Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


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Entertainment as a Part of Leisure Activities in Lifestyles of Americans During Great Depression

This article studies the role of entertainment in leisure of Americans in 1930s. It attempts to analyze the reasons for changes in the lifestyles of Americans during Great Depression and to investigate the factor which can explain the extraordinary popularity of film industry among different layers of American society.

Молодежная политика в СССР в 1953–1985 годы (по материалам Нижнего Поволжья)

В статье дан анализ реализации основных направлений молодежной политики СССР в период хрущевских и брежневских
экономических реформ на примере конкретного региона. Главное внимание сосредоточено на роли досуговых учреждений в
профилактике преступности несовершеннолетних и молодежи Нижней Волги. Статья базируется на богатом фактическом материале, из архивов и периодической печати.

The Revolution of 1917 in the Cultural Life of the Bashkiria and Orenburg Region in the Period of «Thaw»

This article discusses how in the period of «thaw» in the southern Urals in the Orenburg region and the Bashkiria the theme of the revolution of 1917 is risen in the cultural life. Through the analysis of the media a tendency of the Soviet government towards cinematic coverage of the events of the Great October is revealed. It is established that the appeal to these events in the 50s–60s of the last century were not accidental – a new society needed a «hero of the time».