What peoples live compactly in the Urals. Open lesson “Peoples inhabiting the Urals”

More than 19 million people live in the Urals - more than 8% of the total population of Russia. Since the time of its settlement by Russians, i.e. Over the course of four centuries, several million inhabitants moved to the Urals. The largest waves of resettlement occurred in the 18th century, when tens of thousands of families of serfs and artisans were resettled in the Urals to work at metallurgical plants, and in the second half of the 19th century. after the abolition of serfdom. In 1913, more than 10 million people lived in the Urals. Residents of the central provinces who fled from serfdom or were forcibly transported to the Urals, and in post-reform times, so-called free migrants crushed by poverty and homelessness, constituted the main contingent of migrants in the pre-revolutionary past.

During the Soviet years, resettlement to the Urals did not decrease. During the years of socialist industrialization, the Urals showed a huge demand for labor. In the period between the population censuses of 1926 and 1939. The population of the Urals increased annually by an average of almost 2.5%. There was a large influx of residents during the Great Patriotic War due to the evacuation of hundreds of factories and factories from the western regions. The total population of the Urals almost doubled during the years of Soviet power, while the national average during this time grew by 46%. Average age The population of the Urals is lower than the national average.

Resettlement in the post-revolutionary period entailed not only an increase in the population, but also its redistribution throughout the Urals. The bulk of the residents who arrived in the Urals during the years of socialist construction were absorbed by the cities of the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, where large-scale industrial construction was underway at that time. The population in them has increased more than 3 times compared to pre-revolutionary times. At the same time, the area of ​​the most dense settlement expanded, covering the Southern and part of the Northern Urals, where powerful industrial centers arose (Serovsko-Karpinsky, Magnitogorsk, Orsko-Mednogorsk). The development of virgin and fallow lands, the involvement of new mineral deposits and forest resources in the industrial exploitation entailed some shift of the population to the outlying areas. In the post-war period, population growth rates were higher than the average Ural ones in the southeastern and northeastern regions of the Urals.

IN last years the flow of new settlers has decreased significantly. The population growth in the Urals is now occurring almost exclusively due to natural growth. In some years, there was even some outflow of population to other parts of the country.

Features of the settlement of the Urals, its position on the routes of movement of ancient peoples to the west, and at a later time - on the routes of migration to the east, are extremely diverse natural conditions and resources determined partly the diversity national composition local population. Here, residents of the taiga and steppe regions, natives of their harsh north and sultry south, farmers of the central regions and nomads of the Central Asian deserts found their usual living conditions and economic activities. The most mixed population is in the Urals. Representatives of several dozen nationalities live in the Urals.

Their habitats are intertwined and form a motley mosaic. The population of the Ural cities and many rural settlements is very ethnically mixed. The most numerous in the Urals are Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Komisko - livestock-raising rural settlements.

The size of villages increases as you move south. The number of inhabitants in some of them reaches several thousand people. At the same time, the density of settlements is decreasing. Many settlements developed along ancient highways, especially along the Siberian Highway. In the past, their population was engaged in transportation. Nowadays these are predominantly agricultural villages and villages, differing from neighboring settlements only in that they are stretched out.

The main features of the distribution of the population of the Urals are determined by the geography of industry. The mining Urals, the most industrially developed part of the Urals, have the highest population density. The Cis-Urals, and especially the flat Trans-Urals, are much less populated. Population density varies greatly between the northern and southern regions. Udmurtia and the Chelyabinsk region are especially densely populated, and the Orenburg and Kurgan regions are much less densely populated. In the mining part of the Urals, almost the entire population is concentrated along the eastern and western foothills, and the clustered location of cities has led to extremely high population densities in industrial hubs. Here it reaches several hundred people per square kilometer. At the same time, the main part, with the exception of railway strips, has a very sparse population - up to 3 - 4 people per 1 km2, and in the northern regions even less. In the flat regions of the Urals, the population density approaches the average Ural level. It is higher in the Urals and lower in the Trans-Urals. There are also significant differences in population density between forest, forest-steppe and steppe regions of the Cis-Urals and Trans-Urals. It ranges from 5 people in the south of the steppe strip to 50 people in the forest-steppe and in the south of the forest zone. Due to the predominance of the rural population, the share of which in these areas reaches 60 - 70%, there are no such jumps in population density as in the mining part.

PEOPLES OF THE MIDDLE URAL, SVERDLOVSK REGION: Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, Bashkirs, Maris, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Udmurts, Belarusians, Armenians, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Chuvashs, Kyrgyz, Mordovians, Jews, Kazakhs, Gypsies, Moldavians, Chinese, Georgians, Greeks , Poles, Komi-Permyaks, Yezidis, Lezgins, Koreans, Bulgarians, Chechens, Avars, Ossetians, Lithuanians, Komi, Latvians, Ingush, Turkmens, Yakuts, Estonians, Kumyks, Dargins, Mansi Indigenous peoples of the Urals Voguls are Russian Hungarians. The original Uralian - who is he? For example, the Bashkirs, Tatars and Mari have lived in this region for only a few centuries. However, even before the arrival of these peoples, this land was inhabited. On the territory of the Sverdlovsk region, in addition to the Tatars and Mari, the Mansi have a compact settlement, whose settlements are located in the north. The Mansi are characterized by a very specific settlement network, which is a reflection of a semi-nomadic way of life - very unstable and changeable. In the Verkhoturye district of the Perm province at the beginning of the 20th century. there were 24 settlements of the Voguls (Mansi), in which about 2 thousand people lived [see: Chagin, 1995.85]. In 1928, 7 Mansi villages were noted in the Tagil district of the Ural region. But, apparently, this is an incomplete list. In archival documents, 36 nomadic villages were noted in 1930, and 28 in 1933. The indigenous people were the Mansi, called Voguls before the revolution. On the map of the Urals you can now find rivers and settlements called “Vogulka”. The Mansi are a small people, which includes 5 groups isolated from each other according to their habitat: Verkhoturye (Lozvinskaya), Cherdynskaya (Visherskaya), Kungurskaya (Chusovskaya), Krasnoufimskaya (Klenovsko-Bisertskaya), Irbitskaya. Today there are fewer and fewer Mansi left. At the same time, only a couple of dozen people live according to old traditions. Youth is looking for better life and doesn't even know the language. In search of income, young Mansi tend to go to the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug to get an education and earn money. Komi-Permyaks Komi-Permyaks living in the Perm region appeared towards the end of the first millennium. Since the 12th century, Novgorodians entered this territory, engaged in the exchange and trade of furs. Bashkirs Mentions of the Bashkirs are found in chronicles starting from the 10th century. They were engaged in nomadic cattle breeding, fishing, hunting, and beekeeping. In the 10th century they were annexed to the Volga Bulgaria and during the same period Islam penetrated there. In 1229, Bashkiria was attacked by the Mongol-Tatars. In the 17th century, Russians began to actively come to Bashkiria, among whom were peasants, artisans, and traders. The Bashkirs began to lead a sedentary lifestyle. The annexation of the Bashkir lands to Russia caused repeated uprisings of the indigenous inhabitants. The Bashkirs took an active part in the Pugachev uprising (1773-1775). During this period he became famous national hero Bashkiria Salavat Yulaev. As punishment for the Yaik Cossacks who took part in the riot, the Yaik River was named Ural. Mari The Mari or Cheremis are a Finno-Ugric people. Settled in Bashkiria, Tatarstan, Udmurtia. There are Mari villages in Sverdlovsk region. They were first mentioned in the 6th century by the Gothic historian Jordan. In total, on the territory of the Sverdlovsk region in the 20th century. 39 settlements with a Mari population were noted, located on the territory of the Artinsky, Achitsky, Krasnoufimsky, Nizhneserginsky districts. Nagaibaki There are several versions of the origin of this nation. According to one of them, they may be descendants of Naiman warriors, Turks who were Christians. Nagaibaks are representatives ethnographic group baptized Tatars of the Volga-Ural region. This is indigenous small people RF. Nagaibak Cossacks took part in all large-scale battles of the 18th century. They live in the Chelyabinsk region. Tatars Tatars are the second largest people in the Urals (after the Russians). Most Tatars live in Bashkiria (about 1 million). There are many completely Tatar villages in the Urals. In total, 88 settlements were identified in the Sverdlovsk region in which Tatars lived, of which 12 had a mixed Bashkir-Tatar population, 42 had a Russian-Tatar population, and one had a Mari-Tatar population. Tatar villages are concentrated mainly in the southwest of the Sverdlovsk region - in the Artinsky, Achitsky, Krasnoufimsky, Nizhneserginsky districts. The nested type of settlement in general is still preserved, and a number of village councils can be identified, which mainly consist of Tatar villages: Russko-Potamsky, Talitsky, Azigulovsky, Ust-Manchazhsky, Bugalyshsky, etc. Mordva in the Middle Urals during the second half of the 20th century. is characterized by a particularly dispersed distribution. In the Sverdlovsk region in 1939 there were 10,755 people, and by 1989 - 15,453 people, and 89.7% of them were city residents. There are no areas of compact Mordovian residence in the rural areas of the Sverdlovsk region. In 1989, 2 settlements were registered here: the village. Keys of Sysertsky district and village. Khomutovka of Pervouralsk, in which a mixed composition of the population is noted, consisting of Russians and Mordovians. Of great interest is the study of the dynamics of Kazakh rural settlements. In 1959 there were 44 of them, and in 1989 - 6. In total, in the territory of the Middle Urals in the second half of the 20th century. 98 auls are registered, which is significantly more than Tatar or Mari villages. It is possible to identify a number of regions where the largest number of Kazakh settlements is observed - the south and southeast of the Sverdlovsk region (Kamyshlovsky, Baikalovsky, Irbitsky, Pyshminsky, Sukholozhsky, Kamensky districts). In the northern and western regions of the region, Kazakh settlements are practically not found. The Middle Urals is currently a region inhabited by representatives of almost 100 nationalities. Geographically, it covers mainly the territory of the Sverdlovsk region, with the exception of its northern regions, as well as part of the Perm and southern Chelyabinsk regions.

Introduction

1. General information about the Ural peoples
2. Origin of the peoples of the Ural language family
3. Contribution of the Urals to Russian culture

Conclusion

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Introduction

Ethnogenesis modern nationalities Ural is one of current problems historical science, ethnology and archaeology. However, this question is not purely scientific, because in conditions modern Russia The problem of nationalism, the justification for which is often sought in the past, becomes acute. The radical social transformations taking place in Russia have a huge impact on the life and culture of the peoples inhabiting it. The formation of Russian democracy and economic reforms are taking place in the context of a diverse manifestation of national identity, the intensification of social movements and political struggle. At the heart of these processes is the desire of Russians to eliminate the negative legacy of past regimes, improve the conditions of their social existence, and defend the rights and interests associated with a citizen’s sense of belonging to a particular ethnic community and culture. That is why the genesis of the ethnic groups of the Urals should be studied extremely carefully, and historical facts should be assessed as carefully as possible.

Currently, representatives of three language families live in the Urals: Slavic, Turkic and Uralic (Finno-Ugric and Somadian). The first includes representatives of Russian nationality, the second - Bashkirs, Tatars and Nagaibaks, and finally, the third - Khanty, Mansi, Nenets, Udmurts and some other small nationalities of the Northern Urals.

This work is devoted to the consideration of the genesis of modern ethnic groups who lived in the Urals before its inclusion in the Russian Empire and settlement by Russians. The ethnic groups under consideration include representatives of the Uralic and Turkic language families.

1. General information about the Ural peoples

Representatives of the Turkic language family:

BASHKIRS (self-name - Bashkort - “wolf head” or “wolf leader”), the indigenous population of Bashkiria. The number in the Russian Federation is 1345.3 thousand people. (1989). They also live in the Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Perm, and Sverdlovsk regions. They speak Bashkir language; dialects: southern, eastern, the northwestern group of dialects stands out. The Tatar language is widespread. Writing based on the Russian alphabet. Believing Bashkirs are Sunni Muslims.

NAGAIBAKI, Nagaibakler (self-name), ethnographic group (subethnos) of baptized Tatars of the Volga-Ural region, in the past - part of the Orenburg Cossacks (according to some researchers, Nagaibak can be considered, although close to the Tatars, but an independent ethnic group); live in Nagaibaksky and Chebarkulsky districts of the Chelyabinsk region. According to the 1989 census, Nagaibaks were included in the Tatars, but from primary materials it is clear that 11.2 thousand people called themselves Nagaibaks (not Tatars).

Representatives of the Uralic language family:

MANSI (self-name - “man”), Voguls. The number of people in the Russian Federation is 8.3 thousand people. Mansi are the indigenous population of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a small group also lives in the north-east. Sverdlovsk region They unite with the Khanty under the name. Ob Ugrians. Language - Mansi.

NENETS (self-name - Khasova - “man”), Samoyeds. The number in the Russian Federation is 34.2 thousand people. The Nenets are the indigenous population of Europe. North and North West. Siberia. They live in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Arkhangelsk Region, the northern region of the Komi Republic, the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Tyumen Region, the Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

UDMURTS, (votyaks - obsolete Russian name). The number in the Russian Federation is 714.8 thousand people. Udmurts are the indigenous population of Udmurtia. In addition, they live in Tatarstan, Bashkiria, Mari Republic, in the Perm, Tyumen and Sverdlovsk regions. They speak the Udmurt language; dialects: northern, southern, Besermyansky and middle dialects. Writing based on Russian graphics.

KHANTY, (self-name - Kantek). The number in the Russian Federation is 22.3 thousand people. Indigenous population of the Northern Urals and West. Siberia, concentrated in the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Among the Khanty there are three ethnographic groups - northern, southern, eastern. They differ in dialects, self-names, economic and cultural characteristics, and endogamy (marriage within their own troupe). Until the beginning of the twentieth century. The Russians called the Khanty “Ostyaks” (possibly from “Asyakh”, “people of the big river”), and even earlier (before the 14th century) - Yugra, Yugrich (the name of an ancient ethnonym, cf. “Ugrians”). They speak the Khanty language.

2. Origin of the peoples of the Uralic language family

The latest archaeological and linguistic research suggests that the ethnogenesis of the peoples of the Ural language family dates back to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic eras, i.e. To stone age(VIII-III millennium BC). At this time, the Urals were inhabited by tribes of hunters, fishermen and gatherers, who left behind a small number of monuments. These are mainly sites and workshops for the production of stone tools, however, on the territory of the Sverdlovsk region, uniquely preserved villages of this time have been identified in the Shigirsky and Gorbunovsky peat bogs. Structures on stilts, wooden idols and various household utensils, a boat and an oar were discovered here. These finds make it possible to reconstruct both the level of development of society and to trace the genetic relationship of the material culture of these monuments with the culture of modern Finno-Ugric and Somadian peoples.

The formation of the Khanty is based on the culture of the ancient aboriginal Ural tribes of the Urals and Western Siberia, engaged in hunting and fishing, influenced by the pastoral Andronovo tribes, with whom the arrival of the Ugrians is associated. It is to the Andronovo people that the characteristic Khanty ornaments - ribbon-geometric - are usually traced back. The formation of the Khanty ethnic group took place over a long period of time, from the middle. 1st millennium (Ust-Poluyskaya, Lower Ob cultures). Ethnic identification of the bearers of the archaeological cultures of Western Siberia during this period is difficult: some classify them as Ugric, others as Samoyed. Recent research suggests that in the 2nd half. 1st millennium AD e. The main groups of Khanty were formed - northern, based on the Orontur culture, southern - Potchevash, and eastern - Orontur and Kulai cultures.

The settlement of the Khanty in ancient times was very wide - from the lower reaches of the Ob in the north to the Baraba steppes in the south and from the Yenisei in the east to the Trans-Urals, including p. Northern Sosva and river Lyapin, as well as part of the river. Pelym and R. Conda in the west. Since the 19th century Mansi began to move beyond the Urals from the Kama region and the Urals, who were pressed by the Komi-Zyryans and Russians. From an earlier time, part of the southern Mansi also went north due to the creation in the XIV-XV centuries. Tyumen and Siberian Khanates - states of the Siberian Tatars, and later (XVI-XVII centuries) with the development of Siberia by the Russians. In the XVII-XVIII centuries. Mansi already lived on Pelym and Konda. Some Khanty also moved from the western regions. to the east and north (to the Ob from its left tributaries), this is recorded by statistical data from the archives. Their places were taken by the Mansi. So, by the end of the 19th century. on p. Northern Sosva and river Lyapin, there was no Ostyak population left, which either moved to the Ob or merged with the newcomers. A group of northern Mansi formed here.

Mansi as an ethnic group was formed as a result of the merger of tribes of the Ural Neolithic culture and Ugric and Indo-European (Indo-Iranian) tribes moving in the 2nd-1st millennium BC. e. from the south through the steppes and forest-steppes of Western Siberia and the Southern Trans-Urals (including tribes that left monuments to the Land of Cities). The two-component nature (a combination of the cultures of taiga hunters and fishermen and steppe nomadic cattle breeders) in the Mansi culture continues to this day, most clearly manifested in the cult of the horse and the heavenly rider - Mir susne khuma. Initially, the Mansi were settled in the Southern Urals and its western slopes, but under the influence of colonization by the Komi and Russians (XI-XIV centuries) they moved to the Trans-Urals. All Mansi groups are largely mixed. In their culture, one can identify elements that indicate contacts with the Nenets, Komi, Tatars, Bashkirs, etc. Contacts between the northern groups of the Khanty and Mansi were especially close.

The newest hypothesis of the origin of the Nenets and other peoples of the Samoyed group connects their formation with the so-called Kulai archaeological culture (5th century BC - 5th century AD, mainly in the territory of the Middle Ob region). From there in the III-II centuries. BC e. Due to a number of natural-geographical and historical factors, migration waves of Samoyed-Kulai people penetrate to the North - to the lower reaches of the Ob, to the West - to the Middle Irtysh region and to the South - to the Novosibirsk Ob region and the Sayan region. In the first centuries of the new era, under the onslaught of the Huns, part of the Samoyeds who lived along the Middle Irtysh retreated into the forest belt of the European North, giving rise to the European Nenets.

The territory of Udmurtia has been inhabited since the Mesolithic era. Ethnicity ancient population not installed. The basis for the formation of the ancient Udmurts were the autochthonous tribes of the Volga-Kama region. In different historical periods, there were inclusions of other ethnicities (Indo-Iranian, Ugric, early Turkic, Slavic, late Turkic). The origins of ethnogenesis go back to the Ananino archaeological culture(VIII-III centuries BC). Ethnically, it was a not yet disintegrated, mainly Finno-Perm community. The Ananyin tribes had various connections with distant and close neighbors. Among archaeological finds, silver jewelry of southern origin (from Central Asia, from the Caucasus). Contacts with the Scythian-Sarmatian steppe world were of greatest importance for the Permians, as evidenced by numerous linguistic borrowings.

As a result of contacts with Indo-Iranian tribes, the Ananyin people adopted more developed forms of economic management from them. Cattle breeding and agriculture, together with hunting and fishing, took a leading place in the economy of the Perm population. At the turn of the new era, a number of local cultures of the Kama region grew on the basis of the Ananino culture. Among them, the most important for the ethnogenesis of the Udmurts was Pyanobor (III century BC - II century AD), with which an inextricable genetic connection is found in the material culture of the Udmurts. In the 2nd half. 1st millennium AD e. On the basis of the late Pianoborsk variants, the ancient Udmurt one is formed. ethno-linguistic community, which was probably located in the basin of the lower and middle reaches of the river. Vyatka and its tributaries. The top line of Udmurt archeology is the Chepetsk culture (IX-XV centuries).

One of the earliest mentions of the southern Udmurts is found in Arab authors (Abu-Hamid al-Garnati, 12th century). In Russian sources, the Udmurts are called. Aryans and Ar people are mentioned only in the 14th century. Thus, “Perm” for some time apparently served as a common collective ethnonym for the Perm Finns, including the ancestors of the Udmurts. The self-name “Udmord” was first published by N.P. Rychkov in 1770. The Udmurts were gradually divided into northern and southern. The development of these groups took place in different ethnohistorical conditions, which predetermined their originality: the southern Udmurts have Turkic influence, the northern ones - Russian.

Origin Turkic peoples Ural

The Turkization of the Urals is inextricably linked with the era of the Great Migration of Peoples (2nd century BC - 5th century AD). The movement of the Huns tribes from Mongolia caused the movement of huge masses of people across Eurasia. The steppes of the Southern Urals became a kind of cauldron in which ethnogenesis took place - new nationalities were “cooked”. The tribes that previously inhabited these territories were partly shifted to the north and partly to the west, as a result of which the Great Migration of Peoples in Europe began. It, in turn, led to the fall of the Roman Empire and the formation of new states Western Europe- barbarian kingdoms. However, let's return to the Urals. At the beginning of the new era, the Indo-Iranian tribes finally cede the territory of the Southern Urals to the Turkic-speaking ones and the process of formation of modern ethnic groups - the Bashkirs and Tatars (including the Nagaibaks) begins.

In the formation of the Bashkirs, a decisive role was played by Turkic pastoral tribes of South Siberian and Central Asian origin, who, before coming to the Southern Urals, spent considerable time wandering in the Aral-Syr Darya steppes, coming into contact with the Pecheneg-Oguz and Kimak-Kypchak tribes; here they are in the 9th century. record written sources. From the end of the 9th - beginning of the 10th centuries. lived in the Southern Urals and adjacent steppe and forest-steppe areas. The self-name of the people “Bashkort” has been known since the 9th century; most researchers etymologize it as “chief” (bash-) + “wolf” (kort in the Oguz-Turkic languages), “wolf-leader” (from the totemic hero-ancestor). In recent years, a number of researchers have been inclined to believe that the ethnonym is based on the name of a military leader known from written sources in the first half of the 9th century, under whose leadership the Bashkirs united into a military-political union and began to develop modern settlement territories. Another name for the Bashkirs - ishtek/istek was presumably also an anthroponym (the name of a person is Rona-Tash).

Also in Siberia, the Sayan-Altai Plateau and Central Asia the ancient Bashkir tribes experienced some influence from the Tungus-Manchus and Mongols, which was reflected in the language, in particular in the tribal nomenclature, and the anthropological type of the Bashkirs. Arriving in the Southern Urals, the Bashkirs partly ousted and partly assimilated the local Finno-Ugric and Iranian (Sarmatian-Alan) population. Here they apparently came into contact with some ancient Magyar tribes, which can explain their mixing in medieval Arab and European sources with the ancient Hungarians. By the end of the first third of the 13th century, at the time of the Mongol-Tatar invasion, the process of formation of the ethnic appearance of the Bashkirs was basically completed

In the X - early XIII centuries. the Bashkirs were under political influence Volga-Kama Bulgaria, neighbors with the Kipchak-Cumans. In 1236, after stubborn resistance, the Bashkirs, simultaneously with the Bulgarians, were conquered by the Mongol-Tatars and annexed to the Golden Horde. In the 10th century Islam began to penetrate among the Bashkirs, which in the 14th century. became the dominant religion, as evidenced by Muslim mausoleums and grave epitaphs dating back to that time. Together with Islam, the Bashkirs adopted Arabic writing and began to join Arabic, Persian (Farsi), and then Turkic-language written culture. During the period of Mongol-Tatar rule, some Bulgarian, Kipchak and Mongol tribes joined the Bashkirs.

After the fall of Kazan (1552), the Bashkirs accepted Russian citizenship (1552-1557), which was formalized as an act of voluntary accession. The Bashkirs stipulated the right to own their lands on a patrimonial basis and live according to their customs and religion. The tsarist administration subjected the Bashkirs various forms operation. In the 17th and especially the 18th centuries. The Bashkirs repeatedly rebelled. In 1773-1775, the resistance of the Bashkirs was broken, but tsarism was forced to preserve their patrimonial rights to the lands; in 1789 the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia was established in Ufa. The Religious Administration included the registration of marriages, births and deaths, regulation of issues of inheritance and division of family property, and religious schools at mosques. At the same time, royal officials were able to control the activities of the Muslim clergy. Throughout the 19th century, despite the theft of Bashkir lands and other acts of colonial policy, the economy of the Bashkirs was gradually established, restored, and then the number of people increased noticeably, exceeding 1 million people by 1897. In the end. XIX - early XX centuries. There is a further development of education, culture, and a rise in national self-awareness.

There are various hypotheses about the origin of Nagaibaks. Some researchers associate them with baptized Nogais, others with Kazan Tatars, baptized after the fall of the Kazan Khanate. The most well-reasoned opinion is that the ancestors of the Nagaibaks originally lived in central regions Kazan Khanate - in Zakazanye and the possibility of their ethnic affiliation with the Nogai-Kypchak groups. In addition, in the 18th century. a small group (62 males) of baptized “Asians” (Persians, Arabs, Bukharians, Karakalpaks) dissolved in their composition. The existence of a Finno-Ugric component among the Nagaibaks cannot be ruled out.

Historical sources find the “Nagaibaks” (under the name “newly baptized” and “Ufa newly baptized”) in the Eastern Trans-Kama region since 1729. According to some sources, they moved there in the second half of the 17th century. after the construction of the Zakamskaya Zasechnaya Line (1652-1656). In the first quarter of the 18th century. these “newly baptized” lived in 25 villages of the Ufa district. For loyalty to the tsarist administration during the Bashkir-Tatar uprisings of the 18th century, the Nagaibaks were assigned to the “Cossack service” according to Menzelinsky and others then being built in the area of ​​the upper reaches of the river. Ik fortresses. In 1736, the village of Nagaibak, located 64 versts from the city of Menzelinsk and named, according to legend, after the Bashkir who roamed there, was renamed into a fortress, where the “newly baptized” of the Ufa district were gathered. In 1744 there were 1,359 people, they lived in the village. Bakalakh and 10 villages of the Nagaybatsky district. In 1795, this population was recorded in the Nagaybatsky fortress, the village of Bakaly and 12 villages. In a number of villages, together with the baptized Cossacks, lived newly baptized yasak Tatars, as well as newly baptized Teptyars, who were transferred to the department of the Nagaybatsky fortress as they converted to Christianity. Between representatives of all noted population groups at the end of the 18th century. There were quite intense marital ties. After administrative changes in the second half of the 18th century. all the villages of baptized Cossacks became part of the Belebeevsky district of the Orenburg province.

In 1842, the Nagaibaks from the area of ​​the Nagaibak fortress were transferred to the east - to the Verkhneuralsky and Orenburg districts of the Orenburg province, which was associated with the land reorganization of the Orenburg Cossack army. In Verkhneuralsky (modern districts of the Chelyabinsk region) district they founded the villages of Kassel, Ostrolenko, Ferchampenoise, Paris, Trebiy, Krasnokamensk, Astafievsky and others (a number of villages are named after the victories of Russian weapons over France and Germany). In some villages, Russian Cossacks, as well as baptized Kalmyks, lived together with the Nagaibaks. In the Orenburg district, the Nagaibaks settled in settlements where there was a Tatar Cossack population (Podgorny Giryal, Allabaital, Ilyinskoye, Nezhenskoye). In the last district they found themselves in a dense environment of Muslim Tatars, with whom they began to quickly become close, and at the beginning of the 20th century. accepted Islam.

In general, the adoption by the people of a special ethnonym was associated with their Christianization (confessional isolation), long stay among the Cossacks (class separation), as well as the separation of the main part of the group of Kazan Tatars after 1842, who lived territorially compactly in the Urals. In the second half of the 19th century. Nagaibaks are identified as a special ethnic group of baptized Tatars, and during the censuses of 1920 and 1926 - as an independent “nationality”.

3. Contribution of the Urals to Russian culture

The richness and diversity of Russian artistic culture are truly limitless. Formed in the process of formation and development of the self-awareness of the Russian people, the formation of the Russian nation, Russian artistic culture was created by the labor of the people - talented folk craftsmen, outstanding artists who expressed the interests and thoughts of the broad masses.

Various regions of Russia poured their gifts into the mighty stream of Russian art. There is no need to list here everything that the Russian people contributed to their artistic treasury. But no matter how amazing the richness of Russian artistic culture is, it cannot be imagined without the Ural contribution. The contribution of the Urals to the artistic culture of Russia was not only great, but also remarkably original. The solid foundation on which the decorative and applied arts of the Urals flourished was industry, its main centers being factories. The importance of industry in the development of the region and its culture was well understood by contemporaries themselves. In one of the official documents we read: “Ekaterinburg owes both its existence and its flourishing state only to factories.” 1

All this was a qualitatively new and unique phenomenon in the history of Russian art. The development of the Ural industry gave birth to a working class, its own working intelligentsia, and awakened creative and social thought. It was a favorable atmosphere for the development of art.

In the 18th century, Ural factories grew thousands of miles away from populated areas, sometimes in deep forests. And already in this fact lies their enormous role in the development of the entire Russian artistic culture: along with the factories, the art they gave birth to grew here. Bearish corners have turned into hotbeds of labor and creative activity of the Russian people, despite the terrible oppression and social lawlessness in which it took place. All this now forces us to imagine in a new way the picture of the development of artistic culture in Russia, which can no longer be limited in the East by the blue border of the Volga. The Urals becomes an outpost of Russian artistic culture, an important stage in its further advancement into the depths of Siberia and Asia, to the East. And this is its considerable historical significance.

The Urals are the birthplace of a number of types of Russian decorative and applied art. It is here that the art of painting and varnishing metal products, which have gained so much popularity in the country, originates. Great value had the invention of transparent varnish in N. Tagil. He imparted extraordinary durability to painted products and further contributed to their fame. Under the undoubted influence of Ural lacquered metal products, combining them with the traditions of local painting, the production of painted trays in Zhestov, which arose at the beginning of the 19th century, was born and grew. The painted chests in Makarievo (now Gorky region) also experienced the influence of painted Ural products.

WITH with good reason we can also consider the Urals the birthplace of Russian industrial marble processing, subordinated to the needs of domestic architecture and the creation of monumental and decorative works. It was these features that from the first steps determined the characteristics of the Ural marble production, in contrast to other regions of the stone-cutting art of Russia. Academician A.E. Fersman pointed out, for example, that at the Peterhof lapidary factory in the second half of the 18th century, the least amount of marble was polished. 2 The preparation of vases, fireplaces, and architectural details from marble did not become widespread in the Olonets region; in Altai they processed mainly jasper and porphyry. It is important to note that the Ural masters were the first to attempt to use Ural marble to create easel works of sculpture, in particular portraits.

Ural stone artists were the creators of “Russian” mosaics, which enriched ancient mosaic art.” The method of covering products with stone tiles, known in Italy, was applied to small-sized works. The invention of “Russian mosaic” made the production of monumental decorative works from malachite, lapis lazuli, and some types of picturesque, colorful jasper more economical and opened the way for their even wider development. It was first used by the Urals in architecture, as we saw in the example of columns lined with variegated, red-green Kushkulda jasper.

The industrial Urals raised a number of artistic productions that previously existed in other regions of Russia to new heights and infused them with fresh vitality. He developed and improved the ancient traditions of Russian art. This is what happened with Russian artistic weapons. In Ancient Rus' we know its magnificent examples, perfectly forged and skillfully “stuffed” with gold patterns. 4

Zlatoust steel engraving and precious gilding of blades carried out by Ural craftsmen continued the wonderful traditions of the past. But this was not their mechanical repetition, but the development of the very essence of this art, expressing in new historical conditions old love people to patterned weapons, glorifying the courage and fortitude of the Russian warrior, his love for the Motherland.

The skill of Russian blacksmiths, minters, and foundries, who created magnificent decorative works, was widely known. The famous researcher of Russian artistic metal N. R. Levinson writes about ancient Russian decorative art: “Various metals, ferrous and non-ferrous, have long been used not only for utilitarian purposes, but also for artistic creativity. Cold and hot forging, embossing, casting - all these types of processing and finishing of the surface of metals or their alloys created diverse opportunities for the artistic and technical perfection of objects." 5

Ancient Russian art artistic metal processing in the conditions of developed, technically improving Ural metallurgy rises to a qualitatively new level of its development. Copper dishes decorated with ornaments, the origin and development of Ural bronze, monumental and decorative and chamber cast iron casting, steel engraving - all this is a further continuation of national Russian traditions. The stone-cutting and lapidary art of the Urals also continued the ancient craving for colored stones inherent in the Russian people. Passing the thorny path of development, each type of Ural art enriched the artistic treasure of Russia.

Ural artistic cast iron casting organically merged into Russian architecture when it was permeated with high patriotic ideas. It, expressing the plans of outstanding architects, emphasized the beauty of the buildings, giving it a solemn majesty. Bridges and gratings, cast by the Urals, confidently entered into architectural ensembles and into the everyday bustling life of cities. Cast iron casting in the Urals was associated with the problem of citizenship, which lay at the basis of Russian architecture of the 18th century - the first half of the 19th century century.

The artistic processing of stone in the Urals enriched Russian art with magnificent stone-cutting works, for the most part classic in shape and handcrafted from domestic materials folk craftsmen. Craftsmen with a deep artistic sense were able to penetrate into the essence of the design of a particular product. The wealth of their imagination both in choosing a natural pattern and in creating a new pattern from malachite or lapis lazuli is truly inexhaustible. Works of Ural stone-cutting art were associated with life. They cannot be viewed as something completely divorced from reality. With all the specificity of artistic forms, they reflected the beauty of the Russian land, the greenery of its forests and fields, the blue expanse of lakes, the depth of the sky, the bright colors of the sunset hours.

All this gave the products of the Ural craftsmen national character, which is one of the distinctive features of the development of artistic stone processing in the Urals. These products contain human feelings, experiences and impressions, giving the products spontaneity and human warmth. Works of stone-cutting art from the Urals express an optimistic, life-affirming content.

In powerful stone vases, in floor lamps and candelabra, one can see not only technically perfect craftsmanship and a unique reflection of the mighty Russian nature, but also a sense of pride of the artistic people, who highly value the inexhaustible riches of their Motherland. This is the patriotic meaning of stone cutting art. Artistic products made from colored Ural stone have become truly Russian classical products, corresponding to the nature of the development of Russian art.

The art of the industrial Urals is a branch of Russian artistic culture. But it also developed in close contact with Western European art. The strength of the Urals and its culture was not in isolation, but in connection with the entire world culture. Many foreign masters of varying degrees of knowledge and creative talent worked in the Urals.

The Italian brothers Tortori, who had a good knowledge of marble processing technology, the Germans Shafa, who mastered the technique of engraving on steel and gilding, and others brought some benefit. But no visiting masters could give anything if the seeds of their knowledge did not fall on fertile soil. The industrial Urals were such soil.

Here, in a number of areas, even before the arrival of foreign masters, their own artistic traditions existed. As, for example, this was the case in Zlatoust, where at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century many talented artists worked, whose creativity contributed to the successful development of Zlatoust engraving and the growth of local artistic culture. That is why V. Bokov was completely wrong when he claimed that it was the Germans who “brought culture to Zlatoust a hundred years ago in a remote and remote place.” 7 They brought knowledge of weapons production technology, but not culture in the broad sense of the word. It is impossible to unfoundedly deny the study by the Urals of foreign culture, its experience and achievements, as was done in the past, but the gravest mistake would be to underestimate the creative powers of the people.

The patriotic meaning of the art of the Ural masters was manifested in the fact that they created such works of stone, cast iron, steel, etc., which previously seemed unattainable for Russia. And thanks to the skill of the Urals, as well as the art of masters from St. Petersburg, Tula, Altai, Peterhof, Olonets factories and others, such examples of industrial art were created that brought Russia to one of the first places in Europe.

Even contemporaries understood the patriotic significance of Ural art. They got it right deepest meaning development of artistic culture in the distant Urals, rightly assessing it as a manifestation of the powerful creative forces of Russia. The observer of the first exhibition of Russian manufactured goods in 1829, looking at the Ural painted metal products, directly comes to the conclusion: “According to this article, we can completely do without foreigners.”

With a feeling of deep patriotic pride, the magazine “Domestic Notes” noted the high qualities of Zlatoust’s artistic weapons: “The forging of blades, polishing, drawing, etching, gilding and in general all the finishing of weapons of this production were carried out by their own Russian gunsmiths and are not inferior in perfection to the best Versailles works of this kind.” .

The famous Russian landscape painter Andrei Martynov, having visited the Urals and become acquainted with the artistic processing of stone, admiring the skill and talent of artists from the people, wrote about Ural products, “which in many ways are not inferior to ancient antiques, all this is done by Russian peasants.” The artist also highly appreciated the painted Tagil trays, on which, as he noted, “even masterful painting was visible.”

As if summarizing the opinion of the most advanced representatives of Russian society, the “Mining Journal” wrote in 1826 about the Urals: “From the simple boiler of the Beloretsk plant to the beautiful blade of the Zlatoust factory, everything testifies to the success in our fatherland of industrial arts, which for some time has taken a new flight towards for your improvement."

But the works of the Ural masters gained fame not only in their own country, causing enthusiastic reviews from their contemporaries. Having gone abroad, they did not lose their beauty and impressive strength. For everyone international exhibitions Stone-cutting products, iron castings, and artistic weapons of the Urals were invariably awarded with awards, acquiring worldwide recognition and importance. For example, the works of Ural stone-cutters at the 1851 World Exhibition in London deserved high praise: “The amazing capitals and vases produced there (Ekaterinburg Lapidary Factory - B.P.) from the heaviest materials, one might say, surpassed any similar works of ancient art ...".

Artwork from the distant Urals spread unusually widely throughout the world: they could be found not only in Europe, but even in distant Australia. They popularized the diversity of Russian art, the creativity of talented artists from the people.

The art of the industrial Urals marks one of the significant achievements of Russian artistic culture. It reflected creative initiative, the inquisitive mind of a working person, and undying skill. Without it, it is impossible to imagine the entire true scope of Russian decorative and applied art.

Conclusion

Thus, we can draw the following conclusions.

1. The settlement of the Urals began in ancient times, long before the formation of the main modern nationalities, including Russians. However, the foundation of the ethnogenesis of a number of ethnic groups inhabiting the Urals to this day was laid precisely then: in the Chalcolithic-Bronze Age and during the era of the Great Migration of Peoples. Therefore, it can be argued that the Finno-Ugric-Somadian and some Turkic peoples are the indigenous population of these places.
2. In progress historical development In the Urals there was a mixture of many nationalities, resulting in the formation of the modern population. Its mechanistic division along national or religious lines is unthinkable today (thanks to the huge number of mixed marriages) and therefore there is no place for chauvinism and interethnic enmity in the Urals.

Bibliography

1. History of the Urals from ancient times to 1861 \ ed. A.A. Preobrazhensky - M.: Nauka, 1989. - 608 p.
2. History of the Urals: Textbook (regional component). - Chelyabinsk: ChSPU Publishing House, 2002. - 260 p.
3. Ethnography of Russia: electronic encyclopedia.

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This lesson was developed within the framework of the “Educational and Methodological Complex” for the discipline “ Art culture Ural”, for students of specialty 072601 Decorative and applied arts and folk crafts (by type) - wood carving and painting. Enlarged group 070000 Culture and art. The discipline “Artistic Culture of the Urals” belongs to the variable part of the BOP cycles.

Lesson topic No. 1.3.:“Peoples inhabiting the Urals” - 2 hours (1 study pair).

Lesson objectives:

• To help consolidate students' knowledge in the field of folk traditions of the artistic and material culture of the peoples inhabiting the Urals (Komi, Khanty, Mansi, Mari, Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Ukrainians, etc.).
• To familiarize students with the features of traditional costume, housing, and rituals of various peoples of the Ural region.
• Contribute to the formation of aesthetic consciousness of students (the concept of national traditions, artistic value of objects folk art; syncretism in folk art).
• To promote students’ interest in their future specialty, in the ancient roots of folk and decorative arts; love for the native land.

Lesson Plan

Control questions:

1. Which peoples inhabiting the Urals are indigenous, and which ones moved to the Urals from other places?
2. What do they call “Ostyaks” and “Voguls” nowadays?
3. Which peoples' music was dominated by wind instruments, which by plucked instruments, and which by strings?
4. Which peoples had permanent dwellings, and which had portable ones (temporary, for nomadic conditions)?
5. What do all the peoples inhabiting the Urals have in common?

Practical task:

Exercise:

1. Using the appliqué method, create a Bashkir striped ornament using the above elements (ram horns, heart, rhombus, wave, fence).
2. Make the elements of the ornament using the technique of cutting out colored paper, contrasting with the background of the ornament.
3. The size of the base for the applique is a sheet of A8 paper (15x20 cm).

• The above elements of the ornament are all mirror symmetrical.
• When cutting each of them you need to fold colored paper double (A), quadruple (B) or accordion (C).

As a result of mastering the academic discipline, the student should be able to:

• Recognize the studied objects and phenomena of the artistic culture of the Urals and correlate them with a certain era, style, direction;
• Establish stylistic and plot connections in works of folk and academic art of the Ural region;
• Use various sources of information about world artistic culture, incl. artistic culture of the Urals;
• Complete educational creative tasks (reports, messages);
• Use acquired knowledge and skills in practical activities and everyday life for: choosing the paths of your cultural development; organization of personal and collective leisure; expressing one's own judgment about the works of classics and

contemporary art

• Ural;
• independent artistic creativity.
• As a result of mastering the academic discipline, the student should know: The main types and genres of folk and academic art presented in the Urals; The main monuments of artistic culture of the Urals;

At the end of this course, an in-class test is carried out. The form of the in-class test is: independent work with sources of information, development of a creative essay on a chosen topic.

List of topics to be tested (classroom test)
in the discipline: Artistic culture of the Urals”
For the study group_________

1. The Urals are the border of Europe and Asia.
2. Ural crafts (including artistic ones).
3. Primitive culture Ural.
4. Arkaim is an ancient city in the Urals.
5. Culture of the peoples inhabiting the Urals (Khanty, Mansi, Udmurts, Komi, Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Ukrainians, etc.).
6. Development of the Urals by Ermak.
7. Wooden architecture Ural.
8. My small homeland (Aramil, Sysert, Yekaterinburg, etc.).
9. Artistic crafts of the Urals.
10. Architecture of the mining Urals.
11. Verkhoturye is the spiritual center of the Urals.
12. Literary heritage of the Urals (writers, poets).
13. Artists and sculptors of the Urals.

Sample outline for an essay on the above topics.

1. Introduction (goals, objectives, introduction).
2. Main part.
   1. History of the phenomenon (object, person).
   2. Artistic and cultural signs of a phenomenon (object, person).
   3. Interesting Facts.
   4. Dictionary on the topic.
   5. Personal attitude towards a phenomenon (object, person).
3. Conclusion (formation of conclusions).

Literature for the course “Artistic culture of the Urals”.

1. Murzina I.Ya. Artistic culture of the Urals.
2. Ekaterinburg. Teacher's House Publishing House. 1999 + CD “Artistic culture of the Urals. Murzina I.Ya.”
3. Borodulin V.A. Ural folk painting.
4. Sverdlovsk Middle Ural book publishing house. 1982
5. Voroshilin S.I. Temples of Yekaterinburg.
6. Ekaterinburg. 1995.
7. Zakharov S. It was recently... Notes of an old Sverdlovsk resident. Sverdlovsk Middle Ural book publishing house. 1985
8. Ivanova V.V. and others. Faces and secrets of the “foggy land”.
9. Chronicle of the city of Sysert. Ekaterinburg. 2006. Kopylova V.I. Sverdlovsk Museum of History and Local Lore. Ekaterinburg. Middle Ural book publishing house. 1992 Koretskaya T.L. The past should not be forgotten.
10. Chelyabinsk. Publishing house ChSPI “Fakel”. 1994
11. Korepanov N.S. Essays on the history of Yekaterinburg 1781–1831. Ekaterinburg. “Basco Publishing House”. 2004
12. Chumanov A.N. Malachite Province: Cultural and historical essays. Ekaterinburg. Publishing house “Socrates”. 2001

The Urals are known as a multinational region with a rich culture based on ancient traditions. Not only Russians live here (who began to actively populate the Urals since the 17th century), but also Bashkirs, Tatars, Komi, Mansi, Nenets, Mari, Chuvash, Mordovians and others.

The appearance of man in the Urals

The first man appeared in the Urals approximately 100 thousand years ago. It is possible that this happened before, but there are no finds associated with more early period, scientists do not yet have at their disposal. The oldest Paleolithic site primitive man was discovered in the area of ​​Lake Karabalykty, near the village of Tashbulatovo, Abzelilovsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Archaeologists O.N. Bader and V.A. Oborin, famous researchers of the Urals, claim that the Proto-Urals were ordinary Neanderthals. It has been established that people moved to this territory from Central Asia. For example, in Uzbekistan, a whole skeleton of a Neanderthal boy was found, whose life span coincided with the first exploration of the Urals. Anthropologists recreated the appearance of a Neanderthal, which was taken as the appearance of the Urals during the settlement of this territory.

Ancient people were not able to survive alone. Danger awaited them at every step, and the capricious nature of the Urals every now and then showed its obstinate disposition. Only mutual assistance and caring for each other helped primitive man to survive. The main activity of the tribes was the search for food, so absolutely everyone was involved, including children. Hunting, fishing, and gathering are the main ways to obtain food.

A successful hunt meant a lot to the entire tribe, so people sought to appease nature with the help of complex rituals. Rituals were performed before the image of certain animals. Evidence of this is the preserved rock paintings, including a unique monument - the Shulgan-tash cave, located on the banks of the Belaya (Agidel) River in the Burzyansky district of Bashkortostan.

Inside, the cave looks like an amazing palace with huge halls connected by wide corridors. The total length of the first floor is 290 m. The second floor is 20 m above the first and stretches 500 m in length. The corridors lead to a mountain lake.

It is on the walls of the second floor that unique drawings of primitive man, created using ocher, have been preserved. Figures of mammoths, horses and rhinoceroses are depicted here. The pictures indicate that the artist saw all this fauna in close proximity.

Mari (Cheremis)

The Mari (Mari) or Cheremis are a Finno-Ugric people. Settled in Bashkiria, Tatarstan, Udmurtia. There are Mari villages in the Sverdlovsk region. How did the ethnic community develop by the 2nd half of the 1st millennium AD? The neighboring tribes of the Udmurts and Mordovians played a major role in the ethnogenesis of this people. After the defeat of the Volga Bulgaria by the Mongol-Tatars, the Mari began to move to the northeast, pushing the Udmurts to the upper reaches of the Vyatka River.

They were first mentioned in the 6th century by the Gothic historian Jordan under the name "Oremiscan". The Tatars called these people “cheremysh,” which meant “obstacle.” Before the revolution began in 1917, the Mari were usually called Cheremis or Cheremis, but then this word was considered offensive and was removed from use. Now this name is returning again, especially in the scientific world.

Udmurts

The formation of the ancient Udmurts occurred as a result of the mixing of Finno-Permian and Ugric peoples in the 9th century AD The ancestors of the Udmurts were formed in the interfluve of the Volga and Kama rivers. They left two large groups: the southern (they lived on the right bank of the lower reaches of the Kama River and the tributaries of the Vyatka - Vale and Kilmezi) and the northern (they appeared as a result of resettlement to the Vyatka, Cheptsa and Upper Kama region after the invasion of the Mongol-Tatars in the 13th century). The main city of the Udmurts was, apparently, Idnakar - a fortified craft, trade and administrative center.

The ancestors of the northern Udmurts were representatives of the Chepetsk culture of the 9th-15th centuries, and the southern Udmurts were representatives of the Chumoitlin and Kochergin cultures. According to historians, to XVI century the number of Udmurts did not exceed 3.5-4 thousand people.

Nagaibaki

There are several versions of the origin of this nation. According to one of them, they may be descendants of Naiman warriors, Turks who were Christians. The Nagaibaks are representatives of the ethnographic group of baptized Tatars of the Volga-Ural region. These are the indigenous people of the Russian Federation. Nagaibak Cossacks took part in all large-scale battles of the 18th century. They live in the Chelyabinsk region.

Tatars

The Tatars are the second largest people in the Urals (after the Russians). Most Tatars live in Bashkiria (about 1 million). There are many completely Tatar villages in the Urals. Significant migrations of Volga Tatars to the Urals were observed in the 18th century.

The Agafurovs were in the past one of the most famous merchants of the Urals among the Tatars

Culture of the peoples of the Urals

The culture of the peoples of the Urals is quite unique and original. Until the Urals ceded to Russia, many local peoples did not have their own written language. However, over time, these same peoples knew not only their own language, but also Russian.

The amazing legends of the peoples of the Urals are full of bright, mysterious plots. As a rule, the action is associated with caves and mountains, various treasures.

It is impossible not to mention the unsurpassed skill and imagination of folk craftsmen. The products of craftsmen made from Ural minerals are widely known. They can be seen in leading museums in Russia.

The region is also famous for wood and bone carvings. Wooden roofs traditional houses, laid without the use of nails, are decorated with carved “skates” or “hens”. Among the Komi, it is customary to place wooden figures of birds on separate poles near the house. There is such a thing as “Perm animal style”. What are ancient figurines worth? mythical creatures, cast in bronze, found during excavations.

Kasli casting is also famous. These are amazing in their sophistication creations made of cast iron. Masters created the most beautiful candelabra, figurines, sculptures and jewelry. This direction has gained authority in the European market.

A strong tradition is the desire to have your own family and love for children. For example, the Bashkirs, like other peoples of the Urals, revere their elders, so the main members of families are grandparents. Descendants know by heart the names of the ancestors of seven generations.