The text is in Russian with a two-page summary in English in the rear. The summary lists the many ethnic groups inhabiting the vast territory covered by this study: "Arctic hunters for sea animals (the Aleuts, Eskimoes, Coast Chukchi, and Koryaks), tundra reindeer-breeders (the Chukchi, Koryaks, Yukagirs), taiga reindeer breeders and hunters (the Evens, Evenks, Orochi of Sakhalin), settled fishermen of the Amur basin and Kamchatka river (the Nanay, Nivkhs, Orochi, Udehe, Ulchi, Negidals, Itelmen), nomadic-setled breeders of [the] Steppes (the Mongols, Buryats, Tuvinians, Khakass and others), ploughmen (the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese)... Very good .
Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; NORTH EAST ASIA; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; TIPOLOGIIA TRADISIONNOI KULTURY NARODOV SEVERO-VOSTOCHNOI AZII, XIX-Seredina XX v; Typology of traditional cultures of the peoples of North-East Asia, 19th to mid-20th century; n. v. KOCHESHKOV;