abstract: In December 2008, the joint conference of Estonian and Latvian researchers of culture, 'Compatriots in Siberia', was held at the Estonian Literary Museum (for the abstracts see The Estonian-Latvian Conference 2008).At the conference, an idea was put forward to compile a collection of articles based on the research of compatriots of these two countries in Siberia, to introduce the corresponding work and studies to a wider audience.The publication is now presented as a special issue of journal Fol
journal: Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore