Work on the series «Folklore of peoples of Siberia and the Far East », dedicated to 90th anniversary of A. B. Soktoev

The article is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Alexander Badmaevich Soktoev, the first organizer and leader of the group of Siberian and Far East folklorists who created a 60-volume series of samples of the folklore heritage of the peoples of the Siberian and Far Eastern region. The article highlights how the idea of the Series arose and the work on it began, what difficulties Siberian scientists encountered, what is the merit of A.B. Soktoev, who inspired the work with his energy and talent. The success of this publishing project is due to methodology that reveals the multifunctional nature of folklore itself, justifying an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to its samples. The author pays attention to the fact that each prepared book is unique in its folklore material, revealing the history of particular people, and at the same time has its own history of creation, in which the general scientific and individual contributions of all creators are closely intertwined.