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

Cand. hist. sc. (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, 1999, in ethnography, ethnology, and anthropology). Scholarly interests: ethnography of peoples of the North, Siberia, and Far East of Russia, ethnic demography, social stratification and social transformations, ethnic identity, urban studies, commercialization of culture, state policies towards the people of the North. Author of over 200 publications including books on the “Modern Chukotka Family: Structure and Dynamics of Development (1970–1980s)” (in Russian); “Mansi: Population Structure, Ethnic-Demographic Processes (18th–20th Centuries)” (in Russian); “Traditional Natural Resource Use among Peoples of Northern Ob River Area” (in Russian); as well as a number of edited works.