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2016 is announced as the year of British language and literature in Russia. Of course, a special place in a series of events of this year is given to the creative works of William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616). Though four hundred years have already passed since his death, the greatest English playwright keeps attracting attention far beyond his motherland. The “Shakespeare Lives” festival takes place in Russia, in the framework of the events of this year there is a summer festival in Moscow parks with lectures, concerts, film screenings and decorations in the style of the XVI century, performances of the British theaters during the new season of “TheatreHD”. The video recordings of the performances of the Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Barbican center with the participation of Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch and other famous actors are presented on the big screens. Shakespeare's creative work vividly reflected the spirit of the age. It, like any other outstanding artistic heritage, allows you to select not only the major events of the time of its creation, but also gives a conceptual vision of the pattern of world development for decades and centuries to come. The popularity of his works is enormous. It corresponds to the scope of disputes about the authorship of this literary heritage. Since there are discussions of Shakespeare's adepts, it is impossible sometimes to see that Shakespeare, like any genius, reflected not only the most of the problems of his epoch, but also acted as a liaison of times. His works allow you to discover and comprehend the basic themes of human existence, equally inherent to the past, present and future. Geopolitical issues are naturally presented among these topics.

The article dwells upon the eternal aspiration of mankind to design imaginary worlds. Pictures of fictional worlds were already known in ancient times, and five hundred years ago with the advent Thomas More's "Utopia” has become synonymous with this concept. The article analyses the reasons of creation of non-existing spaces that can be hardly defined as objects of geopolitical interests and gains, but which, nevertheless, continue to attract peoples' attention and are stored in the forms of stories, tales, and legends. Today they actively come in domestic and foreign political projects, and the author cites historical examples of attempts to realise the ideas of fictional worlds. These models can be constructive to unite the society, but they may also reflect expansionist goals. Therefore, their early detection and argumentative critique should bring along realistic policy and protection of public mind from hazardous geopolitical illusions.

The morphological approach to the analysis of the political situation is considered by the author. According to the author this approach enables the readers of the journal «Public Administration» to trace the changing forms of political behavior and participation of citizens in the old and new political institutions, and also to represent the stages and forms of the evolution of political self-determination of the various actors, to link it to national and national-state self-determination, to identify the interaction of forms, methods and means of each of these directions of development of political life.

The specificity of the form of the social protest, which is called "color revolution” is analyzed in the article. The protest in the transit community differs from both spontaneous revolt, and from classical revolution. It is the result of the extensive use of the political and communication technologies that focus the attention of the vulnerable or disadvantaged social groups on the most acute problems that are solved in the ways borrowed from the practices of other, usually developed countries.

During aggravation of geopolitical situation interpretation space of geopolitical doctrines expands. For explanation of the aspiration for geopolitical changes or desire to avoid them not only a means of political language is being mobilized but also the language of culture and art. The higher the creative gift of the artist, the brighter his pieces of work reflect all the realities of the time including geopolitical realities. This gives reasons to try to imagine through the music of Tchaikovsky the international background of his great creative composer work and his image of Russia in this world.

From 3600 BC to 2008 inclusive researchers counted about 15,000 wars. Military operations affected all people regardless of age, property status and gender. Although men were mainly fighting on the battlefields, they were always accompanied by memories, images and names of beloved women, instilling confidence in soldiers and giving them strength.

The article reveals the history of theatrical language as a universal means of communication. The differences of the main stages of the formation of the theater, the relations between the theater and geopolitics, borrowing from theatrical life of not only terms, but also of images. Also reflected is the impact of geopolitics opposite the theater.

The article presents the basic parameters of Crimea in the geopolitical model which can serve as a template within the geopolitical world order. Such model has similarities with current geopolitical positions. The treatise also provides a fertile ground for feature creative reflections and rethinking amplitude and capacity. The Crimean example impacts upon the artificial negativeness of toponomic changes. Glancing at the world through the prism of the Crimean geo-poetics confirms the differences of the Russian geopolitical school from that of its Western counterpart. Such outlook was primarily created above all by poets, writers, publicists and other luminaries looking within the prism of their geopolitical model and then by scientists and subsequently by the military thereby establishing a set geopolitical model. The presence of poets and of poetics thereby establishing a set geopolitical model and other notable nationalist geopolitical schools predetermined the motion and direction of geopolitics to that of the geo-poetics. The deepening attention given to the different characteristics of the geopolitical space is mainly due to the use of approaches in geo-history which thereafter also establishes and entrenches such a geopolitical model. Subsequently geo-culture also establishes and entrenches such a geopolitical model. Geo-economics similarly also entrenches such establishment of the geopolitical model. Subsequently with time such areas assume their own uniqueness having their own historical, cultural and economic spheres of identity and influence as their main position which soon thereafter also establishes and entrenches such a geopolitical model. The geo-poetics of Crimea helps us understand the causes of un-programmed causes understandable by many locals and other non-local entities and peoples of such wider geopolitical processes and presenting them in due course nonlinearly through constant development and interaction with historical, cultural, social and psychological factors which soon thereafter establishes and entrenches such a geopolitical model.

Tracing the history of the popularity of carpets in different countries and nations, the author offers an original and somewhat unexpected finding of agitation and propaganda properties of carpet products.

A special place in our life belongs to politics, and fashion can be considered its mirror. Fashion rules the world, and he who defines fashion trends rules the world. The article explains the roles fashion can play in the life of entire countries, how it affects daily lives and political preferences.

World as consent, absence of war and hostility: how people have seen it throughout centuries? How attitude to the World changed in different ages? What`s the difficulty of understanding of the World`s essence nowadays? These questions are reviewed here as their actuality is conditioned by history and modern times.

В течение тысячелетий появлялись и исчезали этносы, государства, религии, но ритмика календаря оставалась почти неизменной. И отмеченный в календарном цикле день всегда связывался с новыми планами, надеждами, желаниями. Особенно это относится к праздничным дням. Календарные праздники представляют собой нечто большее, чем обычные выходные дни.

Уже в древние времена государство уделяло особое внимание строительству мостов и дорог. Невиданный подъем архитектуры и строительства в Римской империи показал, что, как и другие виды искусства, архитектура могла успешно служить интересам политики.