The clan of the Ob Ugrians: collisions of Soviet and modern Russian historiography
English
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Journal’s Subject Headings:
History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University, Tula, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the clan organization of the Ob-Ugrian peoples (Khanty and Mansi, Ostyak and Vogul in the past) has been a debatable field for more than one generation of researchers. The term “clan” does not have a generally accepted definition. In science there are many words to designate specific clan groups: clan/kin, lineage, clan community, etc.
Objective: to identify changes in the phenomenon of the concept of “clan” in the Soviet and Russian ethnographic discourse.
Research materials: the works of Soviet and modern Russian ethnologists and historians.
Results and novelty of the research: as a result of the study the author concludes that a large body of data and research on clan among the Ob-Ugrian peoples has been accumulated. When analyzing this phenomenon, researchers did not go beyond the methodological framework of evolutionism until the early 1990s. All interpretations of the clan and the clan organization of the Khanty and Mansi conceptually proceeded from the notion that these peoples preserved remnants of primitive system for a long time. Soviet ethnographic discourse focused on the analysis of archaic features in their economy, culture, social structure and religious beliefs. The anti-evolutionary turn in ethnology of the late twentieth century contributed to the realization that the Khanty and Mansi had different kinds of kinship associations with different bases and performing various functions.
Key words: Ob Ugric (Khanty and Mansi), historiography, social organization, clan, clan organization, kinship
For citation: Martynova E. Р. The clan of the Ob Ugrians: collisions of Soviet and modern Russian historiography // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2022; 12 (3): 570–579.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the clan organization of the Ob-Ugrian peoples (Khanty and Mansi, Ostyak and Vogul in the past) has been a debatable field for more than one generation of researchers. The term “clan” does not have a generally accepted definition. In science there are many words to designate specific clan groups: clan/kin, lineage, clan community, etc.
Objective: to identify changes in the phenomenon of the concept of “clan” in the Soviet and Russian ethnographic discourse.
Research materials: the works of Soviet and modern Russian ethnologists and historians.
Results and novelty of the research: as a result of the study the author concludes that a large body of data and research on clan among the Ob-Ugrian peoples has been accumulated. When analyzing this phenomenon, researchers did not go beyond the methodological framework of evolutionism until the early 1990s. All interpretations of the clan and the clan organization of the Khanty and Mansi conceptually proceeded from the notion that these peoples preserved remnants of primitive system for a long time. Soviet ethnographic discourse focused on the analysis of archaic features in their economy, culture, social structure and religious beliefs. The anti-evolutionary turn in ethnology of the late twentieth century contributed to the realization that the Khanty and Mansi had different kinds of kinship associations with different bases and performing various functions.
Key words: Ob Ugric (Khanty and Mansi), historiography, social organization, clan, clan organization, kinship
For citation: Martynova E. Р. The clan of the Ob Ugrians: collisions of Soviet and modern Russian historiography // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2022; 12 (3): 570–579.
