Peoples of the world. Ethnographic Essays

Total from 1954 to 1966 18 books were released, including 8 one-volume and 5 two-volume:

• The peoples of Australia and Oceania. (1956)
• The peoples of America. Vol. 1. (1959)
• The peoples of America. Vol. 2. (1959)
• The peoples of Africa. (1954)
• The peoples of East Asia. (1965)
• The peoples of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 1. (1964)
• The peoples of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 2. (1964)
• Peoples of foreign Europe. Vol. 1. (1964)
• Peoples of foreign Europe. Vol. 2. (1965)
• Peoples of the Caucasus. Vol. 1. (1960)
• Peoples of the Caucasus. Vol. 2. (1962)
• Peoples of Asia Minor. (1957)
• The peoples of Siberia. (1956)
• Peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Vol. 1. (1962)
• Peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Vol. 2. (1963)
• Peoples of Southeast Asia. (1966)
• Peoples of South Asia. (1963)
• The number and resettlement of the peoples of the world. (1962)

The peoples of Africa. (1954)

• Peoples of Africa / Edited by D. A. Olderogge, I. I. Potekhina. - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1954. - 734 p. - ( Peoples of the world. Ethnographic essays ). - 10 000 copies

The editor of the publishing house is S. R. Smirnov . Technical editor - A. A. Kiselev . Design artist - D.S. Bisti . Proofreader - E. I. Chukina .

The purpose of this work is to show the reader the modern peoples of Africa, their life, culture, the struggle for national independence, for freedom, against colonial enslavement. The authors' team sought to comprehensively characterize the history of the origin of the peoples of Africa, their languages, production, housing, clothing, food, spiritual culture, family, social and political life. With such a variety of issues and with a weak and sometimes complete lack of study of certain problems of the history and ethnography of African peoples, some aspects of life are covered rather briefly and incompletely.

The peoples of Australia and Oceania. (1956)

• Peoples of Australia and Oceania / Edited by S. A. Tokarev , S. P. Tolstova. - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1956. - 854 p. - (Peoples of the world. Ethnographic essays). - 6000 copies

The editor of the publishing house is B.I. Sharevskaya . Technical editor - N. I. Moskvicheva . Artist - A. A. Lyuminarsky .

The purpose of this book is to tell about the peoples of Australia and Oceania. The reader will find in it information about the ethnic composition of the inhabitants of these countries, their origin, languages, household, life, social structure, culture in the past and present. The book also describes the old, historically developed economic and cultural structure of the peoples of this part of the world, and how the old way of life was destroyed or destroyed by colonial imperialism.

The peoples of Siberia. (1956)

• Peoples of Siberia / Ed. M. G. Levin , L. P. Potapova . - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1956. - 1084 p. - (Peoples of the world. Ethnographic essays). - 5000 copies

Editor publisher - A.I. Sobolev . Technical editor - A. V. Smirnova . Proofreaders - A. I. Viksne and K. N. Phenomenov .

Russian, and especially Soviet, science has accumulated a large amount of material before the ethnography of the peoples of Siberia. But so far, there has not yet appeared a consolidated, generalizing work that would sum up what was done and familiarize the reader with these peoples who had been revived to a new life by the Great October Socialist Revolution. This book is the first experience of a summary of the ethnography of Siberia and is intended for a wide circle of readers.

In this volume, articles on the peoples of the Far North and the Far East are highlighted in a separate section, which opens with a special article covering the main stages of socialist construction among these peoples. Another section is devoted to the peoples of southern Siberia. Both sections are prefaced with introductory articles of a general nature, including a historical and ethnographic essay on the Russian population of Siberia, whose economy, culture and life have had a huge impact on the peoples of Siberia. The following descriptions of individual nations and introductory articles were based on new field materials by Soviet researchers on ethnography, archeology and anthropology, collected over the last three to four decades, extensive museum collections stored in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the USSR Peoples' Academy of Sciences and Ethnography Museum ( b) Ethnographic Department of the Russian Museum) in Leningrad, and a large ethnographic literature, published both in the pre-Soviet and in the Soviet periods. Numerous expeditions to Siberia, organized during the Soviet period by various scientific institutions of our country, greatly expanded the circle of sources, enriched them with new and valuable materials. Among the expeditions there were a lot of specially ethnographic. Some of the participants in these expeditions are no longer alive. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the brave G. D. Verbov, N. P. Nikulypin, S. M. Stebnitsky, N. B. Schnackenburg died of death. N. Lipskaya and G. N. Prokofyev died in the difficult months of the siege of Leningrad.

This paper is written primarily by a team of employees of the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The author's work on the heads of the volume was distributed as follows:

• “The ancient population of Siberia and its culture” - A. P. Okladnikov ;
• "Anthropological types of Siberia" - M. G. Levin ;
• “Historical and ethnographic sketch of the Russian population of Siberia in the pre-revolutionary period” - L.P. Potapov (with the participation of S. V. Ivanov, G. S. Maslova and V. K. Sokolova);
• "Buryats" - K.V. Vyatkina;
• "Yakuts" - S. A. Tokarev , I. S. Gurvich;
• "Altaians", "Khakas" and "Tuvinians" - L.P. Potapov ;
• “West Siberian Tatars” - V. V. Khramova;
• “Shors” - L.P. Potapov ;
• "Tofalary" - M.A. Sergeev;
• "National construction among the peoples of northern Siberia and the Far East" - M. A. Sergeev;
• “Khanty and Mansi” - E. D. Prokofyeva (with the participation of V. N. Chernetsov and Η. F. Prytkova);
• “The Nenets” - E. D. Prokofiev (the article by G. D. Verbov and G. N. Prokofiev) was the basis for the description of the pre-revolutionary life;
• "Nganasans" - A. A. Popov;
• “Entsy” - B.O. Dolgikh (using the materials of G. D. Verbov);
• “Selkups” - E. D. Prokofiev (using the materials of G. N. Prokofiev);
• “Kety” - A. A. Popov (with B.O. Dolgikh);
• “Evenki” - G. M. Vasilevich (with the participation of A. V. Smolyak, using N. P. Nikulypin’s materials);
• “Dolgans” - A. A. Popov;
• The Evens - M. G. Levin (with the participation of B. A. Vasiliev);
• “Negidaltsy”, “Nanais”, “Ulchi”, “Udegeytsy”, “Orochi”, “Oroki”, “Nivkhi” - S. V. Ivanov, MG G. Levin , A. V. Smolyak (to the basis of the description of the pre-revolutionary Life put articles: "Nanais" N. A. Lipskaya, "Oroki" and "Orochi" B. A. Vasiliev, "Ulchi" and "Nivkhi" A. M. Zolotaryov);
• “Yukagirs” - M. V. Stepanova, I. S. Gurvich (with the participation of V. V. Khramovoy);
• “Chukchi” - V. V. Antropov, V. G. Kuznetsov (the basis of the description of the pre-revolutionary life is the article by G. I. Melnikov);
• “Eskimos” - G. A. Menovshchikov (using materials by N. B. Schnackenburg);
• “Koryaks” - V. V. Antropov (the article of S. N. Stebnitsky and N. B. Schnackenburg was put in the basis of the description of the pre-revolutionary life);
• “Itelmeny” and “Aleuts” - V.V. Antropova.

The work on the preparation of this volume was guided at the first stage by M. A. Sergeev, later B. O. Dolgikh , M. G. Levin and L. P. Potapov . The bibliographic list was prepared by a group of authors and edited by M. A. Sergeev. The index was compiled by E. A. Alekseenko, V. P. Dyakonova, and K. V. Yakimova. KV Yakimova took part in the selection of illustrative material for the articles, except the group of authors, in the editing - B. G. Hershkovich.

The illustrations are made mainly from the collections of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences. A list of illustrations and sources from which they are borrowed, as well as a list of screensavers and endings are placed at the end of the book.

The color tables are made by the artist T. L. Yuzepchuk, most of the graphic tables are by the artists K. K. Bektashev and Η. N. Sobolev.

Peoples of Asia Minor. (1957)

The peoples of America. Vol. 1. (1959)

The peoples of America. Vol. 2. (1959)

Peoples of the Caucasus. Vol. 1. (1960)

Peoples of the Caucasus. T. 2. (1962)

The number and resettlement of the peoples of the world. (1962)

Peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Vol. 1. (1962)

Peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. T. 2. (1963)

Peoples of South Asia. (1963)

The peoples of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 1. (1964)

The peoples of the European part of the USSR. T. 2. (1964)

Peoples of foreign Europe. Vol. 1. (1964)

Peoples of foreign Europe. T. 2. (1965)

The peoples of East Asia. (1965)

Peoples of Southeast Asia. (1966)

• Atlas of the Nations
• Peoples of the world (encyclopedia)
• Peoples and religions of the world
• Countries and Nations (Thought)
• Countries and Nations (Science)

1. These books are on the e-bookshelf of Vadim Ershov and Co. in the Public Library.
2. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. N.N. Miklukho-Maclay RAS