2025. Issue 1 (27)

  MUSEUM STUDIES
 

Golovnev A., Kukanov D., Perevalova E. Nikolaevsky Hall: Peoples of South Asia (Conceptual Sketch)

6

Babin A. Samples of Himalayan Painting and Graphics of the Himalayan Region in the Collection
of I. P. Minayev (MAE RAS)

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  CAUCASUS STUDIES
 

Nefliasheva N. Circassians of Israel. Jerusalem during the Circassian Mamluk Period
(Historiographical Aspect)

35

Nagoeva L. Hand Symbolism among the Abkhazians and Abazins: Traditional Semantics and New Meanings

49

Dmitriev V., Starostina O. Biomechanics of Movement in Traditional Sports Competitions of the Peoples
of the Caucasus and Central Asia

64

Duvakin E. The Swallow and the Snake: Abaza Mythology in the World Context

79

Kurov N. Narratives of the Circassian Folklore in Three Villages of Uspensky District in Krasnodar Krai

100

Zineeva Z., Telepen’ S. Nogai Puppetry Oirteke as an Element of Traditional Culture

109

Khalukhaeva A. Festive Costume of Ludi Gorchkhanova: Connection of Generations through
a Family Heirloom

116
  MIKHAIL KRUKOVSKY: THE HERITAGE  

Belorussova S. Travels of Mikhail Krukovsky in the Olonets Region

131

Stanulevich N. Printing of the Expedition Photographs of M. A. Krukovsky in Books and Journals
of the Early 20th Century

142

Belousov R. Altai Scientific Expedition of the Kamensky Museum of Local Lore in 1924

154

Ermolin D. Old Believers of the Olonets Region in the Materials of M. A. Krukovsky

168

Chernyaeva N. Ethnographic Prose by M. A. Krukovsky: Stories about the Peoples of Russia
as Part of the Homeland Studies

176
  VARIA  

Pavlova N., Orfinskaya O., Kitova A. Red Thread through Life and Death: the Protective Function
of the Red Color in Byzantine Egypt

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Soboleva E., Sorokina S. Terena Indians Dance Costume from the South American Collection of the MAE RAS and New Ethnographic Sources 212

Klimov A. Matsuda Denjiro’s Service in Akkeshi from 1 of August until 31 of October 1799
(Based on “Stories about Northern Barbarians”)

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