ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Braginskaya Nina Vladimirovna Doctor of Historical Sciences. Leading researcher at the Institute of Higher Humanitarian Studies, professor at the Institute of Oriental and Ancient Cultures. Publications: book “The Wet Word: A Byzantine Rhetoric on the Erotic Novel” (2003); article “Pictures” of Philostratus the Elder: genesis and structure of dialogue before the image” (1994); "Aristotle. Ethics" (2002; translated from ancient Greek, commentary, scientific apparatus)

Veselova Alexandra Yuryevna Candidate of Philological Sciences, researcher at the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Author of articles: “A. T. Bolotov and P. Z. Khomyakov. Novel or memoir? (2002), “Attributions of architectural monuments of N. A. Lvov (preliminary code)” (2003); preparation of the text, commentary, introductory article (together with N.A. Guskov) of the book “Ya. B. Knyazhnin. Comedies and comic operas" (2003)

Danilevsky Igor Nikolaevich born in 1953 Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Deputy Director of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Publications: “Ancient Rus' through the eyes of contemporaries and descendants (IX–XII centuries): A course of lectures. Textbook for university students. 2nd ed., revised. and extra.” (2001), “Russian lands through the eyes of contemporaries and descendants (XII–XIV centuries): A course of lectures” (2001), “The Tale of Bygone Years: Hermeneutical foundations for the study of chronicle texts” (2004)

Dubin Boris Vladimirovich born in 1946 Sociologist, translator of English, French, Spanish and Latin American, Polish literature, leading researcher at the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), teacher of the sociology of culture at the Institute of European Cultures of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Author of a number of books, including: “Literature and Society” (1998, co-authored with L. Gudkov and V. Strada), “Word - Writing - Literature: Essays on the Sociology of Modern Culture” (2001), “Semantics, Rhetoric and social functions of the “past”: towards the sociology of the Soviet and post-Soviet historical novel” (2003), as well as numerous articles on sociology, many of which have been translated into European languages

Zhivov Viktor Markovich born 1945 Doctor of Philology, professor. Deputy Director of the Institute of Russian Language named after. V.V. Vinogradov RAS and professor at the Department of Slavic Languages ​​and Literatures at the University of California at Berkeley. Publications: “Language and culture in Russia in the 18th century” (1996), “Research in the field of history and prehistory of Russian culture: Collection of articles” (2002), “From the church history of the times of Peter the Great: Research and materials” (2004)

Zvereva Vera Vladimirovna Candidate of Historical Sciences. Researcher at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, teacher at the Institute of European Cultures at the Russian State University for the Humanities. Author of the articles “Wrestling as a Spectacle” (2001), “Specialized Bodies in Mass Culture: Bodybuilding” (2003)

Zykova Tatyana Alekseevna Journalist. Weekly magazine “Vzglyad” (Abakan, Republic of Khakassia)

Ivanova Tatyana Dmitrievna Candidate of Economic Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, laboratory for analysis and forecasting of migration, deputy director of the Center for Migration Research. Publications: monograph “Immigration to Russia from outside the former USSR” (1997); articles “Legal status of migrants from far abroad countries in Russia” (1998), “Adaptation and resettlement on the territory of Russia of foreign citizens and stateless persons who have received and are applying for refugee status” (1999)

Koselleck Rinehart born 1923 German historian. A major specialist in the theory of history, anthropological foundations of history, social history and legal history. Full member of the Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of several other German and foreign academies. One of the authors and publishers of the nine-volume encyclopedia “Basic Concepts of Historical Science. Historical encyclopedia of socio-political language in Germany"

Landa Robert Grigorievich born 1931 Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Comparative Theoretical Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the International Academy of Informatization. Author of 320 works, including 21 books. The main ones: “Countries of the Maghreb: society and traditions” (1988), “In the country of al-Andalui after a thousand years” (1993), “Islam in the history of Russia” (1995)

Nazarov Vladislav Dmitrievich born in 1938 Senior researcher at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Publications: “Overthrow of the Horde yoke in Rus'” (1983), “History of Russia from ancient times to the end of the 17th century.” (1996, co-author), “Acts of the Russian State. Archives of Moscow monasteries and cathedrals. XV - early XVII centuries." (1998, chief editor, compiler and one of the authors)

Shin Nomoto Associate Professor at the Institute of Culture and Language Studies, Keio University (Tokyo). Recent publications: “An Isma'ili Thinker on the Prophets in the Cosmic Correspondence: Translation of the Kitab al-Islah by Abu Hatim al-Razi I” (2002), “An Isma'ili Thinker on the Ethical Codes of the Missionaries: Translation of the Kitab al-Islah by Abu Hatim al-Razi 2” (2003), “An Early Isma'ili Discourse on the Divine Word: Japanese Translation of al-Sijistani's 'On the Recognition of God's Order [of Creation]' and Other Two Treatises [from his Kitab al-Maqalid]” (in Japanese) (2004)

Peskov Alexey Mikhailovich born in 1953 Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University. Author of the books: “Boilo in Russian Literature” (1989), “Chronicle of the Life and Work of E. A. Boratynsky” (1998), “Paul I” (1999)

Roshchin Mikhail Yurievich born in 1952 Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Executive editor and co-author of the collective monograph “Dagestan: the village of Khushtada” (1995)

Sokolov Maxim Yurievich born in 1959 Columnist for the newspaper Izvestia. Author of the articles: “Letter from Pierre Bezukhov to the Congress” (2005), “The History of Human Suffering” (2005), “Crushing Power” (2004)

Anne de Tenguy Employee of the French National Center for Scientific Research and the Center for International Research (CNRS, CERI)

Uvarov Pavel Yurievich born in 1956 Doctor of Historical Sciences. Head of the Department of Western European Middle Ages and Early Modern Times at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Author of the books: “Intellectuals and intellectual work in medieval Western Europe: Special course” (1999), “France of the 16th century. Experiences in reconstruction based on notarial acts" (2004), "Bartholomew's Night: Event and Controversy" (2001, chief editor)

Shmelev Alexey Dmitrievich born in 1957 Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of the Russian Language Department of Moscow Pedagogical State University. Author of the books: “Mathematics Helps Linguistics” (1994, co-authored with G. E. Kreidlin), “Referential Mechanisms of the Russian Language” (1996), “Linguistic Conceptualization of the World” (1997, co-authored with T. V. Bulygina), “ Lectures on Russian Aspectology" (1997), "Introduction to Russian Aspectology" (2000, co-authored with Anna A. Zaliznyak) and "Russian Language Model of the World" (2002)

Eidelman Tamara Natanovna Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation. History teacher at gymnasium No. 1567 in Moscow. Author of a number of articles on teaching issues in the Russian Journal, the Euroclio bulletin, and School Review.

Etkind Alexander Markovich born 1955 Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy. Lecturer at the European University in St. Petersburg. Author of the books: “Eros of the Impossible. History of psychoanalysis in Russia" (1993), "Whip. Sects, Literature and Revolution" (1998), "Interpretation of Travels" (2001)