Finno-Ugric areas of Russia in tourist dimension
Introduction. Currently, there are special spatial areas in the world that were established on the basis of ethnic identity. One of them is Finno-Ugric, which unites 24 peoples of the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family.
Svetlana V. Saraikina +1 more
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National in form, Putinist in content: minority institutions ‘outside politics’ [PDF]
Over the past three decades, Russia has developed a set of institutions for the management of ethno-linguistic diversity based on the principle of ‘national cultural autonomy’.
Prina, Federica
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Understanding the lived experience of connection to nature
Scholars define a connection to nature as being the outcome of a process of awakening “biophilia,” the maturation or development of an “ecological self,” or as an awareness of oneself as a member of a wider biotic community. Using evidence from longitudinal in‐depth interviewing and participant observation, this article examines these differing ...
Ella Furness
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Ethno-linguistic and ethno-demographic development of Finno-ugric nations in the Ural-Volga region
Introduction. In the light of the revival and development of national languages and cultures of the peoples of the Russian Federation, this article tries to reveal the ethno-demographic and ethno-linguistic development of the Finno-Ugric peoples-Mari ...
Fail G. Safin +2 more
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THE BEAR AND THE YEAR : ON THE ORIGIN OF THE FINNISH LATE IRON AGE FOLK CALENDAR AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE BEAR CULT [PDF]
The role of the bear as a calendric deity among the Finnic and Finno-Ugric peoples echoes it general importance in all aspects of the northern cultures.
Ridderstad, Marianna P.
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The Image of a Bear in the Chuvash Culture
The work is devoted to the study of the image of the bear in the Chuvash linguistic culture and aims to study its properties in the perception of the Chuvash people in a broad ethnographic aspect, including linguistic (etymological, onomastic), as well ...
Eduard V. Fomin
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From a restricted to full linguistic space: an ‘affirmative action’ strategy for the Udmurt language [PDF]
This study analyzes the long-term reasons why Udmurt occupies a restricted linguistic space in the post-Soviet state – the low status of Udmurt, due to Soviet language and other policies; urbanization; population shifts; myths and stereotypes about ...
Williams, Christopher
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Ethnocultural tradition in the modern world: functional aspect
Introduction. The phenomenon of “tradition” is a key link in understanding the specifics of the current cultural processes. The problem of preserving and developing the ethnocultural tradition has acquired a new impetus for comprehension against the ...
Olga G. Belomoeva, Yurii A. Kondratenko
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O nekotorych ključevych ponjatijach Biblii v udmurtskom literaturnom jazyke [Some Key Biblical Terms in Udmurt Language] [PDF]
In the past ten years the most important event has taken place in the spriritual life of Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia - the translation of the books of the Holy Scriptures into their mother tongues and dialects.
Mihail Atamanov, Marja Kartano
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Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures [PDF]
The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects.
Steinhauer, H. (Hein)
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