Language, representations, texts and documents in all their implications and aspects (cartographical, linguistic, philological, material, etc.) are the common denominator of the PhD program. The program includes specific curricula covering library, archive and documentation studies, philosophy of Language, general linguistics and language education, Russian linguistics and culture, historical and philological literary studies, cartography and geography studies, gender studies. The PhD program aims to provide graduate students with in-depth and up-to-date knowledge on the major issues related to language and documents (written as well as audiovisual and digital) and regarding mapping and critical representations of material and immaterial heritage and is characterized by the attention to interdisciplinarity, to the most innovative areas of research in the various fields and to internationalization. The PhD program is recognized as a leader program in various fields and involved in international cooperation, as shown by the provenance of applications from several Italian universities and from many other countries, as well as from qualified public servants. The curricula of the PhD program are: 1) Library, Archive and Documentation Studies; 2) Theory of Language and Linguistic Education; 3) Russian Linguistics and Culture; 4) Geographical Studies.