ever since alexander emerged in the history of iran, his being greek or iranian has been a matter of dispute. the subject has later entered the discussions over alexander’s identity as ruler, governor, explorer, adventurer, etc. even these days disputes over his existence or his territory exist. a purely historical study on the subject should be based on documents. yet since a great part of wri...

The article analyzes Pushkin's poem "Eugene Onegin" and two opposite interpretations of it, by Alexander Minkin critic Vladimir Kozarovetsky. author partially agrees with the interpretation proposed Minkin, objects to Kozarovetsky, but mainly interprets on basis his concept art methodology him for analyzing works art. views Kozarovetsky are compared: first believes that describes moral evolutio...

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN,1 KAY-PONG YIP,3 IMRAN CLARK,2 NATALIA ABULADZE,1 TAE-HWAN KWON,6 SHUICHI TSURUOKA,4 GEORGE J. SCHWARTZ,5 SØREN NIELSEN,6 AND IRA KURTZ1 1Division of Nephrology and 2Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095; 3Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of South Flo...

The “Archive” section publishes four fragments selected from studies of Italian authors who wrote about children’s literature — the writers and teachers Giuseppe Fanciulli (1881–1951) Olindo Giacobbe (1880–1950), children writer, translator publisher Mary Tibaldi-Chiesa (1896–1968) teacher Olga Visentini (1893–1961). These works, written between 1926 1943, are taken textbooks interesting in tha...

historical memory or collective memory, in studies on cultural history and history of ideas, is often neglected. it is sufficient, for example, look at the names and titles to learn of the common view of a nation. this is true about alexander’s image in our culture. in our culture and some others, alexander is a myth and sometimes a unique hero. shahnameh can demonstrate this historical memory ...