LUDMILA FERM teaches Russian, University of Uppsala, SwedenALEXANDER KROUGLOV is a member of the School of Modern Languages, University of Otago, New ZealandSEPPO LALLUKKA works at the Institute for Russian and East European Studies, Helsinki, FinlandV.M. MOKIENKO Professor, University of Griefswald, GermanyWOLF MOSKOVICH Director of the Institute of History, Philosophy and Regional Studies, Hebrew University, JerusalemBORIS NORMAN Professor, Belorussian State University, MinskLARA RYAZANOVA-CLARKE Lecturer in Russian, University of Edinburgh, Scotland NADIA STANGÉ-ZIROVOVA Maître de Conférences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumWULFHILD ZIEL works at the Institute fur Slavistik, University of Leipzig, Germany