Work in Progress in the Fields of History and Law: National State system in the Russian North-West (Karelia and Komi republics) from 1917-1940  National minorities in the North-West of Russia. The party's policy in the 1920s-1950s The Finnish population of Karelia: modern ethnic and cultural conditions Adaptation of the "Peoples of the Baltic" project as part of the International Programm called "The Baltic University" A.G.Sjogren's studies of the North  The Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940 Faculty preparing for International University of North Europe using ISEP net-work  Criminal law: Evolution in Nordic countries  Projects proposed to be implemented in cooperation with other universities:  English specialists at Olonets mining works in the end of the 18th - 19th centuries Finnish prisoners in the North-West of the USSR during World WarII History of Hellenistic and Roman Sparta Novel Information Technologies in the study and teaching of history Old Believers in the Olonets province in the first half of the 19th century Musical culture in Nordic countries: traditions and contemporaneity Karelian musical and theatrical culture  From the past of Karelian musical culture