Articles
Adaptive Characteristics of Folk Cultures of the North
pp. 3-17
City as a Factor of Cultural Integration (The Russian Experience of 1970s—1980s)
pp. 17-27
On Iranian Influence in Ob Ugrian Culture
pp. 28-36
Toward the Origin of the Term «Zanj»
pp. 36-44
From the History of Ethnography
A. N. Maksimov and His Studies on Historical Ethnography
pp. 45-64
Communications
About Certain Archaic Patterns of Russian Folk Embroidery and Their Sources
pp. 65-78
Current Trends in Ethno-Cultural Development of the Chuvash in Western Siberia
pp. 79-84
Mordva — an Ethnonym or an Ethnopholism?
pp. 84-93
Tamgas of the Altayans
pp. 94-98
The Concept of Soul in Peruvian Amazonia
pp. 99-108
Productive and Social Organization of Yoruba and Edo (Bini) Towns in «Pre-European» Period (14th— 15th Centuries)
pp. 109-115
Tibetan Butter Puppet Theatre
pp. 115-126
Problems of Ethnographic Attribution (TheCase of aTaitiCloak from the Leningrad Museum of Ethnography and Anthropology)
pp. 126-139
Quest, Facts, Hypotheses
«Scythian Harp» — The Oldest Bow Instrument?
pp. 140-154
Our Anniversaries
List of Major Works by Z. P. Sokolova, Doctor of Historical Sciences
pp. 155-160
List of Major Works by P. I. Boriskovsky, Doctor of Historical Sciences
pp. 160-162
Academic Life
A Session of the Learned Council of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, the USSR. Academy of Sciences, Dedicated to the 70th Anniviersary of Yu. V. Bromley
pp. 163-165
«Ethnography and Ecology» — A Regional Academic Session on the Results of Ethnographic Field Studies in Central Asia and Kazakhstan, Dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of T. A. Zhdanko’s Scholarly Work
pp. 165-167
IV International Conference on Ethnologic Research of Pictorial Arts
pp. 168-171
IV International Cinema Festival of Visual Antropology
pp. 171-174
Reviews. Critical Articles
Peoples of the U.S.S.R
Ethnic History and Traditional Culture of the Peoples of Soviet Central Asia and Kazakhstan
pp. 175-178
Peoples of Africa
V. A. Popov. An Ethno-Social History of the Akan in 16th — 19th Centuries
pp. 178-184
Obituary
In Memoriam Rudolf F. Its
pp. 185-187
Letters to the Editorial Board
Where is the Cherets River?
pp. 188-189