The possibility of using visual sources in the reconstruction of everyday practices of the collective farm peasantry during the Stalinism is analyzed. According to the authors, the visual turn that occurred in socio-humanitarian knowledge in the last quarter of the twentieth century, sets the task of studying everyday practices, the value world and mental attitudes of various social subjects. They believe that without involving visual sources from the period of Stalin's Soviet modernization, it is impossible to reconstruct the objective picture of the “social life world” of the collective farm village during the period of large-scale social and economic transformations. On the example of the fine heritage of A. A. Plastov, one of the most respected Soviet artists working in line with Soviet socialist realism, various aspects of the everyday life of the Soviet collective farm village are reconstructed. The study is aimed at solving a number of issues of the agrarian and social history of Russia, which until now have not attracted proper research attention. It is noted that Soviet visual sources served as the basis for the construction of a new Soviet civic identity and a means of discipline of social subjects. Attraction along with visual sources of information extracted from traditional written sources (archival documents and materials of periodicals) allows to ensure the reliability and verification of the results.

Hereditas: nomina et scholae 1218 cle provides information on the daily life of the historian's family, which allows the authors to identify how the scholar mastered the new social practices which helped him, like many other city-dwellers, survive in the face of a growing crisis in all spheres of economic and sociocultural life during the period of revolutionary chaos. Between 1916 and 1917, owing to an increase in crisis phenomena, the everyday life of the population of Russia took another turn. In this context, influenced by periodicals, the diaries give an impartial assessment of the ineffective work of the imperial administration, the deputies of the 4 th State Duma, and the local authorities. Comparing the past of Russia with its current reality, he makes attempts to predict the future of Russian statehood. The authors conclude that in trying to escape from the dramatic reality of his time, the historian increasingly began to turn to the historical situation of the 18 th century.

The article analyzes the final stage of activity of the staff of the Samara State University (2009–2015), during which the transition to a multi-level education system began, as well as searching for ways out of the university from a crisis state. The factors that negatively influenced the development of the university were identified. The analysis of activities aimed at expanding the educational space of the university, increasing the areas of training for undergraduate and graduate programs, modernization of scientific and educational environment and infrastructure of Samara State University is presented. The development programs of faculties and the strategic development program of the university for 2015–2025 were developed. It was adopted by the Academic Council of Samara University in October 2013. The program envisaged the participation of scientific schools of the university in the implementation of a number of economic and socio-cultural projects included in the strategic program of the Samara region. The main methods of research were comparative historical and statistical methods used in the analysis of the corpus of documentary sources. Methods of retrospective and perspective analysis were also used. Sources of study include materials of the current archive of the Samara State University, minutes of meetings of the Academic Council of the Samara State University, reports on scientific activities, materials of the periodical press, personal archives of the authors. The authors concluded that despite the efforts being made by the administration, the Academic Council and the scientific and pedagogical team in 2009–2015 Samara State University did not manage to get out of crisis state and start implementing the strategic program of university development for 2015–2025. The main problem of the university was the lack of financial and political support from the federal ministry and regional authorities.

The review analyzes the content of the collection of articles River of Time, the history of the publication of which dates back more than two decades. In addition to articles, documentary publications are included in the composition of the peer-reviewed publication. Thereby, the initiator, unchanged compiler and editor of the collection, Doctor of Historical Sciences M.I. Rodnov continued the long-standing tradition, the basis of which is a careful selection of the author's team, which on the pages of the collection reveals unknown pages of regional history. New data are given on the founding date of Ufa, the Ibragimov dynasty and the Odintsov family. Of considerable interest are the documentary publications of the materials of the second revision on Ufa and its environs, the uprising of E.I. Pugachev, as well as the publications of the lists of leaders of the Ufa business community and Ufa students of Kazan Imperial University. Undoubtedly, this collection will receive well-deserved recognition, both in Bashkiria itself and far beyond the borders of the Republic

Учетный отдел уездного исполкома выполнил тогда, главным образом, работы, связанные с демобилизацией старой армии. Кроме того, на основании предписания военно-технического отдела Казанского военного округа он в марте 1918 г. был обязан выявить и полностью учесть все военное имущество, находящееся на складах, предприятиях, в учреждениях и у частных лиц 19. Сохранённые запасы старой армии стали впоследствии главным источником снабжения Вооружённых сил Советской республики. Одновременно с демобилизацией личного состава и расформированием частей старой армии в Самарской и Саратовской губерниях развернулась работа по созданию первых добровольческих частей Красной армии. Примечания