НАУЧНАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ АКАДЕМИЧЕСКОГО ОТРЯДА (1733–1746)

Abstract

This article talks about a well-known event in the study of the peoples of the north and Siberia, which in history was given the name "Academic detachment", or "Journey of Academicians in Siberia", organized in the period from 1733 to 1746 by the father of Russian ethnology and ethnography Gerhard Friedrich Miller. This event is what formed the basis for the formation and development of ethnography and ethnology of modern Russia, which was held on the territory of our state in the eighteenth century. The scientific expedition was carried out as part of the Great Northern Expedition, headed by Vitus Bering. The work gives a brief presentation of the main events associated with the ethnographic and ethnological research of the Academic detachment. The Academic Detachment had the different objectives. It is work with the archives of Siberian cities. The goals of the detachment included the development of universal methods for studying the Siberian peoples and study of Siberian folklore of local peoples. Scientists needed to study the Siberian folklore of local peoples, life, worldview, rituals, public order, clothing, customs of the Siberian population, philological research. It was very interesting to consider artifacts that will be very interesting for global ethnographic scientific research of aboriginal traditional cultures, which made it possible to draw up general programs for comparative studies of Siberian traditional peoples with various neighboring peoples, revealing global patterns in the development of various cultures, etc. The article also presents brief results of this scientific expedition.