Manuscript materials of P. E. Sheshkin as the source on the ethnic history of the Ugric community: periodization and ethnolinguistic aspect
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History, ethnography, archeology
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Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: for the first time, the article considers the representations that affect the problem of periodization of the formation of the ancient Ugric community (the ancestors of the Mansi, Khanty, and Hungarians) and their division into the Hungarians and Ob Ugric peoples. Transition stages from one period to another are revealed, which are manifested in the migrations of peoples. Folklore plots reflecting the Ugric period are reconstructed and their comparison with ethnic history is reproduced. The analysis of the language material provides an understanding of the existence of each period, conveys the essence of the values and historical processes of the time under study.
Objective: to reveal based on the analysis of folklore texts and data of the language of the Northern Mansi group (Sosva and Sygva dialects) new ideas about the periods of the ethnic history of the Ugric community.
Research materials: manuscript texts of P. E. Sheshkin’s notebooks, his personal archive, as well as published expedition records of researchers of the XX century.
Results and novelty of the research: during the analysis of folklore and language materials, we identified main stages in the formation of the Ugric community. Each of the periods is distinguished by its characteristic features: 1. phase of development – the presence of large associations (tribes), the direction of their migration, settlement, conditions of existence and their changes; 2. phase of completion – the collapse of large associations into small groups (sometimes assimilation), their movement, settlement, marriage contacts; 3. transition period (general) – the end of the «fairy-tale era» is caused by new relevant aspects of the worldview in connection with the ideas formed by the Heroic Epos in new conditions. Folklore data of the periodization of Ugric community are reflected in its ethnic history. The novelty of the study lies in the introduction of little-known folklore, ethnographic materials and practically disappeared, Lombovozh subdialect of the Sygva dialect of the Northern group of the Mansy, collected by P. E. Sheshkin. In practical terms, the material of the article can be used by cultural scientists, ethnographers, linguists, and folklorists.
Key words: P. E. Sheshkin, folklore, Ugric peoples, epoch, ancient tribes, ethnic history.
Acknowledgements: to the staff and the Director L. V. Andrianova of the «Beryozovsky District Museum of Local Lore». The work was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR, project No. 20-512-23001\20 «Dialogue of languages in the manuscript heritage of the Mansi collector P. E. Sheshkin: identification, analysis and representation».
For citation: Popova S. A. Manuscript materials of P. E. Sheshkin as the source on the ethnic history of the Ugric community: periodization and ethnolinguistic aspect // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (4): 739–747.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: for the first time, the article considers the representations that affect the problem of periodization of the formation of the ancient Ugric community (the ancestors of the Mansi, Khanty, and Hungarians) and their division into the Hungarians and Ob Ugric peoples. Transition stages from one period to another are revealed, which are manifested in the migrations of peoples. Folklore plots reflecting the Ugric period are reconstructed and their comparison with ethnic history is reproduced. The analysis of the language material provides an understanding of the existence of each period, conveys the essence of the values and historical processes of the time under study.
Objective: to reveal based on the analysis of folklore texts and data of the language of the Northern Mansi group (Sosva and Sygva dialects) new ideas about the periods of the ethnic history of the Ugric community.
Research materials: manuscript texts of P. E. Sheshkin’s notebooks, his personal archive, as well as published expedition records of researchers of the XX century.
Results and novelty of the research: during the analysis of folklore and language materials, we identified main stages in the formation of the Ugric community. Each of the periods is distinguished by its characteristic features: 1. phase of development – the presence of large associations (tribes), the direction of their migration, settlement, conditions of existence and their changes; 2. phase of completion – the collapse of large associations into small groups (sometimes assimilation), their movement, settlement, marriage contacts; 3. transition period (general) – the end of the «fairy-tale era» is caused by new relevant aspects of the worldview in connection with the ideas formed by the Heroic Epos in new conditions. Folklore data of the periodization of Ugric community are reflected in its ethnic history. The novelty of the study lies in the introduction of little-known folklore, ethnographic materials and practically disappeared, Lombovozh subdialect of the Sygva dialect of the Northern group of the Mansy, collected by P. E. Sheshkin. In practical terms, the material of the article can be used by cultural scientists, ethnographers, linguists, and folklorists.
Key words: P. E. Sheshkin, folklore, Ugric peoples, epoch, ancient tribes, ethnic history.
Acknowledgements: to the staff and the Director L. V. Andrianova of the «Beryozovsky District Museum of Local Lore». The work was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR, project No. 20-512-23001\20 «Dialogue of languages in the manuscript heritage of the Mansi collector P. E. Sheshkin: identification, analysis and representation».
For citation: Popova S. A. Manuscript materials of P. E. Sheshkin as the source on the ethnic history of the Ugric community: periodization and ethnolinguistic aspect // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (4): 739–747.
