The Slavs: a culture in close-up

This double issue of the Unesco Courier is entirely devoted to the history of the cultures of the Slav world, whose study forms a major part of Unesco's programme in the field of culture.

Cover shows a detail from a fifteenth-century Russian icon of the Nativity (Pskov School). Following the star with outstretched, pointing hands, the Three Kings serve as an introduction to our issue and also herald other triumphs of Slav art.