Abstract
The article depicts the scientific biography of the former head of the Department of Ethnology of the Moscow State University Alexei Nikishenkov, one of the most prominent Russian ethnographers. The author investigates biographical data, the scientific approach, the role the field research played in the life of Nikishenkov and his activities at the Moscow State University as the head of the Department. The author draws attention to the fact that Nikishenkov conveyed the ideas and approaches of both Russian (Soviet) and British anthropological traditions as he had been studying the latter since late 1970s. His field research in Buryatia was clearly different from expeditions of other scientists: having conducted a series of field research there, he later returned there as a family member more than 10 times. Nikishenkov had raised a group of prominent scholars in Russia and the scientific heritage that he left has not been properly praised yet.
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