Семейные предания о предках-первопоселенцах в Забайкалье как источник исторической памяти русских старожилов Монголии

Семейные предания о предках-первопоселенцах в Забайкалье как источник исторической памяти русских старожилов Монголии
В.Л. Кляус
2025-12-25

Old BelieversRussian old-time settlersRussian settlement of Transbaikalfamily legendshistorical memory
В статье анализируются записанные автором два семейных предания от русских старожилов Монголии, рассказывающие о раннем периоде заселения русскими Западного Забайкалья, куда в XVIII в. пришли предки респондентов — казаки и старообрядцы. В преданиях, демонстрирующих глубину исторической памяти, отражаются причины, характер, способ переселения, взаимоотношения с коренными народами, особенности веры старообрядцев, дается генеалогия предков (до седьмого колена) и пр. При некоторых анахронизмах и неточностях семейные предания в целом с исторической точки зрения достоверно отражают заселение русскими приграничной с Монголией территории Забайкалья. This article analyses two family legends recorded by the author from Russian oldtime settlers of Mongolia which tell about the early period of the Russian settlement of western Transbaikal, where the ancestors of the respondents — Cossacks and Old Believers — came in the eighteenth century. The legends demonstrate the depth of collective memory and reflect the reasons, nature, and manner of resettlement, as well as relations with indigenous peoples. They also describe such things as family genealogy (up to seven generations) and peculiarities of the Old Believers’ faith. Despite some anachronisms and inaccuracies, from an historical point of view family legends often accurately reflect the Russian settlement of the territory of Transbaikal bordering with Mongolia
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Despite anachronisms and inaccuracies, the legends generally provide historically reliable evidence about Russian settlement in Transbaikal near Mongolia.
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The legends preserve detailed historical memory of migration causes, settlement practices, and interactions between Russian settlers and indigenous peoples.
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The narratives document Old Believer religious characteristics and genealogies extending to the seventh generation.
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The study analyzes two family legends from Russian old-time settlers of Mongolia about eighteenth-century Russian settlement in western Transbaikal.

Two family legends of Russian old-time settlers in Mongolia about their Cossack and Old Believer ancestors’ eighteenth-century settlement of western Transbaikal

The historical-memory content and historical reliability of the legends concerning resettlement motives and patterns, relations with Indigenous peoples, Old Believer religious features, and ancestral genealogy

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