Komi mütoloogia / Nikolai Konakov, Limerov P.F., Sharapov V.E., Shabaev Yu.P., Ulyashev O.I., Vlasov A.N., Il'ina I.V. [tõlge: Nikolay Kuznetsov ja Asta Niinemets; toimetajad Nikolay Kuznetsov, Asta Niinemets ja Kadi ... more abstractKomi mütoloogia / Nikolai Konakov, Limerov P.F., Sharapov V.E., Shabaev Yu.P., Ulyashev O.I., Vlasov A.N., Il'ina I.V. [tõlge: Nikolay Kuznetsov ja Asta Niinemets; toimetajad Nikolay Kuznetsov, Asta Niinemets ja Kadi Sarv, sarja toimetaja Mare Kõiva; kaane kujundus: Andres Kuperjanov]; Eesti Kirjandusmuuseumi Taduskirjastus, Eesti Folkloori Instituut – Tartu : EKM Teaduskirjastus, 2015 (Tartu : Paar) – 472 lk

Mythology And Folklore, Komi Mythology, Traditional Worldviews, and Uralic Mythology

Авторы статей: Васильева Ольга, Воронцов Владимир, Габдрафиков Ильдар, Демина Александра, Жеребцов Игорь, Котылев Александр, Матвеев Георгий, Мартыненко Александр, Миронова Наталья, Садохин Александр, Соколовский Серг... more abstractАвторы статей: Васильева Ольга, Воронцов Владимир, Габдрафиков Ильдар, Демина Александра, Жеребцов Игорь, Котылев Александр, Матвеев Георгий, Мартыненко Александр, Миронова Наталья, Садохин Александр, Соколовский Сергей, Сурво Арно, Сурво Вера, Терюков Александр, Цыпанов Евгений, Шабаев Юрий, Шабаева Наталья, Шарапов Валерий, Шаров Владимир, Шилов Николай, Леэте Арт, Хузангай Атнер.

Ethnic Studies, Ethnicity and National Identity, and Ethnic politics

More Info: http://www.kirj.ee/public/Linguistica_Uralica/2014/issue_3/ling-2014-3-220-221.pdf

Издание приурочено к 130-летию со дня рождения известного отечественного этнографа-финно-угроведа Василия Петровича Налимова (1879–1939). Книга является первым собранием научных работ ученого по этнографии, фольклору ... more abstractИздание приурочено к 130-летию со дня рождения известного отечественного этнографа-финно-угроведа Василия Петровича Налимова (1879–1939). Книга является первым собранием научных работ ученого по этнографии, фольклору и мифологии коми-зырян, коми-пермяков и удмуртов. Большая часть статей, вошедших в настоящий сборник, ранее были опубликованы в различных российских научных сериях в первой четверти ХХ в. и в настоящее время стали библиографической редкостью. Статьи и полевые материалы В.П. Налимова публикуются в авторской редакции. В книгу включены историографические работы современных исследователей научной деятельности В.П. Налимова.

History of Science, Finno-Ugric Peoples, and Finno-Ugric studies

More Info: Сборник научных статей Василия Петровича Налимова (1879-1939) подготовлен к изданию по Программе фундаментальных исследований Президиума РАН «Историко-культурное наследие и духовные ценности России» (2009–2011 гг.)

Ethnic History, Finno-Ugric Peoples, Komi Traditional Culture, and Collegium Fenno-Ugricum

More Info: Научно-популярное издание из серии «Bibliotheka Fenno-Ugrica» / Под ред. Янош Пустаи. Авторский коллектив: Жеребцов И.Л., Конаков Н.Д., Шабаев Ю.П., Шарапов В.Э., Цыпанов Е.А. - Сыктывкар: "Кола"; Венгрия: "Изд-во ин-та Коллегиум Фенно-Угрикум", 2008. - 319 с.

History of Science, Finno-Ugric Peoples, and Finno-Ugric studies

More Info: Этнографический архив // История этнографического изучения традиционной культуры коми. Учебное пособие. – Сыктывкар: Изд-во Сыктывкарского ун-та, 2006. – c.76-124

Finno-Ugric Peoples, Komi Traditional Culture, and Folk fine art

More Info: Шарапов В.Э. Очерк 11. Народное искусство: Традиционный орнамент; Ткачество, вязание, вышивка; Украшение жилища; Резьба и роспись по дереву // Зырянский мир. Очерки о традиционной культуре коми. / Под ред. Н.Д. Конакова. – Сыктывкар: Коми кн. изд-во, 2004. – С.363-385.

Sharapov V.E.: Akan / a doll; Geg / navel; Ki-kok murtalem / measuring, measurement of man's body; Kinauv / armpits; Lem / bird-cherry tree; Mort / man; Nur / bog, morass; Paraskeva-Peknica / St. Paraskeva; Paskem / c... more abstractSharapov V.E.: Akan / a doll; Geg / navel; Ki-kok murtalem / measuring, measurement of man's body; Kinauv / armpits; Lem / bird-cherry tree; Mort / man; Nur / bog, morass; Paraskeva-Peknica / St. Paraskeva; Paskem / clothes in the broad sense; Perna / the cross on a grave; Pirtem / christened one; Raj / paradis; Rempestan / mirror, looking glass; Seram / laughter, laugh; Smilitem / love charm; Voza pu / a tree with forked crown; Vosli / a forked breast-bone of birds; Vet / dream; Vudzer I / shadow, silhouette; Vudzer II / protective measures. // The Encyclopedia of Uralic Mythologies. Volume I. Komi mythology. Eds.: Siikala Anna-Leena, Napol'skikh Vladimir & Hoppal Mihaly. - Budapest & Helsinki: Academiai Kiado & The Finnish Literature Society. 2003. - Pp. 86-88; 117; 171-173; 173-174; 196-198; 214-216; 229-230; 244-245; 245-248; 254-256; 264-265;278-279; 281-282; 285-288; 292-293; 345-347; 353-354; 354-355; 356-358.

Mythology And Folklore, Komi Mythology, Traditional Worldviews, and Uralic Mythologies

Шарапов В.Э.: Акань/Кукла; Вожа пу/Дерево с развилкой; Вошлы/Вилкообразная кость; Вoт/Сон (в соавт.); Вуджoр I/Тень; Вуджoр II/Оберег; Гoг/Пуп; Ки-кок мурталoм/Ритуал измерения человека; Киняув/Подмышка; Льoм/Черёмуха... more abstractШарапов В.Э.: Акань/Кукла; Вожа пу/Дерево с развилкой; Вошлы/Вилкообразная кость; Вoт/Сон (в соавт.); Вуджoр I/Тень; Вуджoр II/Оберег; Гoг/Пуп; Ки-кок мурталoм/Ритуал измерения человека; Киняув/Подмышка; Льoм/Черёмуха; Морт/Человек (в соавт.); Нюр/Болото; Параскева-Пятница; Паськoм/Одежда; Перна/Крест; Пыртoм/Крещение; Рай; Рoмпoштан/Зеркало; Серам/Смех; Смилитoм/Приворот // Энциклопедия уральских мифологий. Т.I, Мифология коми. М., 1999 - С. 79-81, 110, 113-115, 121-123, 123-124, 124-127, 134-135, 192-193, 193-195, 227-229, 240-242, 258-259, 281-284, 284-290, 303-305, 323-325, 328, 331-332, 336-337, 342-345.

Mythology And Folklore, Komi Mythology, Finno-Ugric Peoples, and Komi Traditional Worldviews

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Publication Name: Fragments from book: The Encyclopedia of Uralic Mythologies. Volume I. Komi mythology. Nikolaĭ Konakov and other authors. Scientific editor Siikala Anna-Leena, Napol’skikh Vladimir & Hoppál Mihály. – Syktyvkar & Moskow. "DIK", 1999. – 480 p. [in russian]

The report is based on the data of collections of the Russian Museum of Ethnography, National Museum of the Komi Republic, previously published materials and results of the field studies in the Komi Republic in 1989-2... more abstractThe report is based on the data of collections of the Russian Museum of Ethnography, National Museum of the Komi Republic, previously published materials and results of the field studies in the Komi Republic in 1989-2015. Here we discuss ethno-local peasant tradition of wood painting of the Komi Zyryans of the Vychegda and the Vashka, which existed in the XIX-XX centuries in the villages of Ust-Sysolsky and Yarensky districts /uyezds of the Vologda province (modern territory of Ust- Kulomskiy and Udorski districts of the Komi Republic).

Art Conservartion an Restauration - painting on wood, Folk fine art, Folk Wood Painting, and Komi Old Believers

More Info: Relate North. Culture, Community and Communication. Edited by Timo Jokela & Glen Coutts. - Rovaniemi: Lapland University Press, 2016 - P.84-102

In this paper, the authors attempt to reconstruct the history of the easternmost compact group of Izhma Komi currently known – the one living in the village of Samburg, Purovski raion, Yamal-Nenets Autonomus Okrug, Ru... more abstractIn this paper, the authors attempt to reconstruct the history of the easternmost compact group of Izhma Komi currently known – the one living in the village of Samburg, Purovski raion, Yamal-Nenets Autonomus Okrug, Rusia. The authors also describe ethno-cultural processes (changes in material and spiritual culture) which have been going in the group as well as the distinct ways its members maintain, re-create and transform their ethnic identity. The research is based on the ethnographic observations and interviews performed by the authors in 2004, 2009 and 2016 as well as on published and unpublished (archival) documents. The arrival of the Komi population to the lower Pur and the establishment of the village of Samburg were related to the formation of the state reindeer herding enterprise (sovkhoz) “Purovski” in 1937. This sovkhoz was formed on the basis of the earlier “Kutopyuganski” sovkhoz, which was situated in the Nadym raion of the YNAO. The personnel of this earlier sovkhoz, which now became the personnel of “Purovsky” enterprise, consisted of reindeer herding families originated from different villages with large Komi populations situated in the former Tobolsk Gubernia. Many of these families were victims of the infamous dekulakization campaign (the campaign of political repressions, including deportations, against the wealthy peasants) of 1929 – 1931. Mainly due to ecological reasons, the Komi re-settlers in Samburg Have not re-created the traditional for Izhma Komi complex of settled culture and economy and have almost lost those aspects of spiritual culture that were related to this complex. On the other hand, they retained and continue to retain the traditional complex of nomadic reindeer herding culture of Izhma Komi and some elements of this complex have been borrowed by the local Nenets reindeer herders. Since the late 1930s, the Komi re-settlers maintain close contacts, including numerous inter-ethnic marriages, with the local tundra and forest Nenets. These contacts were made easier by the Komi-Nenets bilingualism, which became widespread in the region. Currently, majority of the local Komi live in mixed Komi-Nenets families. In these families, children are usually registered as Nenets in official documents. However, many of these Nenets unofficially identify themselves as Komi and express strong preference for Komi culture and language. Therefore, the process of assimilation of the Samburg Komi by the local Nenets is going on, but it has an interesting peculiarity: the assimilated Komi use and express their Nenets identity in official settings but retain their original ethnicity in the unofficial one.

Cultural Identity and Ethnicity, Reindeer herding, and Izhma-Komis

More Info: Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии. 2016. № 4 (35). - C.143-154.

The article is a review of travel notes by a famous Finnish ethnographer U.T. Sirelius (1872–1929) about his 1911 expedition along the rivers Pinega, Onega and the White Sea coast. The author focused on a comparative ... more abstractThe article is a review of travel notes by a famous Finnish ethnographer U.T. Sirelius (1872–1929) about his 1911 expedition along the rivers Pinega, Onega and the White Sea coast. The author focused on a comparative study of the Russians’ and the Karelians’ hunting and fishing practices, as well as technological traditions, wooden architecture, northern ornamental tradition, and the Pomors’ ethnic history. U.T.Sirelius’s field observations about the life of the Russian North population in the beginning of the 20th century are still relevant, as they are important for understanding modern ethno-cultural processes. At the same time candid opinions of “essayist” Sirelius about local traditions were interesting as self-descriptions of the native to the researcher culture, creating in the process of his study of the traditional past a Bakhtin type situation of “a person in front of a mirror”. Sirelius in addition to giving his opinion about (in)viability of these traditions also situationally included the studied history into a contemporary to him ideological context. This controversial approach to the study of the past and present of traditions reflected the geographical, confessional, political, and ethnic specifics of the studied cultures, however in the first place it was a response to a conceptual query of the interpreter himself. This focusing on some cultural aspects and ignoring the others, following fashion of the day in selecting research subjects in addition to illustrating the specifics and the dynamics of research trends was characteristic of the current expectations of cultural and ideological environments to which the interpreters also belonged.

Self-Narratives, Finno-Ugric Peoples, Russian North, Uuno Taavi Sirelius (1872–1929), and Ethnographic Field Researches

More Info: Уральский исторический вестник, №2 (51), Екатеринбург, 2016, С.88-97.

Рассматривается неизвестная российской аудитории ранняя публицистическая работа коми этнографа В.П.Налимова (1879–1939). В начале XX в. неординарные статьи, рецензии и доклады начинающего ученого сделали его заметной ... more abstractРассматривается неизвестная российской аудитории ранняя публицистическая работа коми этнографа В.П.Налимова (1879–1939). В начале XX в. неординарные статьи, рецензии и доклады начинающего ученого сделали его заметной фигурой в этнографическом сообществе. В 1908 г. студент московского университета Налимов стал стипендиатом Финно-Угорского Общества. Об определенных идеологических ожиданиях его финляндских коллег свидетельствует заметка «О характере и устремлениях зырян», изданная на финском языке под псевдонимом «Nalimow D.» в еженедельнике «Päivä: viikkolehti suomalaista kultuuria varten». Показательна лаконичная редакторская преамбула об авторе как о «представителе зырян – самого жизнеспособного народа восточной России». Статья В. П. Налимова посвящена истории Усть-Куломского восстания 1842–1843 гг. и представлениям коми-зырян о возможном общественно-политическом устройстве, но по сути в ней говорится о предыстории «сетевых» технологий, конструирующих современные «на(т)ивные» аудитории.

финно-угры, коми-зыряне, Усть-Куломский бунт, В.П.Налимов (1879-1939), and "сетевые" технологии

More Info: Вестник Удмуртского университета. 2015. № 4-1. С. 162-169.

При обсуждении проблематики полевых этнографическихх исследований внимание, как правило, акцентируется на предполагаемой достоверности и объективности архивных отчётов, терминологических дискуссиях и теоретизировании ... more abstractПри обсуждении проблематики полевых этнографическихх исследований внимание, как правило, акцентируется на предполагаемой достоверности и объективности архивных отчётов, терминологических дискуссиях и теоретизировании по поводу корректности взаимоотношений «исследователя» и «информанта». В то же время широкий спектр контекстуальных и внеконтекстуальных взаимосвязей исследований (собственно научные тексты и их научно-популярные вариации), основанных на том или ином полевом материале, не говоря уже о текстах, представляющих собой новые уровни семиотизации и строящихся, преимущественно, на отсылках к другим научным работам, представлен в совершенно разнородных и, особенно, «забытых» текстах.

этнография, финно-угры, традиционная культура, and забытые тексты

More Info: Ежегодник финно-угорских исследований. 2014. №3. С.138-148.

Based on collections housed in the Russian Museum of Ethnography and the National Museum of the Komi Republic, as well as previously published materials and results of field studies from 1989–2013 in the Komi Republic... more abstractBased on collections housed in the Russian Museum of Ethnography and the National Museum of the Komi Republic, as well as previously published materials and results of field studies from 1989–2013 in the Komi Republic, the article discusses the local ethnic traditions of peasant wood painting among the Upper Vychegda Komi Zyryans. These traditions were in practice at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries in the villages of Ust-Sysolsk and Yarensk Uezds of Vologda Guberniya (the modern Ust-Kulom and Kortkeros Regions of the Komi Republic). In particular, study addresses the decoration of the Upper Vychegda wooden distaffs and brakes. It is hypothesized that this decorative style originated from a blend of Finno-Ugric and Russian traditions in overlapping or adjoining regions of Russian, specifically Old- Believer, and Komi settlement. Painting technique, decoration, and coloring of artifacts from the area of Vychegda differ from those seen elsewhere in northern Russia or in the Kama region.

Old Believers, Ethnographic Mapping, Vychegda Komi, Wood Painting, Folk Wood Painting, and 1 more

More Info: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. Volume 42, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 119–125

Publication Date: Feb 26, 2015

На основе изучения фондов Российского этнографического музея, Национального музея Республики Коми, ранее опубликованных материалов и результатов полевых исследований, проводившихся в 1989-2013 гг. на территории Респуб... more abstractНа основе изучения фондов Российского этнографического музея, Национального музея Республики Коми, ранее опубликованных материалов и результатов полевых исследований, проводившихся в 1989-2013 гг. на территории Республики Коми, в статье рассматривается этнолокальная традиция крестьянской росписи по дереву верхневычегодских коми-зырян, бытовавшая на рубеже XIX-XX вв. в селах и деревнях Усть-Сысольского и Яренского уездов Вологодской губ. (территории современных Усть-Куломского и Корткеросского р-нов Республики Коми). В статье формулируется декоративный канон верхневычегодской росписи, а также выдвигается гипотеза о происхождении этого этнокультурного феномена в зоне совместного либо пограничного проживания финно-угорского и русского населения, в частности, старообрядческого. По технике письма, орнаментации и колориту роспись вычегодских мастеров существенно отличается от крестьянских росписей русского Севера и Прикамья.

Wassily Kandinsky, Old Believers, Komi Traditional Culture, and Folk fine art

More Info: Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии, 2 (58) - Новосибирск, 2014 - С.119-125

Publication Date: Jul 2014

The aesthetics of ethno-futurism is orientated towards a contemporary comprehension of traditional ethnic symbolism and, at the same time, in its artistic constructivism on the destruction and diffusion of the languag... more abstractThe aesthetics of ethno-futurism is orientated towards a contemporary comprehension of traditional ethnic symbolism and, at the same time, in its artistic constructivism on the destruction and diffusion of the language of symbols typical for any given ethnic culture. This duality provides the very sources of ethno-futurism, which arise out of a conflicting intersection of ethnic, traditionalistic, (anti-)globalising and ideological discourses of the Finno-Ugrian space. Inherent in the contemporary visual arts, literatures, theatres and cinemas in the post-Soviet Finno-Ugrian republics are neo-mythological tendencies that can be characterised as manifestations of 'peripherality' in culture. The point of view of artistic circles is that ethno-futurism is an underground movement, which opposes everything 'official' in the arts. At the same time, ethno-futurist exhibitions and festivals are financed by the governments of the various Finno-Ugrian republics as events that reflect the development of ethno-national cultures. In fact, ethno-futurism has become an institutionalised component of the regional authorities' ideological propaganda. However, ethno-futurist artists stress their political indifference to and non-participation in the various national movements of the Finno-Ugrian republics. Objectively, ethno-futurism is not only a reflection of new creative expressions in literature, the visual arts and cinema, but also of the paradoxes of contemporary ethno-politic processes that are happening in the European Russian North, just as they are occurring in the Baltic countries, Scandinavia and Finland http://mecon.nomadit.co.uk/pub/conference_epaper_download.php5?PaperID=17052&MIMEType=application/pdf

Performing Arts, National Identity, Finno-Ugric Peoples, and Ethnofuturism

More Info: Журнал <Учёный Совет> издательского дома "Панорама". №2, Москва, 2013 - С.54-57.

The article discusses the local ethnic tradition related to the reverence of the St. Paraskeva-Friday icon among the Udor Komi. Focus of attention is on the dynamics of the traditional Christian rituals timed to the N... more abstractThe article discusses the local ethnic tradition related to the reverence of the St. Paraskeva-Friday icon among the Udor Komi. Focus of attention is on the dynamics of the traditional Christian rituals timed to the Ninth Friday after Easter in villages on the Vashka River. Analysis is based on long-term, periodic field data and historical research.

Christianity, Ethnographic fieldwork, Finno-Ugric Peoples, Modern ortodox komi, and Dynamics of Traditions

More Info: Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia. Spring2012, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p76-83.

Традиционное мировоззрение

More Info: Историческое произведение как феномен культуры. Сборник научных статей / Отв.ред. А.Ю. Котылев, А.А. Павлов. - Сыктывкар: Коми пединститут, 2011. – Вып. 6. – С.165-171.

Коллекции предметов народного искусства коми-зырян в собрании Национального музея Республики Коми. Альбом. Каталог.

Komi Traditional Culture and Folk fine art

Komi Traditional Culture, Folk fine art, and Ethnographic Maps

Publisher: Москва: ООО «Феория», 2011.

Publication Name: Роспись по дереву; Резьба по дереву, обработка бересты; Художественная обработка меха и кости; Традиционная одежда; Узорное ткачество, вязание, вышивка, набойка

The article presents recent field data on the ornamental tradition in the technique of decorating fur products among those modern Izhma Komi and Nenets, who live together in reindeer-herding settlements of the Nenets ... more abstractThe article presents recent field data on the ornamental tradition in the technique of decorating fur products among those modern Izhma Komi and Nenets, who live together in reindeer-herding settlements of the Nenets and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous districts. The main topic of the research is "The nomadic ornament: ethnic identity in the ornamental tradition of Izhma and Nenets reindeer herders". We discuss the ideas of Komi and Nenets masters about what represents the ethnic and cultural specifics in the artistic decoration of fur products. In the reindeer herding villages of the NAO and YaNAO, a growing unification of the style and decoration of everyday fur clothes among Komi and Nenets could be observed. At the same time, all masters easily distinguish between Komi and Nenets specifics of the ornamental tradition and techniques of sewing . For the Nenets masters, "Komi ornament (ngysma madava)" represents the décor of fur shoes made by thin inserts of colored cloth at the seams on the fur shoes, as well as alternating lines of the fur of contrasting color at the malitsa hem. Izhma masters use some elements of the Nenets ornament in the design of fur products and call such patterns"yaran Madava (nenets pattern)." Komi women rarely use patterns while making fur appliques (decorating modern fur shoes is the single exception) and reproduce geometric compositions by memory. Fur mosaic of Komi is characterized by a tendency to generalize and by a laconism of ornamental motifs, in contrast to the tradition of Nenets, which is characterized by careful elaboration of more complex ornamental compositions by stencil.

Nenets, Izhma-Komis, Fur applique, Оrnament, and Еthnic identity

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