Kimeev. The Playing Man
The essay present the author’s personal memoirs related to the research and pedagogical activities of the famous ethnographer and museologist Professor Valery Makarovich Kimeev. It considers the key role of V.M. Kimeev in the professional development of the author as a researcher. The paper outlines Valery M. Kimeev’s understanding of ethnicity as the “state of the soul” and his attempts to put this into practice by implanting, personifying and playing the image of the last tulber are outlined.