Humanitarian dissertation research in Russia: analytical discourse of scientific works

The article presents the results of measuring the documentary flow of dissertation research for 2015-2017 on scientific specialties: "Library Science and Bibliography", "Theory and History of Culture" and "Social and Cultural Activities". Lacunae have been identified in the choice of research research topics. It is suggested that there is no correlation between the choice of scientific topics and the current issues of social regulation of the socio-cultural sphere, whereas today it is necessary to concentrate our efforts on a comprehensive analysis of the historical milestones of the advancement of Russian society, identifying the best achievements along the way, improvement of spheres of life, with the allocation of demarcation lines, and sometimes even delusions, but with a mandatory vision of constructive that will help our societies and our fellow citizens to build a truly prosperous Russia. The authors substantiates the conclusions about the need to develop the most relevant areas of culturology related to the interdisciplinary approach and the more professional reliance on the research methodology, on the specificity of the “language” of dissertational works.