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Lezina E. P. Temnikovskaya Zaseka: Border Service and Frontier Line in the Defense System the “Ukraine” of the Russian State in the 16th – First Third of the 18th Century

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Temnikovskaya Zaseka: Border Service and Frontier Line in the Defense System of the “Ukraine” of the Russian State in the 16th – First Third of the 18th Century

Elena P. Lezina
National Research Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russia

Introduction. The Temnikovskaya Zaseka is the least studied part of the Great Zasechnaya Line, highlighting the relevance of introducing its preserved archival descriptions into scientific circulation and analyzing the border and guard services in this area of the Mordovian region (in the interfluve of the Sura, Moksha, and Tsna rivers). The purpose of the study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Temnikovskaya Zaseka within the system of defense of the Russian state in the 16th–17th centuries.

Materials and Methods. The research is based on the analysis of the only known manuscript source preserved in the Central State Archive of the Republic of Mordovia, which contains a description of the Temnikov defensive line. In examining the border service in the city of Temnikov and the defensive line, the method of analyzing regulatory documents from the 16th–17th centuries, which governed this service, was employed; these documents are found in the “Acts of the Moscow State, published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences” (1890). A range of methods was used in the study: comparative-historical, logical, systemic-structural, systems analysis, and regulatory document analysis.

Results and Discussion. The scientific discourse has introduced a description of the Temnikovskaya Zaseka, highlighting its place and role within the fortified line of the Bolshaya Zasechnaya Cherta. During the study, the exact location of the Temnikovskaya Zaseka was clarified, along with the precise locations of the Nogai and Chizhikov Temnikovskaya Zasechnaya Gates. An analysis of the border and guard services in the Mordovia region was conducted, demonstrating the role of the Temnikovskaya Fortress in the organization of the protection and defense of Russian borders.

Conclusion. The study of the history of the Temnikovskaya defensive line provides a more detailed demonstration of the experience of border service and the defense system of the Russian state from the 16th to the first third of the 18th century. It illustrates the nationwide processes through the example of the defense organization of the Mordovian region, adding new nuances and creating a comprehensive picture of the development of the Russian state.

Keywords: Temnikovskaya zaseka, guard service, village service, border line, border service, fortress cities, Mordovian Region, Russian state in the XVI-XVII centuries

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Lezina E.P. Temnikovskaya Zaseka: Border Service and Frontier Line in the Defense System the “Ukraine” of the Russian State in the 16th – First Third of the 18th Century. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(2):191–202. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.191-202

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E. P. Lezina – Cand.Sci. (Hist.), Associate Professor, Department of Theory, History of State and Law and International Law, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6761-4494, lezina_l@mail.ru

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Chebakovskaуa A. V. The Protection of Childrenʼs Health in Karelia in the Early 1920s

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doi: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.178-190

The Protection of Childrenʼs Health in Karelia in the Early 1920s

Aleksandra V. Chebakovskaуa
Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelia Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia

Introduction. The child health protection system represented a complex of organizational and legal measures aimed at providing the necessary conditions for the full development of a healthy child, which included not only the treatment of diseases but also the implementation of preventive measures. Despite existing challenges in organizing quality medical care for children, the fundamental ideas for protecting children’s health were established in the first half of the 1920s and were further developed in the following period. The aim of this research is to reconstruct the measures undertaken by the new government to protect the health of the younger generation in the early years of Soviet power (based on materials from Karelia).

Materials and Methods. Based on a collection of archival materials and published sources, measures aimed at addressing the issue of high child mortality and morbidity are demonstrated. The preparation of the article utilized systematic, comparative-historical, and problem-chronological methods.

Results and Discussion. The factors affecting the situation of the child population in Karelia have been analyzed; indicators of child mortality and its causes, birth rates, and natural population growth are presented, and the sanitary-epidemiological state of the region is described. The state measures taken to address child health protection issues are examined, including actions aimed at creating and developing a network of institutions providing medical and preventive care to children, which led to a decrease in child mortality and an increase in birth rates.

Conclusion. The fundamental areas of focus in the work on protecting children’s health were chosen to be screening, prevention, and vaccination. The conclusions drawn by the author contribute to the study of the child healthcare system in the early period of the Soviet era.

Keywords: child health, infant mortality, fertility, morbidity, prevention, Karelia

Funding: The research was funded from the federal budget as part of the state project of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Chebakovskaуa A.V. The Protection of Children’s Health in Karelia in the Early 1920s. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(2):178–190. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.178–190

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A. V. Chebakovskaya – Cand.Sci. (Hist.), Scientific Secretary, Research Fellow, Department of History, Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelia Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (11 Pushkinskaya St., Petrozavodsk 185910, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-956X, chebakovskaja@yandex.ru

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Sheyanova S. V. Proper Names in the Poetry of Marina Slugina

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doi: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.165-177

Proper Names in the Poetry of Marina Slugina

Svetlana V. Sheyanova
National Research Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russia

Introduction. In Finno-Ugric studies, there is a noticeable lack of research on literary onomastics, and the semantic functions of proper names within the structure of literary texts are insufficiently explored. The purpose of this article is to identify the types of onyms in the works of M. Slugina and to determine their functional and semantic features.

Materials and Methods. The study material consisted of works by M. Slugina from the poetry collection “Tyust” (“Shades”). The research employed traditional linguistic methods: descriptive, functional-semantic, comparative-historical, as well as modern approaches to the study of literary texts – interpretative and gender-based.

Results and Discussion. The types of onyms in M. Slugina’s poetic texts have been identified, the core and periphery of the onomastic space in her works have been outlined, and a semantic analysis of onomastic vocabulary has been conducted. It is noted that the core of the onomastic space in M. Slugina’s poetry consists of anthroponyms and toponyms (including oikonyms, choronyms, and hydronyms), while the periphery includes mythonyms, zoononyms, urbanonyms, dryonyms, theonyms, cosmonyms, hemeronyms, chrononyms, geortonyms, and religious-cultural toponyms. In the author’s works, these serve text-forming, stylistic (informational-stylistic, emotional-stylistic), evaluative, aesthetic, symbolic, and conceptual functions.

Conclusion. The results of this study can be useful for further research into poetic onomastics within Finno-Ugric linguistics.

Keywords: literary onomastics, proper names, onym, semantics of the name, function of the onym, M. Slugina, modern Mordovian poetry

Funding: The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-28-00098 “Mordovian women’s literature: specificity of the representation of the gender picture of the world, national and artistic originality”, https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00098/.

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Sheyanova S.V. Proper Names in the Poetry of Marina Slugina. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(2):165–177. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.165-177

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S. V. Sheyanova – Dr.Sci. (Philol.), Professor, Department of Finno-Ugric Philology, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-3410, sheyanovas@mail.ru

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Patroeva N. V., Pashkova T. V. Discursive Words in the Karelian Language: Towards the Formulation of the Question

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Discursive Words in the Karelian Language: Towards the Formulation of the Question

Natalya V. Patroeva
Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia
Tatyana V. Pashkova
Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia

Introduction. Currently, discursive words in the Karelian language have not been subjected to a comprehensive study, and many questions on the categories of connectors of both closely related and unrelated languages of the world cause controversy and discussion. The solution of these controversial issues is supposed to be possible through the accumulation of a significant amount of linguistic material, as well as data on the pragmatics, evolution, semantics and etymology of discursive words. The purpose of the study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the official parts of speech (their composition, functions and semantics) in three dialects of the Karelian language (Karelian proper, Livvikov, Ludikov ones) within the framework of the project “Discursive words in the Karelian language: a comparative typological aspect”.

Materials and Methods. The study of Karelian syntax was carried out in terms of comparison with the grammatical structure of the Finnish language, which is closely related to Karelian, and the Russian language. The materials for the research were Karelian dictionaries (dialect and new-written) and samples of dialect Karelian speech, which allow to identify the composition and semantics of discursive words, to determine their origin in dialects and dialects of the Karelian language. General scientific and specifically linguistic (comparative-typological, lexicographic, etymological, comparative-historical) methods were applied.

Results and Discussion. The most important result of the conducted research is a comprehensive analysis of discursive words in the dialects of the Karelian language with the use of data from related (Finnish, Veps) and unrelated (Russian) languages.

Conclusion. The results of the study contribute to the study of pragmatics, evolution, semantics and etymology of discursive words of the Karelian language, and help to clarify the issue of connector categories in closely related and unrelated languages of the world.

Keywords: Karelian language, Russian language, syntax, discursive words, Finno-Ugric studies, dialects, comparative-typological analysis, semantics

Funding: The research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation. № 23-28-000992, https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-00092/.

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Patroeva N.V., Pashkova T.V. Discursive Words in the Karelian Language: Towards the Formulation of the Question. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(2):156–164. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.156-164

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N. V. Patroeva ‒ Dr.Sci. (Philоl.), Head of the Russian Language Department, Petrozavodsk State University (68 Oktyabrsky Avenue, Petrozavodsk 185028, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-6393, nvpatr@list.ru
T. V. Pashkova ‒ Dr.Sci. (Hist.), Head of the Baltic-Finnish Philology Department, Petrozavodsk State University (16 Pitkyarantskaya St., Petrozavodsk 186000, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0505-4767, tvpashkova05@mail.ru

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Mosina N. M. Verbs of Thinking Activity in Erzya and Finnish Languages: Semantic Aspect

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Verbs of Thinking Activity in Erzya and Finnish Languages: Semantic Aspect

Natalya M. Mosina
National Research Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russia

Introduction. The study of the semantics of verbal units that convey relations of mental perception in the Erzya and Finnish languages is due to the need for a comparative study of this group of verbs to identify general and specific features inherent in these languages. Despite the numerous publications on this issue based on the material of various languages, there are practically no comparative works on this issue in Finno-Ugric studies and Mordovian linguistics, which explains the relevance and novelty of the analysis of verbal units containing the semantic component “mental perception”. The purpose of the study is to analyze and compare the most frequent verbs reflecting mental processes in distantly related languages.

Materials and Methods. The research material was illustrative examples in the Erzya and Finnish languages, obtained as a result of a continuous and partial sample from texts of various genre and functional styles, including from print media, scientific and educational publications, various dialect and folklore texts included in the linguistic corpus of the Kielipankki Language Bank with the Korp server and MokshEr. In the course of the research, methods of semasiological, comparative, component, descriptive and contextual analysis were used.

Results and Discussion. As a result of the research, the concepts of “thinking” and “mental perception” are described, a semantic analysis of their explication at the lexical level is carried out, namely, the most frequent verbal lexemes with the semantics of mental activity based on the material of related languages are identified. The author identifies lexical and semantic groups, which include the verbs of the Erzya and Finnish languages with common semantics “thinking”, “mind”, “thought”, as well as verbal units with positive and neutral connotations.

Conclusion. The conclusions made by the author contribute to the study of a group of sensory-moral and mental verbs that make up a significant layer of the vocabulary of the Finnish and Erzya languages, as well as to the development of the lexicology of the studied related languages.

Keywords: mental activity, semantic analysis, verbs, Erzya language, Finnish language

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Mosina N.M. Verbs of Thinking Activity in Erzya and Finnish languages: Semantic aspect. Finno-Ugric world. 2024;16(2):146‒155. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.146-155

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N. M. Mosina – Dr.Sci. (Philol.), Professor, Department of English for Professional Communication, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-5438, natamish@rambler.ru

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Nekrasova G. A. Adaptive Features of the Russian Noun Pluralia Tantum in the Komi-Permian Language

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Adaptive Features of the Russian Noun Pluralia Tantum in the Komi-Permian Language

Galina A. Nekrasova
Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre,
Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia

Introduction. In Komi-Permian linguistics, issues related to the functioning and degree of adaptation of foreign words remain insufficiently developed. The purpose of the work is to identify and describe the features of phonetic and grammatical mastering of borrowed Russian nouns pluralia tantum in the Komi-Permian language.

Materials and Methods. The source of the research material was texts of various periods and genres included in the Corpus of the Komi-Permian language. The work was carried out in line with the system-descriptive method of linguistics. To determine the quantitative ratio of word variants, the continuous sampling method was used.

Results and Discussion. The Russian borrowings pluralia tantum are studied from the point of view of phonetic and grammatical adaptation. Such characteristic features of the phonetic mastering of borrowings are determined as: the assimilation of the word without alteration, the truncation of the final vowel of the word and the replacement of individual sounds in accordance with the phonetic features of the Komi-Permian language. It is shown that in the written form of the language, the use of nouns in the plural and singular, as well as borrowings of the initial properties of the pluralia tantum substantives is observed. Depending on the degree of grammatical adaptation, nouns are characterized as adapted, unadapted and partially adapted. Semantically identical phonetic and grammatical variants of words are revealed, the main reasons for their appearance are determined.

Conclusion. The conclusions made by the author contribute to the study of patterns and types of adaptation of foreign language lexical material in the Komi-Permian language.

Keywords: the Finno-Ugric languages, the Komi-Permian language, lexicology, morphology, borrowing, noun, variation, pluralia tantum

Funding: The publication was prepared within the framework of the planned research topic of the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the FITC KNC Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Permian languages in the linguistic and cultural space of the European North and the Urals” (reg. No. 121042600252-7).

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Nekrasova G.A. Adaptive Features of the Russian Noun Pluralia Tantum in the Komi-Permian Language. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(2):136–145. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.02.136-145

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G. A. Nekrasova – Dr.Sci. (Philol.), Associate Professor, Chief Researcher, Institute of Language, Literature and History Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (26 Kommunisticheskaya St., Syktyvkar 167982, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-4772, komilang@gmail.com

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Contents (2024, 2)

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PHILOLOGY

Nekrasova G. A. Adaptive Features of the Russian Noun Pluralia Tantum in the Komi-Permian Language

Mosina N. M. Verbs of Thinking Activity in Erzya and Finnish Languages: Semantic Aspect

Patroeva N. V., Pashkova T. V. Discursive Words in the Karelian Language: Towards the Formulation of the Question

Sheyanova S. V. Proper Names in the Poetry of Marina Slugina

HISTORICAL STUDIES

Chebakovskaуa A. V. The Protection of Childrenʼs Health in Karelia in the Early 1920s

Lezina E. P. Temnikovskaya Zaseka: Border Service and Frontier Line in the Defense System the “Ukraine” of the Russian State in the 16th – First Third of the 18th Century

Kornishina G. А. Fire in the Ritual Culture of the Mordovinias: Origins, Traditions, Scope

CULTURAL STUDIES

Vykhrystyuk M. S., Onina S. V., Kovyazina I. V. The Image of a Man in Khanty Fairy Tales: Psycholinguistic Aspect

Nurieva I. M. The Theory of Rhythm in the Works by E. V. Gippius and Modern Approaches to the Problem (Оn the Example of Udmurt Traditional Music)

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

Maksimov V. N. “A Person Has the Right to Study Only Their Native Language, Which They Master Perfectly and Feel All Its Nuances” (G. I. Lavrentiev). On the Occasion of the Professor’s Anniversary

Idiatullov A. K. A New Book on the Ethnoconfessional Situation in the Republic of Mordovia

Sadikov R. R. Kaleidoscope of Folk Music of Bashkortostan

Lomshina E. N., Pussinen O. V., Dyatlova T. A. Representation of Mordovian Folk Art in International Exhibition Activities

Gudkova S. P. “The Poet Did not Glorify the Temnikovsky Region – The Land of Princes, Murz, Farmers and Warriors”

Popov A. A., Linkova N. Yu. Finno-Ugrian Cultural Commonwealth (To the 30th Anniversary of the Russian Interregional Television Magazine “Finno-Ugric World”)

Isaeva S. A., Prokaeva O. N. All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation “Folk Artistic Culture and Professional Art: Interaction Issues in the Context of the Modern Cultural Paradigm”

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Ivanova L. I., Chikina N. V. T. A. Koski’s Contribution to the Preservation of Musical Culture (on the 100th Anniversary of Her Birth)

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T. A. Koski’s Contribution to the Preservation of Musical Culture (on the 100th Anniversary of Her Birth

Funding: The financial support for the research was carried fulfillment of the state order (No. 124022000077-1).

Lydmila I. Ivanova –
Researcher, Sector of Folklore and Literary Studies (with phonogram archive), Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences (11 Pushkinskaya St., Petrozavodsk 185910, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9549-2674, ljuchiki@mail.ru

Natalya V. Chikina –
Cand.Sci. (Philol.), Senior research associate, Folklore and Literary Studies Sector (with phonogram archive), Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences (11 Pushkinskaya St., Petrozavodsk 185910, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-3758, tchikina@krc.karelia.ru

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Pomytkin I. A. Mari Embroidery: Traditions, Research, Creative Exploration

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Mari Embroidery: Traditions, Research, Creative Exploration

Book review: Kudryavtsev V.G., Pavlova A.N. The art of Mari embroidery. Yoshkar-Ola: Publishing House “Mari Book Publishing House”, 2023. 256 p.

Ivan A. Pomytkin –
Postgraduate student (PhD), Department of Culture and Arts, Institute of National Culture and Intercultural Communication, Mari State University (44 Kremlevskaya St., Yoshkar-Ola 424002, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6413-780X, i-pom1@yandex.ru

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Burnaev A. G. Mordovian Dance in a Painting by the Artist A. A. Rybina-Egorova

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Mordovian Dance in a Painting by the Artist A. A. Rybina-Egorova

Alexander G. Burnaev –
Dr.Sci. (Arts), Department of Theater Arts and Folk Art Culture, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-9699, burnaevag@mail.ru

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Shakhnovitch M. M., Kolivatov E. B. Chapel of the Nativity of the Lovozersky Sami Churchyard

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Chapel of the Nativity of the Lovozersky Sami Churchyard

Mark M. Shakhnovitch
Barents Centre of the Humanities, Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia
Evgeniy B. Kolivatov
Independent Researcher, Murmansk, Russia

Introduction. The article considers the discovery of a unique object in the Lovozero tundra – the chapel of the Lyavozersky churchyard on Lake Chesynyavr. Monuments of Orthodox Sami culture in the Murmansk region have rarely been studied by specialists The purpose of the study is to introduce into the research circulation the information about existing documents on the history of the chapel, the results of expeditionary work on its survey, and to continue the discussion about the time of construction and the stages of history.

Materials and Methods. The research was based on archival documents and expedition materials. The research is based on the principle of historicism using the comparative historical method.

Results and Discussion. The chapel was found in 2002. Expeditions to study it took place in 2016 and 2019. The first documentary report specifically about this monument dates back to 1828. After the change of the site of the winter churchyard of the Semiostrovsky Sami, the chapel was not moved along with the dwellings and remained “in the forest”. With the formation of the Lovozersky churchyard, it reappears in official documents, already being called the Chapel of the Nativity. In 1895, it was expanded and renovated. It was abandoned in the 1930s.

Conclusions. When analyzing archival documents, it is suggested that the chapel was built in 1681. Its history can be traced back to the 1930s. According to the authors, the thesis of the “dual faith” of the Sami, which has been formed in the regional literature, requires revision. The fact of the existence of an Orthodox chapel in the Lovozersk tundra speaks about the stable Christian worldview of the indigenous population of this part of the Kola Peninsula.

Keywords: Russian Lapland, Lovozero tundra, Semiostrovsky churchyard, Orthodox chapel, Sami

Funding: The research was carried out within the framework of the state task on the topic of research FMEZ-2024-002 “Dynamics of the socio-cultural appearance of the Kola North in the context of the history of the development of the Arctic frontier of Russia”.

Acknowledgments: We express our sincere gratitude for the help to Y. Kozhevnikova, M. Kuchinsky, D. Ermolaev.

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Shakhnovitch М.М., Kolivatov E.B. Chapel of the Nativity of the Lovozersky Sami Churchyard. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(3):361–372. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.361-372

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M. M. Shakhnovitch – Cand.Sci. (Hist.), Research Associate, Barents Centre of the Humanities, Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (40a Akademgorodok, Apatity 184200, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0771-675X, marksuk62@mail.ru
E. B. Kolivatov, hieromonk Nikodim – Independent Researcher, evgkolev@mail.ru

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Antipkina E. N., Kondratenko Yu. A., Svyatogorova V. S. Formation of the Stage Traditions of Mordovian National Ballet through the Work of Composer N. Kosheleva

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Formation of the Stage Traditions of Mordovian National Ballet through the Work of Composer N. Kosheleva

Elena N. Antipkina
Yuri A. Kondratenko
Varvara S. Svyatogorova
National Research Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russia

Introduction. This article explores the history of the formation of the stage traditions of the national ballet of Mordovia, which can resist contemporary processes of globalization and unification that lead to the erosion of ethnic culture. The stage history of the ballet reflects the priorities of Russia’s national policy, which aims to strengthen the unity of the multinational people while preserving its ethnocultural diversity. The aim of the research is to identify the features of the staging of national ballets on the theatrical stage of Mordovia, using the work of composer N. V. Kosheleva as an example. Currently, her ballet music remains the only material available for creating ballet performances in the republic’s musical theater. However, her works have not been the subject of a comprehensive study within the context of the history of Mordovian theatrical art.

Materials and Methods. The empirical material included national ballets created by composer N. V. Kosheleva, as well as performances from the repertoire of the I. M. Yaushev State Musical Theater and the Mordovian Republican Children’s Choreographic School. The theoretical basis consisted of the works of scholars in the field of musical theater and professional musical and choreographic art of Mordovia. The research methodology is determined by the specificity of the material being analyzed. It is based on a historical-theoretical approach, methods of comparative analysis, and art-historical interpretation of artistic works, which justifies the use of musicological and balletological approaches to material analysis.

Research results and Discussion. The national ballet theater relies on the rich choreographic tradition of the people, which, when combined with the tradition of classical ballet, allowed the creation of a unique plastic language. The study found that in the process of composing ballet music based on a national plot, composer N. V. Kosheleva does not simply quote the tunes and melodies of the folk songs and dances of the Mordovians, but also adds her individual creative component.

Conclusion. The research results indicate that the national ballet of Mordovia represents a synthesis of ethnic dance traditions and classical ballet. It was formed in close interaction with domestic ballet and composer schools. This is confirmed by the ballet work of composer N. V. Kosheleva. The results of this study can be used for further research into the history of Mordovian ballet art in particular and the history of Mordovian art in general.

Keywords: national ballet, works of composer Nina Kosheleva, Alena Arzamasskaya, Mordovian legend, ballet music

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Antipkina E.N., Kondratenko Yu.A., Svyatogorova V.S. Formation of the Stage Traditions of Mordovian National Ballet through the Work of Composer N. Kosheleva. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(3):348–360. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.348-360

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E. N. Antipkina – Cand.Sci. (Philos.), Associate Professor, Department of Theater Art and Folk Art Culture, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-0679, elana19@mail.ru
Yu. A. Kondratenko – Dr.Sci (Arts), Head of Department of Theater Art and Folk Art Culture, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9635-4466, yurkondr@gmail.com
V. S. Svyatogorova – Cand.Sci. (Cult.), Associate Professor, Department of Theater Art and Folk Art Culture, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6589-9018, mikargina@mail.ru

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Pakshina I. A., Maskaeva E. N. Ethnolanguages in the Media Space of the Republic of Mordovia

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doi: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.334-347

Ethnolanguages in the Media Space of the Republic of Mordovia

Iraida A. Pakshina
Elena N. Maskaeva
Scientific Center of Social-Economic Monitoring State Institution, Saransk, Russia

Introduction. The transformation of the information space entails changes in the communication practices of the speakers of various ethnic cultures. Internet resources combined with traditional media provide new, previously unknown opportunities for the presentation and broadcasting of cultural values and unique features of ethnic groups. This situation actualizes the need to study the level of the use of media products in the languages of various ethnic groups. One of the objectives of the study is to assess the media us of the residents of the Republic of Mordovia in the languages of the titular ethnic groups.

Materials and Methods. The methodological basis was the data of sociological studies. The article summarizes the results of a representative questionnaire “Interethnic, ethno-confessional relations, language situation and migration processes in the Republic of Mordovia” conducted in 2022 and 2023, and a survey of experts “Ethnolanguage situation in the Republic of Mordovia” conducted in September 2023.

Results and Discussion. The results of the study of the language preferences of the population allow stating the predominant demand for Russian-language media products among the majority of the respondents. The audience of television, radio broadcasts, and printed materials in Moksha, Erzya, and Tatar languages is a small proportion of the respondents of Mordovian/Tatar nationalities. The main reasons for the rejection of media in the Moksha and Erzya languages were the lack of knowledge of the languages and lack of interest in the content of media products in the Mordovian languages. It is revealed that the content of media resources in a minority language is mostly indifferent to the native speakers themselves, who make up the target audience. The largest proportion of the respondents who found it difficult to answer was also noted among Moksha and Erzya population.

Conclusion. In order to attract the interest of a wider audience to the products of the republican media in the Mordovian/Tatar languages, it is advisable to conduct a marketing study of the preferences of consumers of media resources. It is necessary to change the concept of forming programs and broadcasts in the language of the indigenous peoples of the Republic, provide them with more rated airtime, and attract the readership with popular headings, collections or pages for various age groups, interesting and creative projects, continue broadcasting educational cycle programs that allow everyone to master Mordovian/Tatar language. It is advisable to expand the presence of national languages in the most popular Internet resources. At the same time, the content should not be formal or official. The materials of the article may be useful for researchers and government representatives interested in the problems of preserving, popularizing and promoting media resources in the languages of the titular ethnic groups.

Keywords: languages of the titular ethnic groups, minority languages, media resources in the national language, consumers of communication media, media space of the region, demand for national media products, Republic of Mordovia

Funding: The study was carried out as part of the implementation of the research project “Monitoring the ethnolanguage situation in the Republic of Mordovia” of the Thematic plan of the Scientific Center for Socio-Economic Monitoring.

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Pakshina I.A., Maskaeva E.N. Ethnolanguages in the Media Space of the Republic of Mordovia. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(3):334–347. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.334-347

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I. A. Pakshina – Cand.Sci. (Cult.), Leading Research Fellow, Editorial and Publishing Department, Scientific Center of Social-Economic Monitoring State Institution (39a B. Khmelnitsky St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3050-2127, iraida-69@mail.ru
E. N. Maskaeva – Senior Research Fellow, Editorial and Publishing Department, Scientific Center of Social-Economic Monitoring State Institution (39a B. Khmelnitsky St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8889-3170, elena-maskaeva@mail.ru

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Matsuk A. M. Mid-Level Personnel in the Finno-Ugric Republics of the RSFSR in the mid-1950s – mid-1970s: Proportion within the Total Number of Workers and Employees

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doi: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.322-333

Mid-Level Personnel in the Finno-Ugric Republics of the RSFSR in the mid-1950s – mid-1970s: Proportion within the Total Number of Workers and Employees

Alexander M. Matsuk
Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre,
Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia

Introduction. The processes of reforming the education system in the USSR in the second half of the 1950s – early 1960s had a certain impact on the system of secondary specialized education, including in the Finno-Ugric republics of the RSFSR. This, in turn, affected the dynamics of saturation of the national economy with mid-level personnel. The aim of the study is to examine the dynamics of the number of specialists with secondary vocational education and their proportion among all workers and employees within the specified territory in the context of the ongoing education reform and in the subsequent years.

Materials and Methods. The basis of the research presented in the article was statistical data that made it possible to trace the dynamics of changes in the number of mid-level specialists and their share in the national economy of the Finno-Ugric Republics of the RSFSR in the mid-1950s – mid-1970s. The research is based on comparative historical and systematic approaches, using the method of statistical information analysis.

Results and Discussion. The conducted study of the dynamics of changes in the number and proportion of middle-level specialists with secondary specialized education in the national economy of the five Finno-Ugric republics of the RSFSR revealed a positive trend that persisted throughout the studied period. The overall growth in the number of middle-level specialists was recorded at more than 4 times. The proportion of this group in the total number of workers and employees increased by more than 6%. Available statistical data showed the highest growth both in terms of number and proportion of these specialists in the early years of the education reform in the country, when there was a maximum influx of graduates who had completed their education before the reform. From 1960 to 1965, the dynamics of these indicators significantly slowed down, indicating the impact of negative factors from the ongoing reform. In the post-reform period, there was an observed acceleration in the growth rate of both the number and proportion of middle-level specialists.

Conclusion. The results obtained from this study can be used both as a basis for examining issues related to state policy on staffing the national economy with professional personnel during the specified period and for researching the history of the system of secondary specialized education in general. The general patterns identified in the study regarding changes in the number of mid-level staff employed in the national economy of the five Finno-Ugric republics of the RSFSR from 1955 to 1975, as well as the noted peculiarities of this process in individual republics against the backdrop of educational reforms in the country and the post-reform years, allow for further analysis of similar processes in other regions of the country.

Keywords: secondary specialized education, Finno-Ugric republics of the RSFSR, personnel, national economy, number, share

Funding: The publication was prepared within the framework of the implementation of the state assignment of the Federal Research Center of Komi Science Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Matsuk A.M. Mid-Level Personnel in the Finno-Ugric Republics of the RSFSR in the mid-1950s – mid-1970s: Proportion within the Total Number of Workers and Employees. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(3):322–333. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.322-333

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A. M. Matsuk – Cand.Sci. (Hist.), Leading Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Archeography and Publication of Documents on the History of the Development of the European North of Russia, Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (26 Kommunisticheskaya St., Syktyvkar 167982, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9072-3904, almmatsuk@gmail.com

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Dianova E. V. Cooperative Cinema in Rural Distribution in Karelia in the 1920s

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doi: 10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.310-321

Cooperative Cinema in Rural Distribution in Karelia in the 1920s

Elena V. Dianova
Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia

Introduction. The article examines films about cooperation that were part of the repertoire of cooperative film exhibitions for rural film distribution in Karelia. The relevance of the topic is determined by the visual turn in historical research and the lack of works on this topic. The purpose of the study is to study the content of rural distribution in Karelia with cooperative films that were at the disposal of the Karelian-Prioneyezhsky Union of Consumer Societies; to consider the plots and content of the films; to find out their ideological and artistic potential for conducting cooperative agitation and propaganda.

Materials and Methods. The sources of the research are the documents from the National Archive of the Republic of Karelia, materials from the funds of regional cooperative unions, the Karelian Regional Committee of the RCP (b) – CPSU (b) and the People’s Commissariat of Education of the AKSSR. Along with archival documents, published materials about films of the 1920s were used. The research is based on an interdisciplinary approach. When working on the material, both general methods of the humanities (analysis and synthesis) and specific historical methods (historical narrative, statistical) were used.

Results and Discussion. The author of the article examined the works of cinema art created in the 1920s to indoctrinate cooperative ideas in rural society and shown in the villages of the Autonomous Karelian Soviet Socialist Republic. The article analyzes the repertoire of cooperative films for rural distribution; examines the plot and presents the content of films about cooperation in the 1920s. It also describes the work of cooperative film tours “to promote cinema in the village”, including in rural cooperatives with a diverse national composition; it reveals a positive attitude of the audience to cooperative cinema. The significance of cinema as an important means of visual representation of cooperative ideas for the incorporation of new members into cooperatives during the NEP period is determined. The study managed to find information confirming the influence of film propaganda with the help of cooperative films on the process of involving rural residents of Karelia in cooperation, which was manifested in the development of cooperative construction, expansion of cooperative work and an increase in the number of shareholders in consumer societies.

Conclusion. At the end of the 1920s, feature films, documentaries and cartoons about cooperation made up almost half of the repertoire of film exhibitions of the Karelo-Prionezh Union of Consumer Societies. They demonstrated ways of organizing a village cooperative, reflected the participation of women in cooperation, and the importance of cooperative trade in the fight against private owners and shopkeepers. The author’s conclusions contribute to the study of the development of cooperative cinematography in the 1920s as part of the general cultural and educational work of cooperative associations. The results of the study in general and the analysis of the cooperative repertoire of rural film tours in particular supplement the information on the history of culture and cinematography of Karelia and make possible the similar scientific research in other regions of the country. The practical significance of the study lies in establishing the continuity of the traditions of public organizations and the possibility of using historical experience in the socio-cultural activities of modern cooperative members in Russia.

Keywords: cooperation, cooperatives, film exhibitions, films, repertoire, village distribution, film propaganda and agitation

Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest.

For citation: Dianova E.V. Cooperative Cinema in Rural Distribution in Karelia in the 1920s. Finno-Ugric World. 2024;16(3):310–321. https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.016.2024.03.310-321

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E. V. Dianova – Dr.Sci. (Hist.), Associate Professor, Department of National History, Institute of History, Political and Social Sciences, Petrozavodsk State University (33 Lenin Avenue, Petrozavodsk 185910, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7661-5181, elena-dianowa@yandex.ru

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