zubok is used in order to solve the set of tasks in the research.
Results. The lifeworld of a young family is a system of spouses’ ideas about the family image based on value orientations and attitudes, constructed by means of building practices of young spouses’ role interactions as a result of their interiorization and exteriorization of the external social environmental factors. The structure of the young family’s lifeworld includes such components as cognitive, value and behavioral.
Discussion and conclusion. In the analyzes of the structure of a young family lifeworld, the authors emphasize such an important component as value: the value of family, sensual values (love, trust), the value of children and parenthood, the value of education and career, and material values. It is alleged that in order to preserve family values and the family as a whole, it is necessary to implement a competent social policy involving all the resources of the state, the business community, the non-profit sector and local communities.

Introduction. The article deals with the problems of modern spiritual culture in the context of spiritual security crisis and attempts to revive interest in traditional values. The contemporary cultural crisis is regarded as an urgent threat to the national security. One of the ways to overcome this crisis is innovative educational technologies which are designed to reduce risks of a cultural crisis and adapt society to a return to traditional values.
Materials and methods. General scientific methods are used: analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, as well as a comparative method.
Results. Achieving spiritual security through education is possible due to the basic principles of organizing spiritual and moral education (moral example of a teacher, social and pedagogical partnership, individual and personal development, integration of programs of spiritual and moral education and social demand for education). One of the interesting modern educational methods is the development of spirituality through sport and games.
Universities occupy leading positions in the educational process and the process of socialization of individuals. The authors of the article suggest the following innovative methods for higher education: studying the history of the region using short 3-D videos. The free YouTube platform and a booklet in the form of a map are used to store the content, on which the monuments of Rostov-on-Don dedicated to culture and religion will be marked with icons; within the framework of the online project, it is planned to create a booklet which will be placed in electronic form in free access for remote users.
Discussion and conclusion. Considering the possibilities of new educational technologies for overcoming modern cultural and spiritual problems, the authors came into conclusion that spiritual and moral education and formation of the personality of today’s youth should be carried out according to the principle of consistency. The spiritual security of Russia should become a stratagem for the cultural and civilizational development of society as well as give impetus to the vital spiritual interests and needs of the individual.

Introduction. The author considers the correlation of secular and religious education in the conditions of polyconfessional and multi-ethnic Dagestan. The universal and cultural features of secular and theological pedagogical systems are analyzed, as well as the possibilities of implementing the most important universal principles of education in modern conditions.
Materials and methods. The work uses a wide methodological toolkit that integrates the research capabilities of the methods of philosophy, sociology, political science, cultural studies, united by the principles and approaches of comparative-historical, structural-functional, synergetic methods. Dialectical and hermeneutic approaches, as well as the principle of systematicity are applied in this article.
Results. The entire history of mankind testifies to the fact that the role of religion especially increases in critical epochs. In the modern world, the religious factor has become a real political catalyst of the transforming Russian society. The issue of the correlation between secular and religious education in the regions of the traditional spread of Islam has been and remains relevant.
Discussion and conclusion. The investigated problems have not only theoretical but also practical significance, since the reformed education system, on the one hand, is based on the universal idea of the unity of education and upbringing, and, on the other hand, is obliged to be guided by the traditions of education as a system of knowledge about the value-target, content-processual and result components of education, upbringing and human development at different stages of life.

Introduction. In Christianity, the interpretation of “the problem of the body” had fundamentally specific features caused by the essence of the Christian Revelation itself about the incarnated God. The idea of a real embodiment of a transcendent Personal Beginning, unthinkable in ancient times, nevertheless became the subject of gravity of thought among the Gnostics, who tried to combine the Christian Revelation and some ideas of ancient philosophy. The specifics of Gnosticism were in this syncretism, in particular, in the desire to place the idea of the Person of Christ the Savior and the dependent, acquiring personal salvation from Him, human person “from flesh and blood” into the ancient picture of the world.
Materials and methods. Consideration of “the problem of the body” in the Christian tradition is in the steady development of the philosophy of religion, the whole complex of philosophical and general scientific methods: analytical, phenomenological, principles of objectivity, universal connection, contradiction, methods of comparative analysis and synthesis, scientific generalization. The study uses a conceptual and logical analysis of theoretical terminology in order to define the term “body” for the sociocultural context.
Results. The Fathers of the Church did not consider the soul and the body as two self-sufficient substances, individually “responsible” for the imperfection (perfection) of a person. In this case, the soul and the body must be represented not as separate beginnings-substances, but as two energies of a single human personality manifesting itself. However, the vital psychic-corporal energy of a person can acquire a different direction in a person, different vectors of attraction: either to the materially transient world, where the lusts of the flesh dominate, or to the eternal world (God).
Discussion and conclusion. Pleasure as a certain state of mind “captured by the body” was evaluated by the fathers of the Church (as well as by the subsequent Christian tradition) as something that testifies to a certain wrong motivation of a human being, their realized worldview and value orientations, namely, “bound by desires”. This is what caused their attention to the teachings of hedonism which declared pleasure as the leading motive and goal of human behavior.

Introduction. The article considers socio-political problems of the Abkhaz ethnic group in Turkey, in particular, the formation of its pro-Russian position during the Caucasus crisis of 2008. It notes the inconsistency between the pro-Russian position of the ethnic group and Turkey’s position in the settlement of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. It is emphasized that Ankara was interested in the development of Turkish-Georgian relations and, accordingly, supported the territorial integrity of Georgia and condemned the aspirations of the rebellious republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to achieve independence.
Materials and methods. The author adheres to the objectivity principle. Many issues related to the repatriation process are considered in the problem-chronological order, historical-comparative and historical-systemic methods of research, used in this research, allow to reveal the degree of study of problems related to ethno-political conflicts in Georgia in the post-Soviet period.
Results. The authors analyze the complex of problems associated with the return of Abkhazian repatriates to their historical homeland. It reveals the difficulties faced by repatriates in the process of adaptation in Abkhazia, including the high cost of living, lack of housing and jobs. In addition, some Abkhazian repatriates lacked language skills, which also created difficulties in settling in their new place of residence. At the same time, it is noted that the repatriates’ gradual acquisition of life skills and mastering of new forms and methods of economic management contributed to their adaptation to local daily life.
Discussion and conclusion. It is concluded that the life practice received in Abkhazia, combined with that acquired in the diaspora in Turkey, played an important role in establishing new boundaries in the life of Abkhazian repatriates and contributed to their firm establishment in the system of socio-political, socio-economic and cultural life in their historical home.

Introduction. The article discusses the features of the social and legal status of the clergy’s women in the second half of the 19th century, analyzes family legislation regulating family and marriage relations, and also compares the position the clergy’s women with representatives of other estates of the Russian Empire.
Materials and methods. The work uses historical, comparative and chronological methods. Historical documents and materials were used.
Results. In the Russian Empire of the second half of the 19^th century there were significant changes that influenced all spheres of society, including spiritual. Girls of all classes, with the exception of the clergy’s representatives, were given the opportunity to get an education, develop, find their profession and vocation, while the life of the clergy’s girls was limited to traditional patriarchal and religious foundations.
Discussion and conclusion. The situation of the clergy’s wives (their rights and privileges that they possessed, unlike representatives of other classes, restrictions in everyday life, as well as the peculiarities of conclusion and dissolution of marriage with representatives of the clergy) is of great interest within the framework of the studied problem. This topic is interesting and important when studying the history of the second half of the 19th century due to the fact that during this period the Russian Orthodox Church had a significant impact on the life of society.

Introduction. The article investigates the issues of resource assessment methodology in the formation of archaeological tours. This issue is relevant in connection with the reorientation of the Russian Federation to the development of domestic tourism, which implies the rational use of tourist resources.
Materials and methods. The scientific basis of the developed methods of assessment of tourist and recreational resources and the state of archaeological sites, in particular in the regional aspect, is analyzed. Based on the analysis, the author’s methodology for assessing the possibility of involvement of archaeological sites in tourism is presented.
Results. As the results of the study, the methodology for assessing the possibility of involvement of archaeological sites in the program of tourist routes according to five parameters — accessibility, infrastructure development, holding events, the availability of guided tours, and public activity — is presented. The developed methodology is adapted on the resources of the Rostov region, in particular, 15 archaeological sites were evaluated. According to the results of the assessment, archaeological sites were typified into three categories of the degree of possibility of their involvement in tourism and recreation. The assessment also allowed to single out potential sites from the position of priority of their inclusion in the archaeological routes being developed.
Discussion and conclusion. Possible vectors of further scientific and practical development of the presented methodology through the expansion of assessment parameters and adaptation in other subjects of the Russian Federation have been identified. It is rational to use the methodology not only for a one-time “cut” of the state of archaeological sites, but also to record the dynamics of their development. The conclusions of the presented article include the uniqueness of the methodology, which is at the intersection of assessing the state of tourist and recreational resources and archaeological sites, the development of evaluation parameters, the practical application of the methodology for the evaluation of fifteen sites of the Rostov region and the determination of vectors of its further development.

Introduction. To ensure the sustainability of food security in the Black Sea region under conditions of socio-economic instability, it is necessary to optimize the management of agrarian nature management. In this context, a special role belongs to the development of food potential in the agro-industrial complex of the region. The purpose of the article is to analyze and study the directions of ensuring and regulating food security of the Black Sea region.
Materials and methods. To achieve the established goal and solve certain problems on the basis of abstract-logical approach we used general scientific and specific methods: system analysis; content analysis; grouping and systematization; induction; deduction. Application of the intersectoral approach to the circular use of natural resources, determination of the peculiarities of agricultural production development allowed to form ways to improve the state regulation of the processes of food supply of the population of the region in the context of strengthening food security.
Results. Measures in the following directions are proposed: state regulation of food security of the region in the sphere of international trade in food products; state regulation of food security of the region in the economic sphere; state regulation of food security of the region in the social sphere; state regulation of food security of the region in the direction of interaction with scientific and educational sphere.
Discussion and conclusion. It was determined that the main goal of the regional mechanism of increasing food security should be the establishment of stable regional food supply chains by ensuring the effective use of agro-industrial potential of the region and increasing the purchasing power of the population to ensure its access to the necessary quality food products.