Embroidery ornament on a traditional Khakass holiday women’s fur coat

The article deals with the traditional Khakas holiday coats «tone», «Oh ton» and «idect tone.» The research was based on the Museum collections of the Russian ethnographic Museum (Saint Petersburg)and the Museum of anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera), Khakass national Museum of local lore and Askiz Museum of local lore. The author analyzes the canons of embroidery arrangement on women’s fur coats of the Khakas ethnic groups-Kachin, sagay, koibal, Kyzyl and Shor. Folk embroidery of the Khakas on a festive fur coat had mythological motifs and was a kind of amulet of a person. The main ornamental motifs in embroidery were associated with the Pantheon of gods among the Khakas Tengri (Tigir), Umai (Ymai), the goddess of Fire (From Ine), the God of the Middle world «Earth-Water» (Chir-su), the Sun Goddess (kun) and the moon Goddess (AI).

Administrative-territorial transformations in the territory of Northern Kazakhstan in historical retrospect

The article shows the process of forming the system of administrative structure of Northern Kazakhstan on the example of the territory of the former Kokchetav region of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. This region, which acts as a «mobile border» in different historical periods, is a frontier. The article shows the administrative-territorial transformations of the region as a whole, and on the example of individual districts

Specifics of using the survey method in the study of anthropological aspects of migration attitudes of high school students (on the example of students of 9–11 classes of municipal budget educational institution «Bolshereche Secondary General Education School»)

This article examines the methodological aspect of studying migration, namely, the analysis of the features of using the survey method in the study of migration attitudes of high school students from rural areas, who are a specific group of potentially active migrants. The problem is revealed on the basis of an anonymous online-survey conducted in 2019 and a group questionnaire survey in January 2020, conducted in Bolsherechye, Omsk region.

Ethnic factor in culture old believers of Altai

The article discusses the features of ethnic culture inherent in the Old Believers of Altai related to the history of Russian Orthodoxy of the pre-schism period, in which it showed its exceptional ability to integrate non-Russian nonChristian peoples by broadcasting a Christian worldview, without affecting the foundations of their ethnic originality and without suppressing their ethnic identity. The nature of this ability is rooted in the specifics of Russian Orthodoxy, organically linked to Slavic pre-Christian culture.

«Each person has light and shadow sides, like the cedars on the Altai hills»: the ethnocultural component of the field research of the finnish geomorphologist I. G. Granye in the Russian Altai and Mongolian Altai in 1906–1909.

The article highlights the ethnocultural component of field research by the finnish geomorphologist I. G. Granye in the Russian and Mongolian Altai, carried out by him on the instructions of the Finnish-Ugric Society in 1906 - 1907 and in 1909. The expeditionary research undertaken was archaeological. But at the same time I. G. Granye has collected a wealth of material on the ethnic history of the peoples of the Russian Altai and Mongolian Altai. According to the author of the article, the characteristics and descriptions of various ethnocultural groups, communities and enclaves of the Altai-Mongol region expand modern understanding of the history and culture of the region’s population in pre-soviet times.

Archecity-ethnographic Russian Pritomy

Active research on archaeological sites associated with the colonization of Pritomia by Russians began in the post-war period and is still being carried out by archaeologists from Tomsk University, the Novokuznetsk and Kemerovo Museum of Local Lore, the Kuznetsk Fortress Museum (G. V. Trukhin, N. M. Petrov,A. I. Matyushchenko, M. P. Chernaya, A. I. Martynov, Yu.V. Shirin). Since the 1970s , the city of Tomsk has hosted archaeological and ethnographic meetings (conferences since 1981) of museum and university employees, at which results are summarized and prospects for field expeditionary work are determined. In particular, the current Kuzbass Integrated Ethno-Archaeological Expedition of KemSU is engaged in the study of territories of the former fortresses of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The architectural and ethnographic survey of the Russian settlements of Pritomye was fragmentarily carried out by Tomsk and Kemerovo ethnographers and the architectural workshop of Novokuznetsk as part of various programs to preserve the ethnocultural heritage of Tomsk and Kemerovo regions. The Middle Pritomie is most poorly studied, where as a result of the construction of the Krapivinsky reservoir, most of the ancient villages and villages of the 18th — early 20th centuries disappeared. XX century. Monuments of Russian folk architecture collapsed in many localities as a result of collectivization and industrial development in Kuzbass, and the creators of this heritage traveled to cities and urbanized, discarding traditional household items and Orthodox cults as unnecessary. Only a small part of them went to the museums of Kuzbass and the city of Tomsk.

N. Chepokov’s creativity as a manifestation of the Siberian mentality of the «neoarchaic»

The article examines the work of the famous artist of Gorny Altai N. Chepokov (Tarakai) in the context of the Siberian mentality of “neoarchaic”. The artist’s works reflect the basic principles of “neoarchaic”: the proportions of things are determined not by reality, but by their significance in the system of memories-symbols of ancient Altai culture, a simplified expressive language is used, reflecting its specific mythology and idea of the universe, in particular, the idea of the world tree.

Russian Germans in social networks

Modern manifestations of the identity of Russian Germans were examined using materials from social networks and websites. Active in cyberspace, Russian Germans in real life are rather closed in matters of their own real identity and ethnicity. But in virtuality, they create different communities. Social networks and groups are one of the opportunities for them to feel like a single community.

Altai in the light of the cult of the mountain and sky: to the problem of the origin of the toponym

The article suggests a working hypothesis that the root of the toponym «Altai” is the semantics of the sacred mountain, which at the tribal, tribal, and then national-ethnic level symbolizes the sacred center of the universe, associated with the cults of ancestors and deities. The ethnographic materials of T. D. Dyrenkova testify to the close connection of the cult of mountains with the spirits-ancestors of shamans, who acted as defenders of the genus and tribe of the Turks of the Altai-Sayan highlands. This information, in our opinion, is confirmed by etymological experience of comparisons of Turkic-Mongol and partly tunguso-Manchu terms. The semantic unity or close similarity of the concepts of mountain, ancestors and sky can shed light on the archaic beliefs of the Turkic ethnic groups, whose shamanism dates back to the common Altaic layer of culture. Thus, it can be assumed that the cult of the sacred Altai existed in the Neolithic past, even before the bronze age and the culture of the early nomads of the Scytho-Saka world.

Modern holiday culture of Russia: preservation Russian traditions, constructing new symbols and meanings

The article is devoted to identifying Russian ethnic traditions and symbols that are preserved in the holiday calendar of modern Russia. Most attention is paid to such holidays as Christmas, Epiphany, Russia day and national unity day. Conclusions are made about the preservation, revival and transformation in the public life of a private celebratory customs on semantic convergence of the notions “Russian” and “Orthodox”, established in the public consciousness and social practice new social and political holidays thanks to their chronological overlay on the traditional advent calendar and the activities of cultural institutions due to the needs of the state in strengthening the ideological component of the holidays and strengthening of the unity of the nation. The popularity and mass character of holidays is influenced by the spread of modern forms of communication — television and the Internet with a variety of content and social networks that form a kind of “fashion” in society to follow certain customs. Strengthening consumer psychology and ignoring cultural traditions lead to a functional imbalance in the festive and ceremonial sphere, so it is necessary to take care of the historical and cultural heritage and design new images and meanings.