Russian Folklore/русский фольклор

Традиционный народный танец "Краковяк" с хутора Грушинский в Боковском районе Ростовской области. Traditional folk dance "Krakowiak" from the village of Grushinsky in the Bokovsky district of the Rostov region.

Руины молитвенного дома духоборов близ Камсака, Саскачеван, Канада. Духоборы не строили церквей как таковых, но они строили молитвенные дома, где проводили воскресные молитвенные собрания ("Моления"), пели традиционные песни и читали псалмы. Некоторые из этих молитвенных домов сейчас являются музеями, а другие были заброшены. Ruins of a Doukhobor prayer home near Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Doukhobors didn’t build churches as such but they did construct prayer houses where they would hold Sunday prayer meetings ("Molenyie"), sing traditional songs and recite psalms. Some of these prayer houses are now museums and others were abandoned.

A Russian girl from the town of Starodub in the Starodubsky District of the Bryansk region. Русская девушка из города Стародуб Стародубского района Брянской области.

Участники сельского народного хора в деревне Сенно Печорского района Псковской области Members of the village folk choir in the village of Senno, Pechorsky District, Pskov region

Русская девушка в традиционной одежде из хутора Угрим в Белгородском районе Белгородской области. Снимок сделан до 1925 года. Russian girl in traditional clothing from the Khutor Ugrim in the Belgorod district of the Belgorod region. Taken prior to 1925.

The Koch was a traditional Russian sea sailing and rowing vessel that was used by the Pomors and Siberian industrialists during the 11th to 19th centuries. Kochi was originally built without the use of metals. The ship frames were attached to the outer skin with juniper whips or hemp ropes. They were equipped with a mast, mounted rudder and oars. Two-masted vessels are also known. In the Arkhangelsk region, sudas, shnyaks and kochmars were sewn together not with nails, but with needles made of juniper roots, so sudas, shnyaks and kochmars were also called vichankas. The ship's hull resisted compression in the ice. The name "koch" is associated with the word "kotsa" - an ice coat, that is, the second ice skin of the ship. It was distributed in the Russian North and Siberia. Initially, Kochi was built by Pomors. Later, the construction of kochi began beyond the Urals. In the XVII century, they began to be built in Yeniseysk.

Group of women in traditional clothing from the village of Novye Cheshuyki in the Mglinsky district of the Bryansk region. Группа женщин в традиционной одежде из села Новые Чешуйки Мглинского района Брянской области.

Russian women in traditional clothing from the village of Spirin Pochinok in the Kologrivsky district of the Kostroma region. Русские женщины в традиционной одежде из деревни Спирин Починок Кологривского района Костромской области.

Pupils of a rural school with a teacher in the village of Karlykhanovo in the Belokataysky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Ученики сельской школы с учителем из село Карлыханово Белокатайского района Республики Башкортостан.

The first thing Evdokia wove was a portrait of Pushkin. Then she began to work on the churches: Evdokia Vasilyevna, brought up in respect for the spiritual culture of the Russian people, recreates what is one of its main components. Her works has a lot of churches, colorful, at different times of the year, in the middle of winter and autumn, and grass, and flowers. There are also St. Sophia Cathedral in many variants, the Annunciation Church in Lyubomirovo, the Kazan Church in Sheksna, the Church of Valaam Khatynsky in Vologda, the Resurrection Cathedral in Cherepovets, as well as architectural monuments of Moscow, Novgorod and many others.

Evdokia Panova was a Russian naive artist who made tapestries. Evdokia was born in the village of Nokshino, Vologda region. She was engaged in needlework from the very childhood, but peasant work, and then family troubles, did not allow her to devote enough time to weaving to show her talent. In 1972, trouble came to the house-the youngest son died. Her grief was so great that Evdokia did not see or hear anyone, and, in her own words, she would have gone mad if she had not occupied herself with something that required constant and painstaking work. A life-saving activity was nearby - a loom and colorful balls prepared for rugs. The pain prompted creativity. Evdokia Vasilyevna stayed up late at the loom and wove: first traditional geometric patterns and flowers, and then gradually the drawing became more complicated, until she brought her work to the creation of large, complex compositions. From under her hands came out not just rugs - live, talking stories that attract the eye.

The Golovodets is a traditional Russian headdress in the form of an arc-shaped crown which was worn in the Velsky district of the Arkhangelsk province and in the Totemsky district of the Vologda province. Originally, during the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century, the Golovodets was worn by unmarried girls but in the the second half of the 19th century, it was worn strictly during the wedding, often being worn over a borushka, a women's headdress. A silk shawl was then thrown on top, which covered part of the girl's face. The Golovodets was made from several layers of birch bark, pasted over with a canvas. Its front side was completely sewn up with gold thread. The golden thread was superimposed on thick cords that formed a pattern, which made the pattern seem to be embossed on metal. From the other side, the headdress was sheathed with an elegant heel or chintz. The back side was decorated with ribbons and a wide blade of silk fabric, which descended along the back.

Group photo from the village of Lavry in the Pechorsky district of the Pskov region. 1930s. Групповое фото из деревни Лавры Печорского района Псковской области. 1930-е годы.

Sunzha Cossacks from the village of Voznesenskaya in the Malgobek district of the Republic of Ingushetia. 1913. Сунженские казаки из станицы Вознесенская Малгобекского района Республики Ингушетия. 1913 год.

Mentor of the Fedoseevsky prayer house, Nizhny Novgorod, 1980.

Sergey Nikolaevich with his sisters and nephews from the village of Krokhino in the Belozersky district of the Vologda region. Сергей Николаевич со своими сестрами и племянниками из деревни Крохино Белозерского района Вологодской области.

Traditional Russian coat from the village of Azapolye in the Mezensky district of the Arkhangelsk region in northwestern Russia. Традиционное русское пальто из деревни Азаполье Мезенского района Архангельской области на северо-западе России.

Group of people from the village of Cherny Potok in the Ludinovsky district of the Kaluga Region in central Russia. Taken before 1940. Группа людей из деревни Черный поток Людиновского района Калужской области в центральной России. Снимок сделан до 1940 года.

Peasants in casual clothing from the village of Bolshiye Peksely in the district of Kasimovsky in the Ryazan region. Крестьяне в повседневной одежде из села Большие Пекселы Касимовского района Рязанской области.

Members of the Belsky family from the city of Cheboksary in the Chuvash Republic (former Cheboksarsky Uyezd, Kazan Governorate). Late 1917-early 1918. Члены семьи Бельских из города Чебоксары Чувашской Республики (бывший Чебоксарский уезд Казанской губернии). Конец 1917 - начало 1918 годов.