PLYUSSA ESTONIANS: FROM ETHNIC HISTORY OF NORTH-WESTERN RUSSIA (BASED ON PERIODICAL LITERATURE)

Abstract

The article studies the way of life of Estonians who migrated from Governorate of Estonia and Governorate of Livonia to the eastern direction, to the Plyussky region. In the study the author gives the list of places of compact residence of Estonians in this region in the 19th-20th centuries (farmsteads, villages; Plussa and Lyady among others). The author also investigates the religious peculiarities of the life of the Estonian population of the region. The author collected, systematized and presented in this work the materials from pre- and post-revolutionary newspapers in Estonian language, which are first introduced into scientific circulation. The article shows the cultural identity of the local Estonian community of the Plyusskiy District, tells about the traditions of the Estonians of the region. The author describes biographies of the Estonians who are the famous natives of the Plyussa region and their contribution to the history of the region, as well as about the current situation of Estonian population in this region. In the conclusion, the author states that Estonians made the significant contribution to the history and culture of the multinational Plyusskiy District. The main methods used in the study are the generalization method, system approach, historical-descriptive method, analysis of the documents, and empirical descriptive method.