  The structural, elastic, magnetic properties, as well as electronic structure
and chemical bonding picture of new oxide 3d1-perovskite BaVO3, recently
synthesized, were systematically investigated involving the first-principles
FLAPW-GGA calculations. The obtained results are discussed in comparison with
available experimental data, as well as with those obtained before for
isostructural and isoelectronic SrVO3 perovskite.
