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PUBLICATIONS

"Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol." In: Mandelstam Encyclopedia. Moscow: ROSPAN, 2005.
"Eduard Bagritskii." In: Mandelstam Encyclopedia. Moscow: ROSPAN, 2005.
"In a Dialogue Mode: Il'f and Petrov Explore America and Russia." University of Michigan, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2005.
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"Vladimir Narbut in the Eyes of his Contemporaries" (Vladimir Narbut v vospriatii sovremennikov). In: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie.Moscow, 2005. Russkiy Zhurnal, Moscow, 2005.
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"Anna Akhmatova - Vladimir Narbut: Toward the Problem of the Literary Dialogue" (Akhmatova i Narbut - k probleme literaturnogo dialoga). In: V. Briusov and Russian Modernism. Moscow: IMLI RAN, 2004. Ruthenia, 2005.
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"Very Superficial Structure: In Search of Art" (Ochen' poverhnostnaya structura: v poiskah art'a). In Search of Art. In: Parta. Kiev. 1997.
"Art&Fact." In: Portfolio. Contemporary Art of Odessa. Odessa: New Art Association, 1999.
"Lisovsky's "Things" ("Veschi" Lisovskogo). - ibid.
"About the Exhibition "Wreck of Titanic" (O vistavke "Zagybel' Tytanika"). - ibid.
"Lux ex Tenebris". - ibid.
"Death of David". With A.Roitburd. - ibid.
"Alexandr Roitburd, the Author of "Lying Nude" (Alexandr Roitburd, autor "Lejaschey obnajennoy"). - ibid.
"Virtual Theatre MK/VCh" (Virtual'nyy teatr MK/VCh). - ibid. In: Boiler, Odessa, 1999
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"Selected Commentaries to the 1st Volume of Gogol's "Dead Souls" (Izbrannie commentarii k 1-mu tomu "Mertvyh dush"). With E. Permiakov. In: Russian and Slavic Studies, II (New Edition), Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 1996. Russian Federation for Internet Education, 2002. Tartusskie Tetradi. Moscow: OGI, 2005.
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"Mikhail Maksimov". With R. Leibov. In: Russian Writers, Biography Dictionary, Vol.3, Moscow: Sovetskaya Encyclopedia, 1994.
"From the History of Reception of Karamzin's Literary Personality in the end of 18th Century" (K istorii vospriatia literaturnoy lichnosti Karamzina v kontse 18 veka). In: Russian and Slavic Studies, I (New Edition), Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 1994.
"Who Was the Author of "Rossiyanin v Anglii"(Kto byl avtorom "Rossiyanina v Anglii") In: To Honor of Professor Yu. M Lotman. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 1992.
"Podshivalov's Magazine and Disputes on Language at the End of 18th Century" (Zhurnal Podshivalova I spory o yazyke v kontse XVIII veka). In: Graduate Studies on Slavic Languages & Literature Studies, Vol.3. University of Pittsburgh, 1990.

PAPERS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"I Will Solve Prophetic Rebus: Poetics of Riddle in Vladimir Narbut's Poetry." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) Convention, Salt Lake City, 2005
Vladimir and Georgii Narbuts and Their Art Book Alleluia. AAASS Convention, Salt Lake City, 2005
"America Through a Soviet Lens: Interpreting Il'f and Petrov's 1935-36 Travelogue." Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
"...His whole function suiting with forms to his conceit: Vladimir Narbut, Biography and Intertextuality." AAASS Convention, Boston, 2004
"Vladimir Narbut in the Eyes of his Contemporaries." University of Michigan Slavic Symposium, Ann Arbor, 2004
"Vladimir Narbut and Anna Akhmatova: Towards the Problem of Literary Dialogue." Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, New York, 2004
"LEF Ideology in the Mirror of Il'f and Petrov's Works". University of Michigan Slavic Symposium, Ann Arbor, 2003
"Genre As a Code: Toward the Problem of Correlation Between the Genre and Semantics in Il'f and Petrov's dilogy." AAASS Convention, Toronto, 2003
"Life and Poetry of Vladimir Narbut." Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2002
"Two Seagulls: Chekhov and Akunin." AAASS Convention, Pittsburgh, 2002
"Semantic Structure of Chekhov's "The Seagull." University of Michigan Slavic Symposium, 2002
"Free Zone." Contemporary Art in Ukraine. Odessa, Ukraine, 1995
"Decoding Odessa Text." Soros Center for Contemporary Arts (SCCA) International Conference, Kiev, Ukraine, 1994
"Reception of Karamzin in the late 18th-early 19th century Russia." Tartu-Stockholm Philological Conference, Tartu, Estonia, 1992
“Oration about Lomonosov” and Debates on Language at the end of 18th Century” (Slovo o Lomonosove I spory o yazyke v kontse XVIII v.). Lomonosov Conference, Tartu University, Estonia, 1991
"Semiotics of Color in Gogol's Works." Neo-Formalist Circle, Oxford, England, 1991

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