№6 (18) 2007

ISSN: 1810-8520

SPECIAL FEATURE:

Great Nothern Expedition: in the Wake of the Academic Detachment

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. Marriage and family:“...With Siberian peoples, love matches happened sometimes but on very rare occasions”

The Khights of the Taiga:“…No other nation has such highly developed inherent principles of decency as the Tunguses”

Description of the Yakut Custom of Sacrifice

Russian Siberians of the 18th Century and Alcoholism:“…in 1733 remuneration for the head of Okhotka port was 300 rubles, 100 chetverts of bread and 1,300 liters of vodka”

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Discovery of Siberia

Creat Northern Expedition: In the Wake of the Academic Detachment (А.Ch. Elert)

A Journey across Siberia. Turks of the Krasnoyarsk Uyezd and Their Shamans (J.G. Gmelin, translated and published by A.Ch. Elert)

Non-Returnee. A Story of One Escape (А.М. Panfilov)

Description of the City of Irkutskand Its Suburbs.Irkutsk Customs and Life-Style (G.W. Steller, translated and published by A.Ch. Elert)

Moving beyond the Horizon, or a Prayer for Overcoming (А.М. Panfilov)

The Second Kamchatka Expedition Is a Heroic Scientific Act of the 18th Century (W. Hintzsche)

A Description of Siberian Peoples. The Knights of the Taiga (G.F. Mueller, translated and published by A.Ch. Elert)

“My Longing to Serve Society” (А.М. Panfilov)

A Description of Siberian Peoples. Indigenous Peoples of Siberia: Marriage and Family (G.F. Mueller, translated and published by A.Ch. Elert)

Pagan Beliefs and Customs. Description of the Yakutian Custom of Sacrifice (G.F. Mueller, translated and published by A.Ch. Elert)

Russian Siberians of the 18th Century and Alcoholism (А.Ch. Elert, published by А.М. Panfilov)

Alcohol and Hallucinogens in the Life of Siberian Aborigines (А.Ch. Elert)