The Educational-Scientific Center of Applied Ethnology

The Center’s curriculum fulfills the specialized requirements of student-ethnograqhers among various applied problems of modern ethnology and ethnosociology.  Included among the many subjects covered in seminars and practical labs, prospective students may pursue specialization in ethnosociology, ethnical cartography, statistical methods in ethnology, methods of organization and construction of field expedition work, findings of interethnic conflict and more.  All courses are conducted by the staff of the center and further by the department of ethnology.

            The Center’s scientists and researches devise methods of mass ethnological (ethnosociological, ethnopolitical) research,  leading to it’s application in various regions of the Russian Federation.  Since its founding, the Center’s scientists have organized expeditions and census research for the populations of the Ural and Volga republics.  An important aspect of the investigation work is the study of the dynamic ethnological situation in the Ural and Volga regions (research was conducted in Chubashi and Bashkir).

            A critical aspect of the Center’s scientific work is the study of the modernization of the Russian peasantry and the cultivation of concepts of agrarian reform in the Russian Federation.  The Center’s scientists are all professional members of the Federation Counsel For the Development of Agrarian Reform chaired by E.S.Stroev.