scholarly journals PRO ET CONTRA: about the Research of B. A. Alborov “Ossetian Safa and the Jewish Sabaoth”

2020 ◽  
pp. 357-369
Author(s):  
S. G. Ktsoeva
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Complex Object ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The North ◽  
Image Characteristics ◽  
First Time ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The issue of Abrahamic borrowings in the ethnic religion of Ossetians (the only Iranian-speaking ethnic group in the North Caucasus, which is an ethnic descendant of Scythians-Sarmatians-Alans) is considered, which is a synthesis of monotheism and ancient polytheism. It has survived to this day and even survives a peculiar, renaissance in the post-Soviet period, which explains the relevance of the study. An analysis of the possible presence of Abrahamic reminiscences in the image, characteristics and functions of one of the subjects of the Ossetian ethno-religious pantheon - Safa is made. It is noted that this image is by far the most complex object in relation to both the identification of the theonym and the origin of the sacred subject itself, due to which there is no consensus in science on this issue. A historiographic analysis of scientific positions on the problem is carried out. An attempt to identify the sacred subject is made, and its main possible options are given. The author’s development of archival material - an unpublished article by B. A. Alborov on Safa is presented for the first time. One of the possible options for identifying theonym and characteristics of Safa - Arab-Islamic is introduced into the modern scientific discourse.

scholarly journals The Sufi Jamaat «Ismail aga» in the Territory of the Volga Region: Appearance, Distribution, Social Attitude

Islamovedenie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Suleymanov Rais Ravkatovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Movements ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
New Religious Movements ◽  
Religious Revival ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Middle Volga Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Middle Volga ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The article deals with the investigation of religious revival processes, observed in the post-Soviet period. The process of religious revival took place among the Muslims on the territory of the Volga region, accompanied by the emergence of new religious movements of Islamic origin, many of which had their spiritual centers in the Middle East. It is stated that alongside the emergence of Salafi groups, recognized as extremist and terrorist or-ganizations in the 2000s, the followers of various Sufi jamaats from Turkey also appeared – Ismail Agha is supposed to be one of the most pronounced. The peak of its activity in the region begins with Kamil Samigullin’s coming to the post of Tatarstan mufti in 2013, belonging to this Sufi community. He begins to appoint Ismail Agha murids to the posts of imams and mukhtasibs, simultaneously expanding his influence outside Tatarstan, meeting some resistance, both from the Muslim clergy and from government agencies in charge of the religious sphere in the region. At the same time, the process of strengthening the influence of this particular Sufi brother-hood is taking place against the background of a general shift towards Sufism in the Middle Volga region: today different branches of the Naqshbandi Tariqa are represented in the region, and there are also groups of murids of the Qadiri and Shazili tariqas. Such a variety of Sufism in the Muslim Ummah of the Volga region is caused by the fact that different centers of its historical area (Turkey, Central Asia and the North Caucasus) exert influ-ence through their murids. At the same time, the Sufis themselves are in no hurry to openly advertise their pres-ence, largely due to the minimization of conflicts with the Salafists, whose influence in the Islamic Ummah of Tatarstan is noticeably preserved.

scholarly journals Some features of democratization of the state-political system in the Republics of the North Caucasus in the post-soviet period

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
M. M. Aibatov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Party System ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Caucasus Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Post Soviet Period

This article reveals the features and main trends of the process of democratization of the statepolitical system in the North Caucasus republics in the post-Soviet period. It is noted that the state-political systems of the North Caucasus republics are characterized by both democratic and authoritarian tendencies. The author emphasizes that in recent decades, the opportunities for democratic change of the political elite in the North Caucasus region have been significantly limited, which is primarily due to changes in legislation at the Russian and regional levels, primarily related to the actual abolition of direct national elections of heads of republics and municipalities. The national republics of the North Caucasus are characterized by a high concentration of power in the hands of top officials, which is due to the poorly established work of government bodies with appeals from citizens, the inefficiency of public chambers, the underdevelopment of the middle class, the unstructured civil society, and the lack of an effective multi-party system that can form a real opposition.

THE POST-SOVIET STATE AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ISLAM IN KABARDIN-BALKARIA

Kavkazologiya ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 233-245
Author(s):  
A.A. TATAROV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conflict ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Religious Actors ◽  
Post Soviet Period

Since the 1990s, the North Caucasus has experienced various conflicts between state and religious actors, sometimes with dreadful consequences. A comprehensive perspective on these outbursts of conflict is often constrained by the sole focus on the revival and internal dynamics of Islam in the post-Soviet period. The changes in the Russian state since the 2000s, which were in the nature of recentralization and strengthening of the state’s monopoly over violence and the state’s control over organizations, can be considered as an important factor influencing the legal existence of opposition groups or organizations. The case study of Kabardino-Balkaria, traditionally a stable republic of the North Caucasus, contributes to understandings of how the transformation of the state in Russia since the late 1990s influenced the development of religious conflict and the institutionalization of Islam.

scholarly journals Russians in the republics of the North Caucasus: frontiers of geo-demographic retreat (the first half of the 21st century)

2017 ◽  
pp. 109-132
Author(s):  
Sergei Sushchiy
Keyword(s):  
Age Distribution ◽  
Russian Population ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Rapid Reduction ◽  
The North ◽  
Demographic Dynamics ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The article analyzes the geo-demographic dynamics of the Russian population of the republics of the North Caucasus in the post-Soviet period, registering the pace of reduction for each republic and studying the central role of migration in this depopulation process. Currently, the Russian population of the North Caucasus has returned to the level of the mid-1930s. The Republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia have lost almost all of their Russian population, while Dagestan has lost a significant part of its, too. Although demographic losses in other republics of the region have not been so great, a rapid reduction in the number of Russians has become a steady trend of the entire North Caucasus. In order to determine the corridor of the most likely demographic dynamics of Russians in the region up until 2050, a series of calculations was carried out, establishing that by 2030 the number of Russians in the North Caucasus will be reduced to 690-780 thousand people, and by mid-century – to 490-700 thousand. No less a threat will come from the deterioration of the age distribution of the local Russian population, which could lead to its demographic "collapse" in the period 2060-2070.

scholarly journals RUSSIAN COSSACKS OF THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA AND THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

Kavkaz-forum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.В. ФЕДОСОВА
Keyword(s):  
Initial Period ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Northern Caucasus ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Short Time

В рамках данной статьи рассматриваются проблемы возрождения казачества на Северном Кавказе и Юге России. Современное казачество – это один из основных факторов, влияющих на социально-политическую ситуацию Северного Кавказа и Юга России. Однако формирование и возрождение казачества в постсоветский период носит достаточно амбивалентный характер, который в разных социально-политических и экономических обстоятельствах способен формировать противоположные тенденции как самих казачьих движений, так и самым серьезным образом влиять на различные процессы, протекающие в регионе. К сожалению, в силу объективных и иных обстоятельств, проблемы возрождения современного казачества не стали предметом серьезных исследований в рамках научного дискурса. При всем видимом многообразии различных публикаций на тему казачества, к сожалению, отсутствуют единые научные методологические подходы к изучению данного явления общественной жизни. Несмотря на то, что процессы «возрождения казачества» охватили значительное количество людей, особенно в начальный период своего развития, однако в научном дискурсе данный феномен так и не стал предметом междисциплинарного анализа и дискурса. «Казачья тема» фактически сразу была застолблена публицистами или псевдонаучными исследованиями, авторы которых или весьма слабо, или весьма ангажировано ориентировались в истории и специфике «возрождения казачества». В предлагаемом исследовании мы постарались отойти от упрощенства, свойственного псевдоисследованиям казачьей тематики, в основе которых зачастую лежит дескриптивный (описательный) подход к оценке как «возрождения», так и специфики современного казачества. Для наиболее плодотворного анализа перспектив и рисков развития современного казачьего движения был использован проблемно-хронологический подход, который позволил проанализировать развитие казачества в достаточно сжатых временных рамках. Within the framework of this article, the problems of the revival of the Cossacks in the North Caucasus and the South of Russia are considered. The modern Cossacks are one of the main factors influencing the socio-political situation in the North Caucasus and South of Russia. However, the formation and revival of the Cossacks in the post-Soviet period is rather ambivalent in nature, which in different socio-political and economic circumstances is able to form opposite tendencies, both of the Cossack movements themselves, and in the most serious way to influence various processes taking place in the region. Unfortunately, due to objective and other circumstances, the problems of the revival of the modern Cossacks have not become the subject of serious research within the framework of scientific discourse. With all the visible variety of various publications on the topic of the Cossacks, unfortunately, there are no uniform scientific methodological approaches to the study of this phenomenon of public life. Despite the fact that the processes of the "revival of the Cossacks" covered a significant number of people, especially in the initial period of their development, however, in the scientific discourse, this phenomenon has not become the subject of interdisciplinary analysis and discourse. The "Cossack theme" was practically immediately privatized by publicists or pseudoscientific studies, the authors of which were either very weak or very biased in the history and specifics of the "revival of the Cossacks." In the proposed study, we tried to move away from the simplification inherent in pseudo-studies of Cossack topics, which are often based on a descriptive approach to assessing both the “revival” and the specifics of the modern Cossacks. For the most fruitful analysis of the prospects and risks of the development of the modern Cossack movement, a problem-chronological approach was used, which made it possible to analyze the development of the Cossacks in a fairly short time frame.

Sphagnum mosses (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta) of mires Chefandzar and Masota in North Ossetia (Caucasus)

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ya. Doroshina ◽  
I. A. Nikolajev
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
The Other ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Sphagnum Mosses ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Ossetia

Sphagnum mires on the Greater Caucasus are rare, characterized by the presence of relict plant communities of glacial age and are in a stage of degradation. The study of Sphagnum of Chefandzar and Masota mires is carried out for the first time. Seven species of Sphagnum are recorded. Their distribution and frequency within the North Caucasus are analyzed. Sphagnum contortum, S. platyphyllum, S. russowii, S. squarrosum are recorded for the first time for the study area and for the flora of North Ossetia. The other mosses found in the study area are listed.

Materials to the lichen flora of Samurskiy Ridge (high mountainous Dagestan)

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-406
Author(s):  
A. B. Ismailov ◽  
G. P. Urbanavichus
Keyword(s):  
North Caucasus ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
Altitudinal Range ◽  
The North ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Mountainous Landscapes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lichen Flora

The lichens and lichenicolous fungi of high mountainous landscapes of Samurskiy Ridge were studied in altitudinal range 2400–3770 m a. s. l. for the first time and 112 species are recorded. Among them 33 species, 10 genera (Arthrorhaphis, Baeomyces, Calvitimela, Epilichen, Lambiella, Psorinia, Rufoplaca, Sagedia, Sporastatia, Tremolecia) and 4 families (Anamylopsoraceae, Arthrorhaphidaceae, Baeomycetaceae, Hymeneliaceae) are new for Dagestan, six species (Buellia uberior, Carbonea atronivea, Lecanora atrosulphurea, Lecidea fuliginosa, L. swartzioidea, Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans) are reported for the first time for the Greater Caucasus and two species (Acarospora subpruinata and Rhizocarpon postumum) — for the North Caucasus. Most of the new findings were collected from 3500–3770 m a. s. l.

Don historian P.G. Chernopitsky: “The main thing for him was the truth”

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12-1) ◽  
pp. 150-167
Author(s):  
Alexey Grishchenko
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
State University ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Collective Farm ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Life Path ◽  
Main Thing

The article tells about the life path and research work of the Don agricultural historian P.G. Chernopitsky. The stages of scientific creativity are determined, the main scientific works in the context of the era are considered, its position on the debatable problems of the Don and North Caucasus history, in particular, on the essence and stages of decossackization is determined. The contribution of P. G. Chernopitsky to the study of the socio -economic history of the Soviet pre -collective farm village, collectivization, the famine of 1932-1933 in the North Caucasus, the history of the Don Cossacks in the Soviet period is demonstrated. Relations with colleagues at Rostov State University are highlighted.

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