Evgenii Khelimskii (b. 1950) is a world recognized Russian philologist, a specialist in Nostratic comparison, Indo-Uralic linguistics and history. This is a collection of lectures and articles in these fields from more than 25 years. They are arranged into the following chapters: Samoyed Peoples, Language and Cultures; Uralic Studies; Samoyed-Altai Linguistic Contacts; Slavic Studies; Nostratic Studies: Early Indo-Uralic Connections. Bibliography.