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IDEAS OF MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS IN THE CULTURE OF CONSERVATIVES-BESPOPOVTSYS OF UST-TSILMA // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2017. Issue 2 (16). P. 76-83

On the basis of author's field materials and church rules of the Kormchy book, the paper deals with the subject of matrimonial relations at conservative-bespopovtsy (pomorets) living in the Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic. The paper describes the analysis of local terminology describing male and female genitals, the variability of designations of coition which was defined by peasant understanding about process from a position of estimated judgment as an "just" and "injust" business; the traditional poetry of fostering of children contacting identification of a floor and "opening" of genitals of babies. Special attention is paid to the birth of illegitimate children which was explained by ignoring by conservatives of church wedding, compared to defilement of life, being considered as immeasurably great sin, than carnal intercourse in "anti-christian time".

Keywords: Russians, Old Believers, matrimonial relations, fostering of children, illegitimate children, rites

SPIRITUAL COMPONENT OF CULTURE OF THE FAMILY LIFE OF USTTSILEMSKY CONSERVATIVES // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2018. Issue 1 (19). P. 99-112

The article deals with spiritual traditions and everyday regulations of the bezpopovtsy (priestless) Old-Believers of the Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic. At all times of the Old Belief development family was the main institute where the religious personality was formed, here the most important foundation of behavior and culture were laid. Family was accumulated folk knowledge and ensured their transmitting. The specifics of formation, preservation and evolution of the family traditions directed to education of the religious personality, unity of family and community, consolidation of ethnokofessional group in general are defined. The most important symbols of the Old-Believers culture – books, icons and the attitude of members of household towards them are in detail described and analyzed. Special attention is paid for a role and value of ethnic traditions in family life.

Keywords: Russian conservatives, Ust-Tsilma, traditions, custom, book, family, icons, prayers

HOSPITALITY IN THE PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF STAROVERS OF UST-TSILM // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2021. Issue 4 (34). P. 124-135

The article examines the religious and moral phenomenon of hospitality in the picture of the world among the Russian Old Believers-bespopovtsy Ust-Tsilma, living in the lower reaches of the river. Pechory in the Komi Republic. The source for the writing of the work was the ethnographic field materials collected by the author in the Ust-Tsilemsky region of the Komi Republic and the corpus of Ust-Tsilma phraseological units, proverbs, and sayings identified from dictionaries. As a concept of culture, hospitality is widely represented in paremias, where situations related to hospitality are revealed allegorically, norms, attitudes and prescriptions in the behavior of contacting parties are comprehended, and the value of guest contacts in establishing and maintaining social ties is revealed. On the stated topic, terms and expressions are presented and analyzed that characterize the hosts and guests, depending on various situations (hospitality — inhospitable, meeting — farewell, etc.). The article reveals that hospitality was of great educational value, familiarizing children with the norms of hospitality was based not only on personal observations and examples, but also with the use of stable expressions and texts. The study showed that guest communication brought together not only relatives, but also representatives of the community as a whole. It was revealed that despite the well-known closeness of the Old Believers-bespopovtsy, they showed friendliness and mutual understanding to the representatives of other confessions, provided them with shelter and food. In the picture of the world of Russian Old Believers-bespopovtsy Ust-Tsilma, hospitality was of great importance in the preservation and development of the enduring value of their existence.

Keywords: Russian Old Believers, hospitality, paremia, wanderer, guest, host, treat

“HOW IT’S WISE TO BE YOURSELF.” COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND MEMORIES IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR V. A. SEMYONOV / ED. T. I. CHUDOVA. SYKTYVKAR, 2021. 328 P.: ILL. // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2022. Issue 2 (36). P. 182-186

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Regulation of Burial Practices and Funeral Laments of the Old Believers-Bespopovts of Ust-Tsilma // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2023. Issue 1 (39). P. 127-140

Using the local tradition of the Old Believers-Bespopovtsy of Nizhnepechora as an example, the characteristics of the late existence of burial and memorial laments in the Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic are described. The study draws attention to the rather late research of baptism by folklorists. The collection of the reports was not carried out systematically by different researchers. The 1929 records were published with a commentary only in 2013 and another major publication of the texts collected in 1942 dates from 1962. The reports have been published in other collections with varying degrees of completeness. Particularly in the 21st century, there are also analytical articles. This article examines the liturgical tradition from the perspective of an ethnographic research campaign, focusing on the functioning of the genre, the place, and the role of eulogies in funeral and memorial rites at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries. The factors contributing to eulogies' introduction into traditional funeral culture are described. The ritual terminology, the stable expressions that are the names of the laments and indicate their fulfillment, and the vocabulary represented in the laments by metaphorical substitutions and epithets are given. The importance of regulating the performance of lamentations in relation to the time of day is analyzed, and the restriction of their performance to certain ages and social groups is also considered. The local peculiarity of the performance of lament songs for the deceased, who showed disrespect to some family members during their lifetime and were abusers, through the lament songs, the unkind actions and deeds of the deceased person are shown. The article was written on the basis of field materials collected by the author in different years in the villages of Ust-Tsilma, as well as on the basis of published materials and archival sources kept in the scientific archive of the Komi Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Keywords: Old Believers-Bespopovts, mourning and memorial laments, lamentations, funeral cries, folk terminology, oral narrative, ritual vocabulary