Finno-Ugric World

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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…

 LANGUAGE PALETTE

M. V. MOSIN (Saransk, Russia). Studies on Morphology and Syntax of the Mordovia Languages: Current State and Prospects of Development

It analyses the history and current state of the study of morphological and syntactic systems of the Mordovia languages. With the current requirements of the Finno-Ugric and general philology it identifies a number of aspects that require a precise research of linguists in Finno-Ugriс Studies.

Keywords: morphological structure; syntax; word formation; grammar; Mordovian linguistics; sentence structure.

E. A. SHARONOVA, T. V. GERASKIN (Saransk, Russia). Folklore and Historical Contexts in the Legendary Novel “Purgas” by K. G. Abramov

It considers folklore and historical contexts in the legendary novel “Purgas” by K. Abramov. It employs folklore and historical material used by the writer in this work.

Keywords: legendary novel; historical reconstruction; folklore source; Purgas; author’s position.

F. M. LELHOVA (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). Verbs Meaning Vertical Motion in the Khanty Language

It considers the verbs meaning vertical motion in the Khanty language, that is the verbs meaning ‘upwards’. For the first time it classifies the verbs of motion of Shuryshkarsky dialect of the Khanty language meaning ‘to climb’.

Keywords: Khanty language; the verb; lexical-semantic classes of verbs; semantics; motion; direction.

O. P. INGLE (Charleston, South Carolina, USA). Finnish Problematic in the Works of William A. Wilson

It considers the works of the American folklorist William A. Wilson on “Kalevala” and Finnish nationalism.

Keywords: Herder; “Kalevala”; folklore; romantic nationalism; national identity; culture and psychology; Finnish ethnicism.

M. V. IVSHINA (Izhevsk, Russia). Symbolic Meaning of Images in Modern Udmurt Drama

It considers the symbolic imagery in the plays of contemporary Udmurt playwrights. In new historical circumstances it allows the literature to actualize traditional themes and conflicts. Artistic symbolism helps create a philosophical implication in the work that connects past and present of the nation, and makes the real events in the play look in generalized abstract sense.

Keywords: modern Udmurt dramaturgy; poetics of myths; literature and folklore; symbol; image.

V. F. ROGOZHINA (Saransk , Russia). On the Means of Expression of Speech Etiquette in the Moksha Language

It studies the means of expression of speech etiquette in the Moksha language basing on the live speech of the Moksha population of the Republic of Mordovia and the language of fiction.

Keywords: etiquette; address; greeting; apology; gratitude; forgiveness.

D. V. TSYGANKIN (Saransk , Russia). Word-building Capacity of Proto-Finno-Ugric Derivational Suffix -ŋ in the Mordovian, Khanty and Mansi Languages

It discusses the potential of the Finno-Ugric (Uralic) derivational suffix -ŋ in the Mordovian, Khanty and Mansi languages.

Keywords: derivational suffix; suffix potency; Khanty language; Mansi language; Mordovian languages.

P. E. SEDOVA (Saransk , Russia). Dialectal Variation in Fiction in the Moksha Language

It touches upon the formation of the dialect basis of the literary Moksha language, and the role of writers enriching it with lexical and grammatical dialect forms.

Keywords: Moksha dialects and literary language; language norm; lexical variation; fiction.

OUR SHARED HISTORY

L. P. ROSHCHEVSKAYA, N. G. LISEVICH (Syktyvkar, Russia). Finno-Ugrian Scholar D. Bubrikh: “ …during my three-year stay in the Komi Republic”

It considers research and administrative work, living and working conditions of future member of the USSR Academy of Science D. Bubrikh during his evacuation to Syktyvkar.

Keywords: The Great Patriotic War; the daily life of evacuees; Finno-Ugrian scholar D. Bubrikh.

G. A. NIKITINA (Izhevsk, Russia). Ethno-social Portraits of Udmurt Women in Beginning of the 1930-s: the 110th Anniversary of V. Belitser

The article gives the analysis of the original materials of V. Belitser found in St. Petersburg branch of RussianAcademy of Sciences’ archive. They provide social portraits of Udmurt women in beginning of the 1930-s: a collective farmer and an individual one.

Keywords: V. Belitser’s manuscript; Udmurt village; collectivization; the formation of a new type of Udmurt woman – a collective farmer; portrait of an individual farmer.

T. V. YUZYKAYN (Syktyvkar, Russia). Organizational Structure of the Youth Movement of the Finno-Ugric Peoples in the Late XX – Early XXI Century

The article discusses associative members of the Youth Association of Finno-Ugric peoples. The main issues cover the following ones: population dynamics of the organization members, characteristics of associate members’ activities, regional structure. It emphasizes the role of the youth ethnic organizations in the youth Finno-Ugric movement of Komi, Mari and UdmurtRepublics.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; MAFUN (Youth Association of Finno-Ugric peoples); youth movement of the Finno- Ugric peoples; the youth; youth national organization.

L. V. VASILKINA, I. A. ZETKINA (Saransk, Russia). Passionary Personalities in Regional and Cultural Space: M. E. Evsevev, T. D. Nadkin

The article evaluates the roles of the key figures in the process of culture development of Mordovian region in the light of the theory of passionarity.

Keywords: globalization; Mordovian region; regional culture; passionate personality; passionarity.

TREASURY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE

M. A. MASTINA (Saransk, Russia). Symbol’s Effect as a Recognition Mechanism of the Ritual

It studies the features of Mordovian ritual culture. It shows the ritual structure and the notion of repeatability, an informational value of the ritual.

Keywords: ritual; mnemonic symbols; semiotic systems; memory; known information reproduction; immutability of paradigm meanings; world models.

V. I. SPODINA (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia). Ritual and Ceremonial Practices Referred to the Worship of Universe Objects as an Axiosphere Integrator of the Ethnic Culture

The article analyzes ritual practices of Ob-Ugric and Samoyed peoples as a basis for the formation and the retention of valuable behavioral settings. It proves he maintenance of the rituals associated with the worship to the spirits of sky, Earth, water, and fire to contribute to the formation of stable behavioral and meaningful relationship to the world.

Keywords: Gods; spirits; sacrifice; worldview; ritual; traditional culture; values; behavior patterns.

N. V. BORTNIKOVA (Izhevsk, Russia). Tangible Medium of Traditional Udmurt Symbols

It provides a comprehensive art analysis of the traditional layout and common household details of the icon (altar) corner of Udmurt home. The icon corner was the core component of spiritual and ideological component of Udmurt national culture, which reflects the traditional material objects of everyday life, woven textiles, and typical semantic ornamental motifs.

Keywords: national culture; traditional domestic furniture setting; tangible media; iconic symbols; icon corner.

FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES IN CHANGING WORLD

N. V. SHUMKOVA, N. P. KASATKINA (Saransk, Russia). Features of Ethno-Cultural Education in Saransk Preschool Educational Institutions

Basing on the content analysis survey it discusses the specific features of the organization of ethno-cultural education in Saransk preschool educational institutions.

Keywords: preschool educational institution; ethno-cultural education; content analysis; educational program.

I. G. NAPALKOVA, A. N. CHEKUSHKIN (Saransk, Russia). Evolution of Political and Legal Status of Finno-Ugric Peoples in Russia

On the example of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia it shows the evolution of the political and legal status. It emphasizes its specific features in different periods of state development.

Keywords: national policy; political and legal status; conflict potential; Finno-Ugric peoples; national and cultural development; national movement; national and cultural autonomies.

O. I. AVERINA, N. A. GORBUNOVA, I. F. MERKULOVA (Saransk, Russia). Development of Ethnical Economics – the Factor to Ensure Economic Stability of the Republic of Mordovia

It studies the characteristic features of ethnic economics as a factor to ensure financial stability and competitiveness in the region. It defines the main trends in the development of ethnic economics in the Republic of Mordovia.

Keywords: ethnic economics; national arts and crafts; Finno-Ugric territories; competitiveness; methodology of SWOT analysis; financial stability.

O. A. BOGATOVA (Saransk, Russia). Formation of Sociocultural Images of Finno-Ugric Republics in the Discourse of Federal Media

On the example of Mari El, Mordovia and Udmurtia it explores the social mechanisms of the formation of ethno-cultural public image of the region in the Russian social media. It shows the formation of ethno-cultural specific features of the image of the region in the Finno-Ugric republics of the Volga Federal District, including branding strategies and their ethno-cultural components.

Keywords: socio-cultural image of the region; regional branding; media discourse; Finno-Ugric peoples; center and periphery; republics of the Russian Federation.

M. A. ELDIN (Saransk, Russia). Spiritual Traditions in Finno-Ugric Religious Environment in Middle Volga Region

It proves the relevance to study religious culture, moral traditions and values of the Volga peoples and defines the prospects for the research (interpretation).

Keywords: religious culture; peoples of the Volga region; self-formation of morality; Russian ethnicities; intellectual culture.

E. A. KOVAL (Saransk, Russia). Interfaith Dialogue in Finno-Ugric Space: Normative Base for the Involvement of Russian Orthodox Church

This article analyzes the normative bases for the participation of Russian Orthodox Church in interfaith dialogue at the present stage. The author emphasizes the importance of ethical behavior triggers and sides interaction in the interfaith dialogue.

Keywords: interfaith dialogue; Russian Orthodox Church; regulations; law; morality.

L. N. POTAPOVA, V. N. YASHKINA (Saransk, Russia). Use of Program-Target Method for Solving Livestock Problems (on the example of the Republic of Mordovia)

It considers the problems of livestock development of in the Republic of Mordovia caused by the provision of epizootic environment on its territory, and its solutions. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the program “Ensuring epizootic animal health and well-being of the Republic of Mordovia for 2014–2016 years”.

Keywords: program-target method; agriculture of the Republic of Mordovia; livestock.

V. V. MITROKHIN, I. K. SIMAEVA (Saransk, Russia). Taxonomic Efficiency Analysis of Banking Policies of Credit Institutions in the Republic of Mordovia

It shows the conducted analysis of commercial banks in Mordovia. It gives the methodical approach of evaluating the effectiveness of banking policy on the basis of the construction of the integral index that is taxonomic ratio of development.

Keywords: Efficiency; regional credit institutions; taxonomic factor.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

N. S. MOROVA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Master of subtle matter of Finno-Ugric World

S. V. SHEYANOVA (Saransk, Russia). Enriching the national traditions of psychological prose novel by E. Chetvergova “Tese dy toco” (“Here and There”)

LANGUAGE PALETTE

S. P. GUDKOVA (Saransk, Russia). The problem of preservation of the Finno-Ugric languages as the story basis for “final” book of poems “Malika” by S. Zavyalov

The article examines the specific genre features of the “final” book of poems “Malik” by S. Zavyalov. It proves a special significance of the formal organization of the poetic text in the disclosure of the main poetic idea of the book, which is the need to preserve the Finno-Ugric languages and culture.

Keywords: modern poetry; “final” book of poems; meta-genre education; topical originality; Finno-Ugric languages; “text-ruin”; vers libre.

M. S. FEDINA, E. K. TRIFONOVA (Syktyvkar, Russia). Permistika in heritage of V. I. Lytkin: unknown pages

The article describes the unknown till now manuscript of a candidate degree thesis of V.I. Lytkin “Word endings in the Permian Languages” of 1928–1929. The manuscript is preserved in the I. A. Kuratov Literary-Memorial Museum (Syktyvkar).

Keywords: V. I. Lytkin; Perm Studies; Komi language; historical phonetics; history of Finno-Ugric Studies; comparative-historical linguistics.

A. A. FOKINA (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Positive characteristic of human mental abilities used in phraseological units with the component ‘head’ in the languages of different structures (on the Mari, Russian and English languages)

The article researches the structural, grammatical and semantic features of phraseological units containing a token ‘golova’ / ‘vui’ / ‘head’ in Russian, Mari and English.

Keywords: phraseological units; positive connotation; structural model; semantics; phraseological and semantic compliance.

S. V. SHEYANOVA (Saransk, Russia). Conditionality as specific stylistic feature of modern Mordovian novel

The article deals with conditional means of artistic features and their functions in the formation of the style of a modern Mordovian novel. The objects of the research are the means of creating conventionality as a fairy tale, character, dream, mythological and poetic reception.

Keywords: conventionality; means of creating conventionality; stylistic specificity; symbol; mythological and poetic means; dream; metaphor.

S. T. AREKEEVA, T. I. ZAITSEVA (Izhevsk, Russia). The story of “escape” and the image of “a fugitive” in the Udmurt prose of 1920’s–1930’s

It analyzes the short stories of Udmurt authors focused on the image of a fugitive who is described by the universal story of escape. It shows general and specific features of the stories in the poetics of the story line, narrative, chronotope, and the behavior of the characters.

Keywords: Udmurt prose; short story; image of the fugitive; story; chronotope; trickster character.

N. M. MOSINA (Saransk, Russia). Semantic and morphological characteristics of beneficiative on the material of the Erzya language

On the material of the Erzya language the article studies semantic and grammatical ways of expressing beneficiative, one of the subject arguments of the semantic structure of a sentence.

Keywords: semantic structure of the sentence; semantic case; actant; beneficiative.

OUR SHARED HISTORY

N. F. BELYAEVA (Saransk, Russia). The role of national and regional components in ethnic socialization of students of pedagogical University of the Republic of Mordovia

The paper presents the main lines of ethnic socialization, its realization in the process of studying national and regional courses. It illustrates the main ideas with the examples.

Keywords: Ethnicity; socialization; identification; ethno-cultural education; ethnic culture.

T. A. MARTINCHUK (Syktyvkar, Russia). Specific features of public preschool education in Komi ASSR in the 1930’s

It analyzes preschool community in Komi ASSR, specific features of public preschool education and considers the organization of kindergartens in 1930’s.

Keywords: preschool community; education; kindergartens; Komi ASSR.

T. V. YUZYKAYN (Syktyvkar, Russia). Specific features of public preschool education in Komi ASSR in the 1930’s

The article examines the role of international meetings of the Finno-Ugric youth in the development of the Finno-Ugric youth movement in the late XX century. It shows the task, forms and types of such meetings; summarizes their final documents. It determines the value of the Youth Association of Finno- Ugric peoples for the formation of cooperation among them.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric peoples; MAFUN; youth movement of the Finno-Ugric peoples; the youth; the сongress; international conference.

G. A. KORNISHINA, K. V. KOMAROV (Saransk, Russia). Stages of formation of the youth policy of the Finno-Ugric regions of Ural-Volga region in the late XX – early XXI century

In a comparative context the authors consider the stages of development of the youth policy in the Ural-Volga region on the example of Finno-Ugric republics: Mordovia, Udmurtia, Mari.

Keywords: The youth; youth policy; non-profit organizations; employment; young family; law on the youth; youth committee.

TREASURY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE

E. N. VAGANOVA (Saransk, Russia). Folklore of Moksha Mordovians: the Existence of Folk Tokens

On the material of folk tokens the article deals with the representation of traditional values and life priorities concerning various sides of lives of Moksha Mordovians: household, family relations, sociocultural standards, religious rituals, and calendar rituals observance.

Keywords: token; custom; tradition; folklore; genre language; folk phenological observations.

A. G. BURNAEV (Saransk, Russia). “Exot of Dance” by O. Rodin and “unnaturalness” of ballet perspective by S. Erzya

The article analyses certain works of sculptors and choreographers and discusses the dynamics of dance movement associated with sculptural and choreographic movement, individual understanding and implementation of sculptural images on the stage.

Keywords: plastic art; sculptural plastics; sculptor and artist; choreographer; choreographic element; dance movement; body dynamics; movement rhythm.

O. V. RADZETSKAYA (Moscow, Russia). Cultural contexts of “Alena Arzamasskaya” ballet by N.V. Kosheleva

It studies cultural aspects of “Alena Arzamasskaya” ballet by N. V. Kosheleva. Their creative features are assembled into harmonious unity with the main trends of the development of professional music in Mordovia and in the whole region.

Keywords: heroics; poems; ballet; N.V. Kosheleva; Alena Arzamasskaya.

FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES IN CHANGING WORLD

O. V. BAHLOVA (Saransk, Russia). International relations of Russian regions for positioning in the ranking system of federal relations (on example of Finno-Ugric subjects of the Russian Federation)

The article analyses the international activities of Finno-Ugric subjects of the Russian Federation in the context of the evolution of the modernization policy of Russian federalism. It identifies the main factors that determine the level of their involvement in this activity, and its character.

Keywords: external relations; foreign partner; competence; international activities; region; cooperation; subject of Federation.

N. N. LOGINOVA, T. P. REBROVA (Saransk, Russia). Population dynamics of the Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia

It considers geographic and demographic development of Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia, characterized by spatial heterogeneity and variability. It emphasizes population dynamics on the regional and subregional levels.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric group; Finno-Ugric ethnic groups; language; people; population dynamics; demographic processes; demographics.

M. E. ZUBAREV (Syktyvkar, Russia). Problems of recruitment of political and administrative elite in the works by Pitirim Sorokin

The article analyses the views of Pitirim Sorokin on the recruitment of political and administrative elite. These views are based on the conception of social mobility developed by him.

Keywords: elite recruitment; vertical social mobility; social stratification; social space; social institute; mechanism of elite selection; promotion avenue.

T. A. VASINA (Izhevsk, Russia). Dynamics of Udmurt population in the structure of population in Tatar ASSR and the Republic of Tatarstan in the XX – beginning of XXI century: statistic data

Basing in the census it studies the dynamics of Udmurt population in the Republic of Tatarstan in XX – beginning of XXI century. It analyses the changes in the share in the urban and regional population.

Keywords: Republic of Tatarstan; census and statistical data; the Udmurts; number and percentage.

M. V. PANOVA (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Territorial structures transformation of mechanical engineering in Hungary in 2005–2012

The article describes the transformation of Hungarian economy over the recent years in particular in the field of mechanical engineering. It gives the foreign companies which present on the Hungarian market and makes conclusions about the current situation of the country.

Keywords: economy; Hungary; Ikarus; megye; plant; investment; investor; carmaker; mechanical engineering.

T. V. HUDOYKINA (Saransk, Russia). Legislative framework and practical problems of free legal service in the Republic of Mordovia

It analyses the problems of using national normative legal acts regulating the rendering of free legal service to the population of the Republic of Mordovia.

Keywords: legal assistance; free legal services; law; the population of the Republic of Mordovia.

A. V. RODNIAKOV, E. S. RUSKINA (Saransk, Russia). On the Support for Minority Finno-Ugric Languages

This article discusses preservation and development of the languages of the Finno-Ugric peoples.

Keywords: Finno-Ugric languages; minority languages; language support.

EVENTS, PEOPLE, BOOKS

L. V. KALACHINA (Saransk, Russia). Honoured Actress of the Republic of Mordovia L. P. Knyazkova: all facets of creativity

A. B. TANASEYCHUK (Saransk, Russia). Book Review: N. L. Vasiliev. Russian Writers in Mordovia Region (XVIII – beginning of XX century.): directory