by Acad. Valery TISHKOV, Director of the RAS Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology; Yelena PIVNEVA, Cand. Sc. (History), Academic Secretary of the same institute In 2013 the RAS Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (IEA) marks its 80th anniversary. During this period the institute acquired an excellent reputation in the world scientific fellowship and has become a leading research center in the sphere of ethnology, sociocultural and physical anthropology in Russia. The bibliography of scientific works of the institute's staff members only in a period of 1992-2012 includes more than 1,000 titles and presents an impressive picture of research works both in subject range and concrete results. The basic and applied research covers traditional historico-ethnographical problems and also studies of the current situation, from the basic standards of conduct, ceremonial life and religious beliefs to interethnic relations, conflicts and ethnic policy of the state. Studies of this ethnocultural diversity of Russia and the world as a whole is of special value in the conditions of Russian transforming society, cultural interaction and globalization. стр. 73 Let us note at once that IEA has one of the highest ratings among the country research institutes, immense popularity with the multinational Russian people and wide publicity in the world. Due to high scientific standards and permanence of scientific subjects, the works created by its staff members in the course of many decades have not lost their importance even today. The present jubilee has a wonderful history dating back to the times of the Cabinet of Curiosities established by Peter the Great. By the way, it gave birth to the institute together with the Russian Academy of Sciences. On February 15, 1933, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences ruled creation of the Institute of Anthropology, Archeology and Ethnography in Leningrad, which later served as a basis for the Moscow Institu ... Читать далее