The main forms of alienation that are typical for the capitalist society with theoretical comprehension in Marx’s writings are reviewed in the article. It is made clear that K. Marx offered a communist social project, which is implemented through the socialist revolution and unlimited power of working class during the transition period as an alternative to inhuman and unreasonable capitalistic reality. K. Marx’s analysis of origins and consequences of various forms of alienation becomes relevant in the conditions of reanimation of the institute of private ownership of means of production in the post-Soviet space.

In modern scientifical literature there is a popular opinion that the Chinese culture is homogeneous and autochthonous while Buddhist borrowings in traditional physical culture of China proved the opposite view. In this context, the analysis of such borrowings sheds light on the essence of Chinese traditional culture, the richness of its forms and the variety of meanings.

The properties of space and time as the main attributes of social reality are analyzed. These forms of being are two opposing, interrelated and complementary phenomena of the existence of matter. Within the framework of the space-time structure of society, the budget of time has been considered. It is shown that the principle of unity of social time and space with the material structures is inextricably linked with human activity. Under the conditions of changing social time and social space, the concept of «labor» is being transformed. One of the priority areas is the departure from a hard standardized work schedule, i. e. boundaries between working and free time are erased. In a networked society, the possibility of human interaction with the virtual world has reached a completely new level: not only man creates new forms of reality, but new reality has qualitatively changed the environment of human life. Through the use of the Internet, a new level of non-local communication arises, which always exists now and, in private, in the public space at the same time. New ways of using time are being formed and rapidly spreading, both positively and negatively affecting human life. The formation and use of the culture of free time is significantly actualized.

Loss by dukes of Turov at the beginning of the 12th century of the right to occupy the throne of the Grand dukes of Kiev, which was owned by dukes of Turov in the XI century, is under review in the article.

On the basis of the reports of the old Russian Chronicles (Laurentian, Ipatiev Chronicles), the article traces the successive change in the Turov Principality of the Turov princes, who came from among the eldest sons of the great Kiev princes, who distributed particular principalities to their sons on the principle - the most important and significant principalities go to the eldest sons. Turov Principality (Dregovichi) got to the eldest sons of the Kiev princes what represents its importance and significancy. In 11th century among six great Kievan princes after Vladimir Svyatoslavich (980-1015 gg.) - Sviatopolk Vladimirovich, Yaroslav Iziaslav Yaroslavych, Sviatoslav Yaroslavich, Vsevolod of Kiev, Svyatopolk II of Kiev three came from the number of the princes of Turov and moved from Turov to the throne at the Kiev Grand-Ducal throne according to legitimate right of senior heirs (Svyatopolk Vladimirovich 1015-1019 years, Izyaslav Yaroslavich - 1054-1078 years, Svyatopolk И of Kiev - 1093-1113 years). In the middle of 11th century in Turov Principality its own princely dynasty Yaroslavich was created (Izyaslav, Yaropolk, Svyatopolk), which was restored in 1157 after a break in 1113.

At the same time, long presence of the Turov princes on the throne of Kiev gave rise to the illusion of unification of the Turov and Kiev principalities. However, it was only an illusion, because Kiev and Turov principalities retained its borders, territory, dynasty and heredity for centuries. Turov Principality, like all other lands of the Grand Duchy of Kiev, was in feudal dependence on the Grand Duke of Kiev, but retained its dynastic line of succession for a short time (1125-1157). This is confirmed by the Chronicles which call Turov Principality using terms Principality, parish, land much more often than in relation to other owners.

The problem of secular educational process in the history and the present on the example of Belarus and France is analyzed. Essential difference between «educational» secular activities and religious-educational (doctrinal) of Church structures is presented. Retrospective journey into the history of struggle for secularism of school affairs in these two regions. Individual milestones in the development of secular schools for centuries are demonstrated. Complexity of the process is emphasized. Both periods of success and unfortunate examples of rolling back to the realities of middle ages, caused more often by political factors, are indicated.

The article analyzes sporting activities of the Shooting Union «Strelets» in the territory of Western Belarus during the interwar period. The Union’s Charter declared the work on the development of physical culture and sports one of the main tasks of the shooting organization. After the coup d’etat of 1926, sports activities of the «Strelets» began to receive the full support of the Polish authorities, who viewed it as an important component of their youth policy. The article describes the conduct of sports work in the Shooting Union during the implementation of the military training of its members, as well as the activities of the sports clubs and sports sections in the shooting squads. Participation of the western belarusian units of the Shooting Union in the preparation and conduct of various sports events, both local and national, is analyzed. Conclusions are made that the Shooting Union made a definite contribution to the development of sports in the territory of Western Belarus, the greatest success was achieved by the archers in Polessie and in Vilna. At the same time, for a number of objective reasons, primarily because of the difficult financial situation of the younger generation of the region, sporting activities of the shooting organization were not able to acquire a truly mass character. During the work on the article, a wide range of documentary and foreign historiographic sources was used.

The article is devoted to such a seemingly well-known in the theory of word formation unit as a derivational pair. The construction of various fragments of family of words is based on different combinations of related units (wordbuilding chains, word-building paradigms), the most important element of which is a derivational pair. In the light of the peculiarities of derivational lexicography, the following question appears to be relevant: how different is the semantic content of derivational pairs in certain subsystems of the Russian language (literary language / dialects)? Derivational pairs can have different semantic content because of the differing lexical meanings of the base and the derivative. However, a derivational pair is obviously the result of modelling in which the word-building semantics proper is taken into account. If lexical meanings of the base and the derivative are taken into account in each particular case, then it is necessary to speak about the existence of some quantity of derivational pairs. The author draws attention to the necessity of examining the three following groups of units: 1) derivational pairs as combinations of words in the system of the literary language; 2) dialectal derivational pairs unknown in the literary language; 3) derivational pairs of synthesized type, when the combination of a dialectal word and a literary word is possible. In the latter case, the derived words often take on the role of «fillers» of word-building and semantic lacunas in dialects.

This article is devoted to functional properties of French and Belarusian language signs used in different situations of interpersonal communication and naming family members. Vocatives used for addressing to family members are also studied.

Possibilities of verbal representation of interpersonal relations existing in Belarusian and French families are considered. The ontological status of family as mental space in which kinship entities are hierarchically correlated is revealed by the author. The basic characteristics of family communicative functions were studied according to value regulators expressed by means of legal terminology, connotative and ceremonial vocabulary as well as culturally marked lexical units. National and cultural components verbally objectified should be taken into account when studying family as communicative and personal space in French and Belarusian linguistic communities.

The author relies on substantial material to explore the work of Soviet academic and cultural institutions in the field of folklore studies of the Great Patriotic War. The work points out the contribution that individual scholars have made in forming folklore collections. The article identifies the periods of expeditional and other gathering activities in 1941-1960. The author’s attention is focused on the collections of Belarusian wartime folklore archived in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the materials of post-war expeditions of M. Grinblat, L. Barag, L. Mukharynskaya to some Belarus regions. The article traces the establishment of Marxist folklore conception in science and social practice. The work reflects on the influence of this conception on the specific nature of gathering activities and the content of folklore collections, and thus helps modern folk art explorers assess the materials and publications objectively and set the direction of further research as those that have not yet been included in scientific discourse.

The article deals with the importance of festival activity in Ukraine. By referring to archived data, the author convincingly proves that the festival brings theater to the next level of Ukraine on cooperation and the level of self-realization, not only the actors but also directors with dramaturges. Through this festival the audience had the opportunity to watch the presentation of different levels. The festival has played an important role in the theatrical life of the USSR in the development of Ukrainian theater in general. Repertoire policy is analysed, as well as organizational aspects of the festival direction are considered.

In the article the formation of Belarusian poetry is considered. Process of gradual transition from folk (intonation and saying) system of versification to syllabic system that gave way to the tonic system is observed, together they formed a syllabic-tonic system, which is used in the XXI century. The influence of folklore over the improvement of national and tonic versification, of Polish literature over the development of syllabic system, of Rusian literature over the formation of syllabic-tonic versification is noted. Difficult development path of Belarusian poem in the XIX century is highlighted. The article reviewed diversity of used verses (3-, 9-, 10-, 12-syllable) and stop (quatrien, seventh, sestina) by poets of XIX century. Particularities of versification by Yanka Luchina are analyzed, quantitative data and composition in percents upon the following aspects are given: stanza and rhyme, verse size, versification system, quantity and ordering of rows. The role of poetry by Yanka Luchina in development of Belarusian and Polish poetry of the XIX century, which consists in introduction of syllabic-tonic system and masculine rhymes to Polish literature, in verses approaching to colloquial language in Belarusian literature that influenced the perception of lightness.

Financial responsibility is treated as an independent kind of legal liability in the context of the protection of national financial interests. In particular, the relationship and differences between financial responsibility from other kinds of legal liability are determined, its nature and composition, financial responsibility and financial offences (budget and tax), its difference from other types of offences. Budgetary, tax, administrative and other legislation of the Republic of Belarus interconnected with application of measures of financial responsibility is analyzed. Its body of rules forms an independent Institute. Special aspects of attraction to the budgetary and tax responsibility, procedural basis (order, stages) of application of budget and tax sanctions are separately distinguished. In general, it is defined that the financial responsibility is expressed in application, in accordance with the terms and conditions provided for by law, of the measures of public enforcement consisting in deprivations (restrictions) of property (material) character for committing financial offences. At the same time legal function of the budgetary responsibility is shown in restorative (compensatory) and penal (retaliatory) aspects. The main sanction of tax liability for violation of the tax legislation is the penalty fee collected together with debt on tax obligation.

The article is devoted to the study of the motivational basis of innovative activity of economic entities. The authors consider this a leading factor that determines the direction and nature of the innovative development of the economy. The basic prerequisites that determine the motivation for the participation of economic entities in innovation are highlighted. The regularities of the process of innovative development of the economy are considered. Original classification of instruments of state stimulation of innovative activity according to its target orientation is presented. It is concluded that the source of intensification of the process of innovative development of the economy is stimulation, which is focused not so much on enhancing innovative transformations, but rather on generating public interest in the content of innovative activity itself.