NATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHERS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS. 20TH CENTURY

=== '''{{birth-date|24 April 1960}}, Elista''' ===
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'''''Biography, education, career:''''' 

In 1989 defended her Candidate Dissertation, titled ''Lamaism in Kalmykia in 17th – early 20th Centuries: a Historic and Ethnographic Analysis'', at the Institute of Ethnography, USSR Academy of Sciences; in 2006 she defended her Doctoral Dissertation, titled ''Pre-Buddhist Beliefs of Kalmyks: Analysis and Reconstruction'', at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS. 

'''''Areas of expertise:'''''

[[Category:History and ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia]] [[:Category:History and ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia|History and ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia]]; [[Category:History and ethnography of Mongolian peoples]] [[:Category:History and ethnography of Mongolian peoples|History and ethnography of Mongolian peoples]]; [[Category:Ethnic religious studies]] [[:Category:Ethnic religious studies|Ethnic religious studies]]; [[Category:Folklore studies]] [[:Category:Folklore studies|Folklore studies]]; [[Category:Buddhist studies]] [[:Category:Buddhist studies|Buddhist studies]]

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