Michail Bezrodnyj is a Russian scholar and writer. He obtained his PhD from the University of Tartu, and he currently teaches at Heidelberg University (Germany). He is author of several articles and monographs on A. Puškin, N. Gogol’, A. Blok, A. Belyj, A. Remizov, M. Cvetaeva, V. Majakovskij and others.
Vladimir M. Papernyj is a Russian scholar, PhD from the University of Tartu. He teaches at the University of Haifa (Israel). He is the author of numerous studies on N. Gogol’, L. Tolstoj, A. Blok, A. Belyj, V. Rozanov.
Italian translation of Mednyj vsadnik v kontekste skul'pturnoj simvoliki romana Andreja Belogo Peterburg by Elena Mel'nikova, Michail Bezrodnyj and Vladimir Papernyj.
Translated by Giuseppina Giuliano (Università degli Studi di Salerno)