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Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT Russia's Maternal Capital policy initially increased total fertility rates, stimulating much discussion on whether it would result in more births or only earlier births. Effects of that policy upon different ethnic groups within Russia, however, have not received systematic attention.
Konstantin Kazenin +2 more
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Relative Chaoticity of Natural Languages
Complexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.This paper presents a novel approach to analyzing and grouping natural languages based on the degree of their chaoticity. It clusters 52 languages from 18 language families, according to the value of the entropy–complexity pair, to reveal the chaotic properties of semantic trajectories.
Assel S. Yerbolova +6 more
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Kama-taguste udmurtide kevadise suure päeva (bõddzh’õnal) kombetalituse laulufolkloor [PDF]
MäetagusedThe article is dedicated to the analysis of musical motifs performed by Eastern Udmurts within the framework of the spring ritual complex Bydzhynnal (The Great Day).
Irina Pchelovodova, Nikolai Anisimov
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, 2021 The article gives a complete description of the uz’ygumy, the Udmurt traditional flute. Published articles by Russian researchers and new field material recorded during expeditions between 2004 and 2009 are used as the main sources. For the first time the process of manufacture of the instrument is observed, the territory of its existence is outlined ...
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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 479-513, November 2025.Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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Kama-taguste udmurtide pulmalaulud: poeetilised kujundid ja muusikalised iseärasused [PDF]
MäetagusedThe research is dedicated to the study of wedding songs of the Eastern Udmurts. Particular attention is paid to the poetic images and musical features, which form an integral part of the wedding ceremony and represent a unique symbolic language.
Tatiana Korobova +2 more
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Playing the sycophant card: The logic and consequences of professing loyalty to the autocrat
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 3, Page 1180-1195, July 2025.Abstract Despite the centrality of the loyalty–competence framework in research on authoritarian politics, scholars have only focused on material aspects of what elites do in their service to the dictator. Yet nonmaterial aspects such as sycophantically praising the autocrat in speech—a common, everyday practice under authoritarianism, have been ...
Alexander Baturo +2 more
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Were There Any Pagan Shrines within the City of Vyatka?
Историко-географический журналThe paper draws attention to the fact that for a long time, up to our days, there is a statement in the scientific and local history literature that in the territory of the city of Vyatka (Kirov) before the appearance of the Russian population there were
V. A. Korshunkov
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A Tree in the Sacred Space of the Udmurts and its Protection
Археология евразийских степей, 2023 The article deals with the issue of sacralization of the tree image in the pre-Christian views of the Udmurts, the indigenous Finno-Ugric people, occupying the territory between the Kama and Vyatka rivers (the Republic of Udmurtia).
Marina A. Mikhailova
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POSSIBILITIES OF TEACHING THE NATIVE (UDMURT) LANGUAGE IN THE UDMURT REPUBLIC
Pedagogy. Theory & Practice, 2019 The article provides information on the attitude towards the study of the native (Udmurt) language by its speakers, gives a list of the basic measures aimed at promoting and developing the native language. The focus is on the existing possibilities of teaching the native language in the Udmurt Republic.
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