Headed by Valery Dymshits, Doctor of Science in Chemistry and Director of Petersburg Judaica, field Studies of Shtetls (Summer Schools for Field Work 2004-2008) were organized in cooperation with the “Sefer” Center (Moscow) and conducted in small towns of Ukraine (Tulchin, Balta, Moghilev-Podolsk, Bershad, Gaysin, etc.).

The first results of this work are presented in the volume “Shtetl, 21th century: Field Studies”.

This volume has been published with the support of the AVI CHAI Foundation and Chase Family Foundation.

We are eagerly looking forward to more of this research and hopefully an English translation of this volume.