Academic Degree: Doct. of Historical Sc.

Academic Ranks: Professor, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1990) and RAS (1991), Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Position: Chief of the Department of the Peoples of Caucasus

Affiliation:N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the RAS

Contact Data:
gusaba@iea.ras.ru

General Information:

Education and Training, Previous Employing Institutions

Education and Training:

Institute of Asia and Africa Studies (1950–1954), Candidate of Sciences degree (1962, theme of degree work ‘The Ancient Eastern Asian and Ainu Components in the Ethnogenesis of the Japanese’), Doctor of Sciences degree (1970, theme of degree work ‘The Processes of Change and Development in Present-Day Daily Culture of the Japanese’).

Key Disciplines Taught:
General Ethnography, Ethnocultural History, Ethnic History of Peoples of Siberia, Caucasus, Japan and India

Research Interests: historical ethnography of Asia, contemporary ethnic and language situation on Caucasus, migrations, ethnic processes and their influence on cultural and social identity

List of Most Essential Works:

Author of about 500 publications on ethnography of peoples of Eastern Asia and Transcaucasia, the conceptual problems of ethnography and culture studies including:

Monographs:

Arutyunov S. A. The Contemporary Everyday Life of the Japanese. Moscow, 1968. 230 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Svetlov G. E. The Old and New Gods of Japan. Moscow, 1968. 220 p. Transl. in Polish: Starzy i nowi bogowie Japonii. Warszawa, 1973. 206 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Sergeev D. A. The Ancient Cultures of Asiatic Eskimos. Moscow, 1969.206 p.Transl. in English: Ancient Cultures of Asiatic Eskimos. Translated by R. L. Bland. Oregon, 2007. 240 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Sergeev D. A. The Problems of Ethnic History in the Bering Sea.Moscow, 1975. 240 p.Transl. in English: Problems of Ethnic History in the Bering Sea. Translated by R. L. Bland. Oregon, 2007. 260 p.

Aleksandrov A. V., Arutyunov S. A., Brodyansky D. L. The Paleometal of the Northwest Pacific. Vladivostok, 1982.  104 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Krupnik I. I., Chlenov M. A. The Whale Alley (Antiquities of the Senyavin Strait Islands). Moscow, 1982. 176 p.

Arutyunov S. A. At the Shores of the Arctic Ocean. Moscow, 1984. 190 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Zhukovskaya N. L. Holy Relics: Myth and Reality. Moscow, 1987. 110 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Kobychev V. P. In the Land of Mountains, Gardens and Vineyards. Moscow, 1987. 264 p.

Arutyunov S. A. Peoples and Cultures: Development and Interaction. Moscow, 1989. 250p.

Arutyunov S. A., Dzharylgasinova R. Sh. Japan: People and Culture. Moscow, 1991. 64 p.

Arutyunov S. A. Perspectives on Ethnicity. Hague, Paris, 1978. 458 р. // member of the editorial board, Arutyunov S. A., Bromley Yu. V. Introduction. P. 10–13.

Arutyunov S. A. Life Culture and Ethnicity. Erevan, 1983. 320 p. // member of the editorial board, Chapters ‘Life Culture in Ethnic Systems’ (p. 53–60); ‘Nutrition System’ (p. 189–206); ‘General Conclusions’ (p. 254–270); Arutyunov S. A., Markaryan E. S. ‘Conclusion’ (p. 271–287).

Arutyunov S. A. The Ethnography of Nutrition System of Asian Peoples. Moscow, 1981. 256 p. // ed.-in-chief, Chapters ‘Introduction’ (p. 3–17), ‘Japan’(p. 157–170), ‘Conclusion’ (p. 232–250).

Arutyunov S. A. The Compendium of Etnographical Concepts and Terms. Material Culture. Moscow, 1981. 256 p.// member of the editorial board, Chapters ‘Introduction’ (p. 5–14); ‘Abak’ (p. 15), ‘Drinks’ (p. 84–86), ‘Food’ (p. 134–138), ‘Poisons’ (p. 216).

Arutyunov S. A. The Origins of the Present-day Population of South Asia. Moscow, 1990. 410 p.// ed.-in-chief, Chapters ‘Introduction’ (p. 3–8), ‘The Ethnogenetic Interpretation of the Race-genetic Analysis’ (p. 365–404), ‘Conclusion’ (p. 405–408).

Arutyunov S. A., Shchebenykov V. G. The Most Ancient Peoples of Japan: the Destiny of Ainu Peoples. Moscow, 1992. 210 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Abduleshvili M. G., Kaloev B. A. The Peoples of Caucasus. Anthropology, Linguistics and Household System. Moscow, 1994.

Arutyunov S. A., Sergeeva G. A., Kobychev V. P. The Peoples of Caucasus (Book 4). Material Culture. Food and Housing System. Moscow, 1995.

Arutyunov S. A. Cultures and Traditions: Development and Interaction. Luiston, 2002. 386 p.

Arutyunov S. A., Ryzhakova S. I. Cultural Anthropology. Moscow, 2004. 216 p.

Arutyunov S. A. The Shadow of Ethnicity in the Background of the Civilization. Moscow, 2012. 416 p.