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Traditions of Chuvash and Kalmyck fairy tale epic

open access: yesЭтническая культура, 2023
The article is devoted to a long-term dispute about the peculiarity / non-property of the fairy tale genre of the typical features of the heroic epos. On the basis of the historical-typological method and the method of plot analysis, the corpus of texts ...
Anton K. Salmin
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Revisiting the Alans in Crimea during the Migration Period [PDF]

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2022
Some specialists in Crimean archaeology tend to believe that Early Medieval Crimean vaults may contain bone remains of the Alans who once moved to the peninsula from the Caucasus.
Kazarnitsky, A.A. , Strokov, A.A.
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Female Spaces in Ethnically and Religiously Mixed Shrines in the Western Balkans: Cases in Montenegro and Kosovo

open access: yesYearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2021
This paper discusses female spaces and rituals in two sacred sites in the Albanian-Slavonic borderlands that are shared by Christian and Muslim communities.
Aleksandra Dugushina
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Socio-Political Situation in the North Caucasus at the Beginning of the XVIII Century [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
The 18th century is a turning point in the history of the peoples of the Caucasus. The progressive decline of Iran and the Ottoman Empire, the active entry of Peter’s Russia into the international arena put the question of the fate of the Caucasus among ...
Sugaipova A. M.   +2 more
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Social movement of Ural Germans in 1989–2019 (ethnic projects and leaders)

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020
The present article considers the history of the social movement of Russian Germans in the Urals, as well as the factors in its formation, on the basis of previously unknown sources (archival and field materials obtained by the author).
T.S. Kisser
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Folklore of Northern Selkups: The Motif of Familial Hostility Analyzed

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2022
Introduction. One specific feature to distinguish Selkup folktales is that the main character and his opponent are usually relatives. So, a positive character kills a relative of his (referred to as devil) and/or the latter’s relatives — daughters and ...
Olga B. Stepanova
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Meeting under the Plane Tree: Violation or Upholding of Tradition? The Ritual Year among the Himara Greeks

open access: yesYearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2022
This study is dedicated to analysing the Himariot tradition of villagers meeting for coffee in the main square for the celebration of important feasts or family occasions.
Alexander Novik
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES OF THE 18TH CENTURY: PRIORITIES AND PRACTICAL MEANINGNG

open access: yesВестник Брянского государственного университета
General works usually present the 18th century as the time of modern sciences development; the period when the turn from the mediaeval scholastics to the modern experimental sciences has already happened.
Lupanova Ye.M.
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“Plague shirt” and plague commemoration: mythological representations and ritual practices associated with the personification of the Plague among the Romanians of Oltenia and Timok Valley

open access: yesYearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2022
The article considers mythological representations and ritual practices associated with the personification of the plague among the Romanians of Oltenia (Romania) and the Romanians (or Vlachs) of the Timok Valley (Serbia).
Natalia Golant
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Traditional Selkup Belt: Origin, Manufacture, Symbolism, Application

open access: yesЭтническая культура, 2020
The article is devoted to the theme “Thing in culture”, and more specifically, “Thing in Selkup culture”. The aim of the study is to consider the belt, an attribute of the traditional outer clothing of the Selkups. It is outlined that the preservation of
Olga B. Stepanova
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