Giullian, Jon C.2013-05-142013-05-142008Giullian, Jon. "Reference Question Answered: Discussion of Russian funeral rites as depicted in V posikakh schast’ia (In Search of Happiness), Film, 2006." Slavic & East European Information Resources, 9.1 (2008): 5-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/152288808021046291522-8886https://hdl.handle.net/1808/11122The author answers a reference question on the depiction of a funeral in the 2006 Russian documentary film V poiskakh schast’ia (In Search of Happiness), which takes place in the Jewish Autonomous Region in Siberia. Consultations and reference sources show that what was depicted was not Jewish but a typical Russian civil funeral procession. Helpful publications included historical and historical-ethnographic monographs and an ethnographic encyclopedia.Article10.1080/15228880802104629https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9342-7123openAccess