The article reveals the heuristic possibilities of introducing a constructivist interpretation of the phenomena of ethnos and ethno-cultural identity, made on the basis of symbolic constructs of consciousness of a mythological and metaphysical sense. Considering these phenomena from this perspective makes it possible to give a qualitative new interpretation of the understanding of modernizing transformations on the basis of a certain ethno-cultural complex, which is able to effectively conquer the achievements of European modernity. The peculiarity of ethno-cultural identity, which becomes a condition for successful modernization, is modeled on the examples of the development of professional art in Yakutia in the ethno-modern paradigm in the national theater, cinema and choreography. The paper presents the first generalized analysis of the possibilities of ethno-cultural modernization in the “multiple modernities” paradigm, which is based on the ontology of symbolic consciousness of representatives of non-modernized ethnic groups.

The most important way of existence and development of culture is its cultural heritage. In his life, a person can understand, master and assimilate a small part of the cultural heritage. After himself, a person leaves the accumulated experience, cultural and spiritual values created by him during his life. All this after him becomes available to descendants in the form of cultural heritage. The main thing for posterity is to preserve this heritage. Preservation of cultural heritage, its popularization and broadcasting are prerequisites for the development of any society. This article is devoted to the consideration of the problems of preserving the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East in the context of globalization in cyberspace. The authors identified and analyzed the problems faced by representatives of small ethnic groups in modern conditions. The application of information and telecommunication technologies as a way of preserving cultural heritage is considered. The analysis of the implementation of IT-technologies in culture is presented.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the concept, essence, structure and types of corporate relations in joint-stock companies in the Russian Federation. The authors note that joint-stock companies are the most important type of corporate organizations, which account for a significant share of the country's gross domestic product.

The article presents the results of evaluating the main direction characterizing the state of health and quality of life of the population of single-industry towns: the sphere of water supply and sanitation. To improve the health status and quality of life of the population in single-industry towns, an action plan is proposed to bring the quality of drinking water in accordance with the established requirements for the period from 2017 to 2022. Prediction of improving the quality of drinking water, including lowering the overall hardness, as a result of the installation of a drinking water treatment system as part of the study, was based on the retrospective results of the introduction of similar drinking water treatment systems in municipalities of the constituent entities of the Federation and a probabilistic forecasting system. The results of the calculations showed that the average expected value of improving the quality of drinking water will be 7.039 %.

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