A unique book in two volumes by Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences M. S. Andreev "Tajiks of the Khuf Valley," published 60 years ago, is practically the only and main ethnographic study of the life and culture of Tajiks in the upper Amu Darya. It has not only not lost its scientific value, but also remains one of the most sought-after and important sources of anthropological study of the historical life of the macroregion of Central Asia.