Prepared by F. F. Bolonev, M. N. Mel'nikov, and N. V. Leonova. Scholarly editing by V. S. Kuznetsova. - Novosibirsk: Nauka. Siberian Firm of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1997. - 605 pages.

This volume represents the most complete edition of Russian calendar ritual songs from the Siberian region. It was compiled based on materials gleaned from fieldwork and archival research. A portion of the texts derives from earlier editions that have become practically inaccessible to the general reader.

The book contains song lyrics associated with every holiday of the folk calendar: New Year, Shrovetide, Welcoming of Spring, Whitsunday, St. Peter's Day, and the Harvest Festival. Especially valuable are the spells and charms (373 texts), which are here published in such a large volume for the first time since 1917.