The textological aspect of Troschansky's works on Sakha beliefs in the context of the materials of the Sibiryakov (Yakut region) expedition

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of Vasily Troshchansky's works on Sakha beliefs in the context of researching the materials of the Sibiryakov (Yakut region) expedition. The relevance of the research lies in the study of Troschansky's scholarly works "The Evolution of the Black Faith (Shamanism) of the Yakuts" (1902), "The Experience of a Systematic Programme for the Study of Pre-Christian Beliefs of the Yakuts" (1897) in the textological aspect and directions of conceptual provisions concerning the beliefs of the Sakha people. The aim of the study is to reveal the textological parameters of Troschansky's works as fundamental works on Yakut beliefs, where the author's angles of studying Yakut life acquire special significance. The theoretical directions of textology as a branch of philology are the methodological basis of the research. The work chooses cultural, hermeneutic methods in comparative-typological analysis of texts, sources, documents. The study emphasises the scientific context of the research undertaken by Troschansky, which is underlined by the words of the enlightener, one of the founders of Yakut literature Alexei Kulakovsky. The study of Yakut beliefs in comparative contexts with the culture and beliefs of other Turkic and Mongolian peoples, as well as the broad context of lexical and semantic studies of religious terminology of the Yakut language adds to the fundamental nature of the research