Ethnic-National Self-Awareness: the Basis on Which It Is Formed and the Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Its Development
pp. 3-16
Ethnic History: The Term and Its Content
pp. 16-25
The Role of Onomastics Data in Historical-Anthropological Studies
pp. 25-35
The Haitian Creole in the 17th and 18th Centuries: Language as an EthnosForming Factor
pp. 35-46
The Problem and the Origins of Romany Folk Music in Europe
pp. 46-56
Discussions
Further Discussion of the Articles by M. N. Shmeliova and S. I. Vainshtein on Problems of Field Studies («Sovetskaya Etnografia», 1985, No 3)
pp. 57-69
From the History of Ethnography
The Ethnographic Archive of V. N. Tchernetsov (to the 80th Anniversary of the Scholar’s Birth)
pp. 70-74
Communications
Traditions and Innovations in the Present-Day Kirghiz Rural Family
pp. 75-83
Ethnic Processes among the Western Turkmens in the Late Feudal Period (16th to 18th Centuries)
pp. 83-91
At the Bear Festival among the Kets
pp. 92-97
The Old and the New in the Society of the Mzabites in Algeria
pp. 98-104
Yoruba «Native» Courts and Traditional Rulers in the Colonial Period
pp. 105-112
Searchings, Facts, Hypotheses
The Traditional Glove Puppet Theatre in China
pp. 113-125
Our Anniversaries
A List of Major Works by Professor Ye. P. Busygin, Doctor of Historical Sciences (to His 70th Birthday)
pp. 126-129
Academic Life
The 7th International Congress of Applied Linguistics
pp. 130-136
«Tradition as a Phenomenon of Human Cultural Activity», a Symposium
pp. 136-137
«The “Kalevala” — a Notable Monument of World Culture» — a Scientific Conference
pp. 138-142
Expeditions in Brief
pp. 141-142
Criticism and Bibliography
General Ethnography
The Paths of Development of Ethnology outside the USSR/Eds. Yu. V. Bromley, J. R. Grigulevitch, E. A. Rikman
pp. 143-145
L. A. Abramian. The Primitive Festival and Mythology
pp. 145-148
Peoples of the USSR
B. Kh. Bgazhnokov. Essays on the Adygh Centuries (Their Economy and Social Structure)
pp. 148-150
Kh. I. Khutuyev. The Rise and Development of Socialist Culture in Soviet Kabardino-Balkaria
pp. 151-153
V. V. Karlov. The Evenks in the 18th to Early 20th Centuries (Their Economy and Social Structure)
pp. 153-155
Peoples of Europe outside the USSR
D. Antonievitch. Rituals and Customs of Balkan Sheep Herders
pp. 156-157
Peoples of America
Н. Schindler. Die Reiterstämme des Gran Chaco. T. Harimann. Bibliografia Critica da Etnologia Brasileira. V. III
pp. 158-160
Letters to the Editor
To the Problem of the Ethnic Territory of the Burtas in the Second Half of the 8th to the Beginning of the 10th Centuries
pp. 161-164
The Burtas and the Forest-Steppe Variant of the Saltovo-Mayatska Culture (Reply to A. Kh. Khalikov)
pp. 164-169