The June Plenary Session of the CPSU Central Committee and the Tasks Faced bx Soviet Ethnographers
pp. 3-10
Concerning Some Urgent Tasks in the Ethnographical Study of the Present
pp. 10-23
On the Classification of Russian Folk Songs of Everyday Life by Genre, Plot and Subject-Matter
pp. 23-33
Problems of the Ethnic History of Sardinia in the 1st Millennium B. C.
pp. 33-47
From the History of Ethnography
The Materials of M. N. Vasilyev’s Expedition — a Valuable Source for the History and Ethnography of the Hawaiian Islands
pp. 48-61
Communications
The Science of Anthropology: Some Aspects of its Content
pp. 62-67
The Ornament of Samarkand Embroidery and its Relationship to Folk Concepts and Beliefs (Second Half of the 19th — Beginning of the 20th Century)
pp. 67-79
Traditional Dwellings in the Village of Hufar (The Uzbek SSR)
pp. 79-87
Searchings, Facts, Hypotheses
N. K. Roerikh and the Legend of Belovodye
pp. 88-101
Our Anniversaries
A List of the Main Publications by G. E. Markov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor (to His 60th Birthday and 30th Anniversary of His Scholarly Activity)
pp. 102-105
Academic Life
Contemporary Ethno-Social Processes in the CountrySide and the Tasks of Studying Them in the Light of the Resolutions of the May 1982 Plenary Session of the CPSU Central Committee, an All-Union Conference
pp. 106-111
The 3d European Anthropological Congress
pp. 111-114
An International Symposium «The Role of Family in Ethno-Cultural Processes under Socialism»
pp. 114-116
Finno- Ugric Musical Lore: Problems of Syncretism, an All-Union Conference
pp. 116-120
The Construction of Houses in Early Russia, a Symposium
pp. 120-122
Polesye and the Origin of the Slavs, a Conference
pp. 122-124
A Regional Conference on Studying Rural Family Life in Middle Asia (Soviet Central Asia)
pp. 124-128
Maclay Readings: Fifth Session
pp. 129-131
F. F. Aristov Memorial Session
pp. 131-133
Expeditions in Brief
pp. 133-135
Criticism and Bibliography
Critical Articles and Reviews
The Ethnography of Russian Siberian Peasantry: a Review of Publications
pp. 136-141
Russian Folklore in Institutions of Higher Education
pp. 141-149
Peoples of the USSR
Ya. S. Smirnova. Family and Family Life of the North Caucasus Peoples. Second Half of the 19th—20th Century
pp. 149-151
Z. P. Sokolova. The Khanty and Mansi Social Organization in the 18th—20th Centuries. The Problems of Phratry and Clan
pp. 151-153
Ildiko Lehtinen. Naisten Коrut. Keski-Venäjällä ja Länsi-Siperiassa
pp. 153-155
Peoples of Europe outside the USSR
B. N. Putilov. Heroic Epics of the Montenegrins
pp. 156-157
Obituaries
O. A. Sukhareva
pp. 158-162
M. K. Gegeshidze
pp. 163-166
Index for 1983
pp. 167-172