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G. A. Kornishina, O. N. Pyanzina (Saransk, Russia). Festivals and rituals of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga-Ural region for the beginning and the end of the sowing

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Festivals and rituals of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga-Ural region for the beginning and the end of the sowing

Kornishina Galina A.,
Doctor of History, Professor of the Department of Russian History, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), g.kornihina@mail.ru

Pyanzina Olga N.,
Master’s Student, Department of Russian history, Ogarev Mordovia State University, (Saransk, Russia), rivezke@mail.ru

The article considers agricultural rites of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga-Ural region, which accompanied spring field work. It gives the review of the ceremonial activities characterized by their most important structural elements, participants, as well as the ritual function of some material components of traditional rituals.

Keywords: agricultural rituals; fertility cult; the spring-summer cycle; worshiping; mass celebrations.

1. Evseviev, M. E. (1966), Historical and ethnographic studies, Selected Works, Vol. 5, Saransk.

2. Kornishina, G. A. (2000), Traditional customs and rituals of Mordovians: historical roots, structure, forms of existence, Saransk: Mordovia State Pedagogical Institute.

3. Kornishina, G. A. (2008), Environmental views of Mordovians (religious and ritual aspect), Saransk: Mordovian University Press.

4. Popov, N. S. ed., (2005), Mari: historical and ethnographic essays, Yoshkar-Ola:
MarNIIYaLI.

5. Popova, E. V. (2004), Calendar rituals of the Besermyans, Izhevsk: Udmurt Institute of History, Language and Literature, Ural Branch of RAS.

6. Zagrebin, A. E. ed., (2012), Udmurtia: historical and ethnographic essays, Izhevsk: Udmurt Institute of History, Language and Literature, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences.

7. Central State Archive of the Republic of Mordovia. F. R-267. Op. 1. D. 29.

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O. B. Kevbrina, T. V. Kleimenova, N. V. Nesterova, A. A. Tarasov (Saransk, Russia). Crafts and trade cooperation of Mordovia peasantry at the end of XIX – beginning of XX century

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Crafts and trade cooperation of Mordovia peasantry at the end of XIX – beginning of XX century

Kevbrina Olga B.,
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chair of the Humanities, Saransk Cooperative Institute (Branch) of Russian University of Cooperation (Saransk, Russia), okevbrina@rucoop.ru

Kleimenova Tatiana V.,
Chief Specialist of the Republican Civil Registry Office of the Republic of Mordovia (Saransk, Russia), zagsr@e-mordovia.ru

Nesterova Nina V.,
Candidate Sc. {History}, Docent, Chair of the Humanities, Saransk Cooperative Institute (Branch) of Russian University of Cooperation (Saransk, Russia), n.v.nesterova@rucoop.ru

The article considers topical issues and basic processes of formation and development of entrepreneurship in the sphere of peasant handicrafts and cottage industries on the territory of Mordovia in the post-reform period.

Keywords: peasant entrepreneurship; territory of Mordovia; peasants; cottage industry; fishing activities; workmen’s cooperative association; partnership; society; cooperation; fishing cooperative.

1. Ulyanovsk region State Archive of Contemporary History, F. 1. Op. 1. D. 5; 168; 188; 1261; 1279; 1387.

2. Samara region State Archives, F. R-2103. Op. 1. D. 623; Op. 2. D. 221.

3. Ulyanovsk region State Archives, F. 46. Op. 2. D. 1261; 1387; F. 88. Op. 5. D. 307; F. 510. Op. 1. D. 5; F. 855. Op. 1. D. 1279.

4. Kevbrin, B. F., ed. (2005), History of Consumer Cooperatives of the Republic of Mordovia, tutorial, Saransk: Saransk Cooperative Institute.

5. Kevbrina, O. B., Kleimenova, T. V., Nesterova, N. V. (2014), Post reforming entrepreneurship and crafts of Mordovia region, Finno-Ugric world, № 2, p. 52–54.

6. Klein, N. L. (1998), Entrepreneurship in the Volga region at the turn of XIX–XX centuries: some features, Entrepreneurship of Volga Region: origins, traditions, problems and trends, Cheboksary, p. 120–135.

7. Handicrafts of Simbirsk province (1904), Book 1, Crafts: making of furniture, ropes, bast, shoes, Simbirsk: Simbirsk Province Council Press.

8. Nesterova, N. V. (2006), History of trade cooperation of Ardatov district of the Republic of Mordovia (XIX – early XX century.), Problems of development of regional society, Proceedings of International Conference, Saransk, 19–20 October, 2006, Saransk, p. 471–473.

9. The first national census of the Russian Empire (1897), Vol. XXXIX.

10. Trade and industry of European Russia by regions (1904), Vol. IV, Saint Petersburg.

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A. G. Vlasov (St. Petersburg, Russia). St. Petersburg Estonian Temperance Society “Ustavus”. Preservation of traditional culture, the fight against alcoholism, or association of the Social-Democrats?

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St. Petersburg Estonian Temperance Society “Ustavus”. Preservation of traditional culture, the fight against alcoholism, or association of the Social-Democrats?

Vlasov Alexander G.,
Head of Department of Military History and Search, State Budgetary institution, «Center «Patriot» (St. Petersburg, Russia), 79043310528@yandex.ru

The author studies the history of the St. Petersburg Estonian temperance society “Ustavus”. Founded to fight alcoholism, it united Estonians who lived in St. Petersburg in order to save the Estonian traditional culture.

Keywords: temperance society; Estonians; diaspora; St. Petersburg; Social-Democrats; V. E. Kingisepp.

1. Alabaeva, M. (Kingisepp), (1974), My elder brother. Memories, Tallinn.

2. Afanasyev, A. L. (2007), Temperance movement in Russia. 1907–1914: experience of rehabilitation society, Tomsk.

3. Barinov, D. A. (2016), National Corporation of Saint Petersburg University students at the beginning of XX century, Clio № 1, Saint Petersburg, p. 61–68.

4. Temperance Bulletin (1894), 4, Saint Petersburg.

5. Temperance Bulletin (1894), 8, Saint Petersburg.

6. Temperance Bulletin (1894), 11, Saint Petersburg.

7. Temperance Bulletin (1897), 31, Saint Petersburg.

8. Temperance Bulletin (1906), 51, Saint Petersburg.

9. Temperance Bulletin (1900), 65, Saint Petersburg.

10. All Petersburg for the year 1901 (1901), Saint Petersburg.

11. All Petersburg for the year 1905 (1905), Saint Petersburg.

12. All Petersburg for the year 1906 (1906), Saint Petersburg.

13. The Russian Temperance Bulletin (1911), № 2, Saint Petersburg.

14. Isakov, S. G. (2004), Estonian society and organizations in Saint Petersburg.

15. Konovalov, E. G. (2008), New full bibliographical dictionary of Russian artists, Moscow.

16. A brief report of the activities of the Saint Petersburg Society of national temperance 1898–1912 (1913), Saint Petersburg.

17. Kurilo, O. (2002), Lutherans in Russia, Minsk.

18. Musaev, V. I. (2009), Estonian diaspora in the Northwest of Russia in second half XIX – first half of XX century, Saint Petersburg.

19. Temperance life (1913), Meeting of the Emperor with the church leaders of temperance societies, Temperance life, № 5, p. 597–600.

20. Romanova, N. M. (2007), Modern national–cultural public organizations of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg.

21. Rudnev, D. (1986), The life of Victor Kingisepp, Tallinn.

22. Samoilov, V. A. Estonian theater and some features of the cultural life of Estonians in Saint Petersburg (1873–1917), Old Petersburg: historical and ethnographic research, p. 80–93.

23. Starovoitova, G. V. (1982), Ethnic group in a modern city, Leningrad.

24. The Charter of Valka Estonian Temperance Society of Guvernorate of Livonia (1905), Valk.

25. Charter of Pernov Estonian Temperance Society “Light” (Valgus): [approved. Sep 29. 1890] (1890), Tartus.

26. Charter of Riga Estonian Temperance Society: [approved. May 30, 1900] (1900), St. George’s.

27. Charter of Estonian Temperance Society “Kungla” in the city of de Hapsal [approved. May 12, 1895] (1895), Revel qualification.

28. Charter of the Estonian Temperance Society “Friend of sobriety” (Karskuze syber): [approved. May 4, 1891] (1891), Tartus.

29. Charter of Estonian Temperance Society “Ustawus” (Fidelity): [approved. March 6, 1893] (1893), Tartus.

30. Charter of Yamburgskiy Estonian Temperance Society (1911), Narva.

31. Central State History Archive of Saint Petersburg. F. 513, 569, 792.

32. Shinman, I. (1901), Estonian word about national drunkenness, Temperance Bulletin, 80, Saint Petersburg, p. 24–30.

33. Pullat, R. (2004), Lootuste linn Peterburi ja eesti haritlaskonna kujunemine kuni 1917, Tallinn.

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T. V. Yantsukova (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Phraseology consistency in Western Mari language

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Phraseology consistency in Western Mari language

Yantsukova Tatiana V.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Intercultural Communication, Mari State University (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia), stv79@bk.ru

It considers phraseology of Western Mari language idioms that are interconnected between each other in certain systematic relationships. Western Mari phraseology stands out in terms of morphological structure, the semantic fusion and the ratio of their values to the values of their constituent words, correlation with the parts of speech and expressive-stylistic coloring.

Keywords: phraseological system; multivalued idioms; idioms-synonyms; idioms-antonyms; idioms-homonyms; phraseological seam; phraseological unity; phraseological combinations; phraseological expressions.

1. Vinogradov, V. V. (1977), On the main types of phraseological units in Russian, Selected works. Lexicology and lexicography, Moscow, p. 140–161.

2. Gracheva, F. T. (1989), Mari phraseology Muter: tunemshe-vlaklan book, Yoshkar-Ola: Mari University Press.

3. Gracheva, F. T. (2002), Kyryk maras 1000 d³ uk idiom: phraseology dictionary, Yoshkar-Ola: Mari University Press.

4. Kasatkin, L. L., Klobukov, E. V., Lecant, P. A. (1995), Short Guide to the modern Russian language, Moscow: Higher School.

5. Savatkova, A. A. (2008), Dictionary of Western Mari language, 2-nd edition, revised, Yoshkar-Ola: Mari Press.

6. Trubyanova, I. V. (2013), Stylistic coloring of phraseological synonyms in Western Mari language (based on the works of G. Matyukovsky), Modern problems of science and education, 6, available: http://www.science-education.ru/ru/article/view?id=11810 [accessed: 25 March 2016].

7. Yuadarov, K. G. (2000), Western Mari-Russian phrasebook, Yoshkar-Ola.

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O. A. Teush (Ekaterinburg, Russia). New material on the Komi borrowing in the dialects of the Russian North (Lensky district of Arkhangelsk region)

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New material on the Komi borrowing in the dialects of the Russian North (Lensky district of Arkhangelsk region)

Teush Olga A.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of the Russian Language and General Linguistics, Institute of Humanities and Arts, Ural Federal University named after the First Russian President B. N. Yeltsin (Ekaterinburg, Russia), olga.teush@yandex.ru

It gives the materials obtained during a field trip of the Toponymical expedition in Lensky district of Arkhangelsk region. The materials reflect Komi impact on the vocabulary of North Russian dialect.

Keywords: Russian dialects; Komi-Russian cooperation; lexical influence; Ural Toponimical school.

1. Vostrikov, O. V. (1981), The Finno-Ugric lexical items in the dialects of the Russian Volga-Dvina interfluve, Etymological studies, Vol. 2, Sverdlovsk, p. 3–45.

2. Kozhevatova, O. A. (1991, 1996), On the transformation of lexical items in a language interaction (based on the North Russian language), Etymological studies, Materials I-II academic meetings on Russian dialect etymology, Ekaterinburg, 10–12 October, 1991; 17–19 April 1996 Ekaterinburg, Vol. 6, p. 88–96.

3. Krivoshchekova-Gantman, A. S. (1981), Komi-Perm borrowing in the Russian dialects of the Uper Kama region, Etymological studies, Vol. 2, Sverdlovsk, p. 46–62.

4. Matveev, A. K. (1964), Borrowings from the Permian languages in the Russian dialects of North and Middle Ural, Acta Linguistica Acad. Sci., Hungary, Vol. XIV, f. 3–4, p. 285–315.

5. Matveev, A. K. (1991), New data on Komi Zyryansk borrowings in the dialects of the Russian North, Russian dialect etymology, Proceedings Interuniversity conference, 10–12 October, Sverdlovsk, p. 25.

6. Matveev, A. K. (1959), Finno-Ugric borrowings in the Russian dialects of the Northern Urals, Sverdlovsk.

7. Myznikov, S. A. (2004), Vocabulary of the Finno-Ugric origin in the Russian dialects of the Northwest: etymological and linguageographical analysis, Saint Petersburg.

8. Teush, O. A. (2007), New data on borrowings from the Komi language in geographical terminology of the Russian North, Etymology, 2003–2005, p. 228–239.

9. Teush, O. A. (2002), Finno-Ugric heritage in the Russian language, in Teush, O. A. (ed.), New data on borrowing Komi in northern Russian dialects, Vol. 2, Ekaterinburg, p. 200–204.

10. Kalima, J. (1927), Syrjänisches Lehngut im Russischen, FUF, XVIII. Helsinki, p. 1–56.

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M. V. Pekshieva (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Nature of Finland in “Salamander” by V. F. Odoevsky

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Nature of Finland in “Salamander” by V. F. Odoevsky

Pekshieva Marina V.,
Senior Lecturer, Petrozavodsk State University (Petrozavodsk, Russia), marpek@petrsu.ru

We consider the beauty and power of the northern nature and its impact on a person’s character in the era of romanticism. It draws the parallels with the epic “Kalevala”.

Keywords: romanticism; nature; Finland; forest; Birch; Imatra waterfall; fisherman; flood; civilization.

1. Belinsky, V. G. (1981), Works of Duke V. F. Odoevsky, Selected Works in 9 Vol., Vol. 7, Moscow, p. 102–126.

2. Berkovsky, N. Y. (1973), Romanticism in Germany, Leningrad: Fiction.

3. Bauer, V., Dyumotts, J., Golovin, S. (1998), The symbolism of fairy tales, Encyclopedia of symbols, Moscow.

4. Gordin, Ya. (1979), Let everyone do their duty, Moscow: Children’s Books.

5. Grott, J. K. (1898), About Finns and folk poetry. 1840, Proceedings of J. K. Groth. Scandinavian and Finnish peace, Saint Petersburg, p. 100–148.

6. Karhu, E. G. (1962), Finnish literature in Russia, 1800–1850, Tallinn: Estgosizdat.

7. Kuklev, W., Rovner, A. (2006), Birch, Encyclopedia. Symbols, signs, logos, in Andreeva, V. (eds.), Moscow.

8. Lönnrot, E. (1998), Kalevala: epic poem based on ancient Karelian and Finnish national songs, Petrozavodsk: Karelia.

9. Magalashvili, A. (2002), City of Duke Odoevsky, Neva time, 3 September.

10. Mineralov, Yu. I. (2007), History of Russian literature of the XIX century (1800–1830ies), Moscow: Higher School.

11. Muraveva, T. V. (2005), Myths of the Slavs and the peoples of the north, Moscow: Publishing House “Veche”.

12. Odoyevsky, V. F. (1988), Novels and stories, Moscow: Fiction.

13. Runeberg, J. L. (2004), About the nature of Finland, the customs and lifestyle of the people in the interior region. 1832, Selected works, Saint Petersburg, p. 179–193.

14. Sakharov, V. I. (1988), Pages of Russian romanticism: the book of articles, Moscow: Soviet Russia.

15. Soini, E. G. (2013), Finland in Russian art. 1890–2010, Petrozavodsk: Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences.

16. Solovsky, P. N. (1884), Duke V. F. Odoyevsky and his works, Chernighov: gubernia Press.

17. Tresidder, D. (2001), Dictionary of symbols, Moscow: Fair-Press.

18. Tikhmenev, T. S. (1998), Finnish album: Russian poetry in the early XIX – early XX century, Jyväskylä.

19. Eman, I. E. (1842), On the national character of the Finns, Almanac memory bicentennial anniversary of the Alexander University, in Groth, J. K. (ed.), Helsinki, p. 237–246.

20. Boele, O. (1996), The North in Russian romantic literature, Amsterdam.

21. Bonsdorff, P. (2005), Eletty ja mielletty maisema = Lived ja perceived landscape, Suomalaisten symbolit = The Finnish symbols, Toim. T. Halonen, L. Aro, Jyväskylä: Atena Kustannus, p. 44–48.

22. Frilander, K. (2001), Venäläisten taiteilijoiden matkat Imatralle 1809–1917 = The journeys of the Russian artsists to Imatra 1809–1917, Jyväskylän yliopisto, p. 17, available: https://jyx. jyu. fi/dspace/handle/123456789/12000.

23. Hirn, S. (1978), Imatran tarina = The story of Imatra, Imatra.

24. Kiparsky, V. (1945), Suomi Venäjän kirjallisuudessa = Finland in the Russian literature, Helsinki.

25. Pallasmaa, J. (2005), Esipuhe = Foreword, in Bird T., Snitt I. Suomalaista elämäntapaa etsimässä = Looking for the Finnish way of life, WSOY.

26. Virtanen, P. (2005), Metsä antaa mitä metsällä on = A forest gives what it has, Suomalaisten symbolit = The Finnish symbols, Toim. T. Halonen, L. Aro. – Jyväskylä: Atena Kustannus, p. 49–53.

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T. V. Pashkova (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Names, classification and social portrait of the sorcerer in the Karelian environment

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Names, classification and social portrait of the sorcerer in the Karelian environment

Pashkova Tatiana V.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Baltic-Finnish Philology, Petrozavodsk State University (Petrozavodsk, Russia), tvp-1979@mail.ru

The author compares the terminology naming a sorcerer in various dialects of the Karelian language and defines his social portrait.

Keywords: sorcerer; ethno-linguistics; beliefs; Karelian traditional medicine; paganism; Christianity.

1. Vinokurova, I. Yu. (2015), Mythology of the Veps: Encyclopedia, Petrozavodsk: Petrozavodsk State University Press.

2. Zaykov, P. M. (1999), Grammar of the Karelian language: phonology and morphology, Petrozavodsk: Periodicals.

3. Ilyin, I. V. (1986), Folk Komi healers, Traditional and contemporary in the culture of the rural population in the Komi Republic, Proceedings of NIIYALI Komi branch ANSSR, Vol. 37, Syktyvkar, p. 71–78.

4. Karelians of Karelian ASSR (1983), Petrozavodsk: Karelia.

5. Loginov, K. K. (2010), Traditional lifecycle of the Russians of Vodlozerie: rituals, customs and conflicts, Moscow: Russian Foundation for Education and Science.

6. Mironov, V. P. (2013), Folk traditions of Vodlozerie, Petrozavodsk: Verso.

7. Olonets Provincial Bulletin (1863), Povenets Karelians. Their home and public life, beliefs and traditions, 14, p. 50.

8. Postnikov, V. (1919), Sorcery, its types and the fight against it in the Arkhangelsk region, Newsletter of the Arkhangelsk Society for the Study of the Russian North, 5, p. 23–32.

9. Makarov, G. N., ed. (1990), Dictionary of the Karelian language (Livvik dialect), Petrozavodsk: Karelia.

10. Surhasko, Yu. Yu. (1989), Karelian sorcerers, For students about religion and atheism, in M. P. Yakovleva (ed.), Petrozavodsk, p. 93–101.

11. Titova, M. A. (2005), Karelian sorcerer «tiedoiniekku»: social and psychological portrait (based on the South Karelian material), Proceedings of Bubrihovskie Conference, Problems of research and teaching of Baltic and Finnish Philology, in Zaykova, P. M., Starshova, T. I., eds. Petrozavodsk, p. 288–297.

12. Fasmer, M. (1986), Etymology dictionary of the Russian language, Vol. 2, Second edition, Moscow: Progress.

13. Fishman, O. (1994), “Father” and wizards: lifestyles Karelian community of Old Believers, Rites and beliefs of the peoples of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, p. 132–143.

14. Elias Lőnnrotin matkat (1902), 1. Os, Helsinki: SKS.

15. Karjalan kielen sanakirja (1968), XVI, I, Helsinki: Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae.

16. Pahomov, M. (2011), Kuujärven lyydiläistekstejä, Helsinki: SUS.

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M. S. Mamontova (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). The regional literary awards and contests in the context of the conservation of traditions of book culture

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The regional literary awards and contests in the context of the conservation of traditions of book culture

Mamontova Marina S.,
Candidate Sc. {Pedagogy}, Acting Head of the Department of Social and Cultural Technologies, Mari State University (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia), mamontova-ms@mail.ru

The article considers the development of book culture in the regions. One of the current trends in the development of book publishing in national languages is a literary competitions and prizes. The article provides an overview of the experience of such contests in Russia. It emphasizes the experience of hosting the competition “Mari El Book of the Year”.

Keywords: literary competitions; literary prizes; Mari El Book of the Year; regional publishing; publishing in national languages; culture of Mari El; National library.

1. Gulchinskiy, V. I. (1988), Book culture and its sources, Proceedings of VI All–Union Conference on Book Science, Moscow, p. 11–13.

2. Moscow International Book Fair, Book of the Year, available: www. mibf. ru [accessed 22 January 2015].

3. Vasyutina, L. V., Verina, T. V., eds. (2007), Mari El Book of the Year: open Republican contest (2005–2006), S. G. Chavain National Library, Yoshkar-Ola.

4. National Library of the Republic of Karelia, Competition “Book of the Year Karelia”, available: http://library.karelia.ru [accessed 22 January 2015].

5. Tyumen State University, Contest “Book of the Year 2015” is ready to go, available: http://www.utmn.ru/presse/novosti/obshchestvo–i–kultura/107318/.

6. Ruben, R. M., Andreev, J. K., comp. (2008), Russian Literary Award: Guide, Moscow.

7. Maryshev, W. (2009), A textbook in Western Mari language is among the best Russian text-books, Mari Pravda, 24 June, p. 1.

8. Safarov, A. Tatarstan summed up the competition “Book of the Year”, available: http://www.tataram.ru/article/943/4/ [accessed 22 January 2015].

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N. N. Levina (Saransk, Russia). Landscape as a universal component in the narrative art (on the example of a Mordovian story)

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Landscape as a universal component in the narrative art (on the example of a Mordovian story)

Levina Natalia N.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Finno-Ugric Literatures, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), lev-nataliyan@ya.ru

The proposed article pays attention to the landscape as one of the most important components of a literary work; it analyzes its place and role in the formal and content organization of the creative narrative; it considers the significance and specificity of landscape units in the short stories of authors from Mordovia.

Keywords: landscape; description of nature; artistic narrative; artistic means; multi-functionality.

1. Azyrkina, E. I., Makushkin, V. M. (2012), The attitude of the author to environmental issues and the specifics of its manifestation in the art of the novel writing of Mordovian writers, Chelyabinsk State University Bulletin, № 20 (274), p. 5–10.

2. Galanov, B. (1974), Painting by words. Portrait. Landscape. Thing, Moscow: Soviet writer.

3. Kuznetsov, Yu. F. (1983), Clear springs: stories, novels, short stories, Saransk: Mordovia Press.

4. Levina, N. N. (2014), Mordovian novel in 70-90-ies. XX century: the question of genre poetics, Bulletin of the Research Institute of Humanities of the Government of the Republic of Mordovia, № 2 (30), p. 179–184.

5. Stasevich, V. N. (1978), Landscape. Painting and Reality, Moscow: Education.

6. Tyapaev, A. P. (1971), Mekolden atyams (Last thunder): Novelette and short stories, Saransk: Mordovia Press.

7. Khalizev, V. E. (2004), Literary theory: Textbook, 4th edition, Moscow: Higher School.

8. Sheyanova, S. V. (2013), Environmental issues and the philosophy of nature in the modern Mordovian novel, Humanities and Education, № 2 (14), p. 107–109.

9. Erkay, N. (1974), Birch water: Novelette, Moscow: Soviet Russia.

10. Erkay, N. (1975), Mitay’s dreams: short story, Moscow: Sovremennik.

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E. V. Guseva (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Linguistic and stylistic features of male and female portraits in a work of art

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Linguistic and stylistic features of male and female portraits in a work of art

Guseva Elina V.,
Candidate Sс. {Philology}, Deputy Director, Institute of National Culture and Intercultural Communication, Mari State University (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia), guseva_elina@ mail.ru

The article deals with lexical and semantic structure of verbal portraits. It considers visual comparisons in description of male and female portraits.

Keywords: female portrait; male portrait; comparison; Mari novel.

1. Asaev, A. A. (1990), Oshvichyzhat yӱksyzhat: a novel, Yoshkar-Ola.

2. Beek, A. (1978), Toole-vÿd vosht: a novel, Yoshkar-Ola: Mari Press.

3. Lekayn, N. (1988), Kugu saryntulyshtyzho: a novel, Yoshkar-Ola.

4. Orai, Dim (1979), Tÿtyra vosht: a novel, Yoshkar-Ola: Mari Press.

5. Shabdar, O. (1975), Ӱdyramash roots: a novel, Yoshkar-Ola: Mari Press.

6. Shketan, M. (1950), Ereҥer: a novel, Yoshkar-Ola.

7. Yandak, L. (2007), Onar: novel vlak, Mari book savyktysh.

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N. S. Bratchikova (Moscow, Russia). Love lyrics in Finnish literature: from origins to the early XX century

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Love lyrics in Finnish literature: from origins to the early XX century

N. S. Bratchikova (Moscow, Russia). Love lyrics in Finnish literature: from origins to the early XX century

It considers the examples of lyrical works, where love is the main topic. The analysis of the love poetry begins with the folklore texts and finishes with the works of the great Finnish poets of the late XIX – early XX century.

Keywords: Pre-Christian folk song lyrics; Bible stories; medieval ballads and songs; love poems; poems; M. Salamnius; Hemminki iz Masku; F. M. Fransen; Kallio; Yu. Veksell; G. Tuderus; A. Poppius; Yu. Runeberg; E. Leino.

1. Veksell, Yu. (1960), August Evening, Veksell, Yu. Selected works, Moscow–Leningrad, p. 31.

2. Veksell, Yu. (1960), To the album of Spaniard, Veksell, Yu. Selected works, Moscow–Leningrad, p. 103.

3. Veksell, Yu. (1960), Love you, Veksell, Yu. Selected works, Moscow–Leningrad, p. 120–121.

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A world of dreams, Saint Petersburg, p. 103.

10. Leino, E. (1972), Twilight, Karhu, E. Essays on Finnish literature at the beginning of the XX century, Leningrad, p. 206.

11. Leino, E. (2007), That – this, in Leino, E. A world of dreams, Saint Petersburg, p. 111.

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N. A. Agafonova (Saransk, Russia). “Mordovia ethnographic collection” by A. A. Shakhmatov as a source to study Erzya dialects

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“Mordovia ethnographic collection” by A. A. Shakhmatov as a source to study Erzya dialects

Agafonova Nina A.,
Candidate of Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Mordovian Languages, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), ohanina@rambler.ru

It analyzes Shakhmatov’s description of phonetic and morphological features of dialects in villages Suhkoi Karbulak and Orkino in Saratov province in terms of contemporary Mordovian linguistics.

Keywords: dialectology; folklore; speech samples; phonetics; morphology; case system; conjugation of verbs; Finno-Ugric transcription.

1. Russian literature (1993), Aleksey Shakhmatov (1864–1920), № 5.

2. Astakhova, A. M. (1963), Shakhmatov as a folklorist and ethnographer, Essays on the History of Russian Ethnography, folklore and anthropology, Issue 2, Moscow.

3. Astakhova, A. M. (2014), A. A. Shakhmatov and a scholar of Finno-Ugric Studies M. E. Evsevev, Actual problems of philology and journalism: collection of papers, Issue 3, Saransk, p. 233–236.

4. Bubrikh, D. V. (1947), A. A. Shakhmatov as the Finno-Ugrian scholar, A. A. Shakhmatov (1864–1920): coll. of papers in S. P. Obnorsky (ed.), Moscow; Leningrad, p. 435–455 (Proceedings of the Commission for the History of the USSR in Academician S. I. Vavilov (ed., Issue 3).

5. Ilienko, S. G. (2014), On one of the great Russian linguists and his famous book “The syntax of the Russian language” (to the 150th anniversary of academician A. A. Shakhmatov (1864–1920)), University journal. Philological and historical sciences, art, № 9, p. 6–44.

6. Coplan, B. (1925), Academician A. A. Shakhmatov as an ethnographer, Local studies, № 1–2.

7. Shakhmatov, A. A., ed. (1910), Mordovian ethnographic collection of works, Annex: Description of the village Orkin of Saratov County made by A. N. Mincha, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences Press.

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9. Smirnov, S. V. (2001), National Slavic philologists of the mid eighteenth beginning of the twentieth century: Handbook, Moscow.

10. Yurtov, A. (1882), Samples of Mordovian folk literature, Vol. 1, Songs on the Erzya and Moksha dialect, Kazan.

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T. P. Ariskina, A. I. Fomina (Saransk, Russia). The system of kinship terminology in the Erzya and Hungarian languages (based on the epic “Mastorava” / “Masztorava”)

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The system of kinship terminology in the Erzya and Hungarian languages (based on the epic “Mastorava” / “Masztorava”)

Ariskina Tatyana P.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Finno-Ugric and Comparative Linguistics, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), ariskina82@mail.ru

Fomina Alina I.,
Under-graduate Student, Department of Philology, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), fominaali@rambler.ru

The article studies the kinship terminology in the Erzya and Hungarian languages based on Mordovian heroic epic “Mastorava” (1994), collected by A. M. Sharonov, and its translation as “Masztorava” (2010) made by M. Duganchi.

Keywords: term; word building; kinship terminology; blood relations; epic; “Mastorava” / “Masztorava”.

1. Vavra, K. I. (1965), Figurative meaning of kinship terms in the Hungarian language, Soviet Finno-Ugric studies, № 3, p. 219–224.

2. Vavra, K. I. (1966), Semantic analysis of kinship terms of Ugric peoples, Soviet Finno-Ugric studies, № 3, p. 217–226.

3. Hungarian-Russian Dictionary = Magyar-orosz szótár (1974), Moscow/Budapest: Hungarian Academy of Sciences Publishing House.

4. Mastorava: Erzyan dy mokshon kezeren pingen miftnen, epic morotnen dy ёvtamotnen koryas sёrmadyze A. M. Sharonov (1994), Saransk: Mordovia Press.

5. Borisov, O. G., Zhivaeva, M. N., Kazaeva, N. V., eds. (2012), Russian-Erzya Dictionary, Saransk.

6. Erzyan-ruzon valks = Erzya-Russian dictionary (1993), Moscow: Russian language: Digora.

7. Kröber, A. (1952), The Nature of Culture, Chicago.

8. Masztorava (2010), Erza és moksa népköltészeti anyag feldolgozásával írta Alekszandr Markovics Saronov, Budapest.

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Contents (2016, 1)

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PHILOLOGY

T. P. Ariskina, A. I. Fomina (Saransk, Russia). The system of kinship terminology in the Erzya and Hungarian languages (based on the epic “Mastorava” / “Masztorava”)

N. A. Agafonova (Saransk, Russia). “Mordovia ethnographic collection” by A. A. Shakhmatov as a source to study Erzya dialects

N. S. Bratchikova (Moscow, Russia). Love lyrics in Finnish literature: from origins to the early XX century

E. V. Guseva (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Linguistic and stylistic features of male and female portraits in a work of art

N. N. Levina (Saransk, Russia). Landscape as a universal component in the narrative art (on the example of a Mordovian story)

M. S. Mamontova (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). The regional literary awards and contests in the context of the conservation of traditions of book culture

T. V. Pashkova (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Names, classification and social portrait of the sorcerer in the Karelian environment

M. V. Pekshieva (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Nature of Finland in “Salamander” by V. F. Odoevsky

O. A. Teush (Ekaterinburg, Russia). New material on the Komi borrowing in the dialects of the Russian North (Lensky district of Arkhangelsk region)

T. V. Yantsukova (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Phraseology consistency in Western Mari language

HISTORICAL STUDIES

A. G. Vlasov (St. Petersburg, Russia). St. Petersburg Estonian Temperance Society “Ustavus”. Preservation of traditional culture, the fight against alcoholism, or association of the Social-Democrats?

O. B. Kevbrina, T. V. Kleimenova, N. V. Nesterova, A. A. Tarasov (Saransk, Russia). Crafts and trade cooperation of Mordovia peasantry at the end of XIX – beginning of XX century

G. A. Kornishina, O. N. Pyanzina (Saransk, Russia). Festivals and rituals of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Volga-Ural region for the beginning and the end of the sowing

CULTURAL STUDIES

G. M. Ageeva, E. N. Antipkina, T. N. Sidorkina (Saransk, Russia). The role of the visual arts in promoting the culture of Finno-Ugric peoples

Z. I. Akimova (Saransk, Russia). Wedding ceremonies of the Mordovians of Moscow region: transformation under the conditions of a metropolis

A. V. Berezina (Ekaterinburg, Russia). Process of the leveling of values – the reason for weakening of ethnic identity

I. V. Klyueva (Saransk, Russia). Ethnic and esthetics of Mordovians as a basis for the works of S. D. Erzia

A. V. Kylasov (Moscow, Russia). Comparison of athletic component of traditional games in Ugra and Yakutia

K. M. Romanov, D. K. Romanov (Saransk, Russia). Images of manipulation subjects and their victims in the Mordovian folk tales

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

Yu. N. Sushkova, E. N. Mokshina (Saransk, Russia). Life in science: 80th anniversary of N. F. Mokshin

L. B. Boyarkina (Saransk, Russia). At the origins of music education for children in Mordovia: to the 100th anniversary of V. V. Kiushkina

S. P. Gudkova (Saransk, Russia). «Chronicals of a poet’s soul»

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Our authors (2015, 4)

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Abramov Vladimir K.,
Doctor of History, Professor, Chair of Russian History, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), abramovvk@mail.ru

Ariskina Tatyana P.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Finno-Ugric and Comparative Linguistics, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), ariskina82@mail.ru

Bahlova Olga V.,
Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Chair of General History and World Political Process, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia),
olga.bahlova@gmail.com

Belomoeva Olga G.,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of the Traditional Mordovian Culture, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), o_belomoeva@mail.ru

Bogdashkina Yulia V.,
Post-graduate Student, Department of Economic History and IT, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), yulia91.08@rambler.ru

Boyarkin Nikolay I.,
Doctor of Arts, Professor, Folk Music Department, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), bojarkin_ni@mail.ru

Boyarkina Lyudmila B.,
Ludmila Borisovna, Candidate Sc. {Art history}, Professor, Folk Music Department, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia),
bojarkin_ni@mail.ru

Voldina Tatyana V.,
Candidate Sc. {History}, Senior Research Fellow, Research Department of History, Archeology and Ethnology, Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Studies and Research (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia),
tvoldina@rambler.ru

Demin Vasily I.,
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Chair of Finno-Ugric Literature, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), bishten@mail.ru

Zhebratkina Irina Ja.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Academy of Management and Law, FSIN of RF (Ryazan, Russia), miss.zhebratkina@mail.ru

Ivanova Galina S.,
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Department of the Mordovian Languages, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia),
galina17-05@yandex.ru

Ishaeva Larisa V.,
Post-graduate Student, Department of the Mordovian Languages, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), larisa_ishaeva@mail.ru

Kaverin Alexander V.,
Candidate Sc. {Geography}, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Head of the Chair of Ecology and Environmental Management, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), kaverinav@yandex.ru

Kaverina Nadezhda A.,
Candidate Sc. {Philosophy}, Associate Professor, Chair of Political Science and Sociology, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Moscow, Russia), kaverna@list.ru

Kilasonia Eteri N.,
Candidate Sc. {Art Criticism}, Associate Professor, Chair of Folk Music, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), ekilasonija@mail.ru

Kolokolova Olga A.,
Master of Philology, Junior Research Fellow, Post-graduate Student of the Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science (Petrozavodsk, Russia), kolokolowa.olg@yandex.ru

Kochevatkin Alexander M. ,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Associate Professor, Chair of Mordovian Languages, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), alekoch@mail.ru

Kochevatkina Olga V.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Head of the Department of the Humanitarian Education, Mordovian Republican Institute of Education (Saransk, Russia), olgako1974@mail.ru

Kruchinkina Ekatherina I.,
Candidate Sc. {Geography}, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Ecology and Nature, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), keiti2007@mail.ru

Lebedev Anton V.,
Cand. Sc. {Cultural Studies}, Associate Professor, Chair of English for Professional Communication, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), toshaleb@mail.ru

Naumov Evgenij O.,
Post-graduate Student, Department of the History of Russia, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), naumoveo@mail.ru

Rakhimova Elina G.,
Candidate Sc. {Philology}, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Folklore, A. M. Gorkiy Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), elina.rahimowa@yandex.ru

Sychev Andrey A.,
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), sychevaa@mail.ru

Syazi Victoria L.,
Post-graduate Student, Department of Philology, Ugra State University, Fellow, Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Studies and Research (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia), 190387@rambler.ru

Shokhin Arseny A.,
Post-graduate Student, Department of History, St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russia), st035265@student.spbu.ru