Mazar as an element of the funeraly culture of the kazakhs of the village of Segizbay

In this article the author analyzes the materials on the gravestones obtained during the expedition to the aul Segizbai. To a greater extent, mazars — four-walled funerary mausoleums reaching two or more meters in height — were investigated. In Kazakh tradition gravestones always serve as a home for the deceased person, so they often resemble a house in their appearance. Two-meter-high mausoleums are difficult to refer to the traditional form of gravestones, but recently there has been a tendency to erect mazars. The author in this study tries to identify the reasons for such metamorphosis of the Kazakh tradition.

New Year’s carnivals based on the materials of visual and oral sources of the last quarter of the XX — early XXI centuries

The article deals with the semantics of New Year’s celebrations. The subject of the research was the ways and forms of New Year’s presentation in visual sources, press materials and oral ethnographic sources. Attention is paid to the study of New Year’s aesthetics. An indispensable attribute of children’s New Year’s parties was preparation for masquerade balls. The idea of the sacred meaning of masks and costumes in the context of the rituals of winter holidays is traced.

Archeology of the New Time in the Republic of Mari El: Works in the Yurinsky estate

The article is devoted to the study of random finds made in the Sheremetev estate in August 2020. At the site of the stadium under construction near the northern facade of the Main House of the Sheremetev Castle, we have recorded a few clothing materials (mainly fragments of ceramics) originating from the destroyed cultural layer of the New Time. The remains of material culture should be attributed to the pre-Sheremetev period of the history of the Volga village of Yurino (the second half of the XVIII century)

Stationary field studies in Kuznetsk Prisalairye

The article presents the results of archaeological research of excavation No 2 at the cult site Toropovo-7A and the single Okunevo-5 mound in the Kuznetsk basin. The fact of repeated use of the soil pit for ritual actions related to the ancestor’s cult and the tradition of remembering the deceased was recorded. When comparing with similar structures, it is concluded that this tradition is characteristic of the population of Kuznetsk Prisalarya in the developed and late Middle Ages. The revealed structural features of the excavated mound and archaeological objects found are described. By analogies, the funeral monument is previously dated to the Mongolian time and assigned to the Shandinian archaeological culture.

Search for «missing» archaeological sites

The results of search studies of previously discovered archaeological sites in the Kemerovo region are presented. The factors of “loss” of cultural heritage objects are described. Examples are given and the results of the search for specific funeral monuments in the basin of the river Inya on the territory of the Kuznetsk basin. Information on archaeological heritage sites is being clarified. New information on archaeological sites studied is introduced into wide scientific circulation.

The results of the historical and ethnographic expedition in the Aleisky district in 2021

This article is devoted to the consideration of the results of the historical and ethnographic expedition of the staff and students of the Institute of History, Social Communications and Law of the Altai State Pedagogical University in the Alei region. The authors note the peculiarities of the expedition in a pandemic and characterize the collected materials in the main areas of its work. The results of the work are analyzed through research programs implemented by the UNIL "Center for Oral History and Ethnography".

National-cultural associations of the Tatars of the Altai Territory in the late XX — early XXI centuries (preliminary results of the study)

The history of the creation of national-cultural associations among the Tatars of the Altai Territory is considered in the article, including its preparatory stage. The process of creating Tatar national-cultural associations is described in chronological order. Information about the goals of Tatar national-cultural associations is provided, as well as brief information about their activities for the revival and preservation of Tatar culture, traditions, and language is provided. It has been established that the national-cultural associations of the Tatars of the Altai Territory carry out significant work in these areas, and this work continues actively to the present. The conclusion about the prospects of the national-cultural associations of the Tatars of the Altai Territory is made.

Preservation of the historical and cultural heritage of the regions of the Greater Altai (Bayan-Ulga Aimag of the Mongolian People's Republic)

The article discusses modern methods of preserving objects of historical and cultural heritage used by government agencies, the museum and scientific community in the regions of Mongolia. It is shown the importance of international cooperation as an effective form of identifying, studying and ensuring the preservation of heritage sites in the regions of the Greater Altai.

Digital technologies in the preservation and popularization of the culture of Ukrainians of the Altai Territory

The article presents a description of the work done by the scientific team of the Altai State Pedagogical University to create an open-access information resource “Ukrainians of the Altai Territory: History, Culture, Modernity” together with AKOO “Ukrainian Earthlings in Altai”. The site is an Internet resource of an encyclopedic nature, including published, field, archival, museum materials on the history and culture of the Ukrainian population of the Altai Territory of the late XIX — early XXI centuries. The use of digital technologies in the field of conservation, study and popularization of Ukrainian culture in the region will attract interest in Ukrainian culture of representatives of Ukrainian youth, teachers, schoolchildren, students and researchers in the process of learning, in research and scientific work, representatives of NGOs — in organizing activ- ities to study, preserve and broadcast ethnic culture.

Graphic reconstructions as a way to popularize ancient history (on the example of the exhibition of O. S. Likhacheva “Resurrecting the Past”)

The presented article is devoted to the use of graphic reconstructions in the popularization of the ancient past of the region. The interpretation of this concept is given, the main advantages of this form of presentation of the material and the scope of its application are given. Next, the practical implementation of this direction is considered, using the example of the author’s exhibition “Resurrecting the Past”, which was held in April 2021. The general information about the works presented at the exhibition is briefly given, the attendance and the age composition of the audience are analyzed. Based on this experience, further prospects for the development of this direction are proposed.