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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

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The rich text by Roberte Hamayon can be viewed from several angles. I will limit myself to one by noting that this particular case offers a very interesting illustration of the treatment of ethnic questions in Russia following the collapse of the USSR.

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1. According to the Russian tradition, which has been imposed on all inhabitants of the USSR, each person is referred to by their forename, their patronymic and their family name. The patronymic is used here as a further indication of ethnic origin.

2. L.L. Abaeva, B.P. Kranev, Social'no-politicheskij analiz vyborov v respublike Burjatii [Political and social analysis of the elections in the Republic of Buryatia], September 1994]: http://www.iea.ras.ru/Russian/publications/applied/69.html.

3. See, for example, V.A. Rudnev, Sovetskie prazdniki, obrjady, ritualy [Soviet festivals, rites and rituals], Leningrad, Leninizdat 1979.