2026. Issue 1 (31)

  CAUCASIAN STUDIES  
Manyshev S. Soviet Caucasus Studies in the 1920s–1930s: From Local History Studies to Research Institutes

Makhmudova Z. The South Caucasus in the Studies of Evgeny Schilling (1920s–1940s)

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Butovskaya M., Burkova V., Imameev E. Respect for Elders as a Social Norm of Modern Karachay Society 50

Belozerova M. Preserving the Shapsug Dialect in the Sochi Black Sea Region: Challenges and Prospects

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Kurinskikh P. The Black Sea Shapsugs: Traditional Cuisine as a Component of Local Ethnic Identity 98
  VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY  

Kopaneva N. Drawings by the Artist J. C. Berkhan in Description of All Peoples Inhabiting the Russian State… by J. G. Georgi

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Tolmacheva E. Early Photographic Documents and Ethnographic Discourse: The Photographic Heritage of William Carrick in the Collection of the MAE RAS 152

Golovnev A., Kisser T. Visual Ethnography by G. D. Verbov 178

  MYTHS AND RITUALS  
Berezkin Yu. The Spread of Motifs Characteristic of Oral Narratives Featuring Zoomorphic Characters in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Circum-Pacific World: The Problem of Dating 210

Nguyen Thi T. X., Nguyen Trung H., Nguyen Thi D. Four Palaces Mother Goddess Trance Ritual of the Vietnamese: Efficacy in Practicing and Transforming Ritual 228

  FACETS OF IDENTITY  
Khokholkova N., Ivanchenko O. “Swahili and Peace”: Symbols of Tanzanian National Identity (Based on Materials from the 2024 Field Study) 254

Andreev A., Isalimova A. Statistical Measurement of the Index of Politicized Ethnic Identity among the Kazakh Population of the Russian Border Region (Data from a Pilot Project) 274