Head, Department of Caucasus Studies, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Leading researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. hist. sc. (2013), Cand. hist. sc. (1981). Scholarly interests: social structure, social and cultural norms of peoples of the Caucasus, ethnic and political developments in the Caucasus, diasporas and their cultural and social development, history of ethnography. Author or co-author of books “Old Tbilisi: City and Citizens in the 19th Century” (in Russian); “Ethnic History of the North Caucasus” (in Russian); “Political Culture of the Adyghе: Traditional Institutions and Their Evolution” (in Russian), among others. Recipient of the State award of the Republic of Abkhazia for scholarly work on the editorial preparation of the volume “Abkhazians” (Peoples and Cultures series, 2008). Recipient of the State award of Kabardino-Balkaria for scholarly work on the editorial preparation of the volume “Adyghe” (Peoples and Cultures series, 2025).