The section discusses Slavonic and Germanic language contacts in synchrony and diachrony; literary translation from the Slavonic languages into English and German; literary translation from English and German into the Slavonic languages; comparative Slavonic and Germanic literature studies; Slavonic and Germanic cross-cultural contacts; identification of the Slavonic peoples in English and German literature and culture; cultural and national identity of the Slavonic émigré in the English- and German-speaking countries, mainly literary self-identification of the Slavonic emigrant writers in Great Britain, USA, Australia, Germany, Austria etc.; transfer of the Russian culture via the Slavonic countries to the West; cultural influence of the Slavonic community in the English- and German-speaking countries.