The travel motif of a nimngakan hero as a reflection of the Tungus early history processes

Целью исследования является выявление исторических свойств устного народного творчества на примере типологии сюжетно-мотивного состава эпоса эвенков. Актуальная проблема фольклорного историзма рассматривается с позиции междисциплинарного подхода, в котором привлекаются материалы смежных научных дисциплин. Для достижения цели исследования используются методологические основы фольклорного историзма на материале эпоса восточных эвенков. Проблемы ранней истории тунгусо-маньчжурских народов исследуются на основе анализа популярного мотива путешествия эпического героя эвенков с привлечением материалов устного народного творчества и мировоззренческих традиций этносов дальневосточного региона. Мотив путешествия героя нимнгакана является наиболее распространенным в эпических традициях восточных эвенков, составляя композиционную и содержательную основу текста – основное содержание сказаний восточных эвенков описывает странствия и подвиги эвенкийского богатыря в далеких землях, расположенных к востоку от места его рождения. В своём странствии в страну восходящего солнца герой сражается с враждебными богатырями Нижнего мира, обретает взаимобрачные и родственные связи с аборигенами восточных земель. Характеристики и этнографические детали культурных традиций дружественных племен существенно отличаются. Кроме носителей скотоводческих и оленеводческих традиций, можно выделить две основные этно-племенные группы, с которыми контактирует герой эвенкийского эпоса: носители культуры рыболовства и морской охоты, а также «древние свиноводы». В результате исследования, выдвигается предположение о том, что мотив путешествия эпического героя эвенков представляет собой отражение исторических процессов, сопровождавших развитие этнографического комплекса эвенков и родственных народов тунгусо-маньчжурской группы в Приамурье, Маньчжурии и на побережье Охотского моря. В число групп, с которыми формировались прочные исторические связи тунгусов, следует отнести предков нивхов и этно-племенные формации Приамурья, объединяемые этнонимами сушень и мохэ. Работа представляет интерес для специалистов по фольклору, истории и этнографии, в круг научных интересов которых входят традиции устного народного творчества и история тунгусо-маньчжурских народов. The aim of the study was to identify the historical properties of oral folk art on the example of the typology of the plot-motif composition of the Evenki epic. The actual problem of folk historicism is considered from the position of an interdisciplinary approach, which draws on materials from related scholarly disciplines. To achieve the goal of the research, the methodological foundations of folklore historicism were used based on the material of the epic of Eastern Evenks. The problems of the early history of the Tungus-Manchu peoples were investigated on the basis of the analysis of the popular travel motif of the Evenki epic hero with the use of materials of oral folk art and ideological traditions of the ethnic groups of the Far Eastern region. The motif of the Nimngakan hero’s travel is the most widespread in the epic traditions of Eastern Evenks. The motif constitutes the compositional and substantive basis of the text – the main content of Eastern Evenks’ legends describes the travels and deeds of the Evenki hero in distant lands located to the east of the place of his birth. In his travel to the land of the rising sun, the hero fights against the hostile bogatyrs of the Under World, forms mutual and kinship ties with the natives of the eastern lands. The characteristics and ethnographic details of the cultural traditions of friendly tribes differ significantly. In addition to the carriers of cattle-breeding and reindeer-breeding traditions, the hero of the Evenki epic contacts with two main ethno-tribal groups: carriers of the fishing culture and sea hunting, as well as “ancient pig breeders”. As a result of the research, it is suggested that the motif of the Evenki epic hero’s travel is a reflection of the historical processes that accompanied the development of the ethnographic complex of Evenks and related peoples of the Tungus-Manchu group in the Amur region, Manchuria and on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. The Tungus formed strong historical ties with the groups, which should include the ancestors of the Nivkhs and the ethno-tribal formations of the Amur region, united by the ethnonyms Sushen’ and Mohe. This research is of interest to specialists in folklore, history and ethnography, whose scholarly interests include the traditions of folklore and the history of the Tungus-Manchu peoples.

The Even Language: Studying, Teaching and Linguistic Ecology Challenges

The article is devoted to the history of the study and teaching of the Even (Lamut) language in Russia in the period from the 17th – to the beginning of the 21st century. Special attention is paid to the problem of linguistic ecology. The fundamental and applied researches in the synchronic and diachronic aspects, as well as issues of teaching the Even language in families, pre-school educational institutions, colleges and higher educational institutions of Russia are studied. Ethnolinguistics is considered as a possible tool of language preservation and development, i. e., the Even language teaching in the close connection with traditional and modern material and spiritual culture. In this way, the role of vocabulary reflecting the song and dance creative activity, decorative and applied art, ceremonies (of life cycle: birth, wedding, funeral) and economy (hunting, fishing, reindeer breeding), taboo and euphemisms, folk knowledge (metrology, meteorology, space orientation, medicine, calendar, food and cuisine, etc.), as well as the words of religious beliefs (animism, shamanism, Christianity) in the formation of a language picture of the world and the Evens’ mentality is being determined. The role of state institutions, civil society organizations, as well as the members of small-numbered ethnic groups per se in the preservation and development of their language and culture is described. The attention is paid to the translation as the tool of a unique language preservation

REINDEER HERDING FARMS IN TUGURO-CHUMIKANSKY AND AYANO-MAYSKY DISTRICTS OF THE KHABAROVSK TERRITORY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

The article considers the stages of development of reindeer breeding farms in Tuguro-Chumikansky and Ayano-Maysky districts of the Khabarovsk Territory. During several decades of the twentieth century there were serious changes in reindeer breeding: large organized enterprises grew from small private farms, and then at the end of the century they turned to small private farms again. During this time, the direction of the development of farms has been transformed from transport to productive. The presented experiences of the development of reindeer husbandry and farming practices can be taken into account when developing support programs for modern reindeer husbandry.

Biochemical composition and productivity of reindeer pastures in the Arctic tundra subzone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Northern domestic reindeer breeding in the Arctic zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is a traditional and ethnos-preserving industry of the indigenous peoples of the North living there. Anabarsky national (Dolgan-Evenki) district is a place of compact residence of one of the small peoples of the North – the Dolgans. They have preserved their unique traditional method of keeping and breeding of domestic reindeer. Northern vegetation, especially Arctic vegetation is very vulnerable and tender. The problem of ecological and floristic researches of pasture plants in the North-East of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is one of the most important tasks. Domestic reindeer are kept on natural pasture feed, so the urgent task is the rational exploitation of reindeer pastures, which is based on the study of productivity, changes in plant diversity under the influence of grazing and man-made impacts. These factors of influence on the state of deer pastures (degradation and loss of the main feed of deer-lichens) remain poorly studied at present. The purpose of the researches was to provide scientific justification for the rational use and protection of reindeer pastures, to study the feed supply of natural reindeer pastures in the Arctic tundra subzone of the Anabarsky national (Dolgan-Evenki) district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The results of researches have shown that the maximum yield has been observed in the camp #2: willow-grass meadow – 38 centner/ha DM and grass meadow – 41,3 centner/ha DM. Herbages 5 camps (herb-cotton-grass meadow, mixed grass-meadow of mossy plants, willow-grass meadow, grass meadow, forb-grass meadow, sedge meadow of mossy plants) reindeer pastures have been characterized by a high nutritional value feed, allowing to develop and strengthen the feed base for the development of reindeer breeding in the subzone of the Arctic tundra of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

Prospects for reindeer husbandry in the Tumatsky Heritage Site of the Ust-Yansky ulus

The article presents an analysis of the reindeer breeding in the Tumat national nasleg of the Ust-Yansky ulus of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The indicators of herd No. 3 and No. 11 of the Taba-Yana farm are analyzed. The deer of the Ust-Yansky ulus have a dense constitution of the physique, this is reflected in a massive skeleton, voluminous muscles and other parameters. The technology of keeping deer in farms is also considered. Measures are proposed to improve activity and increase the number of reindeer in herding farms.

POLYMORPHISM OF DNA MICROSATELLITE AMONG CHUKOTKA REINDEER

The article presents the results of DNA microsatellite polymorphism with the use of a commercial kit containing 16 markers: Rt6, BMS1788, Rt30, Rt1, Rt9, C143, Rt7, OheQ, FCB193, C217, Rt24, BMS745, NVHRT16, T40 и C276. The study object is domestic reindeer procured from Chukotka AO to Nizhnekolymsky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to refresh the blood of Chukotka reindeer under the rehabilitation program and improvement of reindeer breeding condition. Allele frequency, indicators of observed and expected heterozygosity, fix index and polymorphism were calculated. The calculation of allele frequencies showed that microsatellite markers have a wide range of alleles and high informative value for detecting genetic differences between animals and groups of animals. A total of 116 alleles were identified, which gave an average of 7.25 alleles per locus, and the number of effective alleles was 3.9. Indicators of observed and expected heterozygosity were 0.713 and 0.691. The highest number of alleles 12 and 13 were found in locus OheQ и BMS1788 and the smallest in locus C 143, which had 2 alleles. Also, 3 alleles were identified in locus C217 and C32. The results of the study can contribute to receiving information on the genetic structure of the Chukchi reindeer and using an improvement population program in Yakutia. Moreover, the results can be used in methods development and DNA test rules in the northern reindeer breeding.