Petruneva R.M., Ovchar N.A.
WOULD I GO TO ENGINEERS? OR ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF CHOOSING A PROFESSIONAL PATH BY MODERN STUDENTS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF VOLGSTU) ^{[№ 4 ' 2023]}
The original research, carried out on the example of VolgGTU, presented the problems of the admission campaign of a technical university. Among current first-year students, about half do not plan to work after graduation in their specialty. The results of the survey confirm the data obtained by other researchers. An online survey was conducted in December 2022 using a Google Form among students of ten first-year faculties of VolgGTU (n=558, of which 27.2% were women, 725.8% were men), the sample was not random. The first-year students were chosen because their intentions are not manifest in nature, but have already been implemented. In the course of the study, the three most massive cohorts were identified, their life trajectories before entering the university were described. They differ, first of all, in their plans for the future professional life. The first group intends to devote their professional path to work in the profession received at the university. For this group, the representative opinion of relatives and friends is important. The second group doubts their choice and is not sure that in the future they will work in their specialty. The third group is represented mainly by graduates of the secondary vocational education system. This group of students, who already have life experience and professional skills, do not plan to work in their specialty at all, believing that having a higher education diploma will ensure their successful career. Analyzed, also on the example of VolgGTU and with the involvement of other sources, data on the statistics of high school students who take the exam in natural sciences (mathematics profile, physics, chemistry, computer science). From year to year, the number of applicants in such a set of passed exams is decreasing. It is concluded that it is necessary to change the system of vocational guidance. First of all, it will be necessary to update the principle of polytechnics in the system of general education, which allows not only to acquaint schoolchildren with modern industrial technologies, but also to carry out early career guidance. In addition, in order to reduce the shortage of teachers of natural sciences and improve their competencies, retraining on the basis of the country’s leading technical universities will be relevant. All these measures will make it possible to more widely attract schoolchildren to participate in specialized Olympiads in the natural sciences.

Putistina O.V., Ovcharenko N.V.
INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SYSTEM OF TRAINING LINGUISTS AND INTERPRETERS ^{[№ 1 ' 2020]}
Interactive educational technologies have gained popularity in teaching foreign languages. Yet they have not been given enough attention in textbooks for training professional linguists and interpreters in foreign languages. At the same time the professional sphere of linguists is connected with different forms of communication and interaction. Communicate and social skills compose their professional communicative competence in foreign languages. The use of interactive technologies in teaching foreign languages to interpreters and translators fills the gap between the job requirements in this professional sphere and the professional training at universities.
In this article we provide a substantial theoretical ground for the efficiency of interactive educational technologies in training linguists and interpreters. The article also describes the procedure and results of the trial training programme for linguists with the use of interactive educational technologies that we conducted at university. We implemented a special complex of tasks based on interaction for developing the professional communicative competence of linguists and interpreters in reading classes in a foreign language. The article provides examples of interactive technologies based on the idea of live communicative interaction. After the implementation of the special complex of interactive tasks into practice the students demonstrated a positive shift in the development of the skills of their professional competence in foreign languages. We analysed the results of the study and proved the efficacy of interactive educational technologies in training future translators and interpreters.
The outcomes of the study indicate the increase of the level of the development of professional skills among the linguists students whom we taught with the use of interactive technologies and special interactive tasks. Thus we consider their use a perspective direction of research in the methods of teaching and training linguists and interpreters.

Lapaeva O.F., Ovcharenko E.V.
GAS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA ^{[№ 8 ' 2009]}
In this article there is an analysis of gas industry in Russia: the dynamics of gas production, the condition of recourse base, changes of production geography are shown. Peculiarities of gas industry development and the problems and perspectives are distinguished here.

Lapaeva M.G., Lapaeva O.F., Ovcharenko E.V.
QUESTIONS OF THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF ECONOMIC THEORY ^{[№ 5 ' 2009]}
The analysis of theoretical and methodological problems of economic history, approaches of some authors and schools to the analysis of historical-economic processes on the different stages of society and economic science development is conducted in this article. The authors show the necessity of activation of historical-economic researches, enrichment of economic theory with empirical base using all methodological arsenals, collected by historians-economists.

Ovcharenko E.V.
FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF GAS INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA (1913–1975) ^{[№ 4 ' 2009]}
The analysis of gas industry development in USSR–Russia is conducted in this article; also its influence on economy of separate regions and growth of productive forces of the country on the whole is regarded here. The special attention is given to development of main transport and creation of United System of gas service, also the role of gas industry in development of external economic relations is shown.

Lapaeva O.F., Ovcharenko E.V.
PECULIARITIES OF GAS INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA AND PERSPECTIVES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT ^{[№ 8 ' 2008]}
Peculiarities of development and perspectives of gas industry in Russia are regarded in this article; the most important priorities of RAO "Gazprom" are shown here. It is marked that natural gas will supply the greatest investment into energy balance of the country.