Образы русских в произведениях Базара Барадина

Abstract

The aim of the study is to determine the specifics of the depiction of Russian characters in B. Baradin’s works. The study is novel in that it is the first to identify the entire spectrum of Russian characters in B. Baradin’s works, to propose their typology and establish the connection of these images with the historical and cultural context. As a result, it was determined that in B. Baradin’s works, there is a whole range of Russian characters, which can be divided into types, each of which is associated with the cultural and political context of the era. The first type of Russian images is a negative image of a Russian colonizer associated with the discourse of the Buryat national movement, which denounced the colonial policy of pre-revolutionary Russia in relation to the Buryat people. The second, opposite type is a positive image of a Russian who enters into constructive interaction with Buryats, offers them help, new knowledge and skills. A separate category consists of the images of Russian rulers – the image of Peter I in the play “The Great Shaman Sister”, which, on the one hand, continues the folklore tradition of glorifying the “White Tsar” and, on the other hand, hints at the prospects for positive cooperation between Buryat politicians and the new Russian government, and the image of Lenin in the poem “The Great Time”, which comes from the new Soviet historical narrative.