The state of the military and political situation around Belarus is characterized by the dynamism of negative processes. Factors showing a high degree of military activity of geopolitical centers of power have been noted. The probability of using military force and other non-military measures against the state obliges us to continuously analyze the technologies of military violence. A regular trend of violence is revealed - the change of war paradigms from classical to non-classical. The face of modern military conflicts encompasses all spheres of social life. The main features of U. S. military policy after the end of the “cold war” are demonstrated. The American classification of the states of the world, according to which the U. S. builds relationships in the interests of geopolitical dominance, is considered. They use the technology of non-classical warfare, in which a significant role is given to information, political, diplomatic, ideological, economic and other resources of subordination of the opposite side to its will. The basic concepts of non-classical warfare and their characteristics are considered. Particular attention is paid to hybrid warfare. In military conflicts the most important place is given to information wars. The modern stage is characterized as conscientious warfare. Signs of the transition from “mental warfare” to “noosphere war” are revealed, when the mind is aimed at the destruction and subordination of the will of entire states for egoistic purposes to the will of the “world leader”. Western strategists actively use the technology of “gray zone” balancing between war and peace. It is concluded that the concepts of non-classical warfare play a significant role in modern military violence. Given the increase in military violence in the world, it is important to prioritize the military sphere of national security.

This article describes the theoretical and methodological content of the ethical and philosophical concept of moral discourse, demonstrates its advantage in the sense of systematization and integration of heterogeneous theoretical prerequisites for the formation of the concept of moral discourse. It provides a number of ideas that have become prerequisites for the formation of the concept of discourse in philosophy and ethics. The contribution of the methodology of linguistic research, where the discourse was initially most developed, is noted. In addition, the work describes the specific parameters of the ethical and philosophical concept of moral discourse, which are caused by the nature of philosophical knowledge. A consistent analysis of the functions and main subjects of philosophy made it possible to reveal the synergy of the ideological, methodological, and socio-critical functions of philosophy, as well as to substantiate the integrity of moral discourse in the context of the ontological, epistemological, axiological and praxeological consideration. Thus, the paper shows the perspectiveness of the ethical and philosophical concept of moral discourse for disclosing its essence, structure and functions as integrity.

The article considers the main stages of demographic development in Belarus, as well as the evolution of the organizational framework for ensuring demographic security. It is determined that the main tool for ensuring demographic security is national demographic programs, the successful implementation of which has significantly reduced the volume of natural decline in the population of Belarus and stabilized the population of the country.

It has been shown that the current state of the demographic situation in the Republic of Belarus is characterized by an increase in the natural decline in the population due to low fertility and high mortality, a deterioration in the age structure, and an aging population. The authors associate the onset of a new wave of depopulation with the transition of Belarus to a new type of reproduction of the population, for which it is natural to transform reproductive behavior towards a decrease in the norms of childhood, as well as with the entry into reproductive age of small cohorts of the 90s of the last century.

The authors conclude that, despite the notable positive results of the last decade, the demographic outlook of the country remains very mixed. In this regard, in order to solve the whole set of demographic problems currently facing Belarus, it is necessary to create a new paradigm for the development of State demographic and migration policies that can prevent and mitigate demographic threats and contribute to the formation of a progressive type of population reproduction.

The article is devoted to the consideration of the political activity of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (BAOC) in 1950–1982. For several decades, the named religious organization carried out the functions of consolidating the post-war Belarusian Diaspora, focused on supporting the Council of the Belarusian People’s Republic (BNR). What happened in the second half 1950s the change in the strategy of American foreign policy associated with the adoption of the doctrine of “rolling back communism” entailed the involvement of the BAOC in carrying out events of a pronounced anti-Soviet character. In 1957, the tradition of annual visits to the US Congress by the hierarchs and clerics of the BAOC on the days of celebrating the next anniversaries of the proclamation of the BNR’s independence was established. During these visits, Belarusian clergy opened parliamentary sessions with prayers for an early fall of the communist system and positioned the Council of the BNR as the only legitimate body of Belarusian state power. Since 1960, representatives of the BAOC have taken an active part in events dedicated to the “Captive Nations Weeks”, initiated by the US Congress and aimed at demonstrating widespread condemnation of the Soviet political system. The regular participation of the clergy of the BAOC in these events testifies to the involvement of the religious organization in question in active political activity, which followed the mainstream of the US foreign policy strategy and had a pronounced anti-Soviet character.

One of the key criteria of a civil servant and at the same time an essential element of the institution of public service in the Russian Empire was the rank assigned to the position. It was he who determined the rights and privileges of an official and his place in the official hierarchy. The rank, position, material security (salary, pensions), awarding orders and other insignia, etc. depended on the rank of a civil servant. Obtaining certain ranks in the service gave the employee access to the nobility. The policy of the central government to regulate the rules and procedure of rank production as a process of assignment, promotion, deprivation and renaming of ranks was reflected in legislative acts. The analysis of the Russian legislation showed that the rules of the official production of two groups of civil servants (government and elected from the nobility) differed significantly. Until the 1830s, the order of official production of civil servants elected from the nobility was characterized by haphazardness, lack of proper legislative regulation, fragmentary solution of individual issues without a comprehensive view of the problem. In the 1830s, a number of systemic laws were adopted that settled the problem under consideration. The new rules of rank production were in effect until the very end of the last cadence of officials elected from the nobility in Belarusian history in 1862. 

The author analyses main circumstances of the participation of women in local wars and military conflicts of the Cold War era, their way to the Soviet military missions and military units in Asia and Africa. We can see the detailed overview of historiography and sources on the topic. The article is supplemented by new unexplored aspects of the problem and vectors of its further research. The author indicates the primary options for Soviet women, ever military personnel and civilians, entering countries with an unfavorable military situation based on the example of the participants in the war in Afghanistan (women who were born in Belarus or lives here now), and highlights the main categories of professions that were in demand in the “hot spots” of the 1970s–1980s. Also the author specifies how many natives of Belarus died during military conflicts; the place of birth and burial of one of them was specified for the first time in historiography.

Various aspects and principles for the preparation of translation dictionaries of special (sectoral, terminological) vocabulary are considered. The importance and feasibility of the terminological and terrimonographic activities in the modern Republic of Belarus are justified. The translation dictionary touches on semanticization issue of terminology single units, describes the possible sores of direct (verbal) semantization through the selection of the corresponding (equivalent), as well as other (additional) means of contextual semantization. Particular attention is paid to the illustrative material as a mandatory component of the dictionary article, describes the different ways of presenting it in the dictionary article.

The article presents the results of a study of one of the most significant works of the Belarusian non-fiction cinema – the historical full-length documentary film “The Liberation of Soviet Belarus”, created by Vladimir Korsh-Sablin and Mikola Sadkovich. Previously unknown archival documents of 1943–1945 are introduced into scientific circulation, the content of unique artifacts is analyzed – the script application and the manuscript of the announcer’s text of this iconic film. New information about the evolution of the screenplay and drama concept of the film “Liberation of Soviet Belarus” is given. In the process of reconstruction of the most important stages of work on the film, the date of its actual completion and release in wide distribution has been specified. The organizational and production priorities of documentary cinematography of the final stage of the Great Patriotic War were subjected to in-depth study.

For the first time in art history the problem of the appeal of architects of the digital era to the reconstruction of images of objects of the organic world through nonlinear shaping is raised. The aim of the research is to establish the archetypal nature of the images of nonlinear architecture through the essence of the phenomenon of sporadicity and conscious choice. It is revealed on the basis of the author’s artistic and figurative concept, which represents architecture as a symbiosis of phenomenological, procedural (evolutionary) and reproduced existences. The methodological basis is provided by the scientific works of scientists in the field of art and architecture (F. Johnson, A. Vidler, P. Schumacher, I. Dobritsyna, I. Azizyan, E. Lapshina, E. Sokolova, A. Shamruk). Through the prism of retrospection and comparative analysis, the architects aspirations to imitate the objects of the surrounding reality in the forms and structures of structures are revealed. The author substantiates the premeditation and randomness in the modeling of images of nonlinear architecture as a result of synthetic architecture. It is concluded that in appealing to the prototypes of real reality, the architect of the digital age acted as the creator of the beautiful, designed in the image and likeness of nature.

The autobiographical novel-essay “Mezha” by the modern Belarusian writer Andrei Fedorenko is investigated. The stages, functional components, different-level socio-cultural contexts, the general structure of the processes of personality socialization and the formation of a creative individuality, which are reflected in the literary text, are determined. The increased relevance of autobiographical prose is substantiated in connection with the processes of world globalization and industrialization of modern society, the main target of which is the younger generation. The general role of fiction as a socio-cultural practice, contributing to the development of cultural competence, social adaptation and productive socialization of the individual, is analyzed, since the fundamental civilizational values and their semantic models are codified and transmitted in society to a large extent with the help of such phenomena as text and books. It is revealed that the autobiographical work of A. Fedorenko psychologically reliably reflects the content of socialization – a kind of convention between a person and society, a two-way process of an individual’s assimilation of social norms and cultural values and their creative reproduction. It is argued that the novel-essay “Mezha” has a high socializing potential, is an effective catalyst for the reflexive activity of the reader, a stimulator of creative thinking, an indirect way of comprehending the norms and rules of social and social life.

The article considers some directions of the use of digital technologies in public life. It is emphasized that in modern conditions they become an important factor in sustainable development. Information technology ensures the implementation of the principle of information openness (transparency), which affects the nature of relations between different subjects of law. Attention is drawn to the positive and negative aspects of the introduction of digital technologies, including personal data protection, the right to decent work and productive employment. Proposals for further development of Belarusian legislation and law enforcement practice are made.

The article examines foreign and domestic works devoted to the study of urbanization processes, its global trends, stage development of countries, consequences, management mechanisms. In addition, the specifics of the development of the urbanization process in Uzbekistan have been determined, on the basis of which problems in this area have been identified and a new approach has been formulated that will improve the current urban policy in the country.

Based on the analysis of the features of the global urban development trends, the heterogeneity and unevenness of the course of urbanization in foreign countries, depending on different degrees and stages of development, has been revealed. In addition, similar features of stadial development have been identified: starting from slow development, turning into rapid growth and accompanied by a further process of suburbanization and deurbanization.

Based on the results of a comparative analysis of the policies pursued in individual countries of the world in this direction, the positive and negative consequences and key instruments of urbanization regulation were identified, based on the need to avoid “artificial false urbanization”, which would lead to slum formation and economic lagging and to pay attention to integrated targeted and long-term planning of this direction, taking into account the issues of solving the problems of the urban economy, the implementation of regional policies based on the linking of urban centers and associated with adequate infrastructure.

Analysis of the dynamics of the development of urbanization in Uzbekistan showed that the country is at the initial stage of its development and in the system of world coordinates the level of urbanization remains relatively low. It is 147th place among 218 countries of the world and amounted to 50,5%. At the same time, a number of problems have been identified that hinder the socio-economic sustainable development of urban settlement, such as artificial urbanization; outdated master plans and urban infrastructure that do not meet modern requirements; housing policy unbalanced with transport and social infrastructure; high centralization of management functions and a weak management system for cities of various categories; the lack of a purposeful urban policy aimed at the integrated and sustainable development of regions and cities, as well as a high level of external migration.

Also, government measures to regulate this process in Uzbekistan were analyzed and the lack of a strategic vision for long-term urbanization development was revealed.

The author gives recommendations for regulating this process in the country and formulates a new comprehensive approach to urbanization, leading to sustainable socio-economic development of cities and associated with the strategy of regional, industrial, industrial and innovative development of the country.