Historical and cultural problems of northern countries and regions № 1 (41), 2018
Historical and cultural problems
of northern countries and regions
Scientific articles
Ust-Kulom peasant Ivan Rassykhayev: experience of agriculture
in the Russia`s European North-East in the first third of the XX century
Semenov V.A.1, Lipin V.B.2
Abstract. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, certain changes occurred in the Komi village, related to the increase in the peasantry agrarian culture. The most educated representatives of the rural population got acquainted with the advanced works on agrarian culture printed in the capital's magazines and tried put some tips out of them in practice. Among these representatives is the Ust-Kulom peasant Ivan Stepanovich Rassykhayev, who left behind himself diary records for almost every day, where he painted weather conditions, different crops, which, under different weather conditions, should bring the optimal harvest. Ivan Rassykhayev`s experience is also important in our day, when meadows and arable land are neglected, and their revival could contribute to the revival of the village and the national culture.
Keywords: Peasant community, agricultural crops, agriculture, farming, the European North-East of Russia.
1Semenov V.A. Doctor of Science (History), Professor of the History of Russia and foreign countries Department, Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University. Oktyabrsky аve., 55, 167001, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation.
E-mail: Semenov_45@bk.ru
2Lipin V.B. Researcher at the National Museum of the Republic of Komi. Kommunisticheskaia str., 6, 167000, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation.
E-mail: nmrk@list.ru
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