Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory

The toponymy of any region contains information about the most important stages in the history of the material and spiritual culture of the people, behind each geographical name there is a historical reality. The toponymic system of each language in verbalized form reflects the historical, social,...

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Main Author: Mariia Bulgarova
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2023-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/article/view/33456
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description The toponymy of any region contains information about the most important stages in the history of the material and spiritual culture of the people, behind each geographical name there is a historical reality. The toponymic system of each language in verbalized form reflects the historical, social, linguistic and ethno-cultural features of the ethnic group. Toponyms can exist on the map for a long time and remain relevant throughout the history of the people. The migration routes of the Nogais in the expanses of Eurasia are marked by toponyms preserved on maps of many historical territories and states, in archives and written monuments, oral folk art, ethnic memory of peoples. Nogai toponyms are scattered – from the Irtysh to the Danube, from Issyk-Kul to the Mediterranean Sea. In the toponymy of Eurasia, a significant trace was left by the eponym Nogai, immortalized in time and space. Geographical names with the name Nogai are recorded in the toponymy of different peoples inhabiting Russia and abroad in the toponymy of Adygea and North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, Central Asia. Nogai ethnonyms have been preserved in the names of numerous settlements in Türkiye. The ma- terial given by the author in this article has a huge cultural potential, declares the fact of the cultural and historical value of each geographical name.
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spelling doaj.art-11159c6ad561463d9394c464303ad6622024-04-23T08:59:56ZengVilnius University PressLietuvos Istorijos Studijos1392-04481648-91012023-10-0110.15388/Totoriai-Lietuvos-istorijoje.2023.17Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic MemoryMariia Bulgarova0Karachay-Cherkess Institute of Humanitarian Research, Russia The toponymy of any region contains information about the most important stages in the history of the material and spiritual culture of the people, behind each geographical name there is a historical reality. The toponymic system of each language in verbalized form reflects the historical, social, linguistic and ethno-cultural features of the ethnic group. Toponyms can exist on the map for a long time and remain relevant throughout the history of the people. The migration routes of the Nogais in the expanses of Eurasia are marked by toponyms preserved on maps of many historical territories and states, in archives and written monuments, oral folk art, ethnic memory of peoples. Nogai toponyms are scattered – from the Irtysh to the Danube, from Issyk-Kul to the Mediterranean Sea. In the toponymy of Eurasia, a significant trace was left by the eponym Nogai, immortalized in time and space. Geographical names with the name Nogai are recorded in the toponymy of different peoples inhabiting Russia and abroad in the toponymy of Adygea and North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, Central Asia. Nogai ethnonyms have been preserved in the names of numerous settlements in Türkiye. The ma- terial given by the author in this article has a huge cultural potential, declares the fact of the cultural and historical value of each geographical name. https://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/article/view/33456historical toponymyNogai onomastic vocabularyethnonymseponymsethnic memoryethical code
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Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory
Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos
historical toponymy
Nogai onomastic vocabulary
ethnonyms
eponyms
ethnic memory
ethical code
title Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory
title_full Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory
title_fullStr Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory
title_full_unstemmed Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory
title_short Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory
title_sort proper names as an ethnocultural text nogai place names as determinants of ethnic memory
topic historical toponymy
Nogai onomastic vocabulary
ethnonyms
eponyms
ethnic memory
ethical code
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/article/view/33456
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