Об убранстве кибитки по материалам калмыцких деловых документов XVIII в.

Abstract

Introduction. The monuments of Kalmyk business writing are valuable sources for studying the material culture of the Kalmyks. However, they remain out of the focus of ethnographers and the documented information is stored in the archives. In this regard, the research work on identifying and introducing valuable ethnographic material into scientific circulation is quite relevant. The goal of this article is to present the information from the Kalmyk business texts of the XVIII century. The article deals with the materials about the traditional decoration of the Kalmyk nomadic kibitka. The article describes such household items as wall and bed curtains, bed sheets, blanket, pillows, felt quilted carpets, chests. The official documents from the I-36 Fund of the National Archives of the Republic of Kalmykia namely the official letters and property registers are used as the materials for this article. Conclusions. Thus, the article for the first time introduces into scientific circulation the ethnographic material about the decoration of kibitka from the monuments of the Kalmyk business writing of the XVIII century. The material is valuable because it is obtained from sources in the Kalmyk language written by the representatives of nomadic culture themselves.