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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
The following topics will be discussed: a) A few historical comments; b) MK classification - the most important stage of classification work; c) Recently revealed peculiarity features and the problem of further differentiation of the classification scale; d) Classification work in the USSR; e) The role of classification results with respect to galactic structure studies; f) Low dispersion spectra and faint M-type stars and the missing mass problem; g) Extraterrestrial spectral observations: new promising means for research.