The article is devoted to the semantics of metal jewelry and their significance in the costume of the aboriginal population of the Surgut Priobye.
The article describes the problem of formation and development of the segment of Guild artisans, and identifies the main groups of craftwork in the Tobolsk Governorate. The dynamics of the number of the main groups of artisans and professional differentiation of craft specialties are observed.
The article is devoted to the history of the Tobolsk Gubernskaya Gymnasium that is the first male gymnasium in Western Siberia. The article provides information about the creation of the gymnasium and the social composition of students. Famous teachers who have worked in the gymnasium for many years are presented: I. P. Mendeleev, P. P. Ershov. The article reveals the outstanding graduates of the gymnasium: V. V. Passek, K. M Golodnikov, D. I. Mendeleev, N. A. Kremlev, I. Ya. Slovtsov, A. V. Adrianov, B. N. Gorodkov, Kh. M. Loparev, etc.
Based on the extensive memoir heritage of exiled Decembrists, the author assesses the main concepts and ideas they put forward with respect to Siberia and its people. The article describes positive and negative tendencies in the development of the region during the 19th century, noted by former noblemen. An attempt to analyze Siberia's past and present through the prism of colonial matter and possible ways of development of the region is also given.
The article examines museum exhibitions in Tyumen and Yalutorovsk dedicated to the merchants, one of the predominant estates on the territory of the Tobolsk Governorate. The Siberian merchants had many features that were reflected in the presented museum exhibitions.
The article is devoted to the study of the delimitation of Siberia and Kazakhstan, in close connection with the national policy of the Bolsheviks. The features of the influence of national and political aspects on the process of forming the border of the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic with the Siberian Governorate are considered.
The article discusses the development of the school system in the Ostyak–Vogul National Okrug in the 30s of the 20th century. The author pays attention to the implementation of the law on universal education of school-age children. The article describes the growth of the school network and boarding schools in the Okrug. The attention is paid to the problem of school provision with teaching staff.
The article considers the organization of examination tests in schools of the Khanty-Mansi National Okrug in the early post-war years. The research is based on the analysis of information and statistical reports, references, and telegrams of the Ugra school administration. The author highlights the objective and subjective factors of the low quality of work of examination commissions in schools. These factors, in the author's opinion, were associated with general problems of school education development in the region.
The article analyzes the staffing of brick factories in Western Siberia during the formation of the West Siberian oil and gas complex. Difficult conditions of their work and everyday life are noted. Attention is drawn to the poor provision of housing and medical services for employees. The article focuses on the dependence of staff turnover on unsolved problems in the daily life of construction workers.
A large part of the publication is devoted to the study of the form of training and advanced training of workers in the construction industry. The most promising of them are noted, and the institution of mentoring in the training and education of young workers is mentioned.
The article analyzes the role of the conference in Tyumen, 1969, on the problems of development and deployment of productive forces in shaping the strategy of transport development of oil and gas-bearing regions in Western Siberia. Attention is focused on the main positions of the conference participants on transport construction. The discussion is considered in the context of the situation that developed in the second half of the 1960s in the road construction industry in the North of the Tyumen Oblast.
The article examines the features of the hunting activities of men of the Russian old-time population of the Surgut Krai: fishing, hunting, fowling, and collecting pine nuts. A description of the typical everyday occupations of a native of Surgut that are the procurement of firewood and hay, and vegetable farming is also given.
The research work is dedicated to the famous journalist and local historian Ivan Prokopyevich Zakharov. The article analyzes the regional studies of I. P. Zakharov and their significance for the city's culture and the development of historical knowledge about the region. The article presents the analysis of numerous works of the local historian and provides their assessment.
The article examines the problem of emigration of Jews, Germans, and Russians from the USSR in the early 1990s on the materials of the Tomsk newspaper “Tomsky Express”. The attitude of city residents to this problem is analyzed.
The article analyzes the problems of redevelopment and planting of greenery in the city of Nizhnevartovsk in the period from 1991 to 2019. This makes it possible to review the historical experience of these processes in the city. The analysis allows positioning Nizhnevartovsk as one of the northern cities that managed to create comfortable conditions for the favorable life of the citizens, as well as for progressive development during the period. The results make it possible to extend this positive experience to other cities located on the territory of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra.
Anthropological participant observation of social and cultural processes taking place in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra and specifically in the city of Surgut during 2016–2020, allows analyzing the everyday activities of different ethnic groups of Surgut residents and visitors from nearby places. Based on the available empirical material, we will consider the everyday “ethnic” practices that exist among the Nogais, a Turkic ethnic group living in a community of the region and the city of Surgut. The purpose of the article is to identify practices that demonstrate ethnicity in the everyday life of the Northern city, based on the materials of the Nogais.
