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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.
Comp. by B.P. Milovidov; introd. by M.O. Kudriavtseva
St. Petersburg: Kriga, 2004 287 p Serie: Nravy Rosii pbk. 14 x 20 cm ISBN: 5901805070 Language: Russian
This is the first publication in the series Morals and Manners of Russia. The first issue deals with acute problem of the end of the 19th-early 20th, and the again of 1990s in Russia: beggary and begging. The introductory article is written by modern sociologist M.O. Kudriavtseva who conducted a small case-study on Russian beggars. The rest of the included articles were written at the beginning of the 20th century. Contents: A.A. Levenstrim. Professional begging: Its reasons and forms; A.I. Svirskii: The World of beggars and drunkards; V. Maksimov. Beggar brotherhood; L. Polian. Begging Paris.
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