Dahl's Horizon Issue #2 March 2011

St. Tatiana’s Day – Stu-dent’s Day

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The heart of St. Valen-tine’s Day

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Antisushi Notes

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Welcome

to the leg-

end. Glas-

tonbury.

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Pitirim

Sorokin -

Russian -

American

sociologist

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How to Know if He or She Loves You?

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Charity 10

In this issue:

Foreign Languages Department of Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University

FEBRUARY, 18 IS OUR RECTOR’S BIRTHDAY

The date of Febru-

ary, 18 has been registered

in the history of our Univer-

sity as a birthday of Olex-

andr Golubenko, our rec-

tor.

The list of rector‟s

honorary titles and awards

is impressive. Olexandr

Golubenko is a correspond-

ing member of the Academy

of Sciences of Ukraine, Pro-

fessor, doctor of technical

sciences, Honoured Scien-

tist, prize winner of State

premium, rector of Volodymyr Dahl

East Ukraine National University. He

has also the title of Honoured rail-

roader of Ukraine (1997), Honoured

railroader of Russian Federation

(1992), Honoured citizen of the city of

Luhansk (2000).He is a laureate of the

award of Ministry of Higher education

of Ukraine, a laureate of State award

of Ukraine in the area of science and

t e c h n o l o g y ( 2 0 0 5 ) . P r o f e s s o r

Golubenko has been awarded with or-

ders of Ukraine "For merits" of the

third (2001), second (2004) and first

(2007) degree, the order of Polish Re-

public (2005), diploma of the Cabinet

of Ministers of Ukraine (2002).

He is the author of 100

author‟s certificates

and patents including 9

foreign certificates

(patented in Great Brit-

ain, Italy, Germany,

the USA, France, Swit-

zerland).

Olexandr Golubenko

loves his native city

and is proud of being

its honorary citizen. He

studied here, worked

at the Locomotive-

building plant and Lu-

hansk Machine Engineering Institute

(it was the name of our University)

after graduation from its Locomotive

-building faculty. In 1987 he de-

fended doctorate dissertation.

Since 1997 O. Golubenko has

been at the head of EUNU. Olexandr

Golubenko gives the lead to his col-

leagues and students by liking for

hard work, courage and persistence.

No wonder that he was one of the

first Ukrainian rectors who signed

Magna Charta Universitatum in Bolo-

gna thus bringing East Ukraine Na-

tional University named after V.Dahl

nearer the European educational

space.

St. Tatiana’s Day – Student’s Day On the 25 of January the stu-

dents of our university tradition-

ally celebrate two holidays: St.

Tatiana‟s Day and Student‟s Day.

"...Tatiana, profoundly Russian

being, herself not knowing how or

why, in Russian winters thrilled at

seeing the cold perfection of the

sky…"We remember these lines

from a poem by outstanding Rus-

sian poet Alexander Pushkin not

by accident.

Because of Alexander Pushkin‟s

poem, Tatiana has become one of

the most popular names in Rus-

sia. And the female character of

the poem “Yevgeny Onegin” has

been considered the representa-

tion of a truly Russian woman for

almost two centuries.

In Ancient Greek the name of

Tatiana means “constitutor”, or

“founder” or “manager” in the

modern language.

Tatiana‟s day is very popular holi-

day of Slavic students that is

celebrated on 25th of January.

This holiday is also known as Stu-

dent‟s Day because St. Tatiana is

considered to be the Saint of all

students.

On this day, top students receive

awards in schools and universi-

ties. It is one of the most popular

Russian holidays for young people

and for those pretty Russian

women whose name is Tatiana.

Usually the girl born on this day

is called Tatiana.

January 25th (January 12th in

Old Style) is commemorates the

death of the 3rd Century Chris-

tian martyr, St. Tatiana of Rome.

St. Tatiana was a pious young

woman, who was brought up by

her father as a Christian and be-

came a deaconess of the fledgling

sect in Rome, when it was still in

hiding from the authorities. She

was captured and ordered to

make a public renunciation of

Christianity by making a sacrifice

to the Roman deity, Apollo. Leg-

end says that Tatiana prayed for

deliverance, and an earthquake

shook the ground, toppling and

smashing the marble statue of

Apollo. The Romans then gouged

Tatiana‟s eyes out with a hook

and threw her into a pit with a

hungry lion. The lion curled up at

her feet and purred peacefully.

Ignoring all these really quite ob-

vious signs that she knew what

she was about, the Romans then

beheaded her.

Tatiana and the day commemo-

rating her death might have

slipped unnoticed into the Church

calendar as yet another saint‟s

day, but historical events took

over.

On January 25 (January 12 Old

Style), in 1755, Empress Eliza-

beth founded Russia‟s first Uni-

versity: Moscow University, not-

ing that: “Any good comes from

an enlightened mind, and evil is

eradicated thereby.” Credit for

founding the University goes to

Mikhail Lomonosov, a prominent

Academician and Professor of

Chemistry, and the well-

connected courtier I.I. Shuvalov,

who served as the university‟s

first Curator. Prominent alumni

include writers Anton Chekhov

and Ivan Turgenev, Nobel Laure-

ate and Politian Mikhail Gorba-

chev, and the artist Vassily Kand-

insky.

In the early years, the University

offered a general course in Phi-

losophy and liberal arts from

which students went on to a con-

centrated course in one of three

branches of study: law, medicine,

or philosophy. The University was

housed for most of its history di-

rectly opposite Red Square, in the

yellow and white classical build-

ings on Mokhovaya Street which

today house the faculties of Jour-

nalism, Asian and African Studies

and Law. In 1949, construction

began on the monumental new

building of the University Com-

plex in the Sparrow (Lenin) Hills,

the largest of the “seven sisters”

or “Stalin Wedding Cakes” high

rises which are an integral part of

the Moscow skyline. Until 1990,

this was the tallest building in

Europe, and until 2005, the tall-

est in Moscow. In 1953, the doors

opened for the first academic

year.

Although it is based on a Saint‟s

Day – it is not just a “name

day” (a tradition found in many

countries – especially in Europe

and Latin America – of celebrat-

ing on the day of the year associ-

ated with the one‟s given name,

usually the Saint‟s day as defined

in the the Catholic and Orthodox

calendar of saints).

The association with Saint Tatiana

and students endures to this day,

and all over countries CIS, Janu-

ary 25th or “Tatianin Deyn‟” is

considered “students‟ day,” and

marks the end of exams and be-

ginning of the winter break. Di-

vine service is held in the Chapel

of St. Tatiana, followed by

speeches, prize giving, and then

unfettered partying in the city

streets, beginning with a tradi-

tional honey-based mead, and

moving on to anything the stu-

dents can get their hands on!

Page 2 DAHL‟S HORIZON

Alma Mater Alma Mater

The heart of St.Valentine’s Day In the beginning, Valentine's

Day was associated with ro-

mantic couples only but in re-

cent times the festival is seen

in much larger perspective.

Now, people take opportunity

of the day to wish „Happy Val-

entine's Day' to anyone they

love be it father, mother,

teachers, siblings, friends, co-

workers or just anyone spe-

cial to them. The idea behind

this tradition is to celebrate

love, get love and give love to

everyone around us.

History Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday

to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and

Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage.

The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the

eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of

the festival with the girl whom he

chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry. Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many

bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman

men did not want to leave their

loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The

good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Chris-

tian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to

have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of Feb-ruary, about the year 270. At that

time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a

heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremo-nies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.

Traditions and believes Hundreds of years ago in England,

many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went sing-ing from home to home.

In Wales wooden love spoons

were carved and given as gifts on

February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favourite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"

In some countries, a young

woman may receive a gift of cloth-

ing from a young man. If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.

Some people used to believe that

if a woman saw a robin flying over-head on Valentine's Day, it meant

she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If

she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.

A love seat is a wide chair. It was

first made to seat one woman and

her wide dress. Later, the love seat or courting seat had two sections, often in an S-shape. In this way, a couple could sit together -- but not too closely!

Pick a dandelion that has gone to

seed. Take a deep breath and blow

the seeds into the wind. Count the

seeds that remain on the stem. That is the number of children you will have.

If you cut an apple in half and

count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many chil-

dren you will have.

One of the most popular customs

of Valentine's Day observed world-wide is to go on a date with sweet-heart.

Ukrainians began to celebrate

this holiday not far ago but it has

already become very popular,

especially among young people.

On this day we have a tradition

to express our love by presenting

special cards and giving presents.

Although, it’s not our holiday his-

torically, first of all it’s a great

opportunity to say about our

love. And remember that love

actually is all around!


Alma Mater

Antisushi Notes

People say that the beauty is a

terrible power. But I‟m deeply

convinced in another thing –

fashion is much more terrible.

And this power affected me re-

cently. That is why the hack-

neyed allegory of «a fashion

victim», unfortunately, can be

totally applied to me. But it is

not the most insulting thing!

The main thing is that an inno-

cent person suffered because of

me, so I have to confess now in

order to wash away my guilt.

I shall start. My friend once said

that he had never tried sushi.

That was the time when we

celebrated the Ukrainian Day of

shaving foam, I mean the 23 rd

of February, my dear readers.

But foam for shaving is a typical

banal present. I decided to be

original… and thought to take

my friend to the café to treat

him sushi, because all of my

friends run into a nirvana be-

cause of this exotic dish.


Opinion

Sushi today is the top hit of Ukrainian cafes and restaurants. I was really interested in the

causes of such popularity, so I decided to find out everything on practice. The role of

“guinea pigs” was played by your most humble servant and her innocent victim.

So said so done! I dragged my

poor victim to the Japanese café.

We made up our minds to order

sushi with frills, the most sophis-

ticated ones I think. Let's paint

the town red, we thought!

Though the meal is Japanese but

the soul‟s definitely Ukrainian…

Soon on our tray there were two

king shrimps, two pieces of

cured salmon and two of raw

one (by the best traditions of the

eastern cuisine). We dealt

shortly with shrimps. Cured

salmon also was gone with

pleasure. But what about the

raw fish? That was just another

pair of shoes. To be honest it

was a bit frightening to taste raw

food! Furthermore neither me,

nor my friend have in our genea-

logical trees Chukchi and espe-

cially Japanese roots. Even our

ancient Ukrainian ancestors used

to cook the meat before eating.

At least salted it. Salt - that was

the salvation! It was the moment

when I remembered about the

miracles sauce. It was already

filled with some bits of greenish

substance called “wasabi”. In

this case that was not only salt

but disinfection too. It was really

naïve to think so. The fight with

the instinct of self-preservation

was over after all. The instinct

surrendered to the spirit of ad-

venturism. And it was a big mis-

take. So I‟d decided to try it at

last. I will never forget that sac-

ramental minute. Why? Because

my poor stomach got used to the

carefully cooked Ukrainian

borsh! So it denied that raw,

half-done meal and revolted

seriously. It finally convinced

me – I‟ve never had any rela-

tives from Eastern or Northern

lands. My friend‟s stomach was

probably stronger. Or maybe he

had some relatives from exotic

countries yet. Anyhow, he didn‟t

suffer from the food poisoning.

To my great joy. Nevertheless

he wasn‟t pleased with this food

at all. It‟s believed that the way

to the man‟s heart goes through

his stomach. That‟s right but

taking into the account the

things we put into that stom-

ach. No foam, no pleasure at

the Man‟s Day. What a pity!

From all this awful sampling I‟ve

learned some lessons. Lesson

number one: the instinct of self-

preservation was created by na-

ture to follow it. Lesson number

two: not every fashion is good

and not all exotic food is tasty.

Lesson number three: shaving

foam is not the worst present.

Lesson number four: if you want

to jeer at your stomach you can

of course. But it needs to be done

carefully. Slowly and carefully.

Japanese dishes are best cooked

by Japanese people, French – by

Frenchmen, Italian – by Italians

and so on and so forth. If you

don‟t have an opportunity to visit

the motherland of your favorite

exotic meal you can try to make

it yourself with the help of recipe

book. Fortunately, we are not

limited in such literature. By the

way the variety of exotic ingredi-

ents is also available at our mar-

kets and shops.

For example, you don‟t need a lot

to cook sushi. First you must

have rice which is the base of the

dish. The filling is usually made of

vegetables (pickled daikon in

sinko maki, sour soya beans in

natto maki, avocado in Califor-

nia rolls, cucumber in kappa

maki, asparagus, yam, tofu,

marinated prunes, pumpkins and

sweet corn mixed with mayon-

naise); seafood (squids, octo-

puses, shrimps, caviar, sea ur-

chins and different mollusks);

eggs and red meat. But the most

popular filling is fish. It‟s impor-

tant to mention that only ocean

fish can be put into sushi in a raw

state. River fish may contain

parasites, so it must be well

cooked. Tuna, eel, mackerel and

salmon are the most often used

sorts of fish. Traditional sushi or

“nigiridzusi” (握り寿司: sushi,

made by hand) consists of a long

piece of rice, pressed by hands, a

bit of wasabi and some filling.

But in restaurants people more

often order rolls (they seem to be

more easily picked up by inexpe-

rienced users of sticks). Rolls dif-

fer from traditional sushi because

they are rolled up with seaweeds

or “nori”. By the way those

weeds cost more and more at

markets probably because of their

fashionable reputation. California

rolls are also very popular. These

rolls have rice for the topping.

The usual ingredients are: cu-

cumber, crab meat and avocado.

The rice topping is usually cov-

ered with sesame seeds or flying

fish caviar – tobiko. Sushi are

seasoned with soy-bean sauce,

wasabi and rice sauce. Wasabi is

a grinded root of Japanese horse-

radish called wasabi. The real wa-

sabi is considered to kill all mi-

crobes in fresh fish. In most

cases in different countries and

even in Japan wasabi is made

from simple horseradish.

In spite of all our culinary talents,

the right to cook sushi must defi-

nitely belong to professionals.

And there aren‟t too many of

them at our cafes, restaurants

and so-called sushi bars.

All above mentioned was defi-

nitely true and instructive but

people don‟t like to listen to the

voice of reason. Fashion does its

dirty work. Can you guess which

of the three cafes was the most

crowded? Sushi one of course!

We looked at all these people

with horror as we were sitting

and drinking tea at our place. It is

hard to believe but… after the

smells of wasabi and soy-bean

sauce the tea fragrance was more

likely for us than the fragrances

of ambergris and all French per-

fumes. No, I don‟t want you to

give up your favorite meal of

course. Only in case you have

already used to it because of your

heart and stomach calling. Not a

simple trying to follow stupid

fashion. Just think about what is

more important to you: your

health and happiness or a fash-

ionable label “I‟m crazy about

sushi”.

In the end I want to remember

the existentialists who say that:

every choice you make is the

right one. Why not? I’d argue

against it but don’t want to. My

true-Ukrainian stomach has made

its choice. And this time my mind

would follow it. We have already

put our sacrifice on the altar of

fashion.

Kate Sukhopleschenko Mass Communications Department,MK-

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Issue №2, February 2011 Page 5

Opinion

Glastonbury is a small town

about 220 km west of London.

For some, it‟s an ordinary, pro-

vincial small town. For others it

is a global, multi-faith spiritual

centre. It is called the

“England‟s holyest earth” for its

myths and legends.

Glastonbury has been a pilgrim-

age place since Megalithic times,

4.000 years ago. In the Middle

Ages a great Abbey was built

here to attract believers and the

town grew up to service it.

Overlooking it all is Glastonbury

Tor, a fascinating holy hill. The

myths associated with Glaston-

bury Tor are extraordinary. It has

been called a magic mountain, a

faeries’ glass hill, a spiral castle,

a Grail castle, the Land of the

Dead, a Druid initiation centre, an

Arthurian hill-fort, a magnetic

power-point, a crossroad of leys,

a centre for Goddess fertility ritu-

als and celebrations, a converging

point for UFOs.

If you climb the Tor on a clear

day, you will be astonished by

the extent of the view from

there, but on a misty day you

can experience for yourself

what it must have been like

when Glastonbury was an island

– the Isle of Glass or Avalon.

Glastonbury Tor stands on a

former island (actually, an isth-

mus), surrounded by the Som-

erset Levels, a large partially-

drained lake which used to be a

part of sea before. “Somerset”

is short for “summer settle-

ment” because the area was too

flooded to inhabit in winter.

The name Avalon originates

from the Celtic God‟s name of

Gwyn ap Nudd or Avalloc, the

Lord of the Underworld and King

of the Fairies who is believed to

live at the Tor up to now. The

legend has been known since

around the third century BC.

According to pagan British, Ava-

lon was the meeting-place of

the Dead – the point where they

passed on to another level of

existence.

Modern scientists state, that the

terracing on the slopes of Glas-

tonbury Tor is the remains of a

great three-dimensional neo-

lithic labyrinth, a ceremonial

way dedicated to the ancient

British Goddess. This must have

taken place in at least the fifth

millennium BC. The Goddess

took many forms, but many

early images of the Goddess

have spirals on their breasts,

resembling the spiral on the

Tor. Spirals symbolised the

coiled serpent or dragon, both

regarded as sacred in the old

religion. The dragon or serpent

represented the natural ener-

gies of the earth and the sky –

energies which were cooperated

with and revered. So, one of the

legends state that Glastonbury

Tor is a symbol of the Primal

Mother, who laid the world-egg.

Tradition tells us that Jesus vis-

ited Tor being a boy and Joseph

of Arimathaea built a church

here – the world‟s first purpose-

built Christian church named

after St. Mary. This was fol-

lowed in the early 1100s by a

chapel, St Michael de Torre.

This was destroyed in a power-

ful earthquake in 1275 and re-

built in the early 1300s. The

tower is all that remains today.

The Glastonbury region and its

Abbey also have strong associa-

tions with Arthurian legends and

the quest for the Holy Grail. In

1190 AD, following a fire which

destroyed much of the Glaston-

bury Abbey, the dramatic dis-

covery was made of two ancient

oak coffins buried sixteen feet

beneath the ground. Contained

within the coffins were the

bones of a large man and a

woman, identifying the bodies

as those of King Arthur and

Queen Guinevere.

The oldest story connecting King

Arthur with Glastonbury is told by

a monk of Llancarfan, called

Caradoc, in his Life of Gildas.

Queen Guinevere was kidnapped

by Melwas, king of Summer Land

(Somerset) who kept her at Glas-

tonbury. Arthur arrived to rescue

her with soldiers from Devon and

Cornwall, but was hampered by

the watery country. A treaty was

arranged between the two so that

Arthur and Melwas ended their

quarrel in the church of St Mary –

the Old Church – and Guinevere

was handed back to Arthur. Glas-

tonbury Tor would have been an

obvious place for Melwas to have

a fort, and excavations on the Tor

found a hillfort of that period.

Welcome to the legend. Glastonbury.


The World’s Newsfax Science-Gate


Science-Gate

In Arthurian legend Avalon was

also the home of Morgan le Fay,

a Celtic goddess or Faerie

Queen, but she was more com-

monly regarded as Arthur‟s sis-

ter. Her name occurs in Celtic

Europe as Fata Morgana in Italy

and as Morgain la Fée in France.

As Fata Morgana, she lived be-

neath the waters of a lake, lead-

ing one to suppose that the Lady

of the Lake in Arthurian mythol-

ogy and Morgan le Fay were at

one time one and the same god-

dess.

In a pre-Christian version of The

Quest of the Holy Grail, which

occurs in the Book of Taliesin,

King Arthur and his company

enter Annwn, the realm of Gwyn

Ap Nudd, to bring back a mi-

raculous cauldron of inspiration

and plenty. The Tor is featured

as the Corbenic Castle (Grail

Castle) where the procession to

the grail or cauldron takes place.

As the cauldron was associated

in those times with fertility and

plenty, it is very possible that an

ancient fertility ritual was per-

formed there, traces of which

survive in the later legends of

the Holy Grail.

The place where the Holy Grail is

buried is thought to be near to

the Chalice Well – natural spring

at the foot of the Tor. The spring

is associated with blood, because

of the red colour of the water.

This has been interpreted in dif-

ferent ways. Christianity says

that it represents the water and

blood of Christ‟s crucifixion.

There are undertones in that

story of older blood sacrifices to

propitiate the gods. Many people

today prefer to think the Chalice

Well water represents the life-

giving blood of the Earth Mother.

Dowsing methods have now

traced many power lines in the

earth which are geomagnetic

lines in the earth. Glastonbury

Tor also is known as part in the

St. Michael line. Geographically it

is the longest line across all the

Britain, on or near which lie ma-

jor St Michael sanctuaries of

western England: Glastonbury

Tor, Burrowbridge Mump, Bren-

tor, Roche Rock, St Michael‟s

Mount and Carn Brea. Those

great lines, called the leis, go

from Glastonbury to many sa-

cred centres of the world.

There are many stories, both

real and imaginary, about a se-

ries of tunnels beneath the Tor.

Jazz sessions used to take place

in one such tunnel in the early

1960s, but since then they have

all been blocked up. Many ex-

perienced dowsers are convinced

of the Tor‟s hollowness and the

existence of a variety of under-

ground springs forming a vast

network of hidden subterranean

waterways. The wealth of the

Glastonbury Abbey is thought to

be hidden there. There are sto-

ries about monks who found

these tunnels, but were unable

to speak when they returned.

Many visitors to the Tor have

had strange psychic experi-

ences there including suddenly

leaping into the air, feelings of

weightlessness and disorienta-

tion, or disappearing into sub-

terranean passages. People

who live in Glastonbury speak

of the way they are sometimes

impelled to go up the slopes of

the Tor, while on other days

they would find themselves

unable to approach it. The Tor

maze is often walked with the

intention of solving seemingly

impossible problems as its dis-

orienting effect can lift the veil

between dimensions. For some

this leads to new perspectives

on life. A day or so before

childbirth some expectant

mothers have felt a strong

urge to climb the Tor and this

surprisingly isn‟t hard for

them. One may hear music,

smell unseen roses, and see

lights on the Tor.

Perhaps the most intriguing of

all Glastonbury's mysteries are

the strange balls of coloured

lights frequently seen spiralling

around the Tor. UFOs are re-

ported to hover over the Tor too

often.

So, no matter how one perceives

Glastonbury Tor – as a magnetic

centre, as a cosmic power point,

as an ancient oracle or a fairy-

tale castle – the evidence un-

avoidably indicates the existence

of a prehistoric culture deeply

concerned with the forces of the

earth and sky, forces from which

our descendants were depended

upon, which were understood

and worshipped and which has

yet to be fully re-discovered.

Safonova Elena

Small Academy of Science of

Ukraine, 10th Form

PITIRIM SOROKIN – RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST

I should mention his political ac-

tivity. He was a member of the

Socialist Revolutionary Party

(S.R.), condemned the October

revolution and Bolsheviks. Lenin

spoke against Sorokin‟s work on

statistics of divorces in Peters-

burg and called him a „decadent‟

who deserved „to be showed the

door‟ from the country. It was not

just words. In September, 1922

Pitirim Sorokin was sent away

from Russia together with other

non-pleasing free-thinkers on

„Philosophical Ship‟. Some time

later he moved to America.

It is impossible to find the branch

of social science which was not

developed by Pitirim Sorokin. He

offered the idea of social transi-

tion from capitalism and socialism

to the integral society. He

thought this society would take

the best from previous formations

and form a new social structure

taking science, beauty, aesthet-

ics, new ethics, art and the good

as symbols of the new society. He

was the first to put an idea of

convergence of Russia and the

US, which sounds very actual

nowadays. The last decade of his

life Sorokin devoted to the theory

of altruistic love and creative al-

truism which may become the

basis of the world re-

organization. He was also sure in

future bias of the creative world

centre from the West to the East.

To his mind the Western civiliza-

tion did its best for the world cul-

ture development, but its poten-

tial was greatly exhausted. In fu-

ture the new world leaders will

come to the political stage be-

sides the United States of Amer-

ica – Japan, China, Arabian

states, Russia.

It is a paradox that P. Sorokin is

better known in America and in

the West Europe than in Russia or

Ukraine. He is recognized as the

classic of the XX century sociol-

ogy who stands next to O.Conte,

G.Spenser, M.Weber. The study

of P. Sorokin‟s legacy opens the

door to the unknown world of

sociology and philosophy. The

majority of people who lived in

the former USSR were convinced

that the only true philosophical

theory was Marxism, historical

Marxism. They didn‟t even sus-

pect that there could be an alter-

native theory or opinion in Rus-

sia. Such alternative theories

were proposed by the world fa-

mous scientists such as Nikolay

Kondratiyev, Vladimir Ver-

nadskiy, Nikolay Berdyaev,

Pitirim Sorokin, but they were

not estimated as much as they

deserved.

The life in America was not so

difficult for Pitirim Sorokin as it

used to be in his Motherland.

P.Sorokin delivered lectures in

different American colleges and

Universities, got popularity and

fame. In 1931 he set the faculty

of sociology in Harvard Univer-

sity, became its dean and a Pro-

fessor. In 1965 Pitirim Sorokin, a

great Russian scientist and exile,

was appointed the President of

American Sociological Associa-

tion. Wasn‟t he himself the em-

bodiment of his ideas on Russian-

American integration and human

creative altruism?!

Victor Sychevskiy

Mass Communications Department,MK-581


Society

Have you ever heard the name

of Pitirim Sorokin? I think you

must know him because he is

the most outstanding Russian

and American sociologist of the

XX century, a man who is con-

sidered to be one of the main

founders of Russian sociology,

the author of the theory of so-

cial stratification and social mo-

bility, who could predict various

tendencies of the society devel-

opment in future. His life was

really full of ups and downs but

his altruism and talent made

him a world famous social phi-

losopher whose name has be-

come a symbol of science he

choose and developed.

Pitirim Sorokin was born on the

23d of January, 1889, in Vo-

logda region (village Turya, the

territory of Komi republic now)

in the family of an artisan and a

peasant. As his mother died

when Pitirim was only five and

father was an alcoholic he knew

what was orphanhood and hard

life. And nevertheless he never

stopped learning. Sorokin man-

aged to finish school with hon-

ors and entered the University

in Petersburg in 1910.

After graduating from the Univer-

sity he started to work there and

in two years time got the title of

privat-docent.

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Society

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Alexander came out from the

library and directed to the un-

derground station. He used to

cover this way every day, and he

has liked that underground

space of crossways since child-

hood. He liked that specific pub-

lic of underground crossways:

football fans celebrating their

favourite team‟s victory, buskers

entertaining subway passengers,

lovers kissing each other in pub-

lic, students missing lectures

and, of course, beggars. Beggars

were the only creatures in the

crossways Alexander didn‟t like

very much. He thought people

should earn money by honest

work. He believed a beggar to be

rather a profession than a real

problem-solving of a person. He

has never listened to the

squeezing-tears-out stories of

professional beggars.

Alexander went down the stairs

and dove into the atmosphere of

the underground crossway. Eve-

rything followed its usual habit.

Suddenly he heard the beggar‟s

voice: “My dear! Help me please

with at least a kopeck – my

daughter is dying! My sweet-

sweet girl is dying. Save her for

the sake of God! She is young.

She is only 8 years old and she

is dying. Help us, please!”


Talent Dewdrops

CHARITY The sound of telephone interrupted

his thoughts suddenly. Alexander

answered the phone. It was his old

friend‟s voice which informed him

that he had come to the capital on

business for a while. It would be

great to have some time together.

Surely, Alexander left home again.

Alexander was really pleased with

a party. They remembered so

many funny episodes from school

life! Cold rain was the only discom-

fort Alexander felt on his way

home. He tried to dive into the un-

derground crossway as soon as

possible to hide from the rain.

Alexander came into the crossway

and stopped in amazement. He

saw the same man who had

begged for money in the after-

noon. He was lying on the stone

ground, drunk of course. Alexan-

der couldn‟t believe his eyes. He

remembered the man‟s eyes and

voice. He believed him to be sin-

cere in his sorrow.

Alexander thought it was a mis-

take. “The man has drunk some

alcohol to forget his problems,” he

thought. Alexander came closer

and tried to contact the man. He

knew that the man wasn‟t alike a

professional beggar. When he al-

most awoke the man, a sheet of

paper glade from the man‟s pocket

where there was a note: “Dear

friends! Help me to save the son.

He needs an operation…”

Bobr Denis, Mass Communi-cations Department, MK-291

Alexander went past that beg-

gar on inertia and stopped im-

pressed. A well-dressed man

was standing at the wall and

asking for money. Even not ask-

ing but begging. People were

pitying of him and throwing

money into his box.

Alexander stood for a minute

and got out the purse. He

looked through not numerous

banknotes inside and chose the

most valuable one.

Alexander was ready to give an

oath that he had thrown 50

hrivnas to the beggar for the

first time in his life, but he did-

n‟t regret. He felt a mezenate

and was proud of himself. He, a

student, could help a dying

child! He imagined a small

pretty girl eating greedily some-

thing tasty or maybe having

some pills that could stop her

disease. Alexander was happy.

Having come home Alexander

remembered the incident in the

underground crossway and

thought about the reason he

had believed that man. Thou-

sands of beggars didn‟t touch

his soul, but that one… He was

sure, the emotions, he had seen

on the man‟s face, couldn‟t be

insincere. The man really had

the problem with a child, he

thought. He even became sorry

for his cool attitude to other

beggars. Maybe some of them

needed sympathy and help

really. Alexander was glad with

himself. He realized that charity

is a good thing.

The sound of telephone inter-

rupted his thoughts suddenly.

Alexander answered the phone.

It was his old friend‟s voice

which informed him that he had

come to the capital on business

for a while. It would be great to

have some time together.

Surely, Alexander left home

again.

I.What is the Life?

Who can divine

This croocked line?

Where is the Truth

Fleeting youth

All, that we lose…

Chorus:

Our life is the Game

Brilliant fame

Frail frame

The grandeur and shame.

II.Today you are “cool”!

And tomorrow – a fool,

The “Destiny‟s tool”.

A beauty is flower

Which fails an hour

And the sky become lour…

Chorus: the same

Someone you are

Looking so far

Don‟t look at down

Be living is now!

Daria Redina, Mass Communications Depart-ment, MK-182


Talent Dewdrops

The north, the south – both are in me.

Black night, light day – it‟s me again.

Who‟s able not to take amiss

My real me? One hardly can.

If only somebody there is,

Who tells me, why we haven‟t met

Not in another life – in this?

I‟m fully with my dream beset.

Where are you, my another “me”?

Another “day and night in clash”?

I think, we both, you and me,

Will bump one day in sunny splash!

The God was wise to make our world

From tiny chips to be by love behold.

* * *

The day you leave me,

Snowy day,

No sun, no people,

No way,

No words to stop you,

No force,

No right for tears

To outburst,

No hands to clasp

My fingertips…

The loneliness

The only creeps…

Larisa Bekresheva

Volodymyr Dahl East

Ukrainian National

University

Molodiozhniy Block, 20-a

Lugansk

Телефон:

(0642)41-94-57

Эл. почта:

[email protected]

THE

EDITORS:

Chief editor: Kate

Sukhopleschenko

Editing Collegium:

Katysheva Elena

Kolesnichenko Ann

Redina Daria

The Guides:

Senior Teacher:

Bekresheva L.A.

Senior Teacher:

Sychevskaya I.O.

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Dahl's Horizon Issue #2 March 2011