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FROM THE EDITOR

Varnavsky P. K.
Cross-border region of Russia and Inner Asia: political-economic specifics and cultural universals


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ECONOMY

Infrastructure and institutions: factors of territorial development

Naiden S. N., Demina O. V.
Consequences of electricity market liberalization for the Republic of Buryatia and Trans-Baikal Territory


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Piskunov E. Yu.
Spatial characteristics of municipal districts of the Republic of Buryatia


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Ubonova D. Z.
Analysis of development institutions in the Republic of Buryatia


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SOCIOLOGY

Civil society and local self-government: specifics of Inner Asia

Khatanbold O., Purevsuren B.
Effects and factors of civil society in the development of Mongolian democracy


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Petrova E. V.
Models of municipal governance in the subjects of the Baikal region: variability and dynamics


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ETHNOLOGY

Spiritualization of matter: how ethnic culture fills things with sacredness and symbolism

Yakovleva K. M., Prokopyeva A. N.
Yakut jewelry: traditions and modernity


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Batoeva D. B.
Traditional clothing of Mongolian peoples in the context of Manchu influence: history and contemporary existence


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Mikhalev M. S.
The Sutra of Geshe Wangyal: on the experience of using relics to strengthen spiritual autonomy


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FIRST STEPS IN WRITING

Mikhalev A. A.
Social contract as a tool for legalizing informal employment (on the example of the Republic of Buryatia)


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ACADEMIC LIFE

Gomboev B. Ts.
Specifics of Bargut ethnocentricity: experience of an ethnographic expedition (Bargut festival «Bargazhin-2025»)


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Badmaeva L. B.
The Buryat language as a national treasure: on the results of the International Scientific Conference


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Dugarov B. S.
The path to truth under the sign of Geser: past and present


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