Features of the giant E I - resonances.- Photonuclear reactions above the giant dipole resonance : A survey.- Giant multipole resonances.- Photon scattering in the energy range 5–30 MeV.- Mechanisms of photonuclear reactions at intermediate energies (40–140 McV).- Real and virtual photons.- Sum rules in photonuclear physics.- Isospin structure of the dipole giant resonance.- Electromagnetic and hadronic interactions with the few-body systems at intermediate energies.- Baryon resonances in nuclei.