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)
2001 – Erborando piano – Panta Editoria Essays 03/10/2004Herborizing slowly, 'A Perigord pres del muralh...' - Panta Editoria, 2001 (Italian)
2000 – Город-доброволец – Итоги Essays 02/10/2004The volunteer city (on Mantova's Literary Festival) - Itogi, 2000 (Russian)
1999 – Святой Год в Святом городе – Итоги Essays 01/10/2004A holy year in a holy city (on the 2000 Jubilee: a story of a tradition and a concept) - Itogi, 1999 (Russian)
1999 – Letteratura russa: nascono generi nuovi, ma rimane il richiamo della memoria – L’Informazione bibliografica Essays 30/09/2004Russian literature: new genres appear, but the call of memory remains - L'informazione bibliografica, Il Mulino, 1999 (Italian)
1995 – Letteratura russa: l’intellighenzia al potere – L’Informazione bibliografica Essays 30/09/2004Russian literature: when intelligentia rules - L'informazione bibliografica, Il Mulino, 1995 (Italian)
