Presentation of L.N. Zhukova's book about Yukaghirs
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Zhukova, PhD in History, a well-known Yukaghir researcher, has published the book "Yukaghirs in History and Culture: Interdisciplinary Research. Part 1: Art and Folklore". The presentation took place on October 30th in the auditorium of Institute for Humanitarian Studies and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This book is the first part of a trilogy financially supported by the international gold mining company Nordgold.
The researcher was congratulated on an important day by her colleagues, friends and Yukaghirs. Responsible editor of the book, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Panna Egorovna Prokopyeva, noted Lyudmila Nikolayevna's professionalism and dedication to the cause and warmly recalled the first student steps in the field of computer science, carried out under her mentorship. According to Vyacheslav Shadrin, Lyudmila Nikolayevna played a major role in the formation of Yukaghir respect and reverence for their people and helped them explore the traditions of their ancestors. Doctor of Historical Sciences Anatoly Nikolayevich Alekseev gave a brief overview of the research history on the Yukaghirs: "... thanks to S.N. Kurilov's novel Hanido and Khalerkha, the Yukaghirs attracted the attention of the entire Soviet Union in the 1970s, and since then intensive study of the Yukaghir people has intensified." Professor mentioned such important works on ethnogenesis of the Yukaghirs as "Yukaghirs and Yukaghirized Tunguses" by the famous V.I. Iokhelson, "Who are you Yukaghirs?" (1979) by V.A. Tugolukov, the work of the Ivanov-Unarov couple Vladimir Kharlampyevich and Zinaida Ivanovna, Yuri Alekseyevich Mochanov, who studied the Sumnagin culture (10-6 thousand years BC) and believed that the Yukaghirs were related to this culture, which confirms the antiquity of their history, and Anatoly Nikolayevich recalled the late Yukaghir writer Gennady Alekseyevich Dyachkov, author plays "The Pink Seagull" ("The Hunter's Son") (1982).
Lyudmila Nikolayevna said that the trilogy will be published for three years, the second part is devoted to the ethnography of forest Yukaghirs, the third part is paleoethnography and archeology. According to her, according to the rock paintings of the late Neolithic and the Bronze Age, it is possible to find out what hunting traditions existed among the ancient population, they are partially preserved by modern forest yukaghirs. Lyudmila also notes that ancient layers of Yukaghir history are inaccessible to archaeologists because of the ground-based burial types practiced in the past. Therefore, all attention is focused on folklore and rock art. Folklore reveals such traditions as wedding ceremonies, songwriting, and everyday tools of labor and hunting. Thanks to the bearers of folklore and folk knowledge, traditional musical instruments were recreated, which were tested by the Kolymchanka ensemble. Lyudmila Nikolayevna warmly speaks about her expeditions to the villages of Nelemnoye and Zyryanka to the forest Yukaghirs, with whom she worked for many years, they tried to preserve their native culture and language, actively cooperating with researchers. Lyudmila Nikolayevna was also congratulated by Sardana Ilyinichna Boyakova, Director of the Institute for Humanitarian Studies and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Doctor of Historical Sciences. Irina S. Kurilova, Chairman of the Yukaghir Association of Yakutia, editor of the Ilken portal for indigenous peoples of the North, noted that Lyudmila Nikolayevna cooperates with the Ilken newspaper and presented her with a letter of Thanks. Participants of the Yukaghir ethnofolclore ensemble "Kolymchanka", that performed at the presentation, expressed gratitude for the advice, guidance and help. Colleagues, Senior Researcher at the Institute, Sargylana Makarovna Baisheva, senior researcher at the Institute, Tatiana Innokentievna Ignatieva, associate professor of Art History at the Arctic State Institute of Culture and Art, Zinaida Ivanovna Ivanova-Unarova, art critic also congrtulated.
Second part of the event was dedicated to 95th anniversary of native speakers of the Yukaghir language and culture Vasiliy Konstantinovich Spiridonov, Akulina Vasiliyevna Sleptsova, Akulina Egorovna Shadrina. Teachers of the Nelemnoye secondary school named after Teki Odulok of Verkhnekolymsky district of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), where Yukaghirs traditionally live, performed remotely. Panna Egorovna Prokopyeva and Evdokia Ivanovna Cheprasova, who worked as a librarian in the village of Nelemnoye, shared their memories of working with elders who cared about preserving the culture of their ancestors and passed on their knowledge to the next generations of Yukaghirs.
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Zhukova took an active part in the work of the Arctic Multilingual Portal, thanks in large part to her, the section "Yukaghirs" is filled out, you can read it at the link:
https://arctic-megapedia.com/jukagirs/
Congratulations to Lyudmila Nikolayevna on this joyful event and wish her well-being and new achievements!
