Kaksina Evdokiya Danilovna

28.09.1968

performer and collector of folklore of the Khanty people

Evdokiya Danilovna was born in the reindeer herding brigade no. 9. At that time, the brigade was located in the area of the Muvәӈ ԓor (the Twisting Lake), which was located in forty kilometers from the village of Numto. Her parents are Danil Nikolaevich and Darya Grigoryevna devoted their entire lives to reindeer husbandry. The family had many children, there were ten children in total, and Dusya was the fifth child in the family. From the age of three, her teachers were the grandfather Nikolay Yakovlevich and grandmother Fekla Andreevna. She began to study at the Yuilsk Elementary School. After studying for one year, she was transferred to the Kazym Boarding School. Her first teacher was Valentina Mikhaylovna Vokueva. Evdokiya Danilovna graduated from 10 grades of the Kazym School in 1988. After graduating from school, she immediately began her work career at the reindeer breeding farm «Kazymsky». From an early age, she has always been drawn to Khanty culture, observing all traditions and customs of her family. Always Evdokiya Danilovna had a dream to become a useful person for her people. In 2002, she entered the Yugra State University at the faculty of Philology, on specialty "Teacher of the Khanty Language and Literature". After graduating from the University in 2008, she began to work as a researcher at the Beloyarsky Branch of the Folklore Center of the Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development.