scholarly journals Age and Natural Environment of the Horse Hunters' Site Sholma I in the Right Bank of the Volga in Chuvashia

Author(s):  
Natalia S. Berezina ◽  
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Alexander Yu. Berezin ◽  
Madina Sh. Galimova ◽  
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The paper presents new data on the dating and paleogeography of the Sholma I site, which has been studied by the authors since the early 2000s on the Tsivil River in Chuvashia. Two AMS dates obtained from horse bones from the 2017 excavation: 10838-10717 Cal BC (95,4%) (UOC-8154) и 11131-10846 Cal BC (95,4%) (UOC-8155) confirmed the authors ' opinion expressed in 2009 that the site of the final Paleolithic functioned in the natural conditions of the interstadial warming of the Allerød at the end of the ice Age. Results of a soil study of samples in 2017, in particular, analyzes for the content of gross phosphorus and microbiomorphs carried out by A. A. Golyeva are highlighted. Analogies to the features of the blade stone industry and trapezoid inserts of throwing weapons in the sites of the Pleistocene and Holocene boundary are revealed. As a result, the authors have outlined two possible directions of communication of specialized hunters who came to the Middle Volga region with a characteristic set of combat weapons in the conditions of interstadial warming. It could be south-east and south-west directions. The south-eastern one is represented by complexes with trapezia of the lower layers of the Shiderty 3 site in north-eastern Kazakhstan and the Gora Mayak settlement in the Samara trans-Volga region, and the south-western one – by the sites with trapezia and other forms of inserts that existed during Allerød in the valleys of the Seversky Donets and the Middle Don.

Ekosistemy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
S. V. Saksonov ◽  
V. M. Vasjukov ◽  
S. A. Senator

Grasses one of the largest families of higher plants, including about 12000 species from 950 genera. The paper presents up-to-date information about the taxonomic composition, geographical distribution and habitat conditions of cereals in the South of the Middle Volga region (within the Penza, Samara and Ulyanovsk regions). studies of Grasses were conducted throughout the southern Middle Volga region, and herbarium collections stored in LE, MOSP, MW, PKM, PVB, etc. were also studied. Agrostology the South of the Middle Volga region are 72 genera (including 2 nothogenera) and 221 species (including 5 nothospecies). In the flora of the Southern Middle Volga region, 20 rare species of Grasses, of which 5 species are included in the Red book of the Russian Federation (2008): Koeleria sclerophylla, Stipa dasyphylla, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. zalesskii; 14 species – in the Red book of the Penza region (2013): Drymochloa sylvatica, Festuca wolgensis, Helictotrichon desertorum, Melica transsilvanica, Scolochloa festucacea, Stipa borysthenica, S. dasyphylla, S. lessingiana, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. sareptana, S. tirsa, S. zalesskii, Trisetum sibiricum; 18 species – in the Red book of the Samara region (2017): Avenula pubescens, Bromopsis benekenii, Catabrosella humilis, Cinna latifolia, Cleistogenes squarrosa, Drymochloa sylvatica, Elytrigia pruinifera, Helictotrichon schellianum, Koeleria sclerophylla, Pholiurus pannonicus, Poa saksonovii, Psathyrostachys juncea, Stipa dasyphylla, S. korshinskyi, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. tirsa, S. zalesskii; 18 species – in the Red book of the Ulyanovsk region (2015): Catabrosella humilis, Cleistogenes squarrosa, Drymochloa sylvatica, Festuca cretacea, F. wolgensis, Helictotrichon desertorum, Koeleria sclerophylla, Leymus ramosus, Nardus stricta, Psathyrostachys juncea, Stipa borysthenica, S. dasyphylla, S. korshinskyi, S. lessingiana, S. pennata, S. pulcherrima, S. tirsa, S. zalesskii. Only Poa saksonovii is endemic to the South of the Middle Volga region; 5 types of Grasses are described from the study area: Festuca wolgensis, Koeleria sclerophylla, K. transvolgensis, Leymus paboanus, Poa saksonovii.


Author(s):  
T. E. Bazhenova

The article highlights the problem of the typology of dialects of the Middle Volga region. Particular attention is paid to secondary dialects with signs of South Russian dialect bases, the status of which in the Volga atlases is determined ambiguously. The area of the described dialect type is indicated. It is indicated that in the left-bank part of the Middle Volga region, in the so-called Trans-Volga region, there is a high probability of the existence of secondary Central Russian dialects with the preservation of signs of southern Russian maternal stems. The main source is data from regional atlases. The materials of dialectological expeditions to the villages of the Samara region are used. The description of the typological characteristics of the secondary dialects with a southern base, which are designated on the maps of regional atlases as Central Russian, is based on the analysis of isogloss of phonetic, grammatical and proper lexical dialect phenomena. In dialects with a completed transition to Central Russian, typologically significant South Russian features are types of yakany with the preservation of vowel dissimilation, obstruent pronunciation of g of secondary origin and other phonetic, morphological and lexical features that make up the series of two-term dialectal correspondences. According to the linguistic basis, such dialects are often polydialectal. In some dialects, the South Russian basis is not in doubt, and we can only state the beginning of the transition to the Central Russian type. The question is raised about the existence of secondary dialect types, formed as a result of the assimilation of dialects of the South Russian dialect with other dialects, not only in the Volga region, but also in other territories with favorable conditions for inter-dialectal contact. It is concluded that the presence of the Central Russian type and South Russian bases in the described dialects is possible only if there is a sufficient amount of information on typologically significant levels of the dialect language, in which systemic relations are clearly manifested and which are represented on linguistic maps by stable isoglosses. Data on secondary types of dialects should be based on the structural-typological classification of dialectal phenomena of various levels, including the lexical one.


Author(s):  
Natalya V. Knyazeva

The article is dedicated to a prominent scientist, public figure and administrator, Doctor of Historical Sciences Vasily Dimitrievich Dimitriev. The article traces the path of his formation as a researcher, teacher, organizer of historical education and science. The professor’s main biographical data, scientific problems developed by him are analyzed. The stages of his work at the Chuvash Research Institute of Language, Literature and History and I.N. Ulianov Chuvash State University are determined. Thanks to his brilliant analytical abilities, Vasily Dimitrievich became a specialist in Russian history, but also in ethnography, source studies and related scientific disciplines. The scientist created a whole galaxy of followers. He is considered as their teacher by 10 doctors and 40 candidates of sciences, in whose training he participated. Among the students who defended their dissertations in the last years of the scientist’s life were A.A. Chibis on the theme “Monasteries of the Right Bank of the Kazan Land in the Second Half of the XVI – First Half of the XVIII Centuries: Functioning, Land Ownership and Economy” (2011) and A.K. Kuznetsov on the theme “State Archival Service of the Chuvash Republic: the History of Reorganization and Functioning in 1991–2004” (2011). V.D. Dimitriev’s research is a notable help for historians of the neighboring regions of the Middle Volga region. The scientific heritage of Vasily Dimitrievich will be preserved for many years in the works of his followers and students, historical works and collections of documents. Despite a considerable number of published articles devoted to the scientist’s life, work, his research work, the historian’s scientific archive is valuable, which is stored in the Chuvash State Humanitarian Institute, including more than 200 volumes of various documents from the central and regional archives of the country. V.D. Dimitriev’s personal fund was passed by his will to the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic. Thanks to the efforts of the scientist, the collected array of sources will enable followers to open new pages both in the history of the Middle Volga region and in the biography of the scientist.


Author(s):  
E.V. Petrova

The Neogene river valleys of the Middle Volga region are widespread, and their location mainly corresponds to the modern river network. This indicates the sustainability of development of river valleys during Neogene-Quaternary time. The Neogene river network was laid in the Late Miocene. The main rivers on the studied area were Paleo-Volga and Paleo-Kama. The article presents the results of the study of the value and direction of the displacement of modern valley’s cuts in relation to Neogene ones during Quaternary period within the territory of Tatarstan. The data on the displacement of the watershed lines are given. The material for the study was obtained on the basis of data analysis of the geological survey, literary and cartographic sources. Reconstruction of the position of the Neogene paleo-valleys was carried out using geoinformation mapping methods. The analysis of the displacement values of the modern valleys relatively to the Neogene ones allows us to conclude that in the Quaternary time the right-side displacement was predominant. The main factor which impacts on the displacement is Coriolis force. This is especially clearly seen on large and medium-sized rivers, where the value of displacement directly depends on the size of the watercourse. Displacement on large rivers averages 15 to 50 km, on medium-sized rivers - 12 to 15 km, on small rivers these values do not exceed 3.0 to 5.0 km. Changes in the main watershed lines in the Quaternary period are also associated with right-hand displacement. This trend is disrupted due to the increasing role of other factors, primarily lithological and tectonic. Namely these factors affect the left-side cuts offset, as well as the reduction or increase of the displacement value. The role of other factors is not so pronounced.


Author(s):  
G.Ya. Maslova ◽  
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М.R. Abdryaeva ◽  
I.I. Sharapov ◽  
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The main task of selection programs in modern conditions of constantly changing climate is to obtain varieties that are resistant to abiotic and biotic factors, combining high potential of productivity and grain quality in the genotype. At the initial stage of the selection process, the use of varietal samples of various ecological and geographical origin remains relevant in order to create the source material. The research aim is to identify genetic sources of economically valuable traits for winter wheat breeding in the Middle Volga region. From 2016 to 2019, samples of national and foreign selection were screened. During the study of the collection material, contrasting meteorological conditions were observed. The most positive conditions for the assessment of varieties for winter hardiness and productivity were formed in 2017, and less favorable – in 2019. For all the years of research on winter hardiness and productivity, local varieties were distinguished: Povolzhskaya 86, Povolzhskaya Niva, Erythrospermum 3627, Erythrospermum 3730 (Povolzhsky NIISS). In 2016, the varieties of Don breeding center – Marathon and Severo-Donskaya-were distinguished. In 2017 the varieties showed high results showed Krasnodar research Institute of agriculture (Doca, Dmitry Viza, Zimtra), Samara ARI (Svetoch), ARI of the South-East (Kalach 60), Ukraine (Tsusperich, Manzhetiya). In 2018, the best studied indicators were varieties Moskovskaya 39 (ARI CRNZ) and varieties Zimnitsa, Yunona, Kristall (Krasnodar ARI), as well as the variety Kalach 60 selection niish South-East. In unfavorable 2019, the studied varieties included Doka (Krasnodar research Institute), Pearl of the Volga region and Victoria 95 (research Institute of the South-East). These samples were included in the laboratory's cross-breeding scheme.


Author(s):  
Tatyana M. Guseva

The article deals with not well studied problem of the class societies’ participation in the development of librarianship in the chief towns of the Middle Volga Region. In the second half of the 19th century the initiative of libraries’ opening often come from the citizens. They created the trustee committees, whose members served the librarianship for free, donated books, money, and actively participated in the organizing of charitable performances.


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