Venäjän kulttuurihistoria (History of Russian Culture). Helsinki 1998 (2nd edition 1999). 265 p.The first book on Russian Cultural History in Finnish covers the history of Russian art, music, theatre and cinema from the “Kreštšenie Rusi” to the present day. Phenomena of culture are analysed within the framework of Russian general history and the history of ideas

Teksty zhizni i iskusstva / Texts of Life and Art. Stat’i po russkoj literature/Articles on Russian Literature. Slavica Helsingiensia 18. Helsinki 1997. 194p. A collection of 14 articles on Russian Symbolism, Russian Contemporary Literature, Semiotics of Literature, Intertextual Study of Literature and Russian-Finnish Literary Contacts. The articles are written in Russian, English and German

Vallankumouksen henki hengen vallankumouksessa. Tutkielma Andrei Belyin romaanista “Peterburg” ja sen aatetaustasta. (The Spirit of Revolution in the Revolution of the Spirit. A Study in Andrey Bely’s Novel “Peterburg” and its ideological Background). Slavica Helsingiensia. Supplementum II. Helsinki 1987. 453p. Doctoral dissertation. An analysis of the famous novel and its background bases on the concepts of three revolutions – aesthetic, eschatological and political. The theoretical approach is inspired by the ideas of M.M. Bakhtin, Ju.M. Lotman and Z.G.Minc.