Finno-Ugric World

Introduction. The article describes the phonetic and morphological features of one of the translations of the Gospel of Luke into the Udmurt language of the early XIX century. The main purpose of the study is to determine the dialect basis of the written monument using the identified phonetic and morphological phenomena.
Materials and Methods. The source base of the research is the corpus of the handwritten text “St. Luke’s Holy Gospel” in the Udmurt language, which is stored in the Saint-Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The main methods of the research are descriptive and comparative.
Results and Discussion. During the research, there were identified various phonetic and morphological characteristics inherent in the language of this written monument. Among them, the following can be noted: progressive labial distant assimilation; the loss of the final vowel of the base ы of verbs of the I conjugation before the subjunctive mood indicator, the infinitive marker and the formants of some adverbs; the functioning of the forms of ordinal numerals, as well as verbs ending in personal indicators -мы, -ды, -зы, with emphasis not on the last syllable of the word; the use of personally possessive markers with an i-vowel in words denoting terms of closest relationship; the formation of accusative forms of the plural number of simple declension using the suffix -ты; marking of forms of the reflexive voice from verbs of the I conjugation with the final -ты- basis indicator -чк-, etc.
Conclusion. Most of the phenomena identified in the source turned out to be archaic in origin. However, there are also innovative features in the monument, which make it possible to state that the dialect of the northern dialect of the Udmurt language was used for the preparation of the manuscript.

Keywords: the Udmurt language, written record, Gospels, phonetic features, morphological features, Udmurt dialects

b Bezenova MP. Phonetic and morphological characteristics of handwritten translation of the Gospel of Luke into the Udmurt language. Finno-ugorskii mir = Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16;1:8–20. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.01.8-20.

Introduction. In the policy of patriotic education in Russia, despite its undoubted relevance due to the increase in modern challenges, an insufficiently high degree of institutionalization remains. It manifests itself, among other things, in the normative plane. The positive activity of the subjects of the Federation in this area can reduce existing vulnerabilities and gaps. The study was undertaken in order to identify the specifics of the process of institutionalization of the regional level in the field of patriotic education on the example of the Finno-Ugric republics of the Volga Federal District.
Materials and Methods. The main sources are normative legal acts and conceptual and strategic documents of the Russian Federation and the subjects of the Federation, materials from the official websites of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District, official websites / portals of public authorities of the Finno-Ugric republics-subjects of the Russian Federation within the Volga Federal District, data from information and legal and reference systems. The main methods are comparative, synchronous and diachronic analysis, qualitative analysis of documents, decomposition and case study.
Results and Discussion. A set of documentary sources in the field of patriotic education is analyzed. The progress and results of the process of its legislative institutionalization in the subjects of the Federation since 2010 are shown, the time intervals at which the peak values occurred are highlighted. The peculiarities of the participation of the Republic of Mari El, Mordovia and Udmurtia in this process are emphasized. A comparison of their normative legal acts, conceptual, strategic and program documents in force at the present stage, as well as a retrospective comparison was carried out. Special attention is paid to the study of the historical and patriotic component of normative and programmatic guidelines, ongoing projects and activities at the republic level.
Conclusion. The experience of the Republic of Mari El, Mordovia and Udmurtia is assessed as constructive and consistent with current trends in the process of institutionalization of the policy of patriotic education on a nationwide scale. The revealed variability of their approaches and practices in historical and modern perspectives is quite moderate and does not imply a deterioration of the situation in the future. At the same time, their further improvement and elimination of detected vulnerabilities are required.

Keywords: legislative institutionalization, historical and patriotic education, historical memory, youth policy, national projects, patriotism, Volga Federal District, regions of the Finno-Ugric space of Russia, Russian civil identity, subject of the Russian Federation

Acknowledgments: This work was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 23-28-00371, https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-00371/.

For citation: Bakhlova OV, Bakhlov IV. Dynamics of the normative foundations and institutional mechanisms of the policy of patriotic education in the subjects of the Russian Federation (on the example of the Finno-Ugric Republics of the Volga Federal District). Finno-ugorskii mir = Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16;1:50–72.(In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.01.50-72.

Introduction. A unique source for the study of the historical dialectology of the Karelian language from the moment of the formation of its main dialect areas until the beginning of their research in the middle of the XIX century is old-written monuments such as dictionary entries and translations of texts of spiritual content. This article is the first attempt to analyze and identify the dialectal features of the Karelian language material presented in two parts of the Comparative Dictionary of All Languages and Dialects by P. S. Pallas, to determine the possible geographical localization of its sources.
Materials and Methods. The object of the study was 479 lexemes “Korela way” and 275 lexemes “Olonets way” written down in Cyrillic symbols. To determine their dialectal affiliations, they were analyzed using modern dialectal data on 21 Karelian sub-dialects of Karelia and Central Russia from the “Contrastive onomasiological dictionary of the Karelian, Veps and Sami languages”. The study was based on the use of the philological and the comparative historical methods. As all the above-listed materials were uploaded as separate dictionaries to the LingvoDoc linguistic platform, it became possible to apply the cognate analysis tool to them.
Results and Discussion. The results of the study confidently point to the Karelian-Proper origin of the material in the “Korela” part and the Livvi origin of the material in the “Olonets” part of the dictionary, as evidenced by vivid phonetic, phonological, morphological, and lexical dialectal markers. Noteworthy is the obvious dialectal heterogeneity of the sources of the “Korela” glossary, where many concepts are supplied with several matches containing some differential features of various Karelian-Proper dialects. Comparison against data from modern Karelian dialects permitted the presumable source sub-dialects to be identified.
Conclusions. Judging by some specific features identified in the “Olonets” part of the dictionary, the data therein can be traced to south-eastern sub-dialects of the Livvi supradialect. Considering the scope of dialectal markers overlap with data from modern Karelian-Proper sub-dialects, “Korela” material most often shows coincides with sub-dialects of the Tunguda-Kem’ and Padany-Myanduselga ranges and with the sub-dialects of Karelian spoken in Central Russia. A valid assumption would be that the language material for the dictionary was collected in the immediate vicinity of the administrative centers of the Olonets, Kem’, and Povenets Uyezds of the Olonets Viceroyalty. More studies are needed to specify the geographic ranges of sub-dialects in Central Russia more precisely.

Keywords: Karelian language, P. S. Pallas, dictionary, old-written language heritage, supradialect, dialect, sub-dialect, dialectal marker

Acknowledgments: The paper was prepared within state assignment of Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The work on the introduction and processing of dictionaries on the LingvoDoc platform was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 20-18-00403 “Digital description of dialects of the Uralic languages based on big data analysis”.

For citation: Novak IP. Dialectal specification of Karelian material of P. S. Pallas’s dictionary. Finno-ugorskii mir = Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16;1:33–49.(In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.01.33-49.

Introduction. The article examines the features of the substyle of popular science literature based on the material of the Finnish language. The translation from scientific to popular scientific style of presentation allows to give the text expressiveness, imagery and increase the interest of the readership in science.
Materials and Methods. The material is based on the book by Finnish authors A. Havukainen and S. Toivonen “Finland Tatu and Patu”, which embodies a successful experience of considering the specifics of the modern readership and the needs of the education. The research uses such methods as descriptive, structural, structural-compositional, functional, and phenomenological.
Results and Discussion. The popular science text of the XXI century is characterized by new aspects of the interaction between the reader and the book. The compositional structure of such a text violates the reader’s expectations, which allows to increase interest in the content of the book. The scientific text is translated into an informal discussion of information, which is presented through precedent names and phrases, key episodes of history, iconic artifacts. The material is presented in the form of a reportage, a detective investigation, an interview, an election campaign, an advertising message. The text has features of a conversational style that allows readers to create an atmosphere of relaxed communication; artistic, combining artistic imagery with an explanation of scientific and historical facts and phenomena. The features of the scientific style are terminological, in a large volume of generalized personal sentences, in the quantitative predominance of nouns and adjectives over verbs in the text. The vocabulary of the scientific style is used for authenticity, and the linguistic arsenal of the conversational style is used to create colorful images of characters and atmosphere. Activity is created around the book, a quest to involve the reader in the research process.
Conclusion. The study of popular science texts makes it possible to find effective methods for popularizing a scientific text.

Keywords: popular science text, Finnish language, compositional structure, linguistic means, style of presentation, author-reader

For citation: Bratchikova NS. Features of the language and the substyle of popular science literature: not serious about serious (based on the material of the Finnish language). Finno-ugorskii mir = Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16;1:21–32.(In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.01.21-32.

Information about the author
A. N. Pavlova – Doctor of History, Head of Department of History and Psychology, Volga State University of Technology, angpan@rambler.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1446-9390

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A. K. Gagieva – Doctor of History, Professor, Department of State and Municipal Administration, Komi Republican Academy of Public Administration and Management, gngkol2@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6095-5082

Introduction. The history of small rural settlements, with some exceptions, is usually not considered in individual research works. As a rule, brief historical information about them is provided only in specialized encyclopedic and reference publications, toponymic dictionaries. This article discusses the history of the old Erzya-Mordovian village of Kuraevo, Tengushevsky district of the Republic of Mordovia.
Materials and Methods. The article is mainly based on archival materials. Various methods were used in the research: problem-chronological, comparative-historical, historical-genetic, observation, statistical, descriptive, logical, as well as the method of actualization, which allowed to connect the development of modern processes with the historical experience of the past.
Results and Discussion. The first historical information about the settlement of Kuraevo dates to the beginning of the XVII century. At that time from the lands of the Mordovian Arzamas people left a village, and together with its elder Kurai Tolbaev went to the river Moksha. There, among the woods they built a camp, giving it the name of the first settler. Over the long period of its formation and development the settlement grew and became stronger. During the imperial period the population of Kuraevo were state peasants who paid yasak and tribute to the treasury and were mostly engaged in bread-growing. In soviet times it established a collective farm “Renewal”. The collective farm functioned until 1997. Later, peasant (farmer) households were organized. At present, the village is undergoing the same processes that are typical of many villages today: the migration of the youth to the cities, ageing and loss of residents.
Conclusion. The study of the history of a settlement reveals in more detail the uniqueness of the historical fate of the people, its past and present, refracting the events and processes that took place on a national scale, through the prism of the local history of its regions.

Keywords: Republic of Mordovia, Tengushevsky district, village Kuraevo, Мordva-Еrzya, peasants, economy, historical sketch, local history

For citation: Mokshina EN, Svyatkin MI, Smolin DА, Suslov KA. From the history of the Erzya-Mordovian village of Kuraevo of the Tengushevsky district of the Republic of Mordovia (socio-economic, ethnopolitical, demographic aspects). Finno-ugorskii mir = Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16;1:73–81.(In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.01.73-81.