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The article examines the process of reformatting the relations of geopolitical players in the South Caucasus after the second Karabakh War in 2020 and the beginning of the Russian Civil War. The analysis of the confrontation between the world powers for the right to control the transport communications of the region is presented.

The article deals with the main directions of the personnel training in the industry of the Lower Volga region during the Second Five-Year Plan (1933 - 1937). The author stresses that the authorities managed to instill public industrial labor skills, to achieve the formation of qualified personnel of various specialties, which provided economic breakthrough in the 1930s.