The eighth volumeof a multivolumeedition of "Talmud"opens the secondstageof the project:the publication ofthe fullRussiantranslation ofthe BabylonianGemara.The GemaralatercreatedseveraltannaitskogocoreTalmud(MishnahandhalakhicMidrash), contained inthe firstsevenvolumes of the series,and is a majorpart ofthe volumeof the BabylonianTalmud.A large numberof notes andcommentshelps the reader tofeel the atmosphereof the Jewish"Talmudiccivilization"and better understand thetechnique ofmidrashanda kind of "Talmudic"the logicof the text.