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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Massovye Samosozhzheniia Staroobriadtsev v Rossii v XVII-XIX Vekakh
[ Mass self-immolations of Old Believers in Russia in XVII-XIX centuries]
St. Petersburg: Evropeiskii universitet v Sankt-Peterburge, 2011 288 p. [8 ill.] Serie: Studia ethnologica: Vypusk 10 pbk. 14 x 22 cm. Printing 800 ISBN: 9785943801280 Language: Russian
This monograph studies so called Old Believer "garies" (self-immolations), their social and cultural context, various ritual practices related to voluntary martyrdom, printed folklore sources on this subject, etc. (0.405 kg.) Some previous volumes and standing order for this series are available