Abstract
The article examines the zoomorphic code of a dog in the culture of the Russian Ustians - descendants of the Russian old-timers of the lower Indigirka. Russian settlers, having adapted to the harsh climate of the Arctic, created a polar version of Russian culture, in which dogs became an obligatory element. Their role in commercial and economic activities is extremely great. Having become the center of everyday life, the dog is a cultural code of the sub-ethnic group. The linguoculturological approach was adopted to analyze the involvement of dogs in the script of various folklore genres. The article describes materials of dialectal dictionaries and archival funds, demonstrating the linguistic representation of the image of a dog.
Highlights
Since the 17th century, islands inhabited by Russian explorers have appeared on the territory of northeastern Russia
The Russians did not feel the influence of the literary Russian language, which made it possible to develop dialects that differed from other dialects of both European Russia and Siberia as a whole and a special type of Russian "polar culture"
Each local group has its own characteristics both at the level of language and in traditional culture and life, and the inhabitants are carriers of a lifestyle adapted to the Arctic conditions, which has absorbed both elements of Russian culture and local cultures of northern peoples
Summary
Since the 17th century, islands inhabited by Russian explorers have appeared on the territory of northeastern Russia. The permanent Russian population - old-timers - has formed there. In the Russian Federation, there are three sub-ethnic groups of Arctic old-timers, two of which live in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): Indigir and Kolym residents. The former live in the lower reaches of the Indigirka River, the latter - in the Kolyma. Each local group has its own characteristics both at the level of language and in traditional culture and life, and the inhabitants are carriers of a lifestyle adapted to the Arctic conditions, which has absorbed both elements of Russian culture and local cultures of northern peoples
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