ARTISTIC FEATURES OF CHALCHIK CHUNIZHEKOV'S PROSE WORKS

В статье анализируется прозаическое наследие Чалчика Анчиновича Чунижекова, одного из ярких представителей соцреалистической литературы Горного Алтая. Выдвигается гипотеза о том, что профессия журналиста наложила своеобразный отпечаток на творчество писателя - в его очерках присутствуют имена реальных людей, называются факты, цифры, что позволяет говорить о документальной основе прозы Ч. А. Чунижекова. Основное внимание в работе уделено автобиографической повести «Мундузак», ставшей своеобразной рефлексией писателя на факты его собственной биографии. Главный герой повести, с одной стороны, близкий автору, с другой - типичный представитель поколения новой интеллигенции, рожденной советской властью. Доказано, что произведения писателя - это художественное отражение исторической эпохи с опорой на факты, события, истории реальных людей, в том числе и на собственную биографию. The articl analyzes the prosaic heritage of Chalchik Anchinovich Chunizhekov, one of the brilliant representatives of socialist realist literature of Gorny Altai. It is hypothesized that the profession of a journalist left a peculiar imprint on the writer's work, influencing the fact that the basis of his prose is essays, which contain names of real people, facts, figures, which allows us to talk about the documentary basis of his prose. The main attention is paid to autobiographical story "Munduzak" which became a kind of reflection of the writer on the facts of his own biography. The main character of the story, on the one hand, is close to the author, on the other - a typical representative of the generation of new intelligentsia, born by the Soviet government. It is proved that the writer's works are an artistic reflection of a historical epoch based on facts, events and stories of real people, including the writer's own biography.

ARTISTIC FEATURES OF CHALCHIK CHUNIZHEKOV'S PROSE WORKS

В статье анализируется прозаическое наследие Чалчика Анчиновича Чунижекова, одного из ярких представителей соцреалистической литературы Горного Алтая. Выдвигается гипотеза о том, что профессия журналиста наложила своеобразный отпечаток на творчество писателя - в его очерках присутствуют имена реальных людей, называются факты, цифры, что позволяет говорить о документальной основе прозы Ч. А. Чунижекова. Основное внимание в работе уделено автобиографической повести «Мундузак», ставшей своеобразной рефлексией писателя на факты его собственной биографии. Главный герой повести, с одной стороны, близкий автору, с другой - типичный представитель поколения новой интеллигенции, рожденной советской властью. Доказано, что произведения писателя - это художественное отражение исторической эпохи с опорой на факты, события, истории реальных людей, в том числе и на собственную биографию. The articl analyzes the prosaic heritage of Chalchik Anchinovich Chunizhekov, one of the brilliant representatives of socialist realist literature of Gorny Altai. It is hypothesized that the profession of a journalist left a peculiar imprint on the writer's work, influencing the fact that the basis of his prose is essays, which contain names of real people, facts, figures, which allows us to talk about the documentary basis of his prose. The main attention is paid to autobiographical story "Munduzak" which became a kind of reflection of the writer on the facts of his own biography. The main character of the story, on the one hand, is close to the author, on the other - a typical representative of the generation of new intelligentsia, born by the Soviet government. It is proved that the writer's works are an artistic reflection of a historical epoch based on facts, events and stories of real people, including the writer's own biography.

A NEW DATA ON UPPER ORDOVICIAN CONODONTS FROM THE GURYANOVKA FORMATION, NORTHEAST OF GORNY ALTAI

The detailed study of the Guryanovka Formation key sections at the northeast of Gorny Altai (Biya and Bura sections) for the first time revealed the representative collection of conodonts. The conodont fauna is composed of 12 species belong to 9 genera: Belodina compressa (Branson and Mehl, 1933), Phragmodus undatus Branson and Mehl, 1933, Panderodus gracilis (Branson and Mehl, 1933), Panderodus acostatus (Branson, Branson, 1947), Tasmanognatus careyi Burret, 1979, Aphelognathus sp., Panderodus sp., Drepanoistodus sp., Drepantodus sp., Colaptoconus sp., Paltodus sp., Scandodus sp. For the first time, the precise position of the P. undatus conodont Zone was defined in Gorny Altai (continuous Biya Section, base of unit 3).

STRATIGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GORNY ALTAI ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE

It is shown that representative sections of the Late Pleistocene alluvial deposits are found mainly in planations of main valleys and intermountain basins of the Gorny Altai. The data of optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating characterizing the Malyi Yaloman alluvium in the stratotypic Malyi Yaloman section and in same-age reference sections in the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Katun River are presented. That implied the regional stratigraphical significance of the Malyi Yaloman alluvium and it attribution to the epoch separating two Late Quaternary glaciations of the Gorny Altai. The question is raised of the need to identify the stratigraphical significance of regional and local events that caused not only glacial, but also seismic damming of the Gorny Altai valleys in the Late Pleistocene.

Geoelectrical structure and monitoring in fault zones of Uimon depression in Gorny Altai region using electromagnetic methods

In this paper we present the results of our studies of sections of the Uimon basin in Gorny Altai (Russia) using a complex of electrical prospecting methods. The areas of Baratal Formation at the surface have been investigated. This areas explored in order to understand the stages of formation of the depression. In addition, the possibilities of the electrotomography method for regular observations in seismoactive regions are shown. Comparison of the amplitudes of the resistivity variations based on repeated ERT measurements in different zones of the Terekta fault indicates the activity of its eastern part, which is expressed in significant resistivity variations exceeding 100%. At the same time, the variations in the northwestern part of the fault, reaching 15% on average, are many times smaller.

The Pridoli (Silurian) Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of Gorny Altai

—The paper presents new data on the upper Silurian litho- and biostratigraphy of the Gorny Altai area. Sediments within this interval store a succession of taxonomically representative middle–upper Ludfordian, lower Pridoli, and Lower Devonian (Lochkovian–Pragian) conodont assemblages. The new fauna constraints made a basis for updated correlations of the local and regional stratigraphic units at the Silurian/Devonian boundary of Gorny Altai with the stages of the International Stratigraphic Chart. The correlation results reveal a mismatch between the boundaries of the local and regional Silurian units and the respective boundaries of stages in the International Stratigraphic Chart.

Facies Composition and Stratigraphic Position of the Quaternary Upper Yenisei Sequence in the Tuva and Minusa Depressions

—The paper concerns the sediment sequence, which is widespread in the Yenisei valley and in the Tuva and Minusa depressions and also present in the valleys of the southern Chulym plain. The sediments of this sequence were previously described as “Neogene mud-shedding”, as well as moraines, alluvial fan deposits, alluvium of Middle Pleistocene high terraces, and lacustrine sediments. The giant ripple marks on the Upper Yenisei terraces was commonly interpreted as ribbed moraines; however, in recent studies, these ridges have been repeatedly referred to as marks of giant current ripples. Besides, some recently published papers provide description of geology of this sequence fragments suggesting its deposition by cataclysmic floods. Geomorphological analysis of the area shows Pleistocene glaciers to have been localized within the medium–high mountainous areas. The glaciers did not reach the Tuva and Minusa depressions and occupied large areas only in the Todzha basin and on the periphery of the Darkhat basin, forming a glacial dam at its outlet, which resulted in glacial-dammed lakes filling the basin completely. These lakes outburst, and the resultant flooding led to the deposition of megaflood sediments, which we refer to here as the Upper Yenisei sediment sequence. A detailed analysis of its facies architecture revealed similarity of these sediments to those of the Sal’dzhar and Inya sequences in Gorny Altai. Most of the Upper Yenisei megaflood sediments are localized in topographic lows of the Tuva and Minusa depressions. Beyond the Altai–Sayan mountainous area, the megaflood sediments of the Upper Yenisei sequence compose high terraces of the Yenisei, Chulym, Chet’, and Kiya rivers in the southern Chulym plain. The formation of Upper Yenisei sequence dates to the first half of the Late Pleistocene, inasmuch as it contains inset alluvial sediments of the second terrace of the Yenisei River. The available data allow suggesting that the Upper Yenisei sequence formed in the first Late Pleistocene regional glaciation. The Sal’dzhar sequence in Gorny Altai and the fourth terrace of the Ob’ River on the Fore-Altai plain are stratigraphic analogs of the Upper Yenisei sequence. The Upper Yenisei and Sal’dzhar sequences can thus be considered future regional markers serving as a link for the local stratigraphic schemes of the Altai–Sayan mountainous area and adjacent West Siberian plains. The results obtained call for verification by geochronological dating, first of all, by modern luminescence dating methods covering a wider chronological interval than radiocarbon dating.