BEREZNITSKY S.V., PRIMAK P.V. Travel Diaries of B.A. Kuftin, the Head of the Tunguska Expedition, as Sources of the Epoch of the Formation of Soviet Ethnography
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2024.2.3
Sergey V. Bereznitsky,
Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor,
Head of the Department of Ethnography of Siberia, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera)of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Universitetskaya Emb., 3, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-5542
Petr V. Primak,
Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor,
Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Sevastopol State University,
Universitetskaya St, 33, 299053 Sevastopol, Russian Federation,
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4869-7471
Abstract. The article analyzes the travel diaries of the head of the Tunguska expedition of 1927–1928, Boris Kuftin (1892–1953).
Methods and materials. Participants of the Tunguska Expedition conducted field research on Lake Baikal and the Far East in places where Evenks, Nanais, Negidals, Nivkhs, Oroches, and Udeges people lived. They collected valuable ethnographic materials about the ethnocultural features of settlement, types of dwellings, fishing activities, life cycle rituals, shamanism, holidays, and features of the language and folklore of the Tunguso-Manchus and Paleoasiats. Field notebooks of B.A. Kuftin are stored in St. Petersburg, in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and contain a large volume of ethnographic and anthropological information, drawings, shamanic texts, and various life support technologies.
Results. However, in addition to them, the scientific heritage of the scientist has a travel diary, which reflects personal road observations and impressions of B.A. Kuftin, subjective characteristics of regional transport infrastructure in the first quarter of the 20th century, his own assessments of the development of Siberian and far Eastern historical science, their relationship with world science, and museum business in Eastern Siberia and the Far East. During the route, B.A. Kuftin met a large number of scientists – representatives of different scientific disciplines – who showed aspects of their complex social relations at the time.
Key words: Eastern Siberia; Far East; Tunguska expedition of 1927–1928; Boris Alekseyevich Kuftin; manuscript about the expedition; subjective assessments of the Siberian and Far Eastern ethno-cultural and social environment.
Citation. Bereznitsky S.V., Primak P.V. Travel Diaries of B.A. Kuftin, the Head of the Tunguska Expedition, as Sources of the Epoch of the Formation of Soviet Ethnography. Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4. Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2024, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 36-45. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2024.2.3.
Travel Diaries of B.A. Kuftin, the Head of the Tunguska Expedition, as Sources of the Epoch of the Formation of Soviet Ethnography by Bereznitsky S.V., Primak P.V. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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