Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

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Created: 2015-03-19 18:38
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Description: Oral histories are stories about events that have taken place in the recent past or are still in the process of unfolding. Stories about pre-Soviet nomadic lifestyle, the demolition of Buddhist temples in the 1930s, the deportation of the Kalmyks in 1943, the subsequent return of the Kalmyks from exile, life in post-exile period, are few examples. To this can be added stories about places, famous people, notable objects, encounters with ghosts and spirits, adventures, and many others.
 

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Alexandr Tarancheev, About Exile


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Alexandr talks about exile and his first years in Siberia:

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sun 28 Apr 2019


Alexandr Tarancheev, About Life Before WW II and Kalmyk Weddings


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Alexandr talks about Roma people who came to his village and about how Kalmyks do matchmaking:

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sun 28 Apr 2019


Alexandr Tarancheev, About the Village of Godzhur


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Alexandr talks about the village of Godzhur and how he learnt to read the Kalmyk script:

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sun 28 Apr 2019


Alexandra Sangadzhieva, About Life in Siberia


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Alexandra reminisces about how her family lived in Altaiskiy krai in Siberia. Her brother used to sing the Russian songs ‘Tramp’ and ‘Katyusha’ in Kalmyk. Her mother adopted a...

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sat 12 May 2018


Alexandra Sanzheeva, About Sandzhi Kenzeev


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Alexandra reminisces about her teacher Sandzhi Alekseevich Kenzeev who taught her Kalmyk.

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sun 11 Nov 2018


Alexei Naranov, About a Temple, the Bagud Clan and Lagan'


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In this interview Alexei talks about a temple that was in his native place, about the origin of the Bagud clan whose members used that temple and about digging wells in Lagan’.

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Sat 17 Feb 2018


Alexei Naranov, About Cotton Production in Kalmykia


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Alexei reminisces about how farmers grew cotton in Kalmykia. In his kolkhoz, called ‘Revolyutsionnyi Trud’ (Revolutionary Labor), the farmers planted mainly cotton. First, cotton...

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 7 Aug 2017


Anatoliy Dzhavinov, About the Day of Kalmyk Press


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Anatoliy talks about how he initiated the Day of Kalmyk Press.

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 21 Aug 2018


Angira Shaburova, About Education


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Angira has two years of formal education. So does her husband. When Kalmyks were sent to Siberia, people had more urgent needs than to pursue education. Angira and her husband...

Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (ORAL HISTORIES)

Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 11 Jul 2019


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