Ethnographic Notes of N. V. Nikolsky on the Chuvash People of the Village of Apanasovo-Temyashi

Abstract

The work is devoted to the analysis of ethnographic records of the doctor of historical sciences, professor N. V. Nikolsky about the Chuvashs of the village of Apanasovo-Temyashi, Yalchik district of the Chuvash Republic, stored in the scientific archive of the Chuvash State Institute of the Humanities. The materials of the scientist are valuable historical sources that describe the general picture of the everyday life of the Chuvash village at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. The collection of ethnographic material was carried out by the researcher through participant observation as part of his expedition. A special layer in the fund of N. V. Nikolsky is represented by Chuvash folk songs, which reveal links with modern vocal culture. The work is based on the analysis of archival documents in their relationship with historical events in general and the biography of N. V. Nikolsky in particular. The study aims to introduce newly discovered documents into scientific circulation, as well as song material, which is important from the point of view of folklore. The ethnographic materials of N.V. Nikolsky are important not only for the descendants of the inhabitants of Apanasovo-Temyashi: his work in the study of the history, ethnography, folklore and language of the Chuvash is of national importance.

Keywords

• Chuvash ethnography
• Chuvash songs
• Chuvash village at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries
• чувашские песни
• чувашское село на рубеже XIX–ХХ веков
• этнография чувашей