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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.
Etnograficheskie I Kul`turno-Istoricheskie Aspekty
[ The First Scandinavian Readings : Ethographic, cultural, and historical aspects]
St. Petersburg: Muzei Antropologii I Etnografii im. Petra Velikogo, 1997 278 p Hardcover. 14 x 21.5 cm ISBN: 5884310048 Language: Russian
This collection of articles is based on the materials of a conference on Scandinavian ethnography (April, 1996). They describe a variety of topics: Norman links with Old Russia, history of ecclesiastical contacts and inter-ethnic relationship in the European North, ornaments on Runic stones, the old Scandinavian system of orientation, the image of Slavs in Scandinavian historical thought of the 16th-17th century, the contribution of Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish writers, scholars, and translators to Russian-Scandinavian rapprochement. Maps, photos, drawings, bibliographic references. Contents and summary in English.