ISSN 1829-4618

RELICS OF THE ORAL TRADITION OF THE ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA (ROSTOV-ON-DON AND PYATIGORSK)

By: Verjiné Svazlian, Doctor in Philology, Leading Researcher, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, vsvaz333@yahoo.com

Yerevan: Publishing House of Institute ofArchaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA, 2020, 288 p.

The book includes relics of the oral tradition of the Armenians of Russia, combining the primary source popular oral creations, communicated by the Armenian narrators who emigrated from Crimea and Artsakh to Russia – Nor-Nakhijevan and Pyatigorsk, which have been written down by the author. The historical-folkloric studies of the work is presented also in Russian and English languages. The collection is supplied with Documentary Tables of the narrators and their communicated materials.