The paradigmatic basis of the modern model of Critical Theory is reconstructed in this article. Critical Theory as a conceptually holistic research program of modern Humanities, characterized by the integrality of its philosophical and methodological foundations, is explicated. The main ideas of A. Honnet’s conception of “struggle for recognition” as the normative basis for sociocultural transformations are analyzed. The key elements of the newest versions of the Critical Theory on the example of R. Forst’s concept of justice as the realization of the “right to justification” are researched.

The process of forming a united Belarusian nation is very interesting for retrospective reflection. At a certain point, this process coincides with the activity of the Populists in the mid to late XIX century. The ideology of Narodniks is not an ordinary politico-educational teaching for Belarusian realities. It is important to analyze the philosophical grounds implicit in this ideology in order to understand what role it played in the formation of the Belarusian nation.

In the article, 8 controversial philosophical problems are considered, to which the doctrine of Narodniks gives some answers. Purpose is to analyze the position of the Narodniks regarding these issues and to show the main difference between the Belarusian case of Narodniks and the Russian one. Objectives: to reveal the reasons for the appearance of Narodniks, the relationship between Narodniks and the Church, to show controversial theses in the ideology under consideration. Having carried out a this philosophical analysis, one can come to the conclusion that the ideology of Narodniks was significantly different from the generally accepted religious world view. It was an instrument for the influence of oppositional intellectual elite on the peasantry with the aim of eliminating the political passivity of the broad masses of people in the Russian Empire. However, overcoming the political passivity of the population in such a multinational and multi-confessional country as the Russian Empire put the issue of nationalities and a number of other acute problems on the agenda. As a result, the Belorussian narodniks movement, although it was “leftist” by other beliefs, placed great emphasis on the “right” idea of political independence of the Belarusian nation.

The essence and features of network systems and processes of “networkizationˮ in Belarus are conceptualized. The intensity and scale of information development and communication technologies (INTI) are characterized. It is shown that the most important trend of influence in a networked society is the transformation of a person’s consciousness and activity towards the creativity of the individual and social groups. The essence, methods and significance of the information use flows and instantaneous time are formulated. Six basic parameters for the creation of the IT-country in Belarus are presented. It is substantiated that the successful development of the IT-society provides a decent level of well-being and a high quality of life for the Belarusian people.

The social-philosophical research of a phenomenon of urban memory is presented in the article. The basic is the memory concept. Defining essence of individual and collective memory in their interrelation and development, the author has created the platform for conceptualization of urban memory. Concepts “memory figures”, “reminiscence modes”, “а subject of urban memory” “an object of urban memory”, “the place of memory”, “cultural forms”, development of typology of cultural forms of the urban landscape and the concept “substitution” have allowed to create complete idea of urban memory.

Urban memory is treated as one of forms of collective memory. It is carried out by the city as social community and collective historical identity in relation to itself, to the famous historical figures and products of the sociocultural development who personify the historical past and the present of the city, are uniform for members of urban society, are included in a context of personal memory and are reproduced in individual memoirs.

Urban memory is changeable and substituted (from Latin – substitutio) because in development there is a replacement of one objects of memory with others. It is substantially caused by transformation of an urban cultural landscape and can be interpreted as natural development of the city and memory. On the example of Vitebsk the author has shown dependence
of transformation of urban memory on change of an urban cultural landscape. The multilayered substitutability of the city and its memory is as a result revealed.

The article considers the role of Belarus in the Polish Soviet relations from the moment of the Riga Treaty signing until the formation of the USSR. The peculiarity of the study period is that at that time there was formally independent Belarusian state in the form of the BSSR, recognized by Soviet Russia and Poland. It is established that after the end of the Polish-Soviet war, Soviet Russia and Poland continued the struggle for dominance in Eastern Europe, having changed the forms and methods of this struggle. The article shows that the Polish-Soviet confrontation in a number of aspects directly affected Belarus. The territory of both the BSSR and Western Belarus became the scene of activities of irregular armed formations, directed, respectively, against the Soviet and Polish authorities. With their help, each side sought to weaken the opponent’s position in these areas. The same goal the RSFSR’s performances as a defender of the rights of Belarusians in Poland served. The high level of tension in Polish-Soviet relations threatened the emergence of a new war between Poland and Soviet Russia. Both these States sought to use the Belarusian national movement, which opposed the Riga agreement, to achieve their international political goals. The article proves that the policy of Poland in relation to Western Belarus and Soviet Russia in relation to the BSSR was largely determined by the struggle between the two countries in the international arena. Belarus was given only the role of the object of this struggle.

Cultural life of people of Belarus, based on the analysis of the periodicals first World War, is studied in the article. The sources of the research are as follows: “Nasha Niva”, “Belarus”, “Goman”, “Vilenskije gubernskije vedomosti”, “Orshanskij vestnik”, “Minskaja gazeta-kopeika”, “Minskij golos”, “Beloruskij kalendar”. The author accentuates that cultural life of the population of Belarus during the World War I was polyethnic due to the fact that there were more than thirty nationalities within relatively small Belarusian and Lithuanian region.

The abstracts from descriptions of cultural events provided by the witnesses, their opinions on these or those issues in culture, having been published in the newspapers of the period of research, are provided to indentify the of tendencies and peculiarities of cultural development of the population on the territory of Belarus. It is stated that cultural life in its various forms is often used as a tool for gaining material source to support the army, refugees and other categories of people suffering during the World War I.

New sources discovered among the documents of the Grabowski family in the funds of the Jagiellonian Library for the first time in historiography show the financing of sejmik companies within the limits of one noblemen group. From these documents, it becomes clear how the general financial fund was formed including the contributions of various noblemen,
and also how it was distributed among them, taking into account the costs for specific povet sejmiks. Also, a circle of noblemen and gentry who were responsible for specific sejmiks becomes known. Moreover, plans about the candidacy for the elections after the Sejm ambassadors and the deputies of the Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of the Lithuania from the Radziwill noblemen group become known. As a result of the analysis of identified sources, it was possible to establish that the expenses of the Radziwill noblemen group at the ambassadorial sejmiks in 1756 amounted to 77400 zloty, and on the gromnichny in 1757– 71600 zloty. The most valuable sejmiks were: Vilensky (from 5000 to 9000 zlotys), Grodnensky (5000 zlotys), Brestsky (5000 zlotys), Oshmyansky, Zhmudsky, Polotsky and Mstislavsky (4000 zlotys). Least of 2,000 zlotys were issued for 11 sejmiks (Lidsky, Vilkomirsky, Braslavsky, Trotsky, Upitsky, Smolensksky, Starodubsky, Slonimsky, Pinsky, Mazyrsky and Rechitsky). In the cases of the Vilensky, Starodubsky, Lidsky and Novogrudksky sejmiks, it was possible to find the registers how the money given to these sejmiks was divided between the local supporters of the Radziwills. It is very difficult to assess the effectiveness of these specific costs. At the Hrodna embassy sejmiks 1756, the supporters of the Family were elected ambassadors, and the Radziwill supporters only managed to make an objection against their election. In fact, all of 5,000 zlotys was spent only on objection. Michal Kazimir Radziwill appreciated such a result highly. As may be supposed his assessment depended on the specific political conjuncture that prevailed at that time almost in all povets.

 The introduction of this paper depicts the issues related to the creation of the first in Belarusian linguistics “Pronouncing dictionary of the Belarusian language”, prepared at the junction of interdisciplinary research by specialists of two academic institutions. The dictionary proposes literary pronunciation for 117,000 words with full transcription taking into account existing orthoepic options that do not contradict the norm. It also describes the methodological basis of the work associated with the consolidation of the norms of the literary pronunciation. the main part describes in detail the structure and mechanism of algorithms for generating spelling words in phonetic transcription.

The main types of combinatorial consonant changes that determine the specificity of the phonetic system of the Belarusian literary language are shown. The authors provide examples and results of instrumental processing of sound files to explain orthoepical controversial points mainly related to the phonetic adaptation of borrowed vocabulary, as well as clarification of certain phonetic positions. In particular, there are specific cases of operation for the new literary language of the opposition “voiceless fricative [ф] – voiced fricative [в]ˮ with a description of the physical characteristics of these sounds. The reasonability of displaying phonetic variations in the dictionary as a consequence of the development of language is also substantiated.

Conclusion draws attention to the innovation, economic and social importance of the publication. It provides guidance
on its practical use, the expediency of further interdisciplinary research in linguistics and information technology.

The author analyzed the collections of descendants of the marshal prince Piotr Wittgenstein in which the artifacts connected with this historic figure are stored. Special attention is paid to lifetime portraits of the prince and also their copies. Some of works are attributed and dated, historical circumstances of their creation are specified. In 1834 the marshal has last time visited St. Petersburg. The author connects with this event the emergence of several works of art which weren’t earlier known to experts. The most interesting ones among them are works of the French artist A. Ladurner. The article shows the actions of marshal’s descendants for promoting and memorilization of his personality. For the first time the materials from the Central archive Hohenlohe in Neunstein (Germany) are published. On the basis of these documents the author speaks about history of one marshal’s portrait which was transferred in 1892 to the regiment bearing his name. The marshal’s granddaughter princess Maria Hohenlohe became the initiator of writing of a portrait and its transfer. The author of the article associates such a rich iconography of P. Wittgenstein with the manifestation of his personal cult in families of his descendants.

The relevance of the research is in distinguishing of the concepts of emotion and feeling as independent definitions in the literary analysis of poetic work. The article deals with the mechanisms of interaction of emotions and feelings in the author’s experience. In our study, we position the indivisibility, coexistence of two processes of an emotional and sensual in one fact of psyche, each of which finds its unique forms and content in an artistic work. However, the mutual orientation, its division that do not exclude identity, tell us about the existence of a certain integrity, about a common space for the existence of emotion and feeling, its connection on the basis of deep inseparability which is based on the integrity of the world and man, being and consciousness, emotional and rational. The thesis states that the emotional experience is a demonstration of certain feelings, emotions or their complex constructs. And the forms of experiencing emotions and feelings in a poetic work are the moods, affects, passions of the lyric hero.

This article analyzes the evolution of legal regulation of working hours in the context of socioeconomic transformations in 1917–1991. The introduction of the article presents the relevance of the study, as well as a brief review of the literature on the topic under consideration. Characteristics of labor legislation in the field of working hours are given in chronological order with the identification of positive and negative aspects of the analyzed legal acts. The conclusion of the article highlights of main stages in the development of legislation regulating the length of working hours in 1917–1991 and a conclusion are drawn about the complexity and ambiguity of the process of forming the legal regulation of working hours.

Water supply for agricultural organizations in sufficient quantity and quality with minimum costs is the foundation of efficient production and raw materials for some industries, as well as the basis for water management.

This article discusses the features and operation problems in water supply systems, surpluses on the balance of agricultural organizations. Science-based approaches to optimize the operation of water supply systems are presented in the article.

For planning and control of exploitation of water supply systems in agricultural organizations it is recommended to group all repair and maintenance works into stages. These stages vary in purpose, scope and deadlines. One of four designed organizational operating models must be used for delegation of authorities.