FoRmatioN oF tHE 17 th CENtuRY iNtEllECtual ElitE aND tHE WoRKs oF PRoKHoR KolomNiatiN* 16 This paper is devoted to the phenomenon of the intellectual elite emerging in Russian literature in the 17 th century. The image of Prokhor Kolomnyatin, a charismatic figure of the time in question, a man of literature and enlightenment, enables the author to see how this class took shape in Russian society. With reference to little-known manuscripts belonging to the literary legacy of the poet, the article demonstrates Prokhor's understanding of the role of a teacher and poet, and analyzes the perception and evaluation of his creative work within a sociocultural context. Additionally, the author identifies the main characteristics of baroque esthetics, concluding that the intellectual elite failed to fully develop further due to Peter the Great's reforms.

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The article presents the results of the assessment of the eco-economic state of the territory of Sarpinsky Island on the Lower Volga within the Volgograd region. Among the types of anthropogenic load, the most important for the island are recreation and grazing. In the course of field geobotanical research, a landscape-ecological profile was constructed, reflecting the alternation of natural-territorial complexes in the northwestern part of the island. The Sentinel-2 satellite image is used to determine the distribution of the island’s land by type of economic use. Each category of land is assigned a certain score depending on the degree of anthropogenic load. The coefficients of absolute and relative intensity of the eco-economic state and natural protection are calculated. The ecological fund of the island is 5397,3 hectares (48,7 % of the territory). Sarpinsky Island is characterized by a balanced anthropogenic load with the potential for sustainability of natural-territorial complexes, which is provided mainly due to the high forest cover and water content of the island, but the natural protection of landscapes is assessed as average due to the almost complete absence of protected natural areas.

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Education researchers often cite a statement from Anatole France: "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." In this paper, we show how this statement can be transformed into an exact theorem.