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Professor Simonova-Gudzenko was trained in the Moscow University where she got her PhD degree, the theme is: “Japanese myth as a source for reconstructing ancient Japanese history”. In 2006 she was made Doctor of Science, degree in World History: “Representations of the archipelago’s space in the written culture of Japan 7-9 centuries”. She is associated member of the Centre Japon UMR 8173 Chine-Corée-Japon CNRS-EHESS, France. Her main research interests are in Shinto and mythology, different aspects of spatial representations, historical geography and history of cartography of Japan.