Number 4, 1985

Contemporary Ethnic Processes among the Eastern Slav Peoples of the USSR

Yu. V. Bromley

Small Ethnic Groups: the Main Stages of Their Ethnocultural Evolution (on Soviet Materials)

R. G. Kuzeyev,  V. Ya. Babenko

The Russian Traditional Popular Calendar

V. G. Vlassov

On the Nature of the Afro-American Ethnic Community in the U. S. A.

E. L. Nitoburg

English-French Bilingualism in Canada

V. A. Tishkov

Ethnosocial Processes in Guyana

P. V. Gribanov

Discussions

Discussion of M. N. Shmeliova’s and S. I. Vainshtein’s articles on Problems of Field Studies («.Sovetskaya Etnografia», 1985, No 3)

G. V. Starovoytova,  V. I. Kozlov,  A. N. Zhilina,  G. N. Grachova

Ethnography in Museums

Two Leather Masks from the Collections of the Order of Lenin State History Museum

O. G. Gordeyeva

Communications

On the Criteria of the Economic-Geographical and Social-Geographical Approach to the Study of the Processes by Which Ethnic Communities are Formed

Yu. D. Dmitrevsky

The «Send-Off of Spring» Rituals in Present-Day Village Life (Materials from Gorky Oblast’)

K. Ye. Korepova,  T. I. Belous

Cult Objects of Fergana as a Source for the History of Irrigation Agriculture

R. Ya. Rassudova

On Studying the Ethnic Aspects of the American Family

Sh. A. Bogina

Searchings, Facts, Hypotheses

«The Beautiful Custom of Hospitality…»

Yu. D. Anchabadze

Our Anniversaries

A List of Major Works by V. R. Kabo, Doctor of Historical Sciences (to His 60th Birthday)

Academic Life

The 20th Session of the All-Union Symposium for the Study of Agrarian History

I. V. Vlassova,  V. A. Lipinskaya

«Problems in the Interrelations between Mountain and Plains Regions and between the Georgians and the Peoples of Northern Caucasus». A Conference

V. A. Dzhorbanadze

«The Folk Song Heritage and Modernityx. A Scientific Conference

V. K. Sokolova

Scientific Sessions Devoted to the Memory of Academy Member V. Steinitz

K. V. Čistov

20 Years of the «Social Sciences and Modernit» Department, Nauka Publishing House

T. A. Berezina

Expeditions in Brief

Criticism and Bibliography

Critical Articles and Reviews

Studies of Aggressive Behaviour of Primates and Their Importance for Research into Anthroposociogenesis

M. L. Butovskaya

General Ethnography

The Family and Its Culture. An Investigation in Seven East and West European Countries

I. A. Grishayev

A History of Primitive Society. General Questions. Problems of Anthroposociogenesis/Yu. V. Bromley, Ed

V. Ya. Petrukhin

Peoples of the USSR

L. S. Yefremova. The Lettish Peasant Family in Latgalia

R. A. Grigoryeva

Songs of the Ustya River Area. Issue 1 / Comp. by A. Mekhnetsov, Yu. Marchenko, Ye. Mel’nik

M. A. Lobanov

Peoples of Europe outside the USSR

A. S. Myl’nikov. The Culture of the Czech Renaissance

M. Ya. Golberg

Peoples of Asia outside the USSR

M. A. Rodionov. The Maronites. From the Ethnoreligious History of the Easterm Mediterranean

M. B. Piotrovsky

N. G. Krasnodembskaya. From Lion Island to the Abode of Snows

N. V. Kocheshkov

Peoples of Africa

An. A. Gromyko. Masks and Sculpture of Tropical Africa

Yu. V. Bromley,  L. Ye. Kubbel

Peoples of America

Cuban Ethnography. Articles and Materials./V. V. Pimenov, Ed

A. D. Dridzo,  E. L. Nitoburg

Obituary

In Memoriam: Sergey Alexandrovitch Tokarev