History of the Russian Empire (16th-20th centuries)
Relationship Russian Nation - Russian Empire; Civilizing missions in the Eurasian space; Enlightenment and colonialism; The "Othering" in the Tsarist Empire; The "Newly Baptized": The ROK and non-Russians; The Baltic Germans as a Russian Elite
History of Ukraine and its Entanglements (16th-20th centuries)
Nation and Religion in Orthodox Christianity; Competing nation building; Multiethnic memory cultures in the East Slavic space; Ukraine in the 20th century