Uralist Aleksei Burõkin – ühe polühistori panus soome-ugri ja samojeedi rahvaste folkloori, etnoloogia ja keelte uurimisse
Alexey Burykin, researcher of Uralistics: The contribution of a polyhistorian to the study of the folklore, ethnology and languages of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed peoples
Author(s): Szilárd TóthSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: Aleksey Burykin; Uralic languages; Khanty language; Uralic peoples; folklore; ethnology; ethnonyms; old written texts; common and proper names; etymology; kinship vocabulary; phrasal verb;
Summary/Abstract: The article gives an overview of the contribution of Alexey Burykin (1954–2021), doctor of philology and history, to the study of the languages, folklore and ethnology of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed peoples. Burykin, whose total number of publications exceeds 1,300, has researched the Uralic peoples in a comparative way, in the context of other peoples; above all, the indigenous peoples of Siberia. His field of interests has included the mention of the Uralic peoples in sources, old written texts, folkloristics and ethnology of the Uralic peoples (Ob-Ugric, Samoyed and Sami folklore, Siberian shamanism), etymology of common and proper names, kinship vocabulary and the problems of the Khanty phrasal verb.
Journal: Mäetagused. Hüperajakiri
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 88
- Page Range: 145-158
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Estonian
