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The juridicial customs of the Yakut
Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie • 10 (37) • Published In 1898 • Pages: 37-64
By: Kharuzin, Aleksai Nikolaevich, Keen, B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The actual field work, for which no date has been given was done by H. P. Pripuzov for the Ethnographic Division of the Imperial Society of Students of Natural Science, but his material, according to the author, was fragmentary and lacking organization, hence requiring adaptation for publication. The editing of this material was done by A. N. Kharuzin, who also made additions to the information as well as references to data noted by other investigators in the area, notably Sieroszewski. Mr. Kharuzin has made, with the aid of this material, an excellent survey of the 'clan' or sib system of the Yakuts, and portrayed many aspects of the customary law of this ethnic group. Of particular interest is the connection shown between the ancient familial- 'clan' system and the juridical customs. Very good information is obtained here in this source on the property system, the inheritance laws, the mode of marriage and the place of women in this society, all of which, the author skillfully proves, are intimately tied up with the 'clan' system. Effort is made by the compiler to show the changed aspect of Yakut customary law in face of Russian influence, but it is made apparent to the reader that many of the customary laws survive to prove the tenacity of the old kinship system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Clans
- Judicial authority
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yakut
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- RCH ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
- NotesAdditional notes
- Aleksai Nikolaevich Kharuzin
- Translation from the Russian of: IUridicheskiia obichai IAkutov.
- The original Russian text is not included.
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translated for HRAF by B. Keen
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yakut (Turkic people)