Contemporary European society, including the Belarusian state, is forced to adapt to the life in a constant crisis. Traditional themes of the philosophy of history such as the meaning and direction of the historical development of society, the driving forces of the historical process, the ultimate goals of human development, became especially relevant in the XXI century and permeate the entire field of modern philosophical research. The philosophical analysis of drama as a concept meets the criteria of scientific novelty and significance within the urgent necessity to identify productive strategies for understanding and resolving social conflicts of local and global scales. The aim of the article is to explicate the methodological potential of drama as a concept in the modern sociocultural knowledge. Tasks: a) to analyze the prerequisites for the transdisciplinary use of dramatic terminology in the system of philosophical knowledge; b) to show the essential difference between drama concept, metaphor and notion; c) to reveal the theoretical basis of drama concept; d) to make a reconstruction of the drama model as an algorithm for the development of a conflict; e) to substantiate a dramatic approach for the study of the laws of social development. Research methods: historical and logical method, comparative analysis method, theoretical reconstruction method, systemic method. Conclusions: the transdisciplinary use of dramatic terminology became possible due to the works of E. Goffmann, K. Burke, N. Howard, V. Turner and others. The drama concept is the theoretical content of the drama notion. Unlike the metaphor, the concept can act as a system­forming element of the dramatic approach in the study of the laws of social development. Drama concept reveals its philosophical, linguistic and dramaturgic theoretical basis. Drama as an algorithm for the conflict development reflects the main conflict stages; the dramatic approach is a set of techniques (theoretical reconstruction of a drama model and dramatic conflict modelling) in the study and explanation of society united by the principle of dramatizing social reality. The dramatic approach can help to analyze orchestrated social conflicts as well as to prevent social catastrophe by identifying or modelling the social conflicts of interests.

The article presents the results of a sociological study examining specific aspects of women’s entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus with support from FAO. The research employs a mixed­methods approach combining quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques, including a questionnaire survey of rural women in three pilot regions of Belarus, along with a series of focus groups and in­depth interviews with agricultural entrepreneurs, financial institution representatives, and local government officials. Data analysis revealed a complex set of factors influencing the development of women’s entrepreneurship in rural areas. On one hand, women demonstrate active participation in key agricultural activities including crop production and livestock farming. On the other hand, their entrepreneurial potential faces numerous constraints related to access to financial resources, production mechanization levels, and product marketing organization. Particular attention is given to the social aspects of business management, including the necessity of balancing productive activities with domestic responsibilities. The study highlights the crucial importance of rural infrastructure development for creating favorable entrepreneurial conditions. Key areas for improvement identified include: enhancing advisory services, improving financial literacy, and expanding access to financial institutions and equipment. The findings emphasize the need to consider gender­specific factors when designing support programs for small and medium agricultural businesses. The practical significance of this research lies in its potential to inform and optimize government policies aimed at rural development. The proposed recommendations could facilitate more complete realization of rural women’s entrepreneurial potential, which would positively impact the economic development of the country’s agricultural sector in the long term.

Self­realization in society is important for the individual. A person can manifest himself in different areas of life. The article combines various indicators of who a person was in society: rank, position, title, profession, and even a temporary position that he received during his studies. The only criterion is the addition to the name, which is in the inscription. She points to his position, title, occupation. In the monastic period, priests are mentioned most of all in graffiti, less – abbots, deacons, sexton. There are mentions of archimandrites, metropolitans, bishops, monks and nuns. Of the professions, an icon painter is mentioned in connection with the death of his wife. In the Jesuit period, four professions are mentioned: doctor, soldier, komornik, jeweller. In some inscriptions there is a reference to the Jesuit order. An analysis of such additions to names shows that the authors of the inscriptions were more interested in the local life that took place in the city.

The article presents a critical examination of the organization of a language’s lexical resources, offering a detailed analysis and interpretation of the data obtained from scientific research on this subject. The study compares and contrasts the approaches to lexicon analysis adopted by Russian­ and English­speaking linguistic schools, highlighting the discrepancies between the two. The definitions and features of the concept of lexico-semantic field are reviewed in the article. An attempt is made to define the name and structure of the fields, which include the lexical­semantic group “Names of diseases, in Belarusian and English”. A reasonable distinction between the concepts of lexical-semantic group and thematic group is made, a detailed description of the structure of the LSG ‘Names of diseases’ in Belarusian and English is given in the article.

The article examines the history of the construction of the Roman Catholic church in the village of Lazduny, Ivyevsky district, Grodno region, a monument of neo-Romanesque architecture of the early twentieth century. Based on archival documents, the years of construction of the temple are specified, the authorship of the project is established. The name of architect Mikhail Dubovik, the author of the projects of several churches in Belarus, is being introduced into the history of Belarusian architecture. A comparative analysis of the architectural solutions of the churches built according to his designs in Lazduny and in Ikazn (Braslavsky district of Vitebsk region) is carried out.

The existing state of the interior of the Lazduny Church is described, including the works of 19th century altarpiece paintings “Holy Trinity” and “The Murder of St. Stanislav”.

The work “De inventoribus rerum” (1499) by Polydore Vergil of Urbino was very popular in Western Europe. We have discovered that this book of the Italian writer was known also to the readers on Belarusian lands in the second half of the 16th – early 17th century. This article is devoted to the reception of Polydore Vergil’s work by the literature of Belarus. The purpose of this study is to find out who of the writers refers and appeals to the book of the Italian humanist and how they evaluate it, to analyse in which forms the reception of “De inventoribus rerum” takes place in the literature of Belarus of that period. The research allowed to suppose that Symon Budny read the work of the Italian writer, because he referred to it in the preface to translation of New Testament (Łosk, 1574). In “Threnos” (Wilna, 1610) Meletii Smotritskii gave a quotation from the book “De inventoribus rerum”, called his author a “flatterer of Roman court” and accused him of partiality and telling lies. The reception of “De inventoribus rerum” by the literature of Belarus at the beginning of the 17th century was also in a very interesting and unusual form: in 1608 was published the book “Inventores rerum...” by Jan Protasowicz. This book is a short paraphrase in verse of Polydore Vergil’s work, which was enlarged by Jan Protasowicz with his own comments and remarks.

“Inventores rerum...” expanded the range of genres and themes of the literature of Belarus.

Nowadays the competitiveness of industrial parks depends on diversifying the range of services provided, also modern trends in industrial development determine the growth of resident companies’ requirements for human resources, in connection with which the formation of the educational component is becoming increasingly relevant for industrial parks. The purpose of the study consists in assessing the educational component in the China­Belarus Industrial Park «Great Stone». The study substantiates current approaches to the development of the educational component of the industrial park (active, cluster, passive), proposes possible models of independent development of the educational component by the industrial park and substantiates the feasibility of their application based on foreign experience. Authors had conducted a study on the basis of the China­Belarus Industrial Park «Great Stone» and make several propositions: to introduce joint master’s programs with the participation of Chinese universities, ensure the provision of individual educational services for the needs of a specific resident, to organize training for children and youth, and train workers for subsequent employment in the industrial park. The training of postgraduate students is also actual for industrial park.