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  • Ethnic myth-making in cyberspace as a factor of representation of Chuvash ethnicity

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 3
    Author:
    Aleksey S. Rogovoy
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to the study of Chuvash ethnic myth-making in cyberspace. The aim of the work is to determine its role as one of the factors of ethnicity representation. The study is based on the analysis of the relevant content presented on popular web platforms and social networks YouTube, Rutube, Zen, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki. The study identifies a certain section of content offered by search algorithms as the most viewed and included in thematic collections and playlists. The author examines the myth-making components of the Internet space, characterizes formats and plots, identifies their authors, and studies the audience's reaction to the content. Data analysis showed that ethnic myth-making has a positive effect on the representation of the Chuvash culture. Despite some inaccuracies in the information, such material generally evokes positive emotions in users. Information in video and text format is published on popular Russian platforms, making ethno-myth-creating content accessible to a wide audience. The myths created by the authors reflect their desire to show the antiquity and significance of the Chuvash people, which helps the Chuvash people to understand their identity, place and role in the world. Ethno-myth-creating content on the Internet increases interest in the Chuvash culture, promoting its popularization and representation.
    Keywords:
    Chuvash, cyberspace, ethnic myth-making, ethnicity, representation
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  • The first pedologists of the Chuvash Republic and their experience in the study of Chuvash children

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 3
    Authors:
    Nataliya Y. Stoyukhina, Daniil V. Mironov
    Work direction:
    Ethno-Cultural Problems of Education
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to the study of the activities of pedologists of the Chuvash ASSR and aims to analyze the historically first study devoted to the intelligence of Chuvash children. The study is based on the publications of the first pedologists from Chuvashia F. P. Petrov and M. E. Efimov. In accordance with the historical and psychological methods described by V. A. Koltsova, the work uses problematic and source study methods. The study is written in the aspect of the history of pedagogy. A graduate student of the Kazan Oriental Pedagogical Institute, F. P. Petrov with a team of students, for the first time carried out a comprehensive study of the intellectual development of Chuvash children using the Binet-Simon test method, widely known among Soviet pedologists. At first, pedologists took the test method in Russian, then it was translated into the Chuvash language with appropriate text changes in relation to the everyday and speech characteristics of the Chuvash. The result of the study was the book published in Cheboksary, "The experience of studying the intellectual development of Chuvash children using the Binet-Simon method", published in 1928. The book caused serious objections from the head of the pedological office at the Chuvash Scientific Research Institute M. E. Efimov; he believed that the author was biased against Chuvash children and violated the methodological principle of making tests. The correspondence polemic between two Chuvash pedologists about the measurement of children’s intelligence, along with similar cases in the country’s republics, prompted L. S. Vygotsky to call for an understanding of the problems of national pedology, with its leading problem – the measurement of intelligence.
    Keywords:
    history of psychology, pedology, national psychology, intellectual development of the Chuvash child, Binet-Simon test
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  • Ritual functions of clothing in the memorial rites of the Chuvashs

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 2
    Author:
    Igor G. Petrov
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
    Abstract:
    Clothes perform many functions functions. One of them is the ritual function, according to which it becomes an important tool or object of various magical practices. In this article, using the example of the сhuvashs of the Volga-Ural region, the functions of the deceased’s clothes in the customs and rituals of the memorial cycle are considered. On separate thematic blocks, the role of clothing as a ritual item at large commemorations, at the fortieth day commemoration, as well as at general summer commemorations was investigated. The article is based on published works on the history and ethnography of the chuvashs of the 19th – early 20th centuries, archival sources, as well as field materials of the author collected in different years in the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of Tatarstan. It has been revealed that in the funeral rites, clothes appear and are actively used as a substitute for the deceased, as well as an offering addressed to the deceased on behalf of living relatives. Thanks to these qualities, clothing is one of the important and universal means of communication between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Rites with clothes in memorial rites have been preserved and exist in modern ritual practice. Such stability, on the one hand, is due to the deep archaic and conservative funeral rite as a whole, on the other hand, the comparative stability of this ritual to modern innovations.
    Keywords:
    Volga-Ural region, Chuvashs, funeral and memorial rites, clothing and its ritual functions
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  • The place of biblionyms in the onomastic space

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 2
    Author:
    Maria A. Markova
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The work is devoted to the study of biblionyms as one of the most important components of onomastics. It examines the biblionymy of Chuvash, Russian and English fiction using the methods of continuous sampling, systematization and classification of material, descriptive-analytical and comparative approaches. At the moment, biblionyms have not been studied enough. At the same time, their study is relevant and significant, since the title can be the key to understanding the text. This work is intended to clarify the interpretation of the term “biblionym”. At the same time, the author examines the functions of biblionyms, their classification, and identifies the place of titles in the system of onomastic terminology of the languages under study, which in the future should contribute to the development of the general theory of onomastics. The author of the work suggests using the term “biblionym” to understand the name of any text. At the same time, from his point of view, there is a need to introduce into onomastic studies such terms as “microbiblionym” for the names of chapters, paragraphs and constituent parts of the text and “macrobiblionim” for the names of collections of texts. By its position, a biblionym is a means of connecting the text with the outside world, in particular with the reader. Based on the biblionym, the reader will be able to form an idea of the content of the text.
    Keywords:
    onomastics, English language, Chuvash language, Russian language, biblionym
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  • A worthy son of the Chuvash land: Hero of Russia N.F. Gavrilov and his activities to develop the culture of his native land

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    Natalia N. Ageeva, Tatiana N. Ivanova
    Work direction:
    Наследие Великой Победы и преемственность поколений
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to the outstanding representative of the Chuvash people, pilot, public figure, Hero of Russia N.F. Gavrilov. The main focus is not on the military service and exploits of the hero, but on his socio-political activities in the Chuvash Republic. This is his work in public organizations in Cheboksary and Chuvashia, his activities to foster patriotism among the youth of the republic, and promote a healthy lifestyle. Attention is also paid to his participation in the life of the Chuvash community in Moscow and as head of the Federal National Cultural Autonomy of the Chuvash People of Russia. The example of N.F. Gavrilov as a representative of Chuvashia contributes to increasing its prestige in Russia.
    Keywords:
    Gavrilov, propaganda and development of Chuvash culture
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  • The contribution of Kharitonov brothers from the village of Cats-Kolicevo the victory in the great Patriotic war

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Tatiana I. Mikheeva
    Work direction:
    Наследие Великой Победы и преемственность поколений
    Abstract:
    This article examines the feat of the Kharitonov brothers from the Chuvash village of Koshki-Kulikeevo, Yalchik district in the Great Patriotic War. The purpose of the article is to increase interest in research work on the life and activities of the Kharitonov family. The article is both informative and patriotic in nature, and is intended to preserve the memory of those terrible events that the war brought to us.
    Keywords:
    the Great Patriotic War, veteran, the Kursk Bulge, the battle for the Dnieper, feat, village of Koshki-Kulikeevo, Yalchik district of the Chuvash Republic
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  • The succession of generations of defenders of the Motherland: Chuvashia's officers – sons of veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    Oleg V. Andreev, Semen N. Bliniaev
    Work direction:
    Наследие Великой Победы и преемственность поколений
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to preserving the continuity of two generations of the sons of the Chuvash people in the defense of the Fatherland. The exploits of the representatives of the older generation who defended their homeland – the Soviet Union in the fight against the fascist invaders in 1941–1945 and the successors of their cause – the sons of officers who served in the Russian Armed Forces. Their role and place in strengthening the country's defense capability and patriotic education of young people are revealed.
    Keywords:
    officer, Russia, patriotic education, Chuvashia, the Great Patriotic War, USSR, front-line soldier, defender of the Fatherland, succession of generations
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  • Restructuring the public administration system of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic during the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Tatiana V. Iustus
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    The article analyzes one of the political problems of the Great Patriotic War – the reorganization of government bodies in 1941–1945. using the example of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The history of the activities of state authorities and local self-government in wartime, which throughout all the years of the war carried out their responsible work to ensure the defense of the country, is examined in many ways. The features of the organization of military mobilization measures at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, as well as the provision and conduct of evacuation measures in the first years of the war are shown. The work of party and government bodies in the field of socio-economic policy to provide the evacuated population with essential goods is presented.
    Keywords:
    mobilization, the Great Patriotic War, administration, authorities, evacuation, Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviets
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  • Heroism of a native of Chuvashia I. G. Meshakov during the crossing of the Southern Bug River in March 1944

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Lev A. Efimov
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    In the article, the author, based on the extensive use of archival documents introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, as well as published literature in regional historiography, objectively highlights the military exploits of I. G. Meshakov, a native of the village of Basurmanovo in the Morgaush municipal District of Chuvashia, on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in March 1944 when crossing the Southern Bug River.
    Keywords:
    Great Patriotic War, Chuvashia, Hero of the Soviet Union, Basurmany village, 1944, Yuzhny Bug River, Meshakov I.G
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  • The Fight Against Desertion from the Defense Enterprises of Chuvashia During the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Evgenii V. Kasimov
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    The author shows the extent of the spread of labor desertion on the territory of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic during the Great Patriotic War, considers the methods of struggle of law enforcement agencies of Chuvashia with unauthorized withdrawal from defense enterprises and military field construction in 1941–1945.
    Keywords:
    Great Patriotic War, Chuvashia, desertion, defense enterprises, military field construction, Military Tribunal of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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  • Experience of interaction between the school and the public of Chuvashia on the patriotic and internationalist education of students during the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Viacheslav B. Lastochkin
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    The article discusses the topic of successful cooperation between government bodies, teachers, Komsomol and Pioneer organizations of Chuvashia schools in educating students in the spirit of patriotism and internationalism during the Great Patriotic War.
    Keywords:
    Great Patriotic War, school, Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Komsomol, pioneer organization, timurov movement, Soviet patriotism, internationalism
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  • CHUVASHIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL VICTORY

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    Olga G. Sorokina, Elena N. Bezrukina
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    The article examines the situation of Chuvashia during the war, namely the condition of villages, the evacuation of industrial enterprises and the transition to a military manner.
    Keywords:
    the Great Patriotic War, Chuvashia during the war years
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  • Handicraft and industrial cooperation of Chuvashia during the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Olga G. Viazova
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    The article analyzes the main activities of handicraft and industrial cooperation during the Great Patriotic War, highlights the problems and difficulties that cooperators had to face in fulfilling state tasks, examines the state cooperative policy and its impact on the development of cooperatives, highlights the contribution of cooperators to victory over the enemy.
    Keywords:
    handicraft and fishing cooperation, cooperative unions, Industrial Cooperation Department under the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR, Chuvashdrevpromsoyuz, Chuvashtarpromsoyuz, Chuvashshveypromsoyuz
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  • National assistance to the front in the period of the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Elena V. Sukhova
    Work direction:
    Вклад народов Поволжья в дело Победы
    Abstract:
    The article reveals the development of various forms of national assistance to the Red Army in the period of the Great Patriotic War, the role of state and party organs in organization and support of this noble patriotic initiative.
    Keywords:
    Chuvashia, the Great Patriotic War, Defense Fund, Komsomol, national assistance to the front, Communist Party, labour collectives, collecting warm clothes, assistance to liberated areas
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  • The Main Activities of the People's Commissariat of Education of the Chuvash Assr During the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Maleka N. Gasanova
    Work direction:
    Система образования и культура в период Великой Отечественной войны
    Abstract:
    The article considers changes in the activities of the People's Commissariat of Education of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic during the Great Patriotic War compared to the pre-war period. The author considers personnel reductions in the apparatus of the People's Commissariat in the initial period of the war, distinguishes new areas of activity.
    Keywords:
    public education, Great Patriotic War, People's Commissariat of Education of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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  • Military Duty and Service in the Army in the System of Traditional Values of the Chuvash People

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    Erbina V. Nikitina, Elizaveta M. Mikhailova
    Work direction:
    Война как фактор формирования национальной идентичности
    Abstract:
    Conscientious and responsible attitude to military service, loyalty to the oath are distinctive features of the Chuvash mentality. These qualities were especially vividly manifested during the Great Patriotic War. Service in the army and defence of the Motherland as a man's civic duty are considered as one of the main values of the Russian society. Old soldier's blessings and family front stories can be used in the formation of a sense of patriotism and citizenship of modern young men.
    Keywords:
    ethnic mentality, military duty, service in the army, traditional values, Chuvash people, Chuvash blessings and prayers
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  • Problems of motherhood and childhood in Chuvashia during the Great Patriotic War: according to the documents of the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    I I. Boiko, Galina V. Ertmakova, Nataliia I. Tolstova
    Work direction:
    Роль архивов, музеев и библиотек в формировании представлений о Великой Отечественной войне
    Abstract:
    The problems of everyday life during the Great Patriotic War have not been sufficiently studied as well as by historians of Chuvashia. Using the example of the analysis of documents from the GIA of the Chuvash Republic, attention is drawn to subjects related to motherhood and childhood, including medical care for pregnant women and young mothers, the organization of kindergartens and nurseries, assistance to mothers with many children and pregnant women. The work with child homelessness and neglect is shown.
    Keywords:
    motherhood and childhood, the Chuvash Republic, the Great Patriotic War, everyday life
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  • The work of the National Library of the Chuvash Republic on the formation and strengthening of patriotic values in the public consciousness by promoting knowledge about the Great Patriotic War

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Roza M. Lizakova
    Work direction:
    Роль архивов, музеев и библиотек в формировании представлений о Великой Отечественной войне
    Abstract:
    The article reveals the participation of the staff of the National Library of the Chuvash Republic in the formation of a patriotic value system of mass public consciousness through events aimed at spreading knowledge about the Great Patriotic War and other heroic pages of Russian history.
    Keywords:
    Great Patriotic War, patriotic value system of mass consciousness, Chuvash Republic, National Library of the Czech Republic, cultural and educational work
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  • Aspects of the labor heroism of Cheboksary residents during the Great Patriotic War on the pages of the newspaper Krasnaya Chuvashia

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Author:
    Petr N. Matiushin
    Work direction:
    Проблемы отражения событий войны в исторической памяти и мемориальной культуре
    Abstract:
    The article examines certain aspects of the labor activity of the city of Cheboksary during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. Based on the materials of the central organ of the periodical press of the region – the newspaper Krasnaya Chuvashia. The main groups of information characteristic for the formation of the image of the rear city of the Volga region during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 are highlighted.
    Keywords:
    Cheboksary, the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, labor feat, Krasnaya Chuvashia newspaper
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  • About the dictionary of Chuvash microtoponyms

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 6 No 1
    Authors:
    Dmitriy E. Leontyev, Eduard V. Fomin
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    This study is devoted to the problem of the dictionary of microtoponyms existing in the Chuvash environment. Chuvash microtoponymy is one of the lexico-phraseological stratum that is being lost at a rapid pace, and its fixation currently seems more than relevant. Scientists have voiced the idea of such a publication many times, and have repeatedly begun collecting material, but it has never come to fruition. This publication is essentially a prospectus for the designed dictionary. The study is based on the analysis of a collection of names of small geographical objects created by students of the Chuvash state university in 2023. Lexicography of microtoponyms poses the task of codifying them, studying as a result of a specific extralinguistically determined naming of local geographical realities, as well as possible interlingual contacts with access to the problems of glotto- and ethnogenesis, clarifying the typological features of Chuvash naming in general. The authors propose a two-stage work on the project: first of all, the collection of toponyms and their publication in the form of annual collections, and secondly, the preparation and publication of the final dictionary. The indicated approach will prepare the basis for a general work on Chuvash microtoponymy.
    Keywords:
    onomastics, Chuvash language, dictionary, lexicography, microtoponymy
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  • Chuvash Proverbs and Sayings as an Ethnopedagogical Means of Introducing Traditional Family Values

    Review Article
    Development of education Volume 6 No 4
    Author:
    Klara V. Pushkina
    Work direction:
    Pedagogy and Modern Education
    Abstract:
    In modern society, the family is an important component of universal culture that preserves traditional national values. In the conditions of ongoing social changes leading to the growth of national self-consciousness, return to the roots, destruction of stereotypes, change of attitude to family values, it is necessary to preserve the understanding of the family as a traditional social institution. In this regard, the study of proverbs and sayings reflecting universal and national family values is of great importance. The aim of the study is to identify and substantiate family values in the upbringing of the younger generation in modern Chuvash families. The article considers traditional family values as the foundation of a strong and friendly family. The analysis of Chuvash proverbs and sayings about family life and family relations in the article shows that the Chuvash people place family values highly, brought up on national cultures and traditions. Our practical research shows that children's attachment to their parents is increasingly weakening. The lack of understanding of their children's behavior is explained by the following reasons: 1) parents' lack of fundamental pedagogical knowledge and skills; 2) parents' neglecting the basics of Chuvash family upbringing based on spiritual and moral values in the upbringing of their children. The author argues that the study of the basics of ethnic pedagogy will give positive results in the upbringing of children. The article used both general theoretical methods, including both the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature on the topic under consideration, including encyclopedic and reference literature, folklore works, and empirical methods, including pedagogical observation, the use of questionnaires and surveys, and generalisation of ethnopedagogical experience. The experimental work was carried out to determine the moral potential of traditional family values in the Chuvash family. The author comes to the conclusion that Chuvash families have preserved national customs and traditions that they inherited from their ancestors in order to pass on to the next generations as a common reference point in their family life.
    Keywords:
    children, parents, spiritual and moral values, experimental work, ethnic pedagogy, modern Chuvash family, educational traditions, pedagogical means of education, proverbs and sayings
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  • “The song helps us to build and to live”: the role and functions of the ethnic song in Moscow Chuvash and Mari diasporic groups

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 4
    Author:
    Marina V. Kutsaeva
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The paper studies the role and functions of songs in an ethnic language in the life of representatives of the internal diaspora. The article is based on the results of sociolinguistic surveys conducted in Chuvash and Mari diasporas of the Moscow region in 2014–2017 and 2019–2021, respectively. The researcher employed the following sociolinguistic methods: direct observation, participant observation, structured interviews of respondents, documentary recording of responses, statistical data analysis. One of the blocks in the sociolinguistic questionnaire included such aspects as the language – in – culture and ethnic culture maintenance in the context of the vitality of ethnic language. Ethnic culture, along with the ethnic language, is one of the key markers of ethnic identity in both samples. As the results of the survey demonstrate, songs in Mari or Chuvash occupy a significant place in the respondents’ life. Several functions of the ethnic song were identified: adaptation to new living conditions; co-optation of new members (i. e., through cultural ethnic events); creative self-realization; language learning (i. e., ethnic songs used for educational purposes in language courses); initiation into language and culture for new speakers of Chuvash and Mari. The role of ethnic song in the revitalization of the language has been equally determined.
    Keywords:
    Chuvash language, ethnic culture, ethnic identity, Mari language, ethnic language, internal diaspora, sociolinguistic survey
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  • Traditions of Chuvash and Kalmyck fairy tale epic

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 3
    Author:
    Anton K. Salmin
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to a long-term dispute about the peculiarity / non-property of the fairy tale genre of the typical features of the heroic epos. On the basis of the historical-typological method and the method of plot analysis, the corpus of texts of the Chuvash and Kalmyk fairy tale epic has been studied. The study considers the main works devoted to this problem, compares the relevant Chuvash texts with the Kalmyk fairytale epic, points to the incorporation of the biography and exploits of the fairytale hero in the heroic epic “Dzhangar”. The author also considers such blocks of heroic matchmaking as the childlessness of parents, a miraculous origin, heroic childhood and martial arts. All these motives are inherent in both the heroic tale and the heroic epic. The heroic traditions of the Chuvash and Kalmyk fairy tale epic are expressed in ethno-cultural realities, plot, epic motifs, and artistic devices. At the same time, researchers have no reason to talk about the complete identity of the ideological and artistic complex of the heroic epic and the heroic tale. The heroic epic and fairy tale are essentially differentiated genres. Here, one can speak as much as possible about the epic nature of heroic tales, about similarities and diffusion, but not about complete identity, and, naturally, there is no need to complete the magic-heroic tale to the classical epic. The publication contributes to the substantiation of the main features of the heroic epos in the heroic tale.
    Keywords:
    traditions, Chuvash, Heroic fairy tale, Kalmyks
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  • The rite seren in the Chuvash villages of the Republic of Bashkortostan: traditions and modern local features

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 2
    Author:
    Igor G. Petrov
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
    Abstract:
    The article deals with the issues of modern existence of the cleansing rite of the spring cycle sĕren among the Chuvash living on the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This topic has not yet become an object of scientific study, which determines the relevance of this work. The purpose of the study is to study the local features of the rite, as well as the processes of its transformation at the current stage, tasks – a brief analysis of the historiography of the issue in scientific literature, a general description of the essence and content of the ritual, its local manifestations in various areas of residence of the Chuvash, the role of the rite in modern ritual practice. The study was conducted using the principles of historicism, objectivity, consistency, specificity, as well as special methods of field ethnography – included observation and interviews. The work is based on the author’s field materials collected in 2002–2004, 2020, 2022 years in the Chuvash villages of the western, southwestern, central and southern regions of the republic. The results of the study showed that the seren rite has undergone significant changes in recent decades. In most settlements, he completely fell out of ritual life and remained in the memory of old-timers, in others he underwent reduction and decreased on a scale and continues his existence as a vital ritual. The latter is probably due to the stability of traditional religious ideas among the Chuvash of the region, which sometimes contribute to the situational reproduction of the rite in different rural communities.
    Keywords:
    Chuvash, Republic of Bashkortostan, ritual culture, cleansing rite seren, local variants and features
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  • Local history organizations in the study and preservation of the native language and ethnoculture of the Chuvash in the 1920s

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 2
    Authors:
    Tikhon S. Sergeev, Ekaterina V. Agaeva
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
    Abstract:
    The establishment of the Soviet power on the territory of the Russian empire led to a new system of values, activation of the population in all fields of the social life. In the sphere of museum building in the 1920s a noticeable role was played by such public scientific and educational associations as the Society for the Study of the Local Territory in Cheboksary (1921-1931) and the Society for the Study of Chuvash Culture in Moscow (1927-1931). The main aim of the article is to reveal the history of the formation and work of these organizations. The material is presented chronologically. Having established close contacts with scientific institutions throughout Russia and with famous scientists, the local history organizations with a wide network of branches and cells promoted an in-depth study and development of the economy and culture of the Chuvash region and the spiritual culture of the Chuvash, half of whose population lived outside the territory of the autonomy. The special attention these societies paid to the development of the native language and culture of the Chuvash people that allowed the Chuvash people to realize their national identity. During the first decade of the Chuvash Soviet autonomy some successes in the formation of local lore as a science were achieved. On the territory of Chuvashia local history institutions and organizations made a significant contribution to the study of nature, economy, productive forces of the region, as well as the spiritual life of the people. In this period it was the Society for the Study of the Local Territory in Cheboksary and the Society for the Study of Chuvash Culture in Moscow that promoted the preservation and development of the Chuvash language.
    Keywords:
    bilingualism, native language, local history, diaspora, ethnoculture, Chuvash Autonomous Region, Chuvash ASSR, Society for the Study of Local Area, Society for the Study of Chuvash Culture, writing
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