Ethnology in Russia: The new projects of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences

This paper discusses the ethnological research in Russia during the past decade, with a special emphasis on projects and activities of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. We present the most important ethnological publications and projects that deal with a wide array of problems, from historical to contemporary, daily-cultural and ethno-political processes, identity problems and issues in physical anthropology.