The article consideres the human resources issue in the context of the educational policy of the Russian government during the period of liberal reforms of the 1860s - 1870s, as well as the state policy aimed at its implementation. Legal documents are analyzed, mechanisms for solving personnel problems in the field of legal education are disclosed.

The article deals with the analysis of more than seventy photographs from the funds ofZNIWO, thatreflect different aspects of the Battle of Stalingrad: the military heroics, the everyday life of the civilpopulation, the material losses of the city during the war years. The potential and relevance of this type of the audiovisual sources for the preservation of the historical memory and expanding its social framework are under consideration in the article.

There are suggested the results of the explorations of Vodyansky settlement in 2010, which is an archaeological monument of the Golden Horde, situated near Dubovka of the Volgograd region. The period of its existence is the XI - beginning of the XV century.

Vodyansky settlement is a monument of federal significance. It is situated near Dubovka town in Volgograd region and is one of the most interesting monuments of the Golden Horde. In archeological literature the ancient settlement is usually associated with the Golden Horde town Beldzhamen. There is traced and analysed the history of this monument study.