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Far Eastern Literatures in Russia & Russian Literature in the Far Eastern & South-East Asian Countries... 61 Issues of Far Eastern Literatures: Materials of the 11th International Scientific Conference. June 27–29, 2024 the poems of Kondrati Ryleev “Rogneda”, Mikhail Lermontov “Tamara”and other poets (this is written by Jiatong Weng in the article “The word pearl in Russian poetry and its Chinese roots”). Keywords: Far East, manifestation, Igor Severyanin, Sinoisms, Japanisms. Kharitonova Anna (SPbSU), a.kharitonova@spbu.ru Geographic Maps in the Collection of P. S. Popov in the Academic Library of St. Petersburg State University Acknowledgements: The reported study was funded by RFBR and CASS, project number 21–59–93001 The report is devoted to the analysis of geographical maps, which are stored in the Oriental Department of the Academic Library at St. Petersburg State University and represent part of the book collection of sinologist and diplomat Pavel Stepanovich Popov (1842–1913). He dedicated his professional career to China. He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Languages (1870), served as a student at the diplomatic mission in Beijing (1870–1873), as a dragoman (1873–1886) and as Consul General of Russia in Beijing (1886–1890). After returning from Beijing he taught at the Faculty of Oriental Languages (1902–1913). He was involved in compiling Chinese dictionaries, translating the works of ancient Chinese philosophers, and published articles in the Bulletin of Europe. The book collection of the Academic Library contains Popov's translations. The collection of diplomat's maps consists of maps in Russian, English, German and Chinese, as well as maps included as illustrative material in books. The collection contains reporting and route maps of various expeditions: for example, “Report Map of the Gansu Expedition” or “Routing Map of the Expedition to Khingan by Colonel Putyata.” Of particular interest is a detailed map in Chinese, printed in the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1905) “Complete Map of the Qing Empire” (Daqing diguo quantu 大清帝国全图 ). In total, the publication contains 25 maps. The first one is a general map of the Qing empire; the other 24 images are maps of Chinese provinces. Each map in the book col- lection of P. S. Popov is provided with a personal signature about these books and maps were transferred on March 10, 1914 to the Imperial St. Petersburg University by Alexandra Konstantinovna Popova, who was the widow of P. S. Popov. Keywords: P. S. Popov, geographic maps, Chinese studies, Chinese book collection. Lebedzeva Marina (Belarusian State University), lebedzeva1612@gmail.com Media Discourse and Reception of Modern Chinese and Russian Novels about Childhood (Zhang Xuedong “Bygone days of Children and Dogs”, Yuri Polyakov “Sovdetstvo”) The literary process of the 21st century takes place in conditions of intense mediatization. The existence in culture and perception of author’s artistic concepts is influenced by their promotion in the media, readers’ demand and reception. The world is changing rapidly due to digitalization; the duality of real and virtual communication space affects the individual’s sense of self. Against this background, the individual’s need to rely on experience is formed naturally; nostalgia for the past arises, which is visible in network discourse. The actualization of the novel genre, which means a distancing from the events and realities that fall into the focus of the author’s artistic understanding, is also logical. The image of vanished everyday life is created through artistic recording of details. The social background, national history, civilizational structure and global picture of reality are reflected in the newest novels by Zhang Xuedong “Bygone days of Children