book chapter
The Samoyed in their domestic and social life
Ministerstva Gosudarstvennykh Imushchest • Sanktpeterburg • Published In 1847 • Pages:
By: Islavin, Vladimīr, Wise, Sheldon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In spite of the fact that this book was written more than a century ago it contains remarkably correct and shrewd observations on an objective level about the social and economic life of the Samoyeds. Islavin was sent to make these observations as an official of the Russian Ministry of State Property. He visited the Samoyeds of the Mezen, Kanin, Timan, and Bolshezemel tundras. In chapter one, following a short introduction, he gives a brief but excellent topographical description of these areas. In chapter two he gives an historical sketch of the settling of the tundras based on data from documents, hitherto unpublished, in the possession of the Ministry. According to these data it can be proved that the Samoyeds were the original settlers of this area. The Zyrians settled around the Pechora River in 1627. This district is known as the Izhma District. The Russians first arrived in 1667 and settled around Pustozersk. Chapter three contains a vivid description of the domestic and economic life, reindeer breeding, hunting and fishing activities and the corresponding working relations existing between three groups; the Samoyeds, Zyrians, and Russians. This is a most interesting and important study in acculturation well based on statistical evidence. Especially important are his data on class formation based on wealth which is, in most cases, the number of reindeer. A study of the methods used by the Zyrians and the Russians in exploiting the Samoyeds is also significant. In his final chapter, he gives a brief but excellent description of the religious life of the Samoyeds including both Christian and 'pagan' groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Ownership and control of capital
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ethnic stratification
- Pastoral activities
- Labor relations
- Ethos
- Dwellings
- Division of labor by gender
- Sacred objects and places
- Purification and atonement
- Gender status
- Accumulation of wealth
- Heating and lighting equipment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nenets
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- North Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Stephen F. Borhegyi; 1953; Teferi A. Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1844
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1545-1847
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Russian North, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vladimīr Islavin
- Romanized
- Translation of: [Samoiedy v domashnem i obschestvennom bytu]
- The original Russian text is included in this database but it is not indexed for subjects
- Translated in part for the Cross-Cultural Survey, and for HRAF in part by Sheldon Wise ca. 1953
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Samoyeds
- Nentsy