Abstract: The special edition of Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore is dedicated to Komi 2 folklore and folklore studies.The issue was prepared within the framework of cooperation between the Department of Folkloristics of the Estonian Literary Museum and the Folklore Department of the Komi Science Centre by Komi and Estonian folklore researchers.Prior to this, the authors published one of the issues (vol.17, 2016) of the Sator periodical, which was also dedicated to Komi folklore studies.The goal of this issue is to present some of the results of recent Komi folklore studies to wider academic circles, overcoming the natural linguistic obstacles.The majority of articles are written within the research project "Local Folklore Traditions of the European Northeast of Russia: Mechanisms of Development and Adaptation, System of Genres, Ethnocultural Folklore Interaction" (№ AAAA-A17-117021310066-4).The history of Komi folklore studies reveals processes typical for the Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet research dealing with folklore (the research field extended and became more limited over time), as well as studying the Komi language and culture as part of the general development of Finno-Ugric studies.Traditionally, academician Andreas Sjögren (1794-1855) is considered to have discovered Komi folklore -in 1827, he transcribed folklore texts and published them as examples of the Komi language.Other linguistic researchers have used a similar approach to folklore texts.In 1843,