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Discussion featured in this journal issue is situated in line with the umbrella topic “The living and the dead” and concerns the sphere that is already well established in the western research, i.e. «Death studies». It was easy to invite participants for the discussion; they are editors and contributors of the new interesting journal “Archaeology of the Russian Life”. Questions have been prepared by S. Mokhov, D. Gromov and E. Vdovchenkov. The objectives of the discussion are twofold. On the one hand, it is to show the problematics of the “Death studies” and to share experience of three Russian anthropologists in this field, on the other hand, it is a kind of intellectual provocation as the same questions devised for the “Death studies” in the modern society were targeted at a medievalist. Medieval studies are closely related to anthropology and have vast experience in resolving such issues, therefore, the answer of Yu. Arnautova was detailed and informative.