Recent studies have shown that the number of international students, who are academically mobile, is growing. As a result, higher education institutions aim at competitiveness in the world market. Therefore, the core issue of the following work is a process of adaptation of international students to a new educational environment, especially to the process of English teaching and learning in new frameworks. Thus, the purpose of the study is to understand the role of a language teacher in the process of international students’ foreign language learning by comparing faculty’s and students’ views on certain aspects of the educational process. For the following study, quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data using questionnaires with closed-ended and open-ended questions were applied, and the data analysis was carried out. The data obtained from the conducted survey reveals the importance of studying English for international students, their motivation and difficulties that they have to face. Moreover, the obtained data show the great complexity of the English syllabus and ways of its adaptation to the needs of international students. Furthermore, the results of the survey determine an important role of the professional culture of the second language teacher in the context of integrating students into the Russian academic environment.

The given article considers the causes of the emergence of territories in need of environmental planning and management worldwide. The ways of development of industrial territories in historical areas of cities are presented. It is shown that environmental planning and territory management contribute to the improvement of the quality of life, the development of new kinds of activities, the solution of transport and environmental problems. The experience of Great Britain, Germany, the USA and Russia is analyzed and examples of environmental planning and territorial management projects are presented. The article considers the cases of reorganizing the former industrial buildings and territories and creating residential complexes, shopping centres, museums, exhibition spaces, coworking, sports facilities, recreational spaces and leisure centres in them. Both successful redevelopment projects and those the implementation of which has been discontinued are identified. The release of the city’s territories from industrial facilities is considered to be the most important task of forming the urban environment, since the existing location of industry does not correspond to the tasks of developing urban infrastructure and worsens the ecological condition of the city

Modern society is turning to the concept of Industry 4.0, which changes relationships with stakeholders, the implementation of the compa-ny’s business processes, introduces new products to the market, redistributes the consumption of resources, including energy. The market for the distri-bution and use of energy is also influenced by Industry 4.0. This increases the uncertainty of its development prospects in the middle and long term perspective. To implement strategic planning in the field of energy distribu-tion and use, it is necessary to forecast the processes that will occur in the business community, including those appearing under the influence of In-dustry 4.0. One of the ways to predict the future is to consider spheres of scientific thought that are currently receiving attention of researchers. This determines the relevance of the study. The aim of the study is to review the publication activity of the scientific community on the subject matter, pre-sented in the database of the Russian Science Citation Index, to determine the prospects in managing the distribution and use of energy. The paper shows that in the studies of Industry 4.0, most of the publications are devoted to digital technologies. It is presented that the publication activity in the field of digital technologies grows with exponential dependence. The article iden-tifies the most popular topics of research, which are recommended for the companies engaged in the distribution and use of energy. The article presents a rating of digital research that can be used to analyze the prospects in man-aging the distribution and use of energy.

This article considers the socio-economic development of the Arctic regions of Russia, using the example of some areas of the North-West Federal District. As part of the study the socio-economic development of the Arkhangelsk Region, the bordering Republic of Komi, and the Murmansk Region was assessed and analyzed. The analysis was carried out by studying the interaction of variables characterizing the social and economic spheres of human activity in the Arctic zone of Russia. In order to do it a system of indicators was formed. The gross regional product was chosen as a dependent indicator. The main indicators of the economic and social sphere were considered as influencing factors. The assessment was carried out by means of studying interrelations of variables and a comparative analysis of factors affecting the Arctic region. The article provides a literature review on the topic. Besides, the given study describes a methodology for conducting a comparative analysis of the socio-economic development of regions. The methodology includes: goal setting, collecting statistical data, analyzing the dynamics of the estimated indicators, primary processing of time series, bringing them to a normalized form, checking for stationarity using two criteria, bringing them to stationary form, the correlation analysis of the studied parameters, the construction of a regression model for the analysis of each region. In order to compare the socio-economic development of the Arctic regions three independent equations were compiled and the coefficients of equations were determined. The article provides general conclusions on the analysis of the identified interrelations. In the future, the model can be expanded in order to obtain more accurate results and to make the most accurate forecast of the socio-economic development of the analyzed regions.