ԱՐՑԱԽԻ ԵՎ ՍՅՈՒՆԻՔԻ ԱՎԱՆԴԱԶՐՈՒՅՑՆԵՐԸ «СБОРНИК МАТЕРИАЛОВ ДЛЯ ОПИСАНИЯ МЕСТНОСТЕЙ И ПЛЕМЕН КАВКАЗА» (СМОМПК 1881-1915) ՌՈՒՍԱԼԵԶՈՒ ՄԱՏԵՆԱՇԱՐԻ ԷՋԵՐՈՒՄ / TRADITIONS OF ARTSAKH AND SYUNIK ON THE PAGES OF THE RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE BOOK SERIES "COLLECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITIES AND TRIBES OF THE CAUCASUS" (SMOMPK 1881 – 1915)

Abstract

From the second half of the 19th century to the first decade of the 20th century, in the context of its cultural policy for the "spiritual rapprochement" of the peoples living in the Caucasus and the eastern part of the Armenian highlands under its rule, Tsarist Russia undertook the publication of the Russian-language cultural series SMOMPK, which was printed in Tiflis. The bibliography mainly includes materials relating to various genres of folklore of different peoples: Armenians, Georgians, Tatеs and others, archaeological and ethnographic reviews. In 10 of the 46 volumes of the series, Armenian folklore materials and archaeological and ethnographic reviews were published. Most folklore materials were recorded in the Artsakh-Sunik region, where foreign folklore collectors also made business trips. A large amount of folklore material consists of Armenian folk tales and traditional legends, which have never been studied or republished. The purpose of the study is to rescue from oblivion and introduce into scientific circulation traditional talks and conversations that are part of the intangible cultural heritage of Artsakh and Syunik, translated and published in SMOMPK - in Russian, some of which have parallels in their content and types in collections we already know, and some are unique to Armenian folklore.