Virantanaz – an epic in Vepsian? About the first attempt at an epic [PDF]
The paper is a brief account of the events of the past 20 years, which have been essential for the fate of the Veps, and brought the author, who found herself in the very heart of the processes of Vepsian language and culture revival, to the idea of ...
Nina Zaitseva
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Vepsian Literature as an Aspiration to the Revival of the People (“Up the Stairs Leading Down”?)
The article is devoted to the development of the literature of the Vepsians of the early written people of Russia, whose language is included in the Red Book of the Languages of the Peoples of Russia (the number of people in 2010 was 5936 people ...
Nina G. Zaytseva
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The Baltic Finnish Peoples Divided by State and Administrative Borders: Territorial Development of the Karelians, Vepsians, and Setos [PDF]
Ethnocultural diversity of the Russian Federation is not only an important component of its historical heritage but also a significant resource for development. However, a number of ethnic groups are on the brink of extinction.
Manakov Andrei , Terenina Natalia
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The Observatory of Finno-Ugric Indigenous Peoples in the Republic of Karelia [PDF]
The article deals with the potential rights implementation assessment for the Karelians, the Vepsians, and the Finns — indigenous minorities and ethnic (national) minorities in the Republic of Karelia.
Maria A. PITUKHINA +2 more
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Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations. [PDF]
Background: The genetic origins of Uralic speakers from across a vast territory in the temperate zone of North Eurasia have remained elusive. Previous studies have shown contrasting proportions of Eastern and Western Eurasian ancestry in their ...
Tambets K +35 more
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Spatial Features of Development of the Contact Zone between Slavic and Finno-Ugric Peoples in the North-West of European Russia [PDF]
The problem of decline in the number of Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia is discussed in many works by Russian researchers. The factors contributing to the decline in the Finno-Ugric population in the country include natural decline and migration from the ...
Natalya K. Terenina +3 more
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Ethno-Linguistic Situation in the Forest Zone of Eastern Europe in the First Centuries AD and the Data of Jordanes’ Getica [PDF]
The comparative analysis of folk-names lists from the Jordanes’ Getica 116 (“Hermanaric’s arctoi gentes” in author’s reconstruction, information comes from the middle 4th century AD) and early Russian chronicles points towards the independent character ...
Vladimir V. Napolskikh
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Domestic animals and birds in traditional rites of the Mordovians: Finno-Ugric context [PDF]
Introduction. The article presents a study of the functions of domestic animals and birds in the traditional rites of the Mordovians and a number of Finno-Ugric ethnic groups of Russia.
Tatiana P. Devyatkina +1 more
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Folklore Archive and Historical Reality (Based on the Archive Materials of the Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre RAS) [PDF]
The paper discusses the content of one of the largest folklore archives in Russia belonging to the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Systematic work of collecting folklore,
Valentina P. Kuznetsova +1 more
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Territorial'noe razvitie pribaltijskofinskih narodov, razdelennyh gosudarstvennymi i administrativnymi granicami (na primere karel, vepsov i setu) [PDF]
Ethnocultural diversity of the Russian Federation is not only an important component of its historical heritage but also a significant resource for development. However, a number of ethnic groups are on the brink of extinction.
Manakov A., Teterina N.
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