EVERYDAY LIFE OF DAGESTAN GORYANKAS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH – EARLY 20TH C. IN THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIOGRAPHY

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https://doi.org/10.32653/CH192402-413

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Dagestan, mountain women, everyday life, holidays, a look at workdays from the outside, a look from the inside

Abstract

The article considers everyday life of goryankas (women of mountains) of Dagestan in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries, seen through the eyes of the Russian authors, as well as representatives of local peoples. Some factual material in the studies of domestic, in particular Dagestan researchers, devoted to various Dagestan ethnic groups, which also describe the everyday life of women, is of interest. The main principles of historical science served as a methodological basis for the study: the principles objectivity, scientific nature, analysis of the works of Russian and local authors containing information about the everyday life of a Dagestan woman in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. The interest in the topic under consideration sparked in the early 19th century, but intensified in its second half with the final annexation of Dagestan to the Russian Empire. In 1846, the newspaper Kavkaz started to be published, and in the 60s – the Collections of information about the Caucasian mountaineers. The 10 volumes of this publication contain the most important material on Dagestan by both Russian and local authors. The historical sources that formed the basis for writing the article are diaries, notes, articles in periodicals, monographs, etc. The article lists the topics on the everyday life of mountain women, most often touched upon by pre-revolutionary authors. These are housework, participation in fieldwork, chores, etc. The author analyzes the views of Russian and local authors on women’s everyday life, and identifies differences in their assessments of the situation of the mountain women of Dagestan. The author comes to the conclusion that women’s everyday life in different regions of Dagestan had its own peculiarities: it depended on the level of socio-economic development of the region, on the type of economic activity of the population, on the development of trade and economic relations, etc. This was reflected in the labor balance between men and women. Women were more engaged in the work in the mountains, and men – in the plains. The issue of women’s everyday life in Dagestan requires further research, taking into account regional features.

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Author Biography

  • El'mira Murtuzalievna Dalgat, The Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
    Bio Statement: Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the Department of Modern and Recent History of Daghestan Researcher focus: social and economic development of Daghestan of the XIX century .; penetration and development of capitalism in Daghestan; peasant and landlord economy; urban development in Daghestan; modernization processes in Daghestanian villages; transformation of the mentality of Daghestanis

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2023-07-26

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Dalgat EM. EVERYDAY LIFE OF DAGESTAN GORYANKAS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH – EARLY 20TH C. IN THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIOGRAPHY. ИАЭК. 2023;19(2):402-413. doi:10.32653/CH192402-413