Special Theme of the Issue
Practices of Buddhist Pilgrimage in Russia
(guest editors E.-B. M. Guchinova and Ts. A. Darieva)
Exploring Contemporary Pilgrimage among the Mongolian Speaking Peoples of Russia
[Issleduia sovremennoe palomnichestvo sredi mongoloiazychnykh narodov Rossii]
pp. 5-12
Moscow as a Buddhist Paradise: A Buryat Delegation at the Coronation of Nicholas II
[Moskva kak buddiiskii rai: buriatskaia deputatsiia na koronatsii Nikolaia II]
pp. 13-31
With a Red Brush and Yellow Tie: On Specificities of the Kalmyk Pilgrimage
[S krasnoi kist’iu i zheltym galstukom: o spetsifike kalmytskogo palomnichestva]
pp. 32-46
Traditional and New Places of Religious Pilgrimage in Buryatia
[Traditsionnye i novye mesta religioznogo palomnichestva v Buriatii]]
pp. 47-60
Both Field and Pilgrimage… (an Interview)
[I pole, i palomnichestvo…(interv’iu)]
pp. 61-71
Discussion
From Where is Russian Ethnology and Where is it Going? A Personal View in Global Perspective
[Otkuda i kuda prishla rossiiskaia etnologiia: personal’nyi vzgliad v global’noi perspektive]
pp. 72-92
Comments
Some Academic Reflection
[Nemnogo akademicheskoi refleksii]
pp. 93-101
The “Double Bind” of the Etnos: A Commentary on Academician V.A. Tishkov’s Article
[“Dvoinoe poslanie” etnosa: kommentarii k stat’ie akademika V.A. Tishkova]
pp. 101-106
The Irony of V.A. Tishkov’s Personal Views in a Global Perspective
[Ironiia personal’nykh vzgliadov V.A. Tishkova v global’noi perspektive]
pp. 106-108
On Tension and Movement
[O napriazhenii i dvizhenii]
pp. 109-112
Why Did We Come Here?
[Zachem my siuda prishli?]
pp. 112-115
Few Words from Abroad
[Neskol’ko zamechanii iz-za rubezha]
pp. 115-118
Response to Commenters
[Otvet opponentam]
pp. 118-137
Research Articles
Deconstructing Constructivism in Order to Understand Russia
[Dekonstruirovat’ konstruktivizm, chtoby poniat’ Rossiiu]
pp. 138-152
The Transformation of the Hospitality Etiquette of the Kazakhs
[Transformatsiia etiketa gostepriimstva u kazakhov]
pp. 153-167
The Orthodox Mission in Vyatka in the 18th Century: On the Role of the State and Clergy in the Process of Dissemination of the Christian Faith in the Region
[Pravoslavnaia missiia na viatke v XVIII v.: k voprosu o roli gosudarstva i dukhovenstva v protsesse rasprostraneniia khristianskoi very v regione]
pp. 168-182
Reviews
Review of Evrei [Jews], edited by T.G. Emelyanenko and E.E. Nosenko-Shtein
pp. 183-187
Review of Two Lenins: A Brief Anthropology of Time, by N. Ssorin-Chaikov
pp. 188-191