Journal of Ethnic Microhistory

There are five publications in issue 12, II-2025 of "Journal of Ethnic Microhistory". 1. Dipl.-Hist. Alex Dreger discusses in his article "Austro-Hungarian and German Newspapers about the Alexander Kuprin's Opinion on the Russian Army and the Revolution" the publication "The Russian Army and the Revolution" ("Die russische Armee und die Revolution") released in "Dortmund Daily" (Dortmunder Tageblatt) on 24 September 1906. The article is written in English and is supplemented by the original newspaper text in German. 2. Prof. Dr. Volodymyr Saviovskyi narrates about the unique traditional procedure of building the Ukrainian rural houses in the 1950s. The terminology is given in the Polesian dialect of Ukrainian. The author describes a somewhat forgotten folk tradition of toloka - mutual aid. Toloka ended with a communal feast in the open air. The article is preceded by an English abstract. 3. The article "Scientific and Pedagogical Foundations of Teaching Eternal National Values" written by Kazakh co authors is devoted to the educational importance of the state programme "Mangilik El". They are of the opinion that the roots of the achievements and successes of the multinational and multi-religious Kazakhstan lie in traditional values. The article is written in Kazakh language and preceded by an English abstract. 4. Villa Mengden - that is part of the Russian State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg - is inextricably connected with the history of a Westphalian, later also German-Baltic and Russian, noble family. In March 1881, the Mengden Manor came into focus of police attention. Following the assassination of Russian Emperor Alexander II on March 1 (13), 1881, information emerged about an assassination attempt on the emperor that had been in preparation since the end of 1880. At the beginning of December 1880, the terrorists rented a cheese shop in the basement of the house. At the end of February 1881, a gallery was dug beneath the street, along which the emperor often passed, to store dynamite. This event was discussed extensively in the press, and a short report on the subject also appeared in the "Dortmunder Zeitung" on March 17, 1881. 5. The patriarch of the Russia-German movement Hugo Wormsbecher dwells in one of his last articles on the national policy of modern Russian government. He is of the opinion that multinational Russia lacks a national policy, "its goals and objectives are unclear and incomprehensible."