Finno-Ugric World

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PHILOLOGY

V. I. Demin (Saransk, Russia). Laughter of my people. Comic in an oral-poetic creativity of Mordovians

The article identified and analyzed oral forms of folk satire and humor, which played an important role in the formation and development of the Mordovian literary works, growth of education and culture of the nation.

Keywords: comic, comedy, satire, humor, folklore, oral-poetry genre.

G. S. IVANOVA (Saransk, Russia), I. Ja. ZHEBRATKINA (Ryazan, Russia), L. V. ISHAEVA (Saransk, Russia). Distribution of vowels of not-first syllable of the Central dialect of Moksha-Mordovian language

The article considers the distribution of vowels in not-first syllable of the Central dialect of Moksha-Mordovian language. It identifies trans-dialect and cross dialect alternation of vowels.

Keywords: Мoksha language; dialect; vowel; phonetic process; assimilation.

O. A. KOLOKOLOVA (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Christian tradition and folk beliefs in the story by N. M. Yakkola “Watershed”

The article features the phenomenon of folk Christianity and its existence in the Karelian peasant village in pre-revolutionary period. It studies the features of the combination of the Christian tradition with folk beliefs basing on the story by N. M. Yakkola “Watershed”.

Keywords: N. M. Yakkola; story; “Watershed”; a popular Orthodox Christian tradition; folk beliefs.

O. V. KOCHEVATKINA, A. M. KOCHEVATKIN (Saransk, Russia). The Concept of Grammatical Homogeneity and Heterogeneity of Attributes in Mordovian Languages

The article deals with the problem of grammatical homogeneity and heterogeneity of attributes in Mordovian languages; the mentioned questions are quite complicated in the process of studying the syntax of the Mordovian languages.

Keywords: homogeneity; heterogeneity; syntax; intonation; coordinative connection; subordinative connection

V. L. SYAZI (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). Lyrical image in the novel by E. D. Aipin “Waiting for the first snow”

The article discusses the lyrical image of the hero, which combines the features of the loving and the beloved hero. The story “Waiting for the first snow,” is one of the few works which combine several love stories.

Keywords: Khanty literature; lyrical image; E. D. Aipin; the story; loving hero.

T. P. ARISKINA (Saransk, Russia). Economic terms in the encyclopedia “Mordoviyas”

The article gives the comprehensive study of the economic terms found in the encyclopedia “Mordoviyas”.

Keywords: term; to coin the term; economic terms; borrowing; methods of word-building; encyclopedia; “Mordoviyas’” / “Mordovia”.

E. G. RAKHIMOVA (Moscow, Russia). Oral correspondences of Kalevala rune about Henrick the Bishop’s Death

The Rune-poem in Kalevala metrics rune “Saint Henrick the Bishop’s Death” has been preserved in several manuscripts, but it has never been recorded orally by researchers. It contains systematic verbal correspondences with oral heroic-mythic runes and ballads in Kalevala runes recorded at distant territories. These is the beginning about two brothers, protagonist’s boast in response to the warnings and comparison of his matter of  skiing to a white hare, thrown to run away by a hunter.

Keywords: runes of Kalevala metrics; manuscript collections; the story; the editors; rune-legend; option; intonation; artistic assimilation.

HISTORICAL STUDIES

O. V. BAHLOVA (Saransk, Russia). Estonia’s integration policy: content and evolution in the late XX – early XXI centuries

The article discusses the maintenance and evolution of the integration policy in the Republic of Estonia. It defines strategically important areas and directions for Estonia’s participation in the integration processes. Considering official priorities, it gives preliminary results and determines the prospects of the integration policy of the state.

Keywords: foreign policy; Euro-Atlantic structures; integration policy; the constitution; international organization; security policy; priority.

A. A. SHOKHIN (St. Petersburg, Russia). The causes and the early stages of “Huns myth” formation in the medieval tradition of a Hungarian newsreel

The article discusses the problem of formation the legends about the origin of the Hungarians from the Huns and about Attila, the king of the Huns, in medieval Hungarian chronicles, in the context of the formation of the ethno-political identity of the nobility of the Hungarian kingdom.

Keywords: Hungarian Kingdom; Hungarian Anonymous; Simon of Kezy; “Acts of Hungarians”; “Huns myth”; ethnogenetic legend; Arpads.

Yu. V. BOGDASHKINA (Saransk, Russia). Fiscal policy of Mordovian ASSR during the Great Patriotic War

The article examines the issues related to the fiscal policy of the Soviet Union and the Mordovian ASSR during the Great Patriotic War. It considers the difficulties faced by the Soviet Union in the early months of military operations, changes in the tax system, budget expenditures, implementation of measures designed to increase cash  flow to all-Union and republican budget.

Keywords: budget; fiscal policy; tax; government loans, cash and prize lottery.

E. O. NAUMOV (Saransk, Russia). Finnish and Hungarian units of the 1st Army of the Eastern Front in the second half of 1918: the problem of the formation and characteristics of participation in warfare

The article considers the specific features of warfare organization of Finno-Ugric units of the 1st Army of the Eastern Front, and their contribution into the victory during the offensive operation in autumn 1918.

Keywords: Civil War; Red Army; Middle Volga; international units; Chernov unit.

CULTURAL STUDIES

O. G. BELOMOEVA (Saransk, Russia). Folk art in the context of Mordovia art education

The article deals with the establishment of a LLL art education in the field of fine and decorative arts in the Republic of Mordovia. It analyzes one of its main features, a systematic study of the traditional arts and crafts of Mordovians to update their legacy in contemporary artistic process.

Keywords: art education; LLL art education; traditional arts and crafts of Mordovians; ethno-national traditions and artistic value.

A. V. LEBEDEV (Saransk, Russia). Formation of national-ethnic component of mythological picture of the world (on the concept “the creation of the world”)

The article deals with the formation of national and ethnic component of mythological worldview through the concept “the creation of the world”.

Keywords: mythology; creation of the world; national and ethnic components of the Finno-Ugric world; culture.

A. A. SYCHEV (Saransk, Russia). The cult of the forest in the environmental beliefs of Mordovians

The article analyzes the place and role of the cult of the forest in the mythological beliefs of Mordovians. It considers the importance of forests for the cultural life of the region, the beliefs associated with the forest and individual trees. The author concludes that the cult of the forest is a system of prohibitions and regulations that has moral and ecological significance.

Keywords: the cult of the forest; the cult of trees; ethics; ecology; Mordovian mythology; environmental beliefs.

T. V. VOLDINA (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). The image of the tree of life in the traditional culture of the Ob-Ugric peoples in the context of reincarnation

The image of the tree of life which represents vitality and eternal life can be found in the folklore and rituals of Ob-Ugric people. It forms the basis of traditional views associated with the belief in the reincarnation of souls.

Keywords: Ob-Ugric peoples; tree of life; mother goddess; soul; reincarnation.

A. V. KAVERIN (Saransk, Russia), N. A. KAVERINA (Moscow, Russia), E. I. KRUCHINKINA (Saransk, Russia). Environmental planning of land in order to create an ethnic environment of Mordovian people

The article gives a comprehensive analysis of changes in anthropogenic landscapes of Mordovia. It makes proposals to optimize the agricultural landscapes of the region, taking into account ethnic origin, as well as to train specialists in the field of “restoration” of ethnic environment.

Keywords: ethnic environment; agricultural landscape; polarized landscape; landscape ecology; environmental planning; diversification of the rural economy.

N. I. BOYARKIN, L. B. BOYARKINA (Saransk, Russia). E. V. Gippius: problems of formation of ethnomusical Finno-ugric Studies in Russia

This is the article made by the followers and students of Professor E. V. Gippius. It touches upon the formation of ethno-musical modern Finno-Ugric Studies. It reveals the research activity of the outstanding scholar.

Keywords: ethno-musical Finno-Ugric Studies; Folklore; analytical method; spatial and analytical notation; syllabic musical and rhythmic period.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

V. K. ABRAMOV (Saransk, Russia). Arvo Valton – 80th year anniversary

E. N. KILASONIA (Saransk, Russia). Talent of the composer Gavriil Vdovin (the 75th anniversary)

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PHILOLOGY

E. M. ANDRIANOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Methods of terms word building in the Mari language: suffixation

The article examines the morphological (suffix) method of terms building in the Mari language. In order to identify the most productive derivational suffixes in the modern Mari, it uses the material of terminological dictionaries of ten school subjects.

Keywords: Mari; word building; special vocabulary; terms; terminology; suffix method.

T. N. BELYAEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Means of symbolization in characters disclosure of male characters in drama by M. Rybakov on Great Patriotic War

This article reveals the specificity and functional significance of symbolic images in the disclosure of male characters in drama by M. Rybakov about Great Patriotic War.

Keywords: Mari drama about World War II; M. Rybakov; image and symbol, male- characters.

V. G. GAVRILOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). The specific use of subordinating foreign-language phrases in the Mari language speech

The article highlights the results of a study on the adapted use of subordinate phrases in the Russian language phrases in the Mari language.

Keywords: Mari language; Russian language; bilingualism; bilingual communication; adapted subordinate phrase.

E. V. GUSEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Means of formation of the visual image in Mari novel

The article touches upon the means of the visual image in the Mari novel. To generate a bright visual image, a portrait description should contain elements of novelty and originality, be informative and expressive.

Keywords: рortrait; Mari novel; expressiveness; emotiveness; intensity.

M. Z. LEVINA (Saransk, Russia). From the history of classifications of Moksha dialects

This article considers modern Moksha language, presented with its dialects, in the context of geographically and genetically close language – Erzya. Based on a number of criteria there is an attempt to identify linguistic features of Moksha language dialects which are missing in neighboring dialect types.

Ключевые слова: geographical distribution; area; isogloss; dialects and sub dialects of Moksha language; phonetic, morphological and lexical features; grammar characteristics.

E. A. TSYPANOV (Syktyvkar, Russia). Review of Komi language media: content and language

The article reviews Komi language media of Komi Republic at the present stage. It tracks the changes in this area which has happened within the two last decades. It gives a brief description of the content and the features of the language of the printed materials of newspapers and magazines, television and radio.

Keywords: Komi language public functions; Komi language in the press; media in Komi language; features of language of print and electronic media

A. N. NEKRASOV, G. A. NEKRASOVA (Syktyvkar, Russia). Popularity and trends of Finno-ugric languages in the Internet (russian internet)

The article presents the results of the analysis of search engines inquiries on Finno-Ugric languages. It analyses the statistics of inquiries on the language only, and on the regions of residence of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia. As the basis it takes the statistical data of Yandex search engines.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric languages, Internet, search engines inquiries, Internet trends.

V. F. ROGOZHINA, N. A. KULAKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Semantic characteristics of phraseological units expressing the concept of time in Мoksha conversational speech

The article discusses the functioning of phraseology with spatial meaning (time) in Moksha conversational speech: its semantics and composition. The material was taken from a live speech of the Moksha language native speakers of the Republic of Mordovia, the entries of the dictionary “Moksha kyalen kevonzaf valzyulmon valks” by N.A. Kulakova, V.F. Rogozhina (Kulakova, Rogozhina, 2013), and the materials of fiction.

Keywords: phraseological units; space; phrase; unit; emotionality; synonyms; semantics; multi-structural; time; early; late.

HISTORICAL STUDIES

G. A. NIKITINA (Izhevsk, Russia). Adaptation resources and practice of rural udmurts (the beginning of the 2000s. – 2011)

Basing on the author’s field data and information drawn from the print media, it analyzes resources and adaptation experience of private Udmurt farms in the first half of the 2000s, even though the models of adaptive behavior have not undergone significant change by 2015

Keywords: resources of the actors of private farms; symbiosis of private small farming and large-scale farms; illegitimate adaptations; market economy raids; self-employment; farming; working outside the region and other types of adaptation.

O. V. ABRAMOVA (Saransk, Russia). Mordovian national public organizations in questions and answers

It presents and analyzes the results of a survey of managers and active members of Mordovian national non-governmental organizations. The survey was held within the framework of the Russian-Finnish project of 2013-2016 “The role of public organizations in the preservation of the languages and cultures of the Finno-Ugric peoples”.

Keywords: Mordovia public organizations; leaders; activists; social, gender and age composition; socio-economic; social and political coalition; democratization.

S. I. KOCHKURKINA (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Karelian costume of the Middle Ages (on archaeological materials

The article considers the reconstruction of the ancient Karelian costume basing on the materials of burials excavated in Karelian Isthmus (Priozersk district of Leningrad region) at the end of the XIX century. It uses jewelry from modern excavations of the medieval settlements of the Northwest Ladoga area and the results of chemical analysis of non-ferrous metal.

Keywords: reconstruction of women’s clothing; burial grounds and settlements; results of non-ferrous metal; modern reconstruction works of the ancient costume and jewelry.

CULTURAL STUDIES

B. V. ANFINOGENOV (Izhevsk, Russia). Criticism of ethnofuturism in Udmurtia

The article attempts to overview the main criticism of ethnofuturism in Udmurtia. It considers both constructive views of ethnofuturism by the opponents in literary and art criticism as well as the examples of negative criticism in the Internet. Most examples of criticism refer to the beginning of the 2000s, during the peak of ethnofuturism movement in Udmurtia.

Keywords: еthnofuturism; postmodernism; literary; Udmurt; ethnology and culture of the Finno-Ugric peoples; ethnic culture.

N. N. KOROLEVA (Saransk, Russia). Human development of Finno-ugric republics of the Russian Federation in the early XX century

The article analyses human development of the Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia. Basing on figures from the Human Development Index it concludes that Komi Republic takes the leading positions, and the Republic of Mari El is he last in the rating.

Keywords: human development; socio-demographic potential; socio-economic potential; cultural potential; human development index; Finno-Ugric peoples.

M. S. MAMONTOVA, O. A. SEVRYUGINA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). S. G. Chavain National Library of the Republic of Mari El in the Finno-Ugric information space

The article discusses the work of S. G. Chavain National Library of the Republic of Mari El on preservation and development of traditional culture in the Mari Finno-Ugric information space, its Finno-Ugric contacts in Russia and abroad.

Keywords: National Library; Finno-Ugric information space; S. G. Chavain National Library; traditional culture of the Mari people; Information Resources of Finno-Ugric libraries.

V. I. MOISEYEVA (Petrozavodsk, Russia). Music in the life of Elias Lönnrot

The author refers to the issue, which has not been studies until now, that is domestic musicology, musical activities of an outstanding Finnish scientist of the XIX century, poet, linguist, folklorist, composer of Karelian-Finnish epic “Kalevala” Elias Lonnrot. The author examines in detail and examines the part of musical works of Lönnrot, complementing the existing ideas about his personality with new little-known facts.

Keywords: Elias Lonnrot; zither; flute; Jacob Tengström; Imperial Academy Abo of Turku (Turku University).

O. M. RODIONOVA (Saransk, Russia). Protection of property rights of the objects of cultural heritage of Finno-Ugric People

It analyses the current status of the legal protection of Finno-Ugric peoples’ cultural heritage of property both in Russia and abroad. It specifies the protection with the help of various branches of law.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; the protection of rights; cultural heritage; criminal defense; civil-law protection.

Yu. A. ELISEEVA, S. G. PILIPENKO (Saransk, Russia). Additional professional training program “Single Information space of Finno-Ugric universities”: potential of the network implementation

The article analyzes the results of implementation of the program “Single Information space of Finno-Ugric universities” with the use of distance learning technologies, and outlines the prospects for modernization from the perspective of building networking among the members of the Association of Finno-Ugric universities.

Keywords: National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University; Association of Finno-Ugric universities; additional professional training program; single information space of the Finno-Ugric universities; network implementation.

L. R. MUKHAEVA, E. N. KILASONIA (Saransk, Russia). Mordovia musical theatre as a part of national theatre tradition of 1970-80-ies

The article analyses the main stylistic tendencies of music theater of Mordovia in the period of «stagnation» which reflected the general developments of domestic music theater in national and specific refraction.

Keywords: traditions of theatre; modern music language; synthesis of music and theatrical genres; music theater; music theater of Mordovia.

M. E. RYABOVA (Saransk, Russia). Socio-cultural identity of Russian regions in the context of a changing world (on the example of the Republic of Mordovia)

The article discusses socio-cultural aspects of the changes in Russian society, which is characterized by multi-ethnic features. It concludes the content change of the socio-cultural system in Russian regions.

Keywords: socio-cultural conflict; cultural program; ethnicity; axiological system.

A. A. BULYCHEVA (Saransk, Russia). Estonia libraries as modern centers of knowledge in academic, cultural and information space

The article analyzes the work of the largest libraries in Estonia. It explores the history, current state and possible development.

Keywords: Library, Finno-Ugric world, information space, culture, science, a user, innovative technologies

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

G.  GYONI  (Budapest, Hungary). Days of russian culture in Hungary – 2015

A. D. KAKSIN (Akaban, Russia). “Mordovian languages through the Finno-Ugric linguist’s eyes”: notes on the margins of D.V. Tsygankin collection of selected articles

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
Theory and practice of modern Finno-Ugric Studies

S. P. GUDKOVA, S. A. DUBROVSKAYA (Saransk, Russia). The poem and its genre modification in contemporary Mordovian poetry

It considers genre modification in modern Russian poetry in Mordovia. The authors differentiate the poems according to their plot and narration aspects as well as associative and metaphorical basis.

Keywords: poem; genre; plot; metaphor; literary game; the dialogue of cultures.

T. V. GERASKIN (Kovylkino, Russia). On the interaction of cultures in the works of bilingual writers in Mordovia

It analyses the problem of literary texts of bilingual writers, who reflect artistically the history of the Mordovian people as a successful example of ethnic group, living in the unity with the other peoples of Russia for hundreds of years and preserving their language and culture. The author considers bilingualism of a significant number of national writers an objective consequence of the social development.

Keywords: artistic bilingualism; language is the basis; historical fiction.

R. A. KUDRYAVTSEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Ethnic identity and axiosphere of Mari literature (setting the problem)

The author defines the possible ways to research the problem of ethnic identity and axiosphere of the Mari literature.

Keywords: Mari literature; ethnic identity; axiosphere of literature.

O. P. INGLE (Charleston, South Carolina, United States). The symbolism of the theme of sleep and awaking in the epic “Kalevipoeg” and “Mastorava”

It considers the character of such theme as sleep and awaking in the Finno-Ugric epic books “Kalevipoeg” and “Mastorava”. It concludes the difference in understanding the sleep in Estonian and Erzya literary tradition.

Keywords: epic; the theme of sleep; awakening; epic character; Kalevipoeg; Tyushtya.

E. A. SHARONOVA, A. M. SHARONOV (Saransk, Russia). The story of “Tyushtyana’s Wedding” in the epic “Mastorava”

Presented in the epic “Mastorava” the story of “Tyushtyana’s Wedding” is analyzed within the biography of the Erzya king. Based on contrastive and comparative context, it employs folk ceremonial material to conduct a thorough analysis.

Keywords: epic; character; Mastorava; wedding ceremony; Tyushtyan.

E. G. RAKHIMOVA (Moscow, Russia). A grouse as a representative of an upland game in “Kalevala” runes

The author characterizes the image of a grouse within the ornithological symbolism of “Kalevala” runes, which can be found in the objective world, and in reference to art similarities and other means of verbal description.

Keywords: epic world; “Kalevala”; song; rune; ornithological symbols.

T. Yu. HEMLET (Feyerfild, Connecticut, USA). Karelian fairy tale “Nine Gold Sons”

It shows the specific features the late record of the plot of the classical period of Karelian fairy tale “Nine Gold Sons”: weakening of mythological theme of reunion of wonderful children by means of the mother’s milk and presence of a special bad character Syuoyatar.

Keywords: plot; theme; fantastic index; fairy tale; national tradition; typology; fantastic originality.

V. N. ANOSHINA (Saransk, Russia). Mordovian ceremony of sacrifice in the work “Die religiosen Vorstellungen der Mordwinen” by U. Harva

It features a Mordovian ceremony of the sacrifice described by Finnish scholar U. Harva in the work “Religious Views of Mordva”. It considers its general and specific details in comparison with similar ceremonies of other peoples of Russia.

Keywords: paganism; ceremony; sacrifice; holiday; sacrificial animal; prayer.

E. A. NIKOLAEVA, M. A. TROSTINA (Saransk, Russia). Cultural code of national memory: broadcasting of traditions (on the material of stories about “akin dead men”)

The paper interprets a folk story genre about “the dead relatives” as a component of the national memory cultural code. It proves the relevance of this genre in connection with the cult of deceased ancestors who Erzya and Moksha still worship, even today.

Keywords: ceremony; tradition; cult of the dead; “woman-mediator”.

Niina HÄMÄLÄINEN (Helsinki, Finland). Parental warning in the “Kalevala”

The author addresses the subject of the parental warning sounding in “Kalevala”. On the example of the songs about Ayno and Kulervo, it shows how E. Lönnrot created a unique songs for the folklore tradition. He brought in the pedagogical ideas partially borrowed from lullabies and instructions for parents.

Keywords: Elias Lönnrot; “Kalevala”;  Vainamoinen; Kullervo; parental warning.

 PHILOLOGY

M. V. MOSIN (Saransk, Russia). Vowel and consonant phonemes in texts of Erzya newspapers in 1920–1938

It describes phonetic features of the newspapers published in the Erzya language in 1920–1938. Using comparative analysis it reveals the dialect variants, used in the newspapers.

Keywords: dialect; literary language; vowel; consonant; newspaper; variant.

A. N. RAKIN (Syktyvkar, Russia). Names of atmospheric precipitations in the Komi-Permyak language

The article studies the names of atmospheric precipitation in the Komi-Permyak literary language. The formation of this microstructure as a part of meteorological vocabulary has taken its place using internal resources for millennia, since a fore-Ural era. Its denotative content reflects such atmospheric realities of the northern hemisphere of Earth as rain, drizzle, snow, hail, ice etc.

Keywords: Komi-Permyak language; meteorological lexicon; names of atmospheric precipitations; original meaning; borrowings.

G. A. NATURALNOVA (Saransk, Russia). Phonetic features of Russian borrowings in the Shoksha dialect of the Erzya language (based on the Shoksha dialect from Tengushevsky District)

The author presents a phonetic analysis of Russian borrowings in the Shoksha dialect of Tengushevsky District, which adapting to the sound characteristics of the Shoksha dialect, received a new sounding and design to become full members of its vocabulary.

Keywords: borrowings; Shoksha dialect; Russian borrowing; phonetic system; progressive (regressive) assimilation; accommodation; metathesis.

 HISTORICAL STUDIES

I. A. ZETKINA, L. V. VASILKINA (Saransk, Russia). Makar Evsevev, Zahar Dorofeev: succession of service

The authors suggests tracing the development of the national culture of the Mordovians through the prism of cultural-anthropological approach. It uses the category of succession to study the history of the national enlightenment in the early XXth century.

Keywords: succession; educator; enlightenment; national culture.

N. P. MAKARKIN, V. V. MITROKHIN (Saransk, Russia). Credit policy of Mordovia commercial banks: overcoming the consequences of financial crisis of 1998

The article studies the establishment of credit policy in the banks of the Republic of Mordovia during the post-crisis period of economy.

Keywords: regional banks; credit policy; credit portfolio; financial crisis; credit potential; credit risks; credit process.

V. V. TABACHENKOV (Penza, Russia). The main directions of cooperation between Penza region and Hungary at the end of XX – beginning of XXI century

The article analyses the current state of bilateral cooperation between the Penza region and the Republic of Hungary. The author focuses on the succession of the historical connections between Penza region and Hungarian region Bekes and shows the main directions of their cooperation.

Keywords: cooperation; Penza region; Hungary; Bekesh region; historical connections.

L. N. POTAPOVA, S. V. POTAPOV (Saransk, Russia). Small farms in the history of socio-economic development of rural areas in the Republic of Mordovia (1990–2014)

The article studies the historical importance of the development of small farms and their impact on overcoming social and economic crisis in rural areas of the Republic of Mordovia. The authors concludes that in order to address the challenges of farming and private households, it is necessary to introduce qualitative changes in economic activities, which is impossible without the state regulation system.

Keywords: small-scale farming; history of development; rural areas; economic and social crisis; sustainability.

N. N. LOGINOVA, A. M. NOSONOV (Saransk, Russia), A. V. SHURR (Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan). Density and location of Mordovian ethnic groups in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the second half of XX – the beginning of XXI century

It studies the main stages and characteristics of Mordovian settlements in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It analyzes absolute and relative data about their number and density.

Keywords: the Republic of Kazakhstan; ethnicity; Finno-Ugric group; Mordovians; accommodation; density; assimilation.

 CULTURAL STUDIES

L. B. BOYARKINA (Saransk, Russia). Formation of theater music in Mordovia

It discusses the issues of formation of theater music of the composers of Mordovia: it touches upon the problems of relationship between the musical and stage performances with the traditional Mordovian folk music (melos), and performers (directors and singers) contributed into the development of theatrical forms of musical culture.

Keywords: Mordovian theater music; folk song; traditional means of expression; opera; ballet; orchestra; libretto.

T. G. VANTSOVA (Saransk, Russia). The possibilities of using national advertising in order to preserve the cultural and linguistic values of Mordovian people

It considers the specific features of national (Mordovian) advertising as one of the important factors in the preservation and promotion of the languages and culture of Mordovia.

Keywords: national advertising; cultural and linguistic values; national-marked vocabulary; recipient; popularization of Mordovian languages and cultures; Mordovian symbols.

M. A. ELDIN (Saransk, Russia). Spiritual tradition of Finno-Ugric peoples of the Middle Volga region and modern problems of ethnic and religious consciousness of society

The author of the article holds the idea that “spiritual quality of life” becomes central for the concept of spiritual education, which implies an active spiritual, moral and intellectual influence of moral ideals on all aspects of the Middle Volga region, culture and education.

Keywords: tradition; religion; culture; specific ethnoses presentations.

T. N. MALAYA (Saransk, Russia). The role of non-profit organizations in preserving cultural heritage of Finno-Ugric peoples

The article explains the impact of the approaches of the legislator to the definition of the category “cultural heritage” on the possibilities to preserve the objects of cultural heritage of the Finno-Ugric peoples depending on an organizational and legal form of the legal entity.

Keywords: objects of cultural heritage; cultural heritage of the Finno-Ugric peoples; cultural values; organizational and legal forms of non-profit organizations; material and spiritual values; movable and immovable things.

I. P. CHIRANOVA (Saransk, Russia). International law on the objects of cultural heritage of Finno-Ugric peoples

It considers the international acts, which establish the legal protection of the objects of cultural heritage of Finno-Ugric peoples in the Russian Federation.

Keywords: source of law; culture; cultural heritage; international law; object; protection.

I. A. EMELKINA (Saransk, Russia). State cultural policy and work of non-profit organizations of the Finno-Ugric peoples in the common cultural space of Russia: legal aspects

The paper analyzes the features of the legal regulation of non-profit organizations of the Finno-Ugric peoples under the laws of the Russian Federation. It considers some legal forms of social organizations of the Finno-Ugric peoples.

Keywords: non-profit organizations; non-governmental organizations; national and cultural autonomy; Finno-Ugric peoples; cultural heritage.

I. N. SHKOLKINA (Saransk, Russia). The conscience with a “female face”: moral and gender metamorphosis in the minds of Finno-Ugric people and people of other cultures

The paper attempts to study the conscience in the light of gender polarity and gender features of male and female functioning, oriented on the ethno-cultural values. It analyzes the metamorphosis of female behavior, identifies the causes of emancipatory movements and conditions of the unification of femininity with masculinity.

Keywords: conscience; metamorphosis; gender; sex; culture.

A. V. KAVERIN (Saransk, Russia), N. A. KAVERINA (Moscow, Russia). Ethnic environment of Finno-Ugric peoples: challenges, recreation and conservation

The authors examine four subsystems of ethnic environment, their interaction and mutual influence. It proves that it is not a separate, but a comprehensive development all ethnic components of the environment is a prerequisite for a successful work on the reconstruction and protection of the Finno-Ugric ethnic groups.

Keywords: ethnic environment; Finno-Ugric peoples; quasi-natural environment; socio-cultural environment; ethnic futurism.

N. V. SHUMKOVA, A. A. POTAPOV (Saransk, Russia). Constructs ethnic solidarity in the print media (on the example of the Republic of Mordovia)

The article presents the preliminary results of a content analysis of the articles in Republican print media in 2014. It defines existing sources and the bases of ethnic solidarity in the media of the Republic of Mordovia.

Keywords: ethnonym; ethnic solidarity; mass media.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

V. K. ABRAMOV (Saransk, Russia). Journey to Udmurtia and Mari

V. I. ROGACHEV, A. S. LUZGIN (Saransk, Russia). Research project about the Mordovian people

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PHILOLOGY

O. E. POLJAKOV, T. I. STENYAEVA (Saransk, Russia). The noun in the general Mordovian, Moksha and Erzya languages

This article discusses the use of the noun in the general Mordovian language, in the modern Moksha and Erzya languages.

Keywords: the Moksha language; the Erzya language; the general Mordovian language; noun; declension; word building.

V. P. TSYPKAYKINA (Saransk, Russia). The study of verbal tenses and temporality in the Finno-Ugric languages

The author traces the history of the study of verbal tenses and temporality in Mordovian and other Finno-Ugric languages. It shows the possibility to show the categories of time and temporality in these languages.

Keywords: time; temporality; grammatical category; semantic category.

I. P. NOVAK, N. A. PELLINEN (Petrozavodsk, Russia). The specific features of Karelian speech samples of as a source of historical and ethnographic research

This article analyses the patterns of speech as one of the main information resource to study everyday life of a Karelian family late XIX – early XX century. It interprets the specific features of the source and its Historical and Ethnographic Studies’ potential.

Keywords: speech patterns; the Karelian language; interviewer identity; informant identity; translation.

S. MATICSAK (Debrecen, Hungary). The origins of Mordovian writing

Under of a single thematic form the author attempts to systemize the materials related to Mordovian written monuments discovered and studied by A. Feoktistov in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and other archives.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric languages; written records; Mordovian material; A. Feoktistov.

P. V. ZHELTOV (Cheboksary, Russia). About the importance of the comparative study of phonetics of the languages of Ural-Volga region

The article considers the processes of ethnic and cultural interaction between the peoples of the Ural-Volga region. It proves the relevance to study the languages of the Ural-Volga region in order to identify interferences at all levels.

Keywords: comparative study; phonetics; languages Volga-Ural region.

A. P. KOCHEVATKINA, A. I. IGONOV (Saransk, Russia). Lexical and semantic means of expressiveness in the Mordovian languages

The authors prove that expressiveness is one of the essential components of the semantic structure of phraseological unit and it is based on the image. From the point of semantics, idioms differ from words by the level of expressiveness.

Keywords: metaphor; trails; idiom; expressiveness.

N. A. KULAKOVA, V. F. ROGOZHINA (Saransk, Russia). Composite structure of Moksha sayings (prislovica)

It gives the composite structure of Moksha proverbs, prislovics, classifies proverbs and sayings according to their topics.

Keywords: composite structure; proverbs, prislovica; the Moksha language.

T. V. PASHKOVA (Petrozavodsk, Russia). The etiology of the disease and methods of treating muahine in the Karels’ understanding

Many peoples associated the origin of diseases with the influence of supernatural forces, host spirits, the evil eye, natural disasters and so on. The article studies the names, types, symptoms and treatment of muahine, one of the “mythical” Karels’ disease.

Keywords: ethnical linguistics; Karelian traditional culture; traditional medicine; mythology; healing ceremonies; Karels’ beliefs.

L.V. KALASHNIKOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). The lyrical story by Yu. Artamonov “You are my blue-eyed Kokshaga” (poetic of the composition)

It considers the composition of the lyrical story by Yu. Artamonov “You are my blue-eyed Kokshaga”. The subject of the study is the subjective organization of the text, the types of narrative, its spatial and temporal components, the system of images and description.

Keywords: Mari literature; lyrical story; Yu. Artamonov; poetics; composition.

M. V. SOKOLOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Manifestations of gender identity of a Mari woman (based on the novel by Z. Katkova)

It analyzes the text of the short story by Mari writer Z. Katkova “Sar app ly yle Gun…” (“If there was no war …”) in order to identify gender-specific features of the verbalization of the image of the women representing Mari lingo-culture.

Keywords: gender; gender identity; stereotype; lingo-culture; psycholinguistics; vocabulary; phraseology.

A. M. KATOROVA (Saransk, Russia). Problems of teaching mother language and literature in the communities of Finno-Ugric peoples of the Russian Federation

It analyzes the problems existing in the organization of the study of the mother language and literature in the system of pre-school and school education in Russian regions with compact habitation of the Finno-Ugric peoples and gives the ways to resolve them.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; ethno-cultural education; bilingualism; mother language and literature; national self-consciousness.

A. V. MASLIHIN, N. N. GAVRILOV (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). The problem of language in Finno-Ugric world

It considers the problem of language, one of the most urgent problems in the Russian multicultural society. It states the development of national languages from simple primitive forms of communication, to the complex, polystructural linguistic units as the important factor in ethnic and cultural progress of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia.

Keywords: language; Mari language; Russian language; bilingualism; Finno-Ugric peoples; globalization.

 HISTORICAL STUDIES

N. F. MOKSHIN, E. N. MOKSHINA (Saransk, Russia). Metropolitan Anthony Vadkovsky, a reformer of Russian Orthodox Church

This article analyzes the life and work of Anthony, an outstanding native of Mordovia; the reformer of Russian Orthodox Church; Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga.

Keywords: Russian Orthodox Church; Metropolitan Anthony Vadkovsky; St. Petersburg and Ladoga diocese; Village Shiringushi of Zubova Polyana district of Mordovia; Holy Synod; Local Council; Finland; Patriarch.

N. P. MAKARKIN, O. N. DYAKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Experience of the development of remote banking at credit institutions of the Republic of Mordovia

Basing on the analysis of the research literature it identifies and investigates the factors affecting the development of the e-banking system in the commercial banks of the Republic of Mordovia and gives their classification.

Keywords: e-banking; remote banking services; regional commercial banks; information and telecommunications technologies; factors; banking competition.

V. N. NEMECHKIN (Saransk, Russia). The mechanisms of United Nations to protect the rights of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation (on the example of Finno-Ugric peoples)

The article considers the basic mechanisms and instruments of the United Nations for the security and protection of the rights of Finno-Ugric peoples of the Russian Federation.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; indigenous peoples; the United Nations; the rights of indigenous peoples; mechanisms and special procedures of the United Nations in the field of indigenous peoples’ rights.

CULTURAL STUDIES

V. I. SPODINA (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). Adaptive aspect of the existence of traditional culture in the conditions of intercultural communication

The article considers the cultural adaptation in the spiritual sphere of indigenous peoples of the North of Western Siberia; it reveals the direction of a successful compatibility with the new cultural environment.

Keywords: traditional culture; cultural adaptation; Russian borrowings; Khanty; Mansi; Nenets; traditional outlook.

N. A. DOGOROVA (Saransk, Russia). Formation of the author’s style of L. N. Akinina in the ballet theatre in Mordovia

The article considers the choreographic works by L.N. Akinina in order to establish the development of the elements of the author’s style and the dramatic search for ideas. It interprets the sources of innovative dramaturgy and the language of the original plastic ballet as a new aesthetic phenomenon, “chamber style”, in Mordovia theatre of the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Keywords: author’s style; creativity; choreography; experiment in the space of a stage; experiment in movement; choreographer and artist “laboratory”.

Yu. A. KONDRATENKO, M. V. LOGINOVA, V. S. SVYATOGOROVA (Saransk, Russia). Ethnic movement in the art of Mordovia: the parameters of seeing ethnic past

The article analyses the conditions addressing the culture and art to their historical and mythological basis. Along with the identification of mythological motifs and cultural metaphors, it analyses the cultural content of reconstructed traditional forms and methods of their inclusion in the neo-traditionalist discourse of contemporary art in Mordovia; it studied the semantics of specific reactualized characters and images.

Keywords: art; tradition and innovation; neotraditsionalizm; myth; time and space in the arts; ethnic style; ethnic symbolisms; ethnic futurisms.

V. I. ROGACHEV, Yu. A. MISHANIN (Saransk, Russia). Existence and functions of erotic songs in the Finno-Ugric folklore (on the example of Mordovian wedding poetry)

The article analyzes the elements of eroticism in the wedding folklore, considers it in reference to the traditional culture of the Mordovian people and examines the roots of folk erotica. For the first time it publishes the recording of the songs with erotic content from personal archives.

Keywords: ritual; wedding; “shameless” songs; erotic; grotesque; carnival obscenity; travestism; the culture of laughter.

V. I. SHABYKOV, R. A. KUDRYAVCEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Ethno-cultural values and inter-ethnic orientations of the population of the Republic of Mari El

The article summaries the materials of sociological research in the early ХХI century. It studies social consciousness of residents of the Republic of Mari El in their relation to the ethno-cultural values of their nation and other peoples and their inter-ethnic orientations.

Keywords: the Republic of Mari El; ethno-cultural values; inter-ethnic orientations; inter-census interaction; inter-ethnic relations.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

S. P. GUDKOVA (Saransk, Russia). “Beauty will save the world…” or Modern prose in the search of lost values

L. B. BOYARKINA (Saransk, Russia). Enlightenment is the meaning of life

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ROUND TABLE
«Traditions and Ceremonial Culture of Mordovian Ethnos: Problems and Prospects» (materials of round table discussion)

A. G. BURNAEV (Saransk, Russia). Expressive Palette of Moksha Dance Plastic on the Choreographic Map of Mordovia

It presents the materials on Moksha dance obtained at the international academic expedition.

Keywords: choreographic art; Mordovian dance culture; ethnic dance.

N. N. GLUKHOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Research Methodology of the Ethical Values of Finno-Ugric Peoples

It provides a rationale for the use of algorithms to analyse authentic folklore texts of Finno-Ugric peoples.

Keywords: ethnic values; Finno-Ugric peoples; research algorithm; semantic analysis; factor analysis.

I. V. EMELKINA (Saransk, Russia). Interaction Dialectics of Traditions and Innovations in the Evolution of Russian Mentality

It reveals the dialectical relations of such concepts of culture as «tradition», «innovation» and «mentality».

Keywords: tradition; innovation; mentality; modernization.

A. D. EREMEYEV (Saransk, Russia). Specific Features of the Establishment of Art Culture of Mordovians

It analyses the relationship between cultures of the Finno-Ugric peoples in terms of artistic creativity.

Keywords: Mordovia people; artistic culture; national culture; folk art.

A. KEREZSI (Budapest, Hungary). The Results of Joint International Expedition in Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia

It brings results of the international academic and research expedition in Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia in 2013.

Keywords: Zubovo-Polyansky District; Finno-Ugric culture; tradition; international expedition; exhibit.

M. V. LOGINOVA (Saransk, Russia). Formation of Ethno-Aesthetics Methodology

It presents the methodological foundations of ethno-aesthetics in the context of traditional culture.

Keywords: ethno-aesthetics; ethnic culture; ethnic values.

E. N. LOMSHINA (Saransk, Russia). Development of Trends of Festive Culture of Mordovian Ethnos

It gives the materials of field studies collected during the international academic and research expedition in Zubovo-Polyansky and Dubenskiy District of the Republic of Mordovia in summer 2013.

Keywords: festive culture; Mordovian ethnicity; trends; field research; tradition; ritual; symbol.

E. N. MOKSHINA (Saransk, Russia). Religion and National Movement of Mordovians

It discusses the importance of religion in public and political life of the Republic of Mordovia.

Keywords: religion; ethno-confessional situation; national movement.

N. F. MOKSHIN (Saransk, Russia). The Role of the Finno-Ugric Heritage for the World Culture

It analyses the meaning of the Finno-Ugric culture in the context of national and world history.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; original culture; ethno-sphere.

N. I. UCHAIKINA (Saransk, Russia). Tradition and Innovation: Verges of Interaction

It analyses the interaction of traditions and innovations in the national culture.

Keywords: traditions; innovation; national culture.

O. V. RADZETSKAYA (Moscow, Russia), Y. V. KUZNETSOVA (Saransk, Russia). Eurasian Perspective in the Research of Folk Instruments of the Volga-Ural Region

It discusses the directions of research that present an idea of the Eurasian nature of instrumental folk traditions.

Keywords: ethnicity; Volga-Ural region; folk instruments; Eurasianism.

L. I. NIKONOVA (Saransk, Russia). Studies in the Humanities and the Ethnic Culture of the Peoples of Mordovia: Experience, Practice and Current Conditions

It analyses current research on ethnic culture of the Mordovians.

Keywords: migration; ethnicity; ethnography.

F. HATVANI (Budapest, Hungary). International Expedition «Traditions and Ceremonial Culture of Mordovian Ethnos» in Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia (19–26 June 2013)

A brief report on an international expedition, where the author participated.

Keywords: ceremonial culture; Mordovians; Finno-Ugric peoples.

LANGUAGE PALETTE

S. P. GUDKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Specific Features of the Development of Russian Poetry in Mordovia (based on Victor Mishkin’s works)

It considers the specific features of Russian poetry in Mordovia on the example of works of V. Mishkin. It gives the genre features of his poetry, features of his poetic style; analyses the methods and techniques employed to reveal the image of lyrical character; outlines ways for further development of the modern poetic process in Mordovia.

Keywords: modern poetry in Mordovia; poetic process; ethnic flavour; topical originality; genre specificity.

M. A. SAMAROVA (Izhevsk, Russia). Informative Nature of Poetical Anthroponyms

It considers informative content of a proper name used by authors in fiction books.

Keywords: proper name; appellative; anthroponym; poetonim; informative content of encyclopaedic information; informative content of voice data; informative content of language information.

M. A. TROSTINA (Saransk, Russia). The System of Images of Modern Mythological Stories of Russians and Mordovians (based on folklore material collected in the Republic of Mordovia)

It analyses of modern texts of stories about the supernatural (bylichki) in terms of their imagery system. The main result of the article is the following: the transformation of mythological images in these stories on the territory of Mordovia is related to the mutual influence and interaction of mythological concepts of Mordovian and Russian people to the development of scientific and research knowledge, as well as to the changes in life and traditional systems of values of the carriers of this folk culture.

Keywords: bylichki; mythology; imaging system; character; story; tradition; folklore genre.

T. R. DUSHENKOVA (Izhevsk, Russia). Semantics and Etymology of the Concept ‘Sölyk’ meaning “Sin” in the Udmurt Language

The article discusses a lexical token “sölyk” in the Udmurt language. Particular attention is paid to its semantics and etymology. It brings the arguments in favour of it to be borrowed from the Bulgarian language.

Keywords: sin; Bulgarian language; Mari language; Chuvash language; borrowing; etymology.

I. A. KUBANTSEVA (Saransk, Russia). Formation of Fiction Literature Written in the Mordovian Language in 1920th

The article touches upon the history of the establishment of Mordovian literature. It features the formation of the pool of Mordovian writers and the influence of the classics of Russian and Soviet literature on their works. It presents the results of the analysis of the works of Mordovian authors (Moksha and Erzya) considering political features of that period.

Keywords: national periodical press; a writer; fiction work; prose; poetry; a genre; Mordovian literature; edition; village correspondent; a reader; criticism.

V. P. GRISHUNINA (Saransk, Russia). Lexical Variants for Kinship Vocabulary in Moksha Dialects (lexicographical, linguistic and geographical aspects)

It shows dialectal differences of Moksha dialects, defines the basic processes of development and change of dialect vocabulary, determines dialectal features referred to kinship vocabulary as well as dialects properties of the Moksha language at the lexical, phonetic and semantic levels.

Keywords: vocabulary; dialecticism; dialect vocabulary; variation; territorial distribution; dialects; synonymous.

N. M. MOSINA, N. V. CHINAEVA (Saransk, Russia). Characteristics of Structural Components of Causative Constructions of Various Types in the Erzya Language

The article studies the semantic and morphological features of components of causative constructions on the material of the Erzya language. It brings various types of causative constructions based on the presence/absence of possible actants of a causative verb. It defines semantic roles for the required members of causation.

Keywords: causative; causative construction; semantic role; actant; causative verb; Causative; Patientive; Objective; Perceptive; Experiensive.

A. M. GREBNEVA, E. S. RUSKINA (Saransk, Russia). System Relations in Mordovia Languages Nominates with Indirectly Highlighted Value Components

It studies specific features of some groups of the Mordovian languages nominates with motivated components.

Keywords: nominate; lexicalized combination; lexical-semantic group; dialect vocabulary; Finno-Ugric languages.

E. V. LEBEDEVA (Tartu, Estonia). Etymological Interpretation of Some of Mari Ichtyonyms

It considers Mari words for chub, nerfling and dace.

Keywords: ichtyonyms; etymology; Mari language dialects; kindred languages.

OUR SHARED HISTORY

A. A. BLANDOV (St. Petersburg, Russia). «We were Called Korelyaks by all, and we do not know the Karelian Language… »: Sub-ethnic Group of the Valdai Karelians in the XX Century and the beginning of the XXI Century

This paper, based on field research done in 2010–2014, discusses the history of assimilation of sub-ethnic group of the Valdai Karelians who lived in the southeast of the Novgorod region till the 1990s.

Keywords: Valdai Karelians; Novgorod Karelians; Karel sub-ethnos; Valdai dialect of Karelian language.

TREASURY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE

T. A. ENIVATOVA (Kovylkino, Russia). Search of a New Paradigm of Ethno-Traditions in Work: Thinking and Language

It analyses the interaction of traditions Mordovians (material and spiritual) and professional fine art.

Keywords: ethno-traditions; material culture; spiritual culture; art, painting; ethnicity; ethno-futurism; creativity; values.

N. V. RYABOV (Saransk, Russia). Reflection of Religious and Mythological Beliefs of Mordovians in Architecture of Rural Housing

It reveals the philosophical ideas about life cycles of human existence as reflected in the housing complex of Mordovians. It emphasises the spiritual components of traditional culture in the form of performing various ceremonial actions.

Keywords: Mordovian housing complex; ancestor worship; image of a house guardian; mythological beliefs; decorative elements; architectural and artistic element.

A. V. LEBEDEV (Saransk, Russia). Introduction of the Biblical World View in the Cultures of Different Nations (based on the Babylonian, Germanic and Norse, and Finno-Ugric Mythology)

The article deals with the issues of parallelism and interrelation of different cultures based on mythological and religious material of the world creation.

Keywords: The Bible; creation of the World; translations of the Scripture; mythology; culture; religious beliefs; proto-myth.

V. G. TOKPULATOV (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Ethnic Culture of the Mari as History of Project Culture in XX century

The article discusses the history of the ethnic culture of the Mari in the XX century on the materials of I–IV Congress. For this purpose it uses the methodology of cultural anthropology developed by С. Wissler for the first time.

Keywords: ethnic culture; culture patterns; project culture management; the Mari.

FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES IN CHANGING WORLD

O. I. AVERINA, J. V. KABANOVA, A. A. LYABUSHEVA (Saransk, Russia). Ethno-Tourism: Fashion or Tribute?

Upon the example of the Republic of Mordovia, the article describes a new kind of tourist services called ethno-tourism. It gives the results of the research aimed at defining the attitude of the people who live in the Republic to ethno-tourism and specific features of local culture.

Keywords: ethno-tourism; culture; ethnic culture; customs; rites.

L. A. CHELMAKINA, M. V. BURNAEVA (Saransk, Russia). Assessment of the Potential and Direction of Ethno-Tourism in the Republic of Mordovia

It studies the problems of formation ethnographic tourism as one of the promising areas of the development of the Republic of Mordovia. It analyses the development of potential of ethno-tourism in Mordovia, and gives its assessment in comparison with Karelia.

Keywords: еthno-tourism; rural tourism; development potential; Republic of Mordovia; rural population; socio-economic development.

A. P. GORINA, V. O. KUZMINA (Saransk, Russia). Problems and Prospects of Development of Human Resources in the Region (on the example of Republic of Mordovia)

It analyses the situation at the labour market of the Republic of Mordovia and examines the main indicators characterizing the regional market. It highlights the main problems and prospects of further development of the human resources of the republic.

Keywords: economically active population; level of economic activity; human resources; regional market.

V. V. GRIBANOV (Syktyvkar, Russia), I. A. BYKOV (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Conceptual Problems of Interaction Models Between Business and the Authorities of the Finno-Ugric Peoples: a Comparative Analysis

It compares the model of communication of business and governmental bodies practiced in different countries and national autonomies of Russia which belong to the Finno-Ugric peoples.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; government and business; GR; lobbying.

N. A. KURMAEVA (Saransk, Russia). History of the Use of Special Psychological Knowledge in the Criminal Proceedings for Juvenile Cases (оn the example of the Republic of Mordovia)

The article considers the history of legislative regulations and practice of the use of special psychological knowledge in the criminal proceedings in cases involving juvenile, as well as the development of scientific thought in the field.

Keywords: juvenile; psychologist specialist; special psychological knowledge; forensic psychiatric examination; criminal proceedings; psychologist expert.

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LANGUAGE PALETTE

T. V. GERASKIN (Kovylkino, Russia). Theoretical Understanding of Genre Evolution of Mordovian Historical Prose

The author attempts to examine the evolution of genres in Mordovian historical prose. In order to do this he employs a historical and folklore material used by writers in their works.

Keywords: historical and literary process; transformation of the genre; historical prose; peasant literature; novel-tale; biographical novel.

T. I. MOCHALOVA, E. I. MASKAEVA (Saransk, Russia). Dyad “White – Black” Representation in the Regional Linguistic World Picture (Based on Russian Dialects in Mordovia Republic)

It features the functioning of the common colour words “white” and “black” in the Russian dialects of Mordovia Republic. It analyses the inclusion of these lexical tokens in the process of dialect word and phrase building.

Keywords: dialect; colour terminology; vocabulary; phraseology; semantics; nomination; linguistic picture of the world.

N. A. KULAKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Family Reflection of Moral Principles (on the Mordovian languages)

It reviews the terms of moral principles in Mordovian family and their application for children upbringing.

Keywords: morality; family; education; ethical terms; kindness; justice.

N. N. LEVINA (Saransk, Russia). Thought and Image Synthesis in the Novel by G. Pinyasov “Hot Summer”

It considers the specific features of presenting artistic images in the novel by G. Pinyasov “Hot Summer”. It analyses the author’s use of certain techniques, artistic and expressive tools.

Keywords: tale; artistic image; inner world; conflict; psychology; monologue; dialogue; portrait characteristic.

Y. N. MUKHINA (Kovylkino, Russia). Factors and Functions That Define Word Order in Erzya and Finnish Sentences

On the example of the Erzya and Finnish languages it examines the factors and functions that define word order in a sentence. Particular emphasis is paid to the logical stress, which connects word order and intonation.

Keywords: factors; grammatical function; word order; logical stress; intonation; Erzya language; Finnish language; simple sentence; topic; rheme.

L. L. KARPOVA, N. V. KONDRATYEVA (Izhevsk, Russia). System of Spatial Cases in the Modern Udmurt Language: Literary Language vs Dialects

The article researches the system of spatial cases in modern Udmurt literary language and its dialects in the context of composition and semantic content.

Keywords: Udmurt language; spatial cases; Northen Udmurt dialects; Besermyan language; secondary cases.

E. V. GUSEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Stylistic Tools of Syntax in the Description of Human Appearance (on Mari novel)

On syntactic level it studies stylistic devices used for describing verbal portrait of a character in Mari novel.

Keywords: stylistics; Mari novel; verbal portrait of the character; stylistic device; parallelism; enumeration.

N. G. YURINA (Saransk, Russia). Finnish Theme in the Works by V. S. Solovyov

The article discusses poetical expression of the Finnish theme in the works of V. S. Solovyov, one of the most prominent Russian poets of the late nineteenth century. It pays a particular attention to the transformation of the image of Finland in his poetry.

Keywords: Finland; landscape, philosophical and love lyrics; poetic tradition; Vladimir Solovyov; poetry; theme; motive.

M. Z. LEVINA (Saransk, Russia). Morphology of the Numerals in Moksha Dialects

It considers the issues of word building and use and distribution of numerals in Moksha dialects.

Keywords: Moksha dialects and sub-dialects; territorial distribution; area; numeral; morphological features; grammatical features.

OUR SHARED HISTORY

O. B. KEVBRINA, T. V. KLEIMENOVA, N. V. NESTEROVA (Saransk, Russia). Development of the Legal Framework of Peasant Entrepreneurship in Mordovia in the Second Half of the XIX Century

It studies the formation of post-reform legal framework of peasant folk crafts entrepreneurship.

Keywords: legislative framework; Russia; Mordovia; Collection of statutes and government regulations; peasant entrepreneurship; fishery certificate; trade tax.

D. V. BYSHOV (Saransk, Russia). Formation, State and Legal Regulation of National Entrepreneurship in Transition to a Market Economy: on the Example of Mordovia Republic (1988–1992)

It studies the development of state and legal regulation of entrepreneurship during the economic recession in our country in the late 1980s – early 1990s. On the example of Mordovia Republic of it analyses the emergence of entrepreneurship in this period.

Keywords: political leadership; entrepreneurship; enterprise; Mordovia Republic; cooperative; privatization; “War of laws”.

TREASURY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE

M. Yu. GRYZHANKOVA, M. E. RYABOVA (Saransk, Russia). Linguistic Consciousness in Social and Cultural Development of the Finno-Ugric World: Interaction of Cultures

It considers the socio-cultural aspects of the phenomenon of linguistic consciousness as one of the mechanisms that captures the national world view that forms ethnic mentality. It concludes about the positive mutual influence of diverse cultures as a resource for development of the Finno-Ugric world.

Keywords: linguistic consciousness; mentality; ethnicity; socialization; Finno-Ugric world; action plan; socio-cultural space.

M. A. MASTINA (Saransk, Russia). Semantic Content of “Death – Birth” Principle in the Archaic Consciousness of Mordovian people

It shows the specific features of the beliefs of archaic Mordovians about the development of the world. They considered it as a return of prosperity and fertility to the world with the help of structuring and reviving of the image of the mythological ancestor, the mixture of various sacred symbols in different combinations.

Keywords: archaic Mordovians; ritual; mythological ancestor.

R. V. NEKRASOV (Syktyvkar, Russia). Ancient Arts in the Context of Presenting Primitive Social Consciousness

It studies two sets of archaeological materials: Ural pictograms and carved wooden sculpture, which show a definite, sustainable trading focus of ancient art works.

Keywords: rock art; wooden carved sculpture; zoomorphic images; fishing cult; syncretism.

I. V. KLYUEVA (Saransk, Russia). Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna in the Life and Work of Stepan Erzia (unknown facts, documents and materials)

It gives the stage of the life of the sculptor S. Erzia during his studies in Moscow (1901–1907). For the first time it introduces into the academic use the documents that prove the participation of Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova in his life and work. It attributes a painting of the Grand Duchess, created by the young artist.

Keywords: Mordovian people in the history of Russian culture; professional art of Mordovian people; S. Erzia; Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova; Stroganov School; Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

A. V. IAKUSHKIN (Saransk, Russia). Arts and Crafts in the Geo-Cultural Image of Mordovia

The article deals with arts and crafts as a component of geo-cultural image of Mordovia. It analyses its role and importance in the structure of the geo-cultural image of the region.

Keywords: Moksha; Erzya; geo-cultural image; arts and crafts; carving; palmat; pari; embroidery; border; pokai; panar; rutsi; geometric pattern; wooden toy.

FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES IN CHANGING WORLD

M. V. IGNATIEVA (Saransk, Russia). Ways to Improve Financial Sustainability of the Strategically Important Sector of the Industry of Mordovia Republic

Article specifies and systematizes the main points of the existing methods of studying financial sustainability. It makes conclusions about the financial sustainability of the strategically important industry and makes recommendations how to strengthen it.

Keywords: industrial sector of the region; development strategy; financial sustainability; region.

P. I. MERKULOV, S. V. MERKULOVA, S. V. SERGEYCHEVA (Saransk, Russia). Bioclimatic Comfort of Residence Area of the Finno-Ugric Peoples (on the Example of Volga Federal District)

It provides various indices of bioclimatic comfort of Volga Federal District and gives a series of maps characterizing the bioclimatic conditions of year seasons.

Keywords: bioclimate; Bodman Severity Index; equivalent-effective temperature; weather conditions pathogenicity index; cold load; medical geography.

L. N. FOLOMEYKINA (Saransk, Russia). Formation of Economic and Geographical Image of the Territory of the Finno-Ugric Space (on the Example of Kochkurovsky District of Mordovia Republic)

It features the formation of economic and geographical image of a small territory of Finno-Ugric space that is Kochkurovsky District of Mordovia Republic. The area has the characteristics that specify national features of the region.

Keywords: economic and geographical image; territory of the Finno-Ugric space; Kochkurovsky District; historical and geographical, demographic, cultural, recreational image.

N. P. MAKARKIN (Saransk, Russia). Main Directions of Networking of Finno-Ugric Universities

Basing on the existing scientific and pedagogical schools and the research performed on Finno-Ugric topics, the author offers the main directions of academic and research collaboration of Universities and research institutions of Finno-Ugric Republics of Russia.

Keywords: scientific schools; research trends on Finno-Ugric topics.

S. G. BUSALOVA, S. M. MAKEYKINA, R. I. PANKOVA (Saransk, Russia). State Ethnic and National Policy: Main Points and Options of Funding

It studies the components of ethnic and national policy and current issues of their financial support. It focuses on contemporary positive trends and problems of financial support of ethnic and national projects and programs in the region.

Keywords: ethnic and national policy; realization of ethnic and national policy; funding of ethnic and national policy.

N. N. AZISOVA, A. N. CHEKUSHKIN (Saransk, Russia). Role of National and Cultural Public Organizations for Ethnic and Religious Consolidation of Civil Society (on the Example of Finno-Ugric communities)

The paper deals with the implementation of the state national policy in the region, the place and role of national and cultural public organizations for the development of civil society.

Keywords: state national policy; national and cultural autonomy; civil society; inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations; Finno-Ugric community.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

V. K. ABRAMOV (Saransk, Russia). Russian-Finnish project (2013–2016)

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ROUND TABLE

Roundtable Discussion «Finno-Ugric Musical Culture in Research, Academic and Creative Work»

PÄRTLAS ŽANNA (Tallinn, Estonia), ORAS JANIKA (Tartu, Estonia). The Possibility of Singing Style Reconstruction of Seto Ethnic Group (South-Eastern Estonia): Results of the Research and Pedagogical Experiment

It describes the results of pedagogical and academic experiment on teaching traditional singing to students. Musical material of the experiment is polyphonic folk songs of Seto ethnic group (south-eastern Estonia), which are based on half-tone and one and a half tone row. Acoustic pitch analysis of structure helps to compare the original recording and students performance. It discusses the possibilities and ways of auditory acquisition of archaic modus.

Keywords: teaching traditional singing; second tradition; half-tone and one and a half moduses; pitch system; comparative acoustic analysis.

L. B. BOYARKINA (Saransk, Russia). Armas Väisänen – Researcher of Mordovian Folk Music (on the 100th anniversary of the first Mordovian ethnic and music expedition)

The publication is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first Mordovian ethnic and music expedition of Finnish scholar A. Väisänen. It emphasises his outstanding contribution to the birth of Mordovian Ethnicity and Music Studies as a part of the Finno-Ugric Studies.

Keywords: Mordovian Ethnicity and Music Studies; expedition; phonographic recording; notation; tradition; folklore.

L. V. KINYAKINA (Saransk, Russia). Mordovia Folk Music: Ways and Methods of Fixation

It considers the ways and methods of fixation of folk music and emphasises the importance of the up-to-date methods of fixing music for preservation and study of Mordovian folk music.

Keywords: Mordovian folklore; multi-channel recording; notation.

N. P. TREGULOVA (Saransk, Russia). Style Problem of Choral Arrangements of G. Vdovin Folk Songs

It features specific features of choral works by G. Vdovin and characteristic of his musical style in adaptation of folk songs.

Keywords: style; creativity; Mordovian folk song; adaptation; choral music; professional music; genre; composer.

E. N. KILASONIA (Saransk, Russia). On Some Specific Features of the Genre Style of Choral Works by Contemporary Composers of Mordovia

It analyses some specific features of choral works by contemporary composers of Mordovia and shows how their works are influenced by folk and classical Western European and national professional music.

Keywords: choral works; folk songs; sacred music; epics; pop genres; people’s intonation dictionary.

T. V. TURINA (Saransk, Russia). Preserving Traditional Culture of Mordovian People (on the example of vocal and choreographic suite by G. Vdovin «Teyteren Piya Kudo»)

The article studies the problems of preservation of folk custom «Teyteren Piya Kudo» in its common way and G. Vdovin’s approach to it.

Keywords: G. Vdovin; M. Chuvashev; rite; custom; suite; vocal and choreographic action; «Teyteren Piya Kudo»; «Umarina».

S. V. KOLESNIKOVA (Saransk, Russia). On People’s Singing Performance in Mordovia

It studies folk singing performance in conditions of common everyday songs making and professional singing; gives functional and practical problems of amateur musical performance and professional folk singing and forms of education of folk singing.

Keywords: singing folk performance; traditional performance; professional school of folk singing; education of folk singing.

M. V. BUTUSOVA (Saransk, Russia). Interpretation of Ritual and Theatrical Believes of Mordovians in Vocal and Choreographic Works of Composers in Mordovia

It considers professional vocal and choreographic works of composers of Mordovia, based on samples of traditional ritual culture of Mordovians.

Keywords: sceremonial culture; national traditions; vocal and dance suite.

S. A. ISAYEVA (Saransk, Russia). Dialogue of Arts in Piano Triptych by G. Vdovin «Music for Sculptures by S. Erzya»

It considers a piano triptych by G. Vdovin based on the sculptures by S. Erzya «Moses», «Dreams», and «Dance». It emphasises impressionability and diversity of artistic images, synthesis of polyphonic and homophonic-harmonic writing, functional and colorful, coloristic interpretation, and reference to the traditions of Mordovian folk music.

Keywords: S. Erzya; G. Vdovin; programme approach; suite; impressionism; Mordovian folk music.

E. V. GERASIMOVA (Saransk, Russia). Folk Origins in the Works of L. Kiryukov (on the example of the cycle «Eleven Piano Miniatures»)

It considers the piano cycle by L. Kiryukov «Eleven Piano Miniatures», full of features of bright national identity and the author’s identity.

Keywords: folklore and composer; Mordovian folk song; pentatonism.

L. R. MUKHAYEVA (Saransk, Russia). Musical Performance in Mordovia in 1970-1980-ies

It analyses various forms of performing arts in Mordovia in 1970-1980-ies, which is characterized by a high level of professional skills of the musicians.

Keywords: musical and performing arts; creative groups of Mordovia; professional musicians; composers.

T. N. GULAYA (Saransk, Russia). «Torama» – Living Tradition of Mordovians

It highlights the work of contemporary male folk band «Torama» associated with the revival of song and instrumental traditions of Mordovian people.

Keywords: authentic folklore; traditional singing; Mordovian ceremonies; «Torama».

J. L. KOLESNIKOVA (Saransk, Russia). National and Regional Component of Bachelor’s Degree Educational in Folk Singing

It shows the content, form, and the result of the bachelor’s degree academic programme «The art of folk singing» of the Chair of Folk Music, Institute of National Culture of Mordovia N. P. Ogarev State University, based on the Mordovian traditions.

Keywords: tertiary musical education; Mordovian national culture and art; national and regional component.

LANGUAGE PALETTE

T. N. BELYAEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Archetypal Images in Mari Drama of the Second Half of the XX – Early XXI Century

It reveals the archetypal nature of images-symbols in Mari drama in the second half of XX – the beginning of the ХХI century.

Keywords: Mari dramaturgy; archetypal images; images and symbols.

V. G. GAVRILOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Specific Features of Inner-phrasal Mari-Russian Code Switch

The subject of the study is Mari-Russian inner-phrasal code switching. It considers one of the adaptation strategies of subordinate phrases of the Russian language within the mixed bilingual phrases, the partial development of combinations, which is accompanied by conservation of the order of the parts of the combination of the signs in a foreign language and formal accession of morphological parameters of the Mari language.

Keywords: Mari language; Russian language; inner-phrasal switching codes or mixing; phrase; half adaptive subordinate phrase.

V. I. DEMIN, S. V. SHEYANOVA (Saransk, Russia). Poetics of a Name in Modern Mordovian Novel

It shows the construction principles of the anthroponymic system and its functioning in the modern Mordovian novel. It defines the role of the name as an essential component of the poetics of the image and constructive factor of the artistic unity. Based on onomastic material it gives the specifics of the individual style of the writer and conceptual originality of the author’s view of the world.

Keywords: name; the semantics of the name; function of the name; poetic anthroponymics; literary anthroponym.

N. F. KABAEVA (Saransk, Russia). Accentuation and Reduction of Vowels in Dialects of the Moksha Language (on south-eastern dialect)

It studies the problems of accentuation and reduction of narrow vowel in the southeast dialect of the Moksha language.

Keywords: accentuation; word stress; reduction; south-eastern dialect; Moksha language.

A. P. KOCHEVATKINA, A. I. IGONOV (Saransk, Russia). Phonetic Means of Expressivity in Modern Mordovian Prose

It analyses such phonetic ways of expressivity in modern Mordovian prose as emphatic stress, onomatopoeia, anatomical and physiological and situational speech defects.

Keywords: sound envelope of speech; intensity; expressiveness; emphatic stress.

G. A. YAKOVLEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Genre Typology of Psychological Drama in the Volga Region Literature in 60-ies of XX Century

It analyses the genre typology of psychological drama in the Volga region literature of the 1960-s.: the most prominent of which became Mari playwright K. Korshunov, Chuvash author N. Terentiev, and Mordovian master of words G. Merkushin.

Keywords: genre typology; psychological drama; inner drama; conflict; national literature; dramatic character.

OUR SHARED HISTORY

O. B. KEVBRINA, T. V. KLEIMENOVA, N. V. NESTEROVA (Saransk, Russia). Post-reform Entrepreneurship and Crafts of Mordovia Region

It shows the formation and establishment of peasant entrepreneurship in handicrafts of Mordovia region in the post-reform period.

Keywords: peasant entrepreneurship; Mordovia region; peasants; crafts; buyers; traders; merchants; industrialists.

N. A. PAVLOVA (Moscow, Russia). Traditions of Felt and Cloth Making of Volga Finns (Overview)

It studies the tradition of using felt and cloth in the household of Volga Finns in the second millennium A.D. It makes conclusions about interethnic contacts of Finnish-speaking peoples of the Volga region in the period.

Keywords: felts; textiles; cloth; Volga Finns; Mordovians; Mari; interethnic contacts.

TREASURY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE

A. G. BURNAEV (Saransk, Russia). Local Features of Moksha Folk Dance (on field research made in Zubovo-Polyansky district of Mordovia)

Basing on the analysis of authentic dance material collected during the field study, it describes the plastic characteristics of Mordovian-Moksha dance in Zubovo-Polyansky district of the Republic of Moldova, and identifies its local features. The article provides terminology of folk dance movements.

Keywords: Mordovian choreographic creativity; ethnic dance; folk dance; authentic dance material; Moksha wedding; dancing and singing game; Moksha steam dance; figures dancing; local features of the dance; terminology of folk dance movements.

O. G. BELOMOEVA (Saransk, Russia). Spiritual References in the Works of Anatoly Kiyaykin

The article reveals the spiritual references of the works of Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia A. Kiyaykin: the category of «memory», presented in many dimensions in his works, and Christian fundamental paradigms as the basis of artistic conception.

Keywords: spiritual reference; memory; creativity; worldview; tradition; art concept.

A. S. IZMAILOVA, A. V. LASHKEVICH (Izhevsk, Russia). Chronotope of Otherness in Archaic Culture and Poetry in the End of XX – Beginning of XXI Century (on example of J. Morrison and M. Fedotov)

The authors consider the structure of the artistic consciousness in the poetry of the late XX – early XXI century in particular poetic model of otherness in the American and Udmurt mythopoetic tradition.

Keywords: American literature; Udmurt literature; chronotope; mythopoetics; ethnoculture.

V. I. SPODINA (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). Somatic Code of Traditional Culture (on the material of Ob-Ugric peoples and Samoyeds)

It considers the human body as the primary basis for world conceptualizing. Through the prism of somatic code it reveals a typical method of archaic thinking – world anthropomorphism.

Keywords: traditional culture; somatic code; Ob-Ugric peoples; Samoyeds; traditional outlook; back; head; heart.

I. V. KLYUEVA (Saransk, Russia). The Images of Mordovian Ethnos Representatives in Works by Stepan Erzia

The article examines one aspect of «ethniс theme» in S. D. Erzia’s art: it discusses the sculptor’s works, which embody the images of representatives of his native ethnos – Mordovians. The information about unknown and little-known works by the artist is first introduced into scientific use.

Keywords: S. D. Erzia; «ethnic theme» in fine arts; images of Mordovian ethnos representatives in art; professional art of Mordva people; sculpture of the XX century.

FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES IN CHANGING WORLD

N. N. KOROLEVA (Saransk, Russia). Standard of Living as a Socio-Economic Aspect of the Finno-Ugric Peoples of Russia

The article analyses socio-economic development of the Finno-Ugric republics. Special attention is paid to the quality of life of the Finno-Ugric peoples in modern Russia.

Keywords: standard of living; Finno-Ugric peoples; socio-economic development.

P. D. MINICHKIN (Saransk, Russia). Establishing an Effective Implementation System of Cultural Priorities Basing on Regional Purpose-Oriented Programmes in the Republic of Mordovia

On the example of the Republic of Mordovia it considers the implementation of complex reforms in the field of culture on the basis of regional purpose-oriented programmes.

Keywords: culture; transnational cooperation; programme; folk arts and crafts; region.

I. I. KONDRASHKINA, T. P. ZHUTKINA (Saransk, Russia). Modern Approaches to Employability Problem in the Republic of Mordovia

It analyses the labour market in the Republic of Mordovia in the context of a similar problem in Russia and abroad. It suggests new approaches to the regulation of national labour markets and employment sectors in the global economy. It draws conclusions on the improvement of state policies to address the problem of employment for the effective use of labour potential.

Keywords: economic activity; employment; national market; the labour market; unemployment.

V. V. RUNKOV, E.V. NENYUKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Work Motivation for Managers and Specialists of Agricultural Enterprises (on the example of the Republic of Mordovia)

On the example of the agricultural enterprises of the Republic of Mordovia it proves the methods of labour motivation on the basis of financial incentives and responsibility of the employees.

Keywords: regional economy; Republic of Mordovia; labour motivation; target production programme; basic part of remuneration; incentive fund; comparable price for the product; the effect of motivation on product quality.

S. V. SARAYKINA, L. V. SOTOVA (Saransk, Russia). The Use of Toponymy for the Formation of Tourist Image of the Finno-Ugric Regions of Russia

It shows the methodological approaches to the study of toponymy of Finno-Ugric regions of Russia, and their use for the formation of tourist image for the development of tourism in the area of study.

Keywords: toponymy; geographical names; research methods; Finno-Ugric regions of Russia; tourist attraction; tourist image; geographical culture.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

V. I. ROGACHEV, E. N. VAGANOVA (Saransk, Russia). Neo-mythological Consciousness and Mythopoetics of M. Petrov. Review of the monograph: R. Kirillova. Mythopoetics in the poetry by Mikhail Petrov

V. K. ABRAMOV (Saransk, Russia). Scholar School «The History and Culture of Mordovia and Mordovian people»

LANGUAGE PALETTE

V. N. ANOSHINA, E. A. SHARONOVA (Saransk, Russia). The Importance of the Work “Die Religiosen Vorstellungen der Mordwinen” by U. Harva for Erza and Moksha Folklore Studies

It considers academic issues of the work “Die Religiosen Vorstellungen der Mordwinen” by U. Harva and its importance for Erza and Moksha folklore studies, defines the reasons for the scholar to reject so-called P. Melnikov mythological system.

Keywords: Mordovian mythology; Erza and Moksha religious beliefs; Finno-Ugric studies; U. Harva; P. Melnikov; H. Paasonen.

T. N. BELYAEVA, R. A. KUDRYAVTSEVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Poetics of Mari Drama at the Beginning of the XXI Century

Analyzing the genre and images, it defines the specific features of the poetics of Mari drama at the beginning of XXI century.

Keywords: poetics; Mari drama; the nature of genre and images.

D. A. SALTUGANOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Specific Features of Pronouncing Stressed Labialized Back Vowels in the German Language of Mountain and Meadow Mari

It discusses the pronunciation of labialized back vowels in German of mountain and meadow Mari students studying German as a foreign language at University.

Keywords: labialized vowels; back row; mountain Mari; meadow Mari; German; acoustic analysis; spectral analysis.

T. V. GERASKIN (Saransk, Russia). Genre Peculiarities of the Political Novel “Red Colossus” by M. Petrov

The author attempts to address the specific features of the political novel “Red Colossus” by Mordovian writer M. Petrov. For these purposes the author employs historical material used by the writer in the novel.

Keywords: political novel; genre transformation; trilogy; World War II; fascism; author’s position.

A. N. RAKIN (Syktyvkar, Russia). Fishing Vocabulary in the Udmurt Language

For the first time it gives a linguistic analysis of Udmurt fishing vocabulary in synchronic and diachronic aspects. In order to determine the macro- and micro-structural elements it classifies nominative units depending on their subject-concept content. It identifies and discusses the internal and external sources of formation and development of the lexical and thematic groups.

Keywords: the Udmurt language; fishery glossary; original notions; borrowings.

E. L. YANDAKOVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Stylistic Features of Lexical Repetition in Poetry by V. Columb

The article gives the stylistic research of lexical repetition in poetry by Valentine Columb. It analyses their stylistic functions and features of using repetitive vocabulary.

Keywords: lexical stylistics; lexical repetition; stylistic feature; emphasizing; marking.

J. PUSZTAY (Badacsonytomaj, Hungary). State of the Mordovia Languages on the Basis of School Vocabulary Glossaries

The article shows the results of the analysis of school vocabulary in the Moksha language. It states that the way the Moksha language is presented in the glossaries cannot be considered as the state language. It proves the need to review the dictionaries with school vocabulary.

Keywords: language development; to coin terms; Moksha; Erza.

G. S. IVANOVA, I. Y. ZHEBRATKINA, N. V. LETKINA (Saransk, Russia). Features of Non-Objective Conjugations in Novopshenevskij Dialect of the Moksha Language

It considers the morphological features of non-objective conjugation in novopshenevskij dialect of the Moksha language.

Keywords: the Moksha language; dialect; verb; morphology; conjugation; modality; tense; verb form.

OUR SHARED HISTORY

I. F. PAVLOVA (Izhevsk, Russia). Publication of Feature Books for Udmurt Children in 1920–1930

It analyses publishing of fiction books for Udmurt children in the first third of XX century. It shows the specific features of establishing the traditions of children’s books in Udmurt Republic, the types of the published texts and mentions the writers who actively participated in the development of children’s publishing.

Keywords: Udmurt children’s book; original feature book; national literature for children; national publishing; genres; Udmurt children’s literature.

O. V. ABRAMOVA (Saransk, Russia). Mordovian Resettlement and Population Dynamics at the End of XX – Beginning of XXI Century

Basing on the data of Soviet and Russian censuses the article studies the specific features of Mordovian resettlement and population dynamics at the end of XX – beginning of XXI century.

Keywords: Mordovians; resettlement; population; Soviet Union Population Census; National Census of Russia; Republic of Mordovia; assimilation; dispersion.

TREASURY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE

N. V. RYABOV (Saransk, Russia). Eryamo Par as Ethno Defining Component of Mordovian Culture

It shows the artifact complex resulted from the collective labor of Mordovians. Eryamo par is studied as a monument to folk culture and as information medium about the most important spiritual orientations of Mordovians.

Keywords: eryamo par; ethics defining; material culture; fancy signs; pictorial elements.

R. V. NEKRASOV (Syktyvkar, Russia). Functional and Planning Structure and Decor Features of Sysolsky Type Peasant House

In the process of structural and functional analysis of Sysolsky type peasant house as the systems, it defined the following morphological structures: functional and planning structure of the content; three-dimensional structure of the form as a way of existence and presenting the content in specific historical and geographical conditions; decorative structure of artistic and aesthetic preferences of the ethnic group.

Keywords: traditional art; farmhouse; functional planning structure; decoration.

A. V. LEBEDEV (Saransk, Russia). Christian Moral Regulatives as Culture Forming Factor (on the translation of the Bible into Mordovian)

The author proves that spiritual, moral and ethical principles of the Scripture facilitate the rebirth of morality standards in society.

Keywords: the Bible; moral and ethical foundations; spiritual and moral values; Scripture translation; Christian education tradition; cultural reflection; linguistic ethnic culture; spiritual and moral values.

V. I. ROGACHEV, E. N. VAGANOVA, M. S. VOLKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Ethnographic Features of Mordovian Wedding Ceremony: Custom of Kidnapping and Sale of the Brides

It shows ethnographic features the most ancient forms of marriage, reconstructs archaic forms of marriage, highlights their distinctive features, and clarifies terminology.

Keywords: forms of organization of marriage and weddings; bride kidnapping tradition; marriage by capture; brides buying and selling.

FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES IN CHANGING WORLD

O. O. POLYAKOVA (Saransk, Russia). Views on Prosocial Behavior of Mordovia Youth

It analysis the results of empirical research on the views the Mordovia youth have about prosocial behavior, and in particular about normative and extra normative behavior. It defines the differences of such views between the young people and adults.

Keywords: prosocial behavior; normative; extra normative behavior; norm; the youth; understanding; social distance; action.

N. G. IVLIEVA, V. F. MANUKHOV (Saransk, Russia). Implementation of Applied Research in Finno-Ugric Studies and the Use of Geographic-Information System Technology

It tells about the research aimed at modeling changes of the administrative division of the territory within the boundaries of the Republic of Mordovia with the help of modern GIS technology.

Keywords: GIS mapping; GIS technology; administrative-territorial division; Mordovia autonomy.

V. P. MINICHKINA, N. A. LIMKINA (Saransk, Russia). Social Prevention of Family Ill-Being in the Republic of Mordovia

The article touches upon the problems of social prevention of family ill-being. It analyzes the methods of work with the subjects of social ill-being. The attention is paid to the importance of interaction between the subjects of prevention state system and academic community in order to develop the forms of social control.

Keywords: child abuse; individual preventive work; work with families; social prevention; social orphanhood; state subjects of social prevention system.

S. H. KHAKNAZAROV (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of North: Sustainable Development (theoretical and sociological analysis)

It discusses the theoretical issues related to the sustainable development of indigenous small-numbered peoples of North. It summarizes the results of the survey on the subject conducted by the author.

Keywords: sustainable development; indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North; Autonomous Region; traditional environmental management.

N. N. LOGINOVA, A. M. NOSONOV (Saransk, Russia), S. K. ESETOV (Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan). Population Dynamics of the Finno-Ugric Peoples in Kazakhstan

It studies the dynamics of the number of Finno-Ugric peoples in Kazakhstan since 1926. It analyzes the main stages and features of settlement of the territory of the Republic.

Keywords: The Republic of Kazakhstan; ethnicity; Finno-Ugric group; Mordovians; population.

N. P. MAKARKIN, V. V. MITROKHIN (Saransk, Russia). The Banking System of Mordovia: Current Status and Opportunities for Growth

It explores the current state of the banking system of the Republic of Mordovia, identifies the opportunities for growth of savings and investment.

Keywords: banking system in the region; commercial banks; banking services; resource base; loan capacity; banking risks; banks from other regions.

V. K. ABRAMOV (Saransk, Russia). Anthology of Erzya-Mordovian Prose

E. D. BOGATYREV, S. V. PERSHIN (Saransk, Russia). Turning the Pages of the Past…