Slavic Studies No.54 http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/54/54contents-e.html Contents Beyond Positivism: The Theme of Photography in I.S. Turgenev’s Novella “Klara Milich (After Death)” KYUNO Yasuhiko ...1 “A Splendid Carrousel” of Catherine II and the Ode of Petrov: Two Attempts in 1766 at Visualization of the Image of Modern Russia TORIYAMA Yusuke ...33 Exodus for Acculturation: A Sociological Study on the Emergence of Zionism in the Russian Empire TSURUMI Taro ...65 The Analysis of the “Matrioshka” Structure of Ethnic Problems during the Decline of the Soviet Era: The Case Study of the Problem of Polish-Lithuanians SATO Keiji ...101 Texts of Valeriia Narbikova as “Écriture Féminine”: About Subversion of Gender Boundary MAEDA Shiho ...131 <<Research Notes>> Oil-Gas Companies and Banks in Russia ONO Shigeki ...163 The Korean Problem in the Russo-Japanese Relations (1905-1907) Yaroslav SHULATOV ...183 Rediscovering Lesia Ukrainka: A New Perspective on National Identity in Ukrainian Literature HARADA Yoshinari 207 Consideration of Comparative Literature of Pushkin The Queen of Spades with Stendhal Le Rouge et le noir, Honoré de Balzac La Peau de chagrin, L’Auberge Rouge MORITA Atsuko ...225