“Forest Nose”, “Nose of Wind”, “Curse of Water”: Mythology at the Service of the Nomination (Vepsian Names for Diseases Emanating from Forest Spirits, Water and Wind) [PDF]
Vepsian designations of some diseases, according to popular beliefs, sent to a person by three active elements — forest spirits (mec), water (vezi) and wind (tullei) — for disobedience, bad behavior in the forest, in the water, in nature are considered.
O. Yu. Zhukova, N. G. Zaitseva
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The topicality of studying the history of small indigenous peoples of Russia is due to their critical condition. Long-term assimilation processes resulted in their sharp downsizing.
Vladimir N. Shaidurov
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Explication Models of the Legend of the Appearance of Deer (On Materials of Komi Tradition) [PDF]
In ethnographic materials of the 19th and early 20th centuries, there is a legend about the appearance of a deer on a victim. This legend usually appears along with a description of the rite of sacrifice of a pet as a motivation for the ritual practiced ...
Lyudmila S. Lobanova
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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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Half a Century of Onomastic Research in Karelia [PDF]
The article marks the 50th anniversary of onomastic research in Karelia which has brought about 12 monographs and dictionaries, as well as several hundred articles.
Ekaterina V. Zakharova +2 more
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Introduction. The use of the axiological field of the Finno-Ugric culture within the framework of the formation of the socio-humanitarian component of modern education presupposes the acquisition of new knowledge related to the study of the value ...
Elena N. Lomshina +2 more
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Preservation of the Language and Culture of a Small Ethnic Group (on the Example of the Veps) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the problem of preserving the language and culture of the Vepsian people. The author proceeds from the fact that the situation with the languages of the small peoples of the Russian Federation is close to critical. Dependence of
G. P. Ivanova
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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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Nominations of the Speaking Process of Finniс Origin in Russian Colloquialisms of Karelia and Neighbouring Regions (Semantic Aspect) [PDF]
This article examines the level of content of dialect nominations of the process of speaking with a Finnic basis. The Russian dialects of Karelia and neighbouring regions testify to the long process of mutual relations between Russians and Vepsians and ...
Irina Alekseevna Kyurshunova
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National policy of the finnish government on the occupied territory of Karelia in 1941-1944
The paper outlines that the occupation policy of the Finnish military administration on the territory of the Soviet Karelia in 1941-1944 was based on the idea of dividing the residents on the Finno-Ugric population (indigenous) with the number of ...
S G Verigin
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