@article{MAKHILLTSS201510622795, title = {Peculiarities of the Social Chronotopes of the Boundary Regions of Russia and Ukraine}, journal = {The Social Sciences}, volume = {10}, number = {6}, pages = {1116-1118}, year = {2015}, issn = {1818-5800}, doi = {sscience.2015.1116.1118}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2015.1116.1118}, author = {Valentin,Helen,Oleg,Alexander and}, keywords = {Social chronotopes,boundary region,social space,social time,temporal topologic processes,peripheral subcultural environment}, abstract = {The study considers the specifics of social chronotopes of the boundary regions of Russia and Ukraine. The social chronotope of a boundary region is defined as a conceptual paradigm according to which this administrative-territorial formation is considered as a geopolitical structure localized within a socio-cultural space (non-linear socio-cultural system). The most common specific features of the chronotope of the Ukrainian (discontinuity of the social space and time, mosaic structure, presence of a few centers of gravity) and the Russian (homogeneity, focus on a single center) boundary regions.} }