scholarly journals FEATURES OF OCCASIONAL RITES AND FOLK BELIEFS OF BELARUSIAN PEASANT MIGRANTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-155
Author(s):  
R. Yu. Fedorov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Far East Of Russia ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Livestock Health ◽  
The Village ◽  
Made In

The article is devoted to the features of occasional rites and folk beliefs of the descendants of Belarusian peasant migrants of the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries who lived in Siberia and the Far East of Russia. The degree of their preservation and transformation has been investigated on the basis of comparing the author's field materials with ethnographic descriptions made in the places of the migrants’ departure. The features of the occasional rites and folk beliefs remained unevenly in the memory of the descendants of the Belarusian migrants. Their oral stories most frequently contain the descriptions of pluvial magic and apotropaic actions aimed at protecting estate as well as human and livestock health. In some cases, animistic representations of the surrounding world have been replaced by the elements of Christian rites. In the ethnographic descriptions of the 19th – early 20th centuries, the space of superstitions and occasional rites covers not only the village itself, but natural environment surrounding it (forests, fields, rivers, etc.) as well. Today it has become increasingly limited to the boundaries of private estates. The forms of occasional rites and folk beliefs that have retained its practical value in transforming the way of life of the East Slavic village of Siberia and the Far East over the past century continue to exist.

scholarly journals Chinese Migration and Cross-Border Practices in the Russian-Chinese Interaction in the Far East: Four Stages of Intercultural Dialogue

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 528
Author(s):  
Olga V. Zalesskaia
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Chinese Migration ◽  
Far Eastern

Russian-Chinese interaction in the Far East covers relations between the two largest world civilizations: Russia and China. One of its most important features is Chinese migration in the Russian Far Eastern (RFE) border region. This article analyzes the role and importance of Chinese migration as an integral component of the Sino-Russian cross-border interactions that has had varied effects over the past century and a half. Chinese migration is an indispensable condition for the emergence and development of cross-border practices in the RFE and the presence and economic activity of Chinese migrants ensures the continued development of forms of cross-border interaction and, in general, the dialogue between the cultures. To substantiate this thesis, systemic and historical-chronological methods are used to analyze a significant amount of factual and statistical material accumulated by historical research in the works of Russian and Chinese historians and social researchers.

Stanislavsky and Ramacharaka: The Influence of Yoga and Turn-of-the-Century Occultism on the System

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Andrew White
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Full Understanding ◽  
The West ◽  
Konstantin Stanislavsky ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Personal Crisis

Fin-de-siècle Russia was a culture replete with interest in the occult, spiritualism, and the religions of the Far East. Curiosity about the mystical infused all tiers of society. Among those influenced by the spiritual was none other than Konstantin Stanislavsky himself, who experienced a personal crisis in which he began to doubt his own ability as an actor. In 1906, he took his now-famous trip to Finland, where he sequestered himself for the summer, examined his artistic life, and began to reconsider seriously his process as an actor. While reflecting on his past artistic work, he began to organize years of notes on acting; and several notions drawn from Eastern mysticism in general and Yoga in particular found their way into his “system.” Although a handful of articles that examine Stanislavsky's use of Yoga have been published in the West, over the past century scholars and teachers have paid little attention to the spiritual facets of Stanislavsky's thinking, focusing instead on the psychological aspects of his work. Given, however, the presence of important Yogic elements in the system at its very inception, a full understanding of Stanislavsky's technique is impossible without knowledge of the intersections between his system and Yoga. Borrowing from Yoga, Stanislavsky offers actors much more than theories about how to be more believable or psychologically realistic in their roles. He adapts specific Yogic exercises in order to help actors transcend the limitations of the physical senses and tap into higher levels of creative consciousness.

ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE FAR EAST OF RUSSIA IN CONDITIONS OF OPERATION OF ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS

10.22250/esfe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. YAKIMOVA ◽  
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V.V. LAZAREVA ◽  
V.N. DYACHENKO ◽  
S.V. KHMURA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Far East Of Russia ◽  
The Far East ◽  
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