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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ethno review</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ethno review</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Этнографическое обозрение</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-5415</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-6274</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">672195</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0869541523050044</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">YDXJTA</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The “efforts of ours were not in vain”: an interview with M.A. Chlenov</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>“Наш труд не пропал зря”: интервью с М.А. Членовым</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Alymov</surname><given-names>S. S</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алымов</surname><given-names>С. С</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>alymovs@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт этнологии и антропологии РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><issue>5</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO5 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№5 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>39</fpage><lpage>62</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-02-27"><day>27</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5415/article/view/672195">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5415/article/view/672195</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In an interview to S.S. Alymov, the ethnographer and historian M.A. Chlenov, honorary vice-president of the World Jewish Congress, talks about his biography, academic career and work at the Institute of Ethnography in the 1960s-90s. He reflects on his fieldwork in Indonesia and the Russian North, as well as his research among the Nenets and Inuit, and discusses his work in the areas of kinship studies, Inuit studies, and Jewish studies, further recounting the story about the discovery of the Whale Alley archaeological site. The interview conveys important information about the Jewish movement in the USSR, the relationship between scholars and authorities, the life at the Institute of Ethnography and in Soviet academia generally.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Интервью с к.и.н. М.А. Членовым, почетным вице-президентом Всемирного еврейского конгресса, посвящено его биографии, научной деятельности и работе в Институте этнографии АН СССР в 1960-1990-е годы. Большое внимание уделяется полевой работе М.А. Членова в Индонезии, среди ненцев, эскимосов и на Русском Севере. Ученый подробно рассказывает о своей деятельности в области изучения систем родства, эскимосоведения, иудаики, об открытии археологического памятника Китовая аллея. Также сообщаются важные сведения о еврейском движении в СССР, отношениях ученых и власти, о сотрудниках Института этнографии АН и многом другом.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>soviet ethnography</kwd><kwd>ethnology</kwd><kwd>history of anthropology</kwd><kwd>Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology</kwd><kwd>Russian Academy of Sciences</kwd><kwd>Southeast Asia</kwd><kwd>judaica</kwd><kwd>inuit</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>советская этнография</kwd><kwd>история антропологии</kwd><kwd>Институт этнологии и антропологии РАН</kwd><kwd>этнология Юго-Восточной Азии</kwd><kwd>иудаика</kwd><kwd>эскимосы</kwd><kwd>инуиты</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list/></back></article>
