Sheshkins

Sheshkins ( Shesh-Kulevy , Shesh-Kukshilevy ) - Vogul ( Mansi ) aristocratic clan of Lombovozh , recognized after baptism in the princely dignity of the Russian Empire .

The informants consider the oldest surnames in Lombovozh the following: Sheshkin, Albin, Taratov. These are the people of eryg porat (song time). Moreover, regarding all these surnames, we can say that their carriers are aliens. So, the surname Sheshkin (Sheksha, Shesh-Kulev, Shesh-Kushkilev) goes back to the surname Kukshin, known in the 16th century. in Verkhotursky district on the river. Lala - a tributary of the river. Sosvy . The Sheshkins played a major role not only in Lombovozh, but also in the entire Lyapinsky volost, whose administrative and cult center was in the 19th century. was Lombozh . This princely surname is Kanas Kol Mahum (“people of the princely house”), it is mentioned, as far as is known, from the 17th century. In documents under 1708, Lyapinsky Prince Sheksha Kushkirov appears, under 1718 - Semyon Shekshin, and later - other princes. Probably, in all of the above cases, the same hereditary or ancestral name included in the fund of generic names is repeated in different variants. The existence of such a fund is explained by the presence in the Ob Ugrians of ideas about a reincarnating soul, when a newborn also received the name of his deceased ancestor.

In the Sheshkins (Shekshins), the Shesh-Kukshilevs were renamed after the baptism of Prince Matvey (1714). Their duties were determined by the Certificate of the Sovereign of 1713. The letters confirming the princely dignity were kept by the Sheshkins back in the 20th century. Only under Soviet rule were they forced to hide in a swamp.

The Sheshkins are called Sossang mahum lopy us Sheskin (“local people of the Lombomozh Sheshkiny”), as well as torum cheese hum (“divine family”) or tohlyn cheese makhum (“people of the winged family”). Their ancestral spirit is represented as a winged creature or Carduelis (ses). It was he who was also Lopyngus-pavling-oyka or just Pavlying-oyka ("Village Old Man ").

In the past, periodic festivities were held in honor of the Sheshkin ancestor (for three consecutive years every 7 years), whose participants performed saber dances with helmets in helmets. Pavling-oyka was kept in the Sheshkins ’house - Kanas Kolt ols (now it is the oldest house in Lombovozh) and was a mask wrapped in several shawls and pieces of fabric (butts). The image was kept on bunks separated by a partition. Not everyone could go into this part of the house.