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Can subalterns sing? Kalmyk songs about their exile to Siberia
The article deals with Kalmyk folk songs about the deportation of the Kalmyk people to Siberia (1943–1957). The purpose is to exhibit the Siberian cycle of Kalmyk songs as a special genre, to elucidate its folklore specifics and to show how its ...
E.-B. M. Guchinova, T. B. Seleeva
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The Concept of Wealth (Bain) in Kalmyk Discourse: Analyzing Lexicographical and Folklore Materials
Introduction. The article examines the parametric concept of wealth which occupies an important place in a human value system. Goals. The paper attempts an insight into the concept of wealth (bain) in Kalmyk linguoculture. To facilitate this, the work shall identify and analyze linguistic means employed to represent the concept of wealth; describe some
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‘Early’ Texts in ‘Clear Script’ in the National Corpus of the Kalmyk Language: Genre Characteristic
The article describes genre features of the written monuments in «Сlear Script». In the 17th century, along with the translated works in “Clear Script” there appeared original works of various genres, so that folklore texts were also literary edited ...
E. Bembeev
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Review of the book «Kalmyk songs about Siberia. – M.: Bumba, 2023. – 216 p.»
One of the unexplored problems in Kalmyk history is the spiritual life of the Kalmyks during Stalin’s exile. There is scant information about Kalmyks conducting calendar rituals, household rituals, and performing folk songs and dances during these years.
Tamara G. Basangova
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Traditions of folk medicine in the motif of Kalmyk fairy tales
The traditions of Kalmyk folk medicine appear in folklore in various forms, and not all of those have received enough attention from researchers. The motifs of healing and revival have been studied in detail on the material of the heroic epic and tales ...
Baira B. Goryaeva
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Folklore Expeditions of 2012–2017: Oral Narratives as a Representation of Kalmyk Collective Memory
Introduction. The article analyzes essentials of oral narratives recorded from respondents across Kalmykia in 2012–2017, focusing on how the former tend to articulate and characterize past events, activities of certain individuals and folklore characters who had left noticeable marks on the history of the ethnos, in the memory of individuals and ...
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Тhe article is devoted to a problem of linguacultural study of the concept dyan/voina in the mirror of Kalmyk song folklore of times of the Great Patriotic War.
Ellara Ulyaevna Omakaeva
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Military Terminology in Official Letters of Khan Ayuka and 1714 Russian Translations
Introduction. Vocabulary in the ethnolinguistic aspect is considered as a verbal manifestation of the national culture. A special layer of the lexical system of the Kalmyk language, the formation of which is associated with the conditions of the socio-
Galina M. Yarmarkina
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Genre of "Urans” in the folklore tradition of Kalmyks
Article portrays the understudied folklore genre of Mongolic peoples – the genre of "Uran” which has gone through a significant evolution over the time.
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Folklore of Kalmyks and Other Asian Peoples: 12-Year Animal Calendar Cycle
Introduction. The work deals with folklore stories about the 12-year animal calendar cycle once adopted by Kalmyks and other peoples of Asia, such as Mongols, Buryats, Altaians, Tuvans, etc. Goals. The paper focuses on the shaping of the 12-year-old animal cycle and roles played by traditional folklore animal characters in its formation.
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