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The article examines the mechanism of counteracting corruption in Russia and the role of civil society institutions. The author highlights the need to involve Russian civil society into implementation of methods aimed at combating corruption, and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive study of historical background of social and political development of individuals and society in Russia.

Keywords: counteraction toward corruption, Russian anti-corruption legislation, civil society, legal education of individual, counteracting corruption policy.

The article refers to the grammar of the text as an interdisciplinary branch of linguistics. Its relationship with other linguistic disciplines dealing with the text or discourse is discussed.

Keywords: discourse, text, context, syntax, poststructuralism, text grammar, linguistics of the text.

The review of the first manuals, textbooks, and dictionaries of English written and published in Russia has been made. The author compares the methods of teaching English in Russia in the 18-19 centuries with modern ones.

Keywords: English as a foreign language, methods of teaching, the history of English teaching in Russia, the first manuals, textbooks, and dictionaries of English written and published in Russia.