2008 – Двадцать лет спустя – Взгляд Essays 28/08/2008Twenty years later (on The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana and other Eco's novels) - Vzgliad newspaper, 22/08/2008 (Russian)
2007 – L’aforisma in Russia – Letteratura, Gedit edizioni Essays 22/02/2008The aphorism in Russia - Letteratura, Gedit edizioni, 2007 (Italian)
2007 – Уроки Итальянского – National Geografic Traveller Russia Essays 24/10/2007Lessons of Italian - National Geografic Traveller Russia, 2007 (Russian)
2005 – Памяти Гаспарова – Стенгазета Essays 08/11/2006Memories of Gasparov - Stengazeta, 2005 (Russian)
2005 – Эпопея спасения Дрезденской – Еженедельный Журнал Essays 13/05/2005The Epopee of the rescue of Dresden - Ezhenedel'nyj Zhurnal, 2005 (Russian)
2005 – Dizionario Bompiani delle Opere e dei Personaggi – Bompiani Essays 13/04/2005The Bompiani Dictionary of Works and Authors of all times and literatures - Bompiani, 2005 (Italian)
2004 – Ирония, точность, поп-эффект – НЛО, №70 Essays 08/04/2005Irony, accuracy, pop effect - NLO, 2004 (Russian)
2004 – Russo con l’anima nella steppa – Panorama Essays 08/10/2004A Russian with the soul in the steppe - Panorama, 2004 (Italian and English)
2002 – Favole al potere. In Russia la storiografia sembra inventata da Baudolino – L’Espresso Essays 07/10/2004Fairy tales in politics. Historiography in Russia seems made up by Baudolino - L'Espresso, 2002 (Italian)
2002 – Профиль в фас – Еженедельный Журнал Essays 06/10/2004En face profile (on Eco) - Ezhenedel'nyj Zhurnal, 2002 (Russian)
2002 – Новый свет в старом свете – Светская модель Essays 05/10/2004The new world in the old world (on the concept of beau monde) - Svetskaja Model', 2002 (Russian)
2002 – ТЕЛЕСНЫЕ И ЛИНГВИСТИЧЕСКИЕ УРОДСТВА В РОМАНЕ ТАТЬЯНЫ ТОЛСТОЙ КЫСЬ – Cinque Letterature Oggi Essays 04/10/2004Bodily and Linguistic ugliness in the novel 'Kiss' by Tat'jana Tolstoj - 'Five Literatures Today', Forum, Udine, 2002 (Russian)
2001 – Umberto Eco: Sponde nuove e nuovi orizzonti Essays 03/10/2004'Umberto Eco: new shores and new horizons' Conference in Penne, 29-30/11/2001 (Italian)