The materials collector for the description of areas and Kavkaz tribes ( SMOMPK ; Collection of materials for description of properties and tribes of the Caucasus ) is a journal published by the Office of the Caucasian School District in Tiflis . From 1881, KP Yanovsky, the trustee of the Caucasian School District, was in charge of the publication (died in 1902). The magazine contains extensive material for history, archeology, linguistics and ethnography of the Caucasus, essays on their history. Of great scientific interest are dictionaries and texts of the Caucasian peoples, legends about narts, Great Russian and non-Russian songs, articles and materials about the life and customs of Armenians, Georgians, Azeris, Ossetians, Mountain Jews and other Caucasian nations. In the multi-volume work, information was published about the life, writing, way of life, customs, folklore, and much more that was collected by researchers after the final conquest of the Caucasus. In the publication you can find descriptions of villages and cities, essays on their history, life and crafts of the population. Historical, lyrical, everyday and ritual songs, legends reveal the beauty of the language and the spiritual essence of the peoples of the Caucasus. The scientific value of this publication was recognized by Professor V.F. Miller in extensive reviews published in the 1893 Journal of the Ministry of Public Education . The magazine was published from 1881 to 1915 in Tiflis to the printing house of the Main Directorate of the Caucasian Stewards, but in connection with the war its publication was stopped. Only in 1926, thanks to the association of the North Caucasian Mountain Local History Organizations in Makhachkala , the 45th edition saw the light, and in 1929 the 46th edition. From 1893 to 1915 the collection was published with a foreword by L. G. Lopatinsky . The main part of the authors of the publication are teachers, mainly teachers of local Caucasian schools and gymnasiums, who collected and recorded various materials. The period of publication of the journal was different, with the accumulation of materials, about 1-2 issues per year.
Collection of materials for describing localities and tribes of the Caucasus | |
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Collection of materials for descriptions of places and tribes of the Caucasus | |
"Collection of materials for describing localities and tribes of the Caucasus", 1881 - 1 issue | |
Abbreviation ( ISO 4 ) | SMOMPK |
Specialization | journal, history, ethnography, linguistics, folklore |
Periodicity | ~ 1-2 times a year |
Tongue | Russian |
Editorial address | Tiflis ; Printing house of the Head Department of the Caucasian Stewards |
A country | Russian Empire ; the USSR |
Publisher | Publishing Office of the Caucasian School District, Tiflis; Association S.-K. Mountain Local History Organizations and Narcompros Dag.S.A. Makhachkala . |
Edition History | 1881 - 1915 ; 1926 , 1929 |
Links
- Collection of materials for describing localities and tribes of the Caucasus // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Collection of materials for describing localities and tribes of the Caucasus