This volume of the EMS contains four survey articles on analytic spaces. They are excellent introductions to each respective area. Starting from basic principles in several complex variables each article stretches out to current trends in research. Graduate students and researchers will find a useful addition in the extensive bibliography at the end of each article.

Translated by: Jürgen Leiterer, Jeffrey Nunemacher
Contributions by: Dmitrij N. Akhiezer, Jürgen Leiterer, Arkadij L. Onishchik, V.P. Palamodov