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The genesis of S.N. Sergeev-Tsenskii's Preobrazhenie Rossii
No full textSergei Nikolaevich Sergeev (pseudonym Sergeev-Tsenskii) was born in September, 1875 and died in December, 1958. The sixty years of his literary career, which encompassed such momentous political upheavals in the history of Russia, were witness also to the most varied developments
in literature, ranging from the experimentation of the Futurists to the enshrinement of Socialist Realism as the State literary Word. Such periods of change demand commitment to one or another political grouping or literary mode. It is rare to find a Russian writer whose life spanned these turbulent decades that could state in 1945: "I never belonged to any groupings of writers nor took part in any circles,"¹
Curiosity is further aroused when the writer is praised by such disparate critics as M. Gor'kii, R. Ivanov-Razumnik and G. Struve. In 1924, Gor'kii called the novel Valia ". . . the finest book of all that have appeared in Russia during the last twenty-four years."² In an open letter to Romain Rolland published in Pravda in 1928, Gor'kii stated that ". . .at this time in the forefront of Russian literature stand two absolutely wonderful masters. They are Sergeev-Tsenskii and M. Prishvin."³ R. Ivanov-Razumnik includes the novels of Sergeev-Tsenskii in his list of the "summits" of Russian literature published after the Revolution.⁴ G. Struve writes that Sergeev-Tsenskii was "one of the outstanding representatives
of Neo-Realism in pre-Revolutionary literature...."⁵
Led to delve further into the career of Sergeev-Tsenskii, the student soon finds that his works were the centre of lively and controversial
critical interest in the decades preceding the Revolution, were
the subject of a spate of polemical articles spawned by the literary battles of the 1920's, were the cause of a spirited discussion of the genre of historical novels and of the fate of the fellow-traveller during the tightening controls of the 1930’s. Sergeev-Tsenskii became the recipient of high State honours in the early 1940's, only to fall into official disfavour in the late 1940's. By the mid-1950's he had managed
to stage a "come-back" and by the time of his death was regarded officially as one of the staples of Soviet literature.
In spite of his long and complicated career, no extensive studies of Sergeev-Tsenskii have been made by Western scholars; in fact, if he is mentioned at all in English-language histories of Russian or Soviet Russian literature, he is accorded only a few lines. During the last ten years, Soviet critics have published several monographs devoted, for the most part, to Sergeev-Tsenskii's post-1930 works. Recently his pre-Revolutlonary stories have become a source of renewed interest; several Candidate dissertations and scholarly articles dealing with this period of his career have been published.
A comprehensive review of all of Sergeev-Tsenskii's works is beyond the scope of my present study; I have chosen, therefore, to concentrate
on one large series of novels and short stories, the epopee,⁶ Preobrazhenie Rossii (Transformation of Russia). This cycle seemed an appropriate choice since it includes works written from 1910 to 1958 and ranges in genre from historical novels to stories set in contemporary Soviet Russia.
Since no biographical studies of Sergeev-Tsenskii are available in English, I have devoted the first chapter to a general outline of his life and works. In the second chapter I have attempted to
unravel the complicated history of the epopee during the forty-eight years of its development.
Soviet monographs on Sergeev-Tsenskii unroll to the reader an almost deja vue presentation of the development of the epopee and of his career. The peaceful transformation of a fellow-traveller to active proponent is somehow all too-familiar; no conflict has taken place, no reconsideration of previously-held convictions are revealed. However, the usual vague reference to a "complicated creative path" alerts the reader to the possibility
of thorns along the way. The placid picture depicted by Soviet critics of an author calmly observing and recording the events of the thirty years of Russian history described in the epopee turns out on closer investigation to be not entirely valid.
Textual comparisons of different editions of works in the epopee and examination of journal articles of the 1920's and 1930's brought to light a rather more tumultuous genesis of the epopee and revealed some of the "complications" in the creative path of Sergeev-Tsenskii. The publication
of one particular article in the journal Na literaturnom postu played an important role in the subsequent literary career of Sergeev-Tsenskii and in the development of the epopee, Preobrazhenie Rossii. In response to this article and the adverse criticism which was to follow, Sergeev-Tsenskii extensively revised parts of the epopee. This process is analysed in the third chapter of my study.Arts, Faculty ofCentral, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, Department ofGraduat
A successful outcome of treatment in a patient with a spleen artery aneurysm complicated by bleeding in pseudocyst of the pancreas
No full text<p>A pseudoaneurysm is a rare and potentially dangerous vascular complication of acute pancreatitis, with a mortality of 20–43% in untreated patients. Its treatment includes embolization or surgical resection. A clinical case of a 39-year-old patient, with a history of chronic pancreatitis, pseudocyst of the tail of the pancreas, as well as a false aneurysm of the splenic artery detected by means of computed tomography of abdominal organs with contrast is presented. A two-stage surgical procedure was performed. The patient was discharged in a satisfactory condition. This case shows a successful use of diagnostic techniques, as well as a stage-by-stage approach to surgical treatment of this pathology.</p><p>Received 20 April 2017. Accepted 7 June 2017.</p><p><strong>Funding:</strong> The study did not have sponsorship.</p><p><strong>Conflict of interest:</strong> Authors declare no conflict of interest.</p><p><strong>Author contributions</strong><br />Conception and study design: I.V. Halturin<br />Data collection and analysis: I.V. Halturin<br />Drafting the article: I.V. Halturin<br />Resources: I.V. Halturin, S.A. Sergeev, R.G. Achmetzyanov <br />Critical revision of the article: S.A. Sergeev, R.G. Achmetzyanov<br />Final approval of the version to be published: I.V. Halturin, S.A. Sergeev, R.G. Achmetzyanov</p></jats:p
Spectral properties of Andreev reflection from quantum turbulence in 3He-B: What do they tell about turbulent fluctuations?
No full textOne of the experimental techniques developed to measure quantum turbulence at low temperatures in 3He-B utilizes the Andreev reflection of thermal quasiparticle excitations from quantized vortices and vortex structures. We present the results of theoretical, numerical, and experimental study of Andreev scattering from quantum turbulence in 3He-B. We analyze the spectral properties of the Andreev reflection and compare these with the spectral properties of superfluid turbulence, and discuss the physical mechanisms responsible for the scaling of spectral densities. Finally, we discuss the relation between our findings and related observables in ordinary turbulence
Ancient cultures of the Asiatic Eskimos : the Uelen cemetery /
No full text"The Russian text of Drevnie kulʹtury aziatskikh ėskimosov (Uzlenskiĭ mogilʹnyk) by Sergei A. Arutiunov and Dorian A. Sergeev (Moscow: Nauka, 1969) was translated...by one-time permission of the principal author. August 2006"--P. ii."Shared Beringian Heritage Program"--P. ii.Shipping list no.: 2007-0222-P.Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-240).Mode of access: Internet
Altica Geofroy 1762
No full textGenus <i>Altica</i> Geofroy, 1762 <p> Type species: <i>Chrysomela oleracea</i> Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Latreille, 1810.</p> <p> REMARKS. According to Opinion 1754 of the ICZN (1994) the author of the genus <i>Altica</i> is Geoffrey, and the date is 1762. It is a widespread genus of the tribe Alticini Newman, 1835. The genus includes more than 300 species in the World, and about 80 species in the Palearctic (Konstantinov & Vanderberg, 1996; Döberl, 2010), 13 species in the Russian Far East (Korotyaev & Medvedev, 1980; Medvedev, 1992; Lopatin <i>et al</i>., 2004; Mikhailov & Chashchina, 2009; Warchałowski, 2010; Makarov, 2023).</p>Published as part of <i>Sergeev, М. Е., 2023, Taxonomy and distribution of the flea beetle Altica ivlievi L. Medvedev, 1968 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 31-36 in Far Eastern Entomologist 478</i> on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.25221/fee.478.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10134941">http://zenodo.org/record/10134941</a>
Onthophilus extraordinarius Reichardt 1941
No full textOnthophilus extraordinarius Reichardt, 1941 Onthophilus extraordinarius Reichardt 1941: 344, 410 (holotype, “ Sibirea orientalis: prov. Ussuriensis, Vladivostok, 2.VI 1919 ”, H. Fried leg. [Russia, Primorsky Krai, environs of Vladivostok] [ZIN]); Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976: 288 (Vladivostok); Zinchenko et al., 2009: 25 (Khabarovsky Krai, Bychikha). Onthophilus jakli Kapler, 1993: 25, ♂, (holotype, ♂, Russia or., Ussuri reg., Jasnoe 500 m, 12.VII 1989, Jákli leg.) [in the author collection]; syn. n. MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorsky Krai: Vladivostok, 2.VI 1919, 1 ex., leg. H. Fried (ZIN); Suvorovka River, Lamazin Creek valley, 1.VII 1983, 1 ex., leg. G.Sh. Lafer (ZIN); Lazovski Nature Reserve, Cordon Zviozdochka, 14–21.V 2009, 2 ♂, leg. S.A. Kurbatov; 20 km W of Nezhino, upper Malaia Ananievka River, 6.VIII 1988, 1 ♂, leg. S.A. Kurbatov (CSCA); 16 km N Sergeevka village, vicinity of Molchanovka, on carrion, 28. VI 1972, 2 ex., leg. E.L. Gur’eva (ZIN); Barabash-Levada, 44.7539ºN, 131.4277ºE, on dry [animal] bones, 24.V 1969, 5 ex., A.G. Kireychuk (ZIN); Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve, middle course of Serebryanka River, Serebryanyy Spring, 15.VI 2018, 3 ♂, 8 ♀, leg. M.E. Sergeev; Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, near Primorsky, 1.V 2015, 1 ♀, M.E. Sergeev; Ussuri Nature Reserve, along the road between Cordons 1 and 2, 25.IV 1983, 1 ex., leg. Z. V. Demidenko (ISEA). NOTES. AKT was able to put side by side the Reichardt’s holotype of O. extraordinarius with (labeled “Vladivostok, Ost-Asien, Herm. Frieb. 2. VI 1914 (1919)” from the collection of ZIN as well as all-above mentioned more recent ZIN specimens of the species with a male and female from the type series of O. jakli Kapler. There is no doubt that these two taxa are conspecific. Apparently, Kapler never saw authentic material of O. extraordinarius and got confused dealing only with the keys of Reichardt and Kryzhnovskij. It should be noted that O. extraordinarius males possess a deep setose depression occupying most of the metaventral disc, making their identification pretty straightforward. DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Primorsky Krai (Kryzhanovskij, 1989) and south of Khabarovsky Krai (Zinchenko et al., 2009).Published as part of Tishechkin, A. K., Zinchenko, V. K. & Sergeev, M. E., 2022, New and little known Histeridae species (Coleoptera) from Russia with a synonymy note, pp. 11-16 in Far Eastern Entomologist 467 on page 15, DOI: 10.25221/fee.467.2, http://zenodo.org/record/739965
Correlated X-ray/ultraviolet/optical variability in the very low mass AGN NGC 4395
No full textWe report the results of a 1-yr Swift X-ray/ultraviolet (UV)/optical programme monitoring the dwarf Seyfert nucleus in NGC4395 in 2008-2009. The UV/optical flux from the nucleus was found to vary dramatically over the monitoring period, with a similar pattern of variation in each of the observed UV/optical bands (spanning 1900-5500 Å). In particular, the luminosity of NGC4395 in the 1900 Å band changed by more than a factor of 8 over the monitoring period. The fractional variability was smaller in the UV/optical bands than that seen in the X-rays, with the X-ray/optical ratio increasing with increasing flux. Pseudo-instantaneous flux measurements in the X-ray and each UV/optical band were well correlated, with cross-correlation coefficients of ≥0.7, significant at 99.9per cent confidence. Archival Swift observations from 2006 sample the intra-day X-ray/optical variability on NGC4395. These archival data show a very strong correlation between the X-ray and b bands, with a cross-correlation coefficient of 0.84 (significant at >99per cent confidence). The peak in the cross-correlation function is marginally resolved and asymmetric, suggesting that X-rays lead the b band, but by ≤1h. In response to recent (2011 August) very high X-ray flux levels from NGC4395 we triggered Swift target of opportunity observations, which sample the intra-hour X-ray/UV variability. These observations indicate, albeit with large uncertainties, a lag of the 1900 Å band behind the X-ray flux of ∼400s. The tight correlation between the X-ray and UV/optical lightcurves, together with the constraints we place on the lag time-scale, is consistent with the UV/optical variability of NGC4395 being primarily due to reprocessing of X-ray photons by the accretion disc
Extremals of the supereigenvector cone in max algebra: a combinatorial description
No full textWe give a combinatorial description of extremal generators of the
supereigenvector cone {x: Ax>=x} in max algebra.Comment: 11 page
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