Ethnography of the North-Eastern Russia's Peoples Department (Group) develops fundamental problems connected with the formation and functioning of the traditional ethnic culture, ethno-cultural processes and adaptive strategies of indigenous peoples of Yakutia in the conditions of transformation processes.

One of the priority directions of the department is the study of the traditional system of life support of the people of Yakutia in the context of changing environmental and socio-cultural environment, analysis of formation and preservation of ethnolocal cultural landscapes, and broader development and interpretation of historical and geographical spatial images.

An important direction of ethnographic research is the Ethnography Museum. Organization of joint ethnographic exhibitions, development of Museum booklets attribution of the Museum objects.