Title of the article:

ON LINGUISTIC AND ETHNOLINGUISTIC SITUATION OF OLD BELIEVERS IN POLISH COUNTIES OF SUWALKI, SEJNY AND AUGUSTOW AND IN LATGALE

Author(s):

Tatiana S. Ganenkova

Information about the author/authors

Tatiana S. Ganenkova — PhD in Philology, Researcher, The Institute for Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Science, Leninsky av., 32А, “B” build., 119334 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: tatianaganenkova@gmail.com

Section

Philological sciences

Year

2017

Volume

Vol. 46

Pages

Pp. 103-121

Received

July 09, 2017

Date of publication

December 15, 2017

Index UDK

81

Index BBK

81.2 + 86.372.81

Abstract

This paper aims to compare linguistic and ethnolinguistic situations of the Priestless Old Believers in Poland (counties of Suwalki, Sejny and Augustow) and in Latgale (the region where the majority of the Latvian Old Believers live). Although these two communities are of common origins they developed in a different way due to historic and social conditions. The analysis is conducted on the basis of data collected during expeditions to Poland and Latvia in 2016 and partly in 2017 as well as other researches on this subject. The comparison of dialects and folk traditions proves that these two communities have common Northern Russian origins. The analysis of historic and social conditions from the XIX century till present days explains why the modern state of preserving dialect, folk traditions and identity questions differs significantly in communities of the Old Believers in Poland and Latvia.

Keywords

Old Believers, dialect, language situation, folk traditions, identity, Poland, Latvia.

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