Reindeer-breeding culture in Russia and Inner Mongolia (PRC) (based on the material of the reindeer-breeding vocabulary of the Evenks)

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a comparative study of the vocabulary of the Evenks of Russia and China, reflecting the Evenks’ reindeer-breeding culture. Reindeer is of key importance in the spiritual culture of the Tungus. This is due to the economic and cultural type of the Evenks - reindeer herders. Reindeer is the most common domestic animal of the Evenks. Its breeding and economic use is now typical for all Tungusic peoples of Russia and China. Therefore, the main purpose of the article is to describe the ethnolinguistic and ethnocultural realia of the worldview of the Evenks of Russia and China.