Towards the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
pp. 3-9
The main types of historic-cultural communities and the trends in their development
pp. 10-23
Ethnography and topical problems in the development of ethnographical museums
pp. 24-37
To the problem of syncretism in the religious system of Burmese Buddhism
pp. 38-50
Discussions
Once more on religion as a social phenomenon (a rep ly to critics)
pp. 51-65
Editorial comment
pp. 65-67
Communications
On the influence of the generation-wise composition of families over the transfer of ethnocultural traditions (on material from Lialshur village, Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic)
pp. 68-77
Forms of family among peoples of the Northern Caucasus in the 19th — early 20th centuries
pp. 78-83
The anthropological aspect in studying the pigment of the pheomelanin of the hair
pp. 84-97
To the etymology of the terms «yuyren», «yyr», «yyri»
pp. 98-102
Tutelage in the Bosporus
pp. 103-110
Traditional institutions and forms of socialization of children and teenagers among the Ogoni (Southern Nigeria)
pp. 111-119
Searchings, facts, hypotheses
«The face of the wolf is gracious…» (the stage-by-stage changes in the wolf image in the Turko-Mongol epos)
pp. 120-133
Chronicle of academic life
The ethnocultural role of the city in the period of the rise of nations
pp. 134-137
«The Theatre and Popular Traditions* — an international symposium
pp. 137-140
Problems of ethnography and anthropology at the 9th scientific session of the Historical Faculty of the Leningrad State University
pp. 140-142
Maclay Readings
pp. 142-143
On our expeditions in brief
pp. 144-145
Our anniversary heroes
List of principal works of Academician Yulian Vladimirovitch Bromley
pp. 146-149
Criticism and bibliography
Critical articles and reviews
Anthropology and ethnography and the future (notes on the Houston Conference of American Anthropologists)
pp. 150-154
Topical problems in the study of Shamanism
pp. 154-161
General ethnography
I. S. Cohn. The discovery of «I»
pp. 162-164
Н. Sebald. Witchcraft: the Heritage of a Heresy
pp. 164-168
Soviet peoples
Processes in culture and domestic life in the South of Ukraine
pp. 169-170
F. G. Safronov. Russians in north-east Asia in the 17th — mid 19th centuries
pp. 171-173
A comparative index of subjects. The Eastern Slav fairy tale
pp. 173-175
Peoples of Asia outside the USSR
M. V. Kriukov, V. V. Mal’avin, M. V. Sofronov. The Chinese ethnos on the threshold of the middle ages
pp. 176-179
Personalia
E. V. Pomerantseva (1899—1980)
pp. 180-185
Wolfgang König
pp. 186-187