The Suicide of the Centre and the End of the Union. A Political Anthropology of a Coup d’Etat
pp. 4-12
Arts of Soviet Peoples as a Polyethnic Complex: Ways of Research
pp. 13-25
Ritual as a Social Phenomenon (The Case of «Red Funeral»)
pp. 25-39
Life Ideals and Social Views of Russian Peasantry in the 17th Century
pp. 39-60
Primitive Rites of Passage and Modem Culture
pp. 48-61
The Dissolution of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
pp. 61-70
Celebration of Nevruz and Khydyrellez in Turkey (Late 19th—Mid-20th Century)
pp. 71-80
Discussions
Comment on Yu. V. Bromley’s and S. V. Cheshko’s article «On the New Constitution of the U. S. S. R»
pp. 81-86
From the History of Ethnography
Andrei Bely as an Ethnographer
pp. 87-91
Communications
Ethno-Cultural Situation in Shapsugia (North-West Caucasia) in Summer 1988
pp. 92-98
How Russians Choose Their Names after Marriage
pp. 98-105
On Chuvash-Tatar Ethno-Musical Parallels (An Introduction)
pp. 105-114
Relicts of Shamanism in Daghestan
pp. 115-125
Composition Typology of Armenian Fairy Tales and Folk Novelets
pp. 126-131
Academic Life
«The Borders of Russia». A Discussion in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
pp. 132-133
Nation: Phantom or Reality? (a Discussion in Leningrad)
pp. 133-134
On The Proceedings of the Constituent Congress of People s Deputies Elected by Small Ethnic Groups of Soviet North, Siberia and Far East
pp. 134-138
Anthropology on the 11th International Congress of Ethiopian Studies
pp. 138-140
Expeditions in Brief
pp. 140
Reviews
Peoples of the U.S.S.R.
M. F. Pilipenko. The Rise of Byelorussia — A New Hypothesis
pp. 141-142
M. G. Turov. The Evenk Economy in Central Siberian Taiga (Late 19th—Early 20th Century)
pp. 142-145
V. S. Varziati. The Culture of Ossetia — Links with the Peoples of Caucasia
pp. 145-147
Letters to the Editorial Board
Comment on a Publication
pp. 148
Obituary
In Memoriam Lev Pavlovich Lashuk
pp. 149-152
Index for 1991
pp. 153-157