Astronomy Reports -- January 2001 Volume 45, Issue 1, pp. 1-78 Star Formation in Extragalactic HII Regions. Determination of Parameters of the Initial Mass Function F. Kh. Sakhibov and M. A. Smirnov pp. 1-15 Full Text: PDF (155 kB) The Synchrotron Spectra of Inhomogeneous Radio Sources V. S. Artyukh and P. A. Chernikov pp. 16-25 Full Text: PDF (125 kB) The Detection of New Methanol Masers in the 5–1–40E Line S. V. Kalenskii, V. I. Slysh, I. E. Val'tts, A. Winnberg, and L. E. Johansson pp. 26-33 Full Text: PDF (132 kB) Streaming Motions of Molecular Clouds, Ionized Hydrogen, and OB Stars in the Cygnus Arm T. G. Sitnik, A. M. Mel'nik, and V. V. Pravdikova pp. 34-43 Full Text: PDF (181 kB) The Dust Envelope of the Symbiotic Nova HM Sge M. B. Bogdanov and O. G. Taranova pp. 44-50 Full Text: PDF (123 kB) Photometry and Polarimetry of the Classical Herbig Ae Star VV Ser A. N. Rostopchina, V. P. Grinin, and D. N. Shakhovskoi pp. 51-59 Full Text: PDF (176 kB) Numerical Simulation of a Solar Flare Produced by the Emergence of New Magnetic Flux A. I. Podgornyi and I. M. Podgornyi pp. 60-66 Full Text: PDF (148 kB) Emission Lines in the Spectrum of the Red-Dwarf Flare Star EV Lac: Modeling of the Quiescent Chromosphere E. A. Baranovskii, R. E. Gershberg, and D. N. Shakhovskoi pp. 67-74 Full Text: PDF (102 kB) Intensity Dependence of the Asymmetry of Fraunhofer Line Profiles D. M. Kuli-Zade pp. 75-78 Full Text: PDF (39 kB)