Каюкова Людмила Николаевна (18.03.1966)

Тоголмазова Екатерина Кирилловна (25.04.1934) <viddejat>performer of Khanty folklore</viddejat> <biography>Yekaterina Kirillovna was born on 25 April 1934 in a family of a hunter and a fisherman Moldanov Kirill Petrovich (people called him "Pєtər Kўtәp Iki" ‒ the Second Son of Peter) in the Khanty village on the Ekht Yugan River, at the tributary Kuryekh. All his life he lived on ancestral lands. His name as a storyteller and performer of Khanty songs, and a person with supernatural shamanic abilities was known to the inhabitants of many villages. Often people turned to him for help, as a soothsayer and healer. His mother, Moldanova (Tupoleva) Evdokia Ivanovna, came from the village of Polnovat in Beryozovsky (now Beloyarsky) District. People called her "Poԓnavәt imi" – "the Woman from the village Polnovat". Evdokia Ivanovna was raised by stepfather in the camp on the Vosh Yugan River, the tributary of the Kazym River. Her father died early, and it was hard for her mother to raise two small children alone, that’s why she married Semyon Petrovich Moldanov. Later she and her daughter moved to the sacred lands of Yuilsk, where the Kazym Goddess "sits". She left her son, Roman, with her mother-in-law for upbringing in the village of Polnovat.</biography>

Сенгепов Петр Иванович (31.12.1922 - 12.04.2014) <viddejat>performer of sacred songs of the Bear's Holiday</viddejat> <biography>Pyotr Ivanovich Sengepov was born in a camp located in the upper reaches of the Lyamin River (the right tributary of the Ob River) in the family of the hunter Sengepov Ivan Timofeyevich. According to archival documents, his father's social status was classified as «kulak» and «shaman on an axe». According to the indictment no. 2/49 about the counter-revolutionary action against the Soviet power of the natives of the Kazym tundra, in 1934, his father and brother, Kirill Ivanovich Sengepov, were sentenced by the court to be shot with confiscation of property. His father and brother were directly involved in the capture and execution of the P. V. Astrakhantsev’s group. During the rebellious events, brother Kirill was chosen by the «Kazym world» as a messenger («esaul»), whose function was to participate in negotiations with the «Russians» as an interpreter. During the defeat of the Kazym Rebellion, Pyotr was 11 years old. When his father and brother were taken away by the operations group of the Joint State Political Directorate, Pyotr and his sister Darya were sent to a boarding school (the village of Vershina of Khanty-Mansiysky District). Children who suddenly became «children of enemies of the people» had to endure humiliations from other children, and perhaps teachers. There is evidence that the children of persons who were indicted in case no. 2/49 on the counter-revolutionary action against the Soviet government of the natives of the Kazym tundra were subjected to humiliations and insults initiated by the teachers themselves. That’s why unable to withstand insults and affronts little Pyotr ran into the forest in search of a quiet life. Barely alive, he was picked up by a Khanty family at a camp located on the Lyamin River (Surgutsky District). As A. M. Sengepov points out in his book "The Stories of the Old Khanty" in this family (he does not give the exact name) P. I. Sengepov grew up and became an adult: «his hand became a hand, his foot became a foot». Having settled on the ancestral camp on the Syun-Yugan River ( the tributary of the Kazym River ), since 1956 he worked at various jobs in the agricultural artel «Pravda». Then, in 1961, he worked in the state farm «Kazymsky» as a fisherman and a hunter, and later Pyotr Ivanovich worked as a foreman of the reindeer herding brigade no. 17. For a long time, he did not want to recognize the existing government, although he worked in «Stakhanov style», was reputed to be a successful and good hunter. Arrest of his father and older brother, and the hardships and resentments at the boarding school, were the reason for Peter's rejection of the Soviet government. Later, at the beginning of the 1950s, Pyotr Ivanovich Sengepov, as a good hunter, was presented to the state award – awarding the order of Lenin – for his special achievements in collective farm construction. However, Pyotr Ivanovich categorically refused to accept this award, and the order of Lenin was never awarded to him. According to his oral story, which was recorded in 2014, he never came to terms with the arrest and imprisonment of his father and brother, and his public refusal of the high state award is related to his personal protest against the injustice of the Soviet government. However, later, in 1967–1969, for high production indicators in the development of reindeer husbandry and for execution of socialist obligations in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lenin, he was listed in the book of Honor of the state farm «Kazymsky». Obviously, his personal consent to this procedure was not required. After retiring (in 1980), he started breeding and keeping personal deer at his camp on the Syun-Yugan River. He died in 2014.</biography>

Логаны Александр Чапикович (06.04.1959) <viddejat>performer and collector of the Forest Nenets folklore</viddejat> <biography>Alexander Chapikhovich (Tatva) and Alla Osevna Logany live in the camp Porsavar in 12 km from the village of Numto of Beloyarsky District of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. They began to collect folklore of the Forest Nenets in 1990, when they realized that there were very few Forest Nenets left, many of them stopped speaking their native language and that the language of the Forest Nenets could very soon be lost, because people do not live forever and need to have time to record songs, fairy tales, legends from those who still remember them. Tatva remembers many fairy tales from his childhood. They were told to him by his grandmother Elpa. When his father went out for a long time to hunt, they stayed in the chum alone with the grandmother and she told him fairy tales. In 1990, Tatva bought a tape recorder and made recordings on cassettes, which were in great short supply at that time. Alexander Chapikhovich used cassettes that already had recordings of Russian songs on them. Because of the lack of tapes, it often happened that he erased the recordings he had made and recorded new ones. Tatva and Alla recorded many songs and fairy tales from the residents of the village of Varyegan, in the camps near Lake Numto. People began to come themselves to perform and record what they remembered and knew. At that time, few people sang in their own language, but gradually many people began to remember songs and fairy tales they heard in childhood.</biography>

Филатова Любовь Владимировна (01.10.1971) <viddejat>collector of Nenets folklore</viddejat> <biography>Lyubov Vladimirovna graduated from Yugra State University with the degree «Philology» in 2013, having prepared the final qualifying work «Lexical and semantic relations of words within the conception "Nature. Natural phenomena"» (in the Numto subdialect of the Forest dialect of the Nenets language). Lyubov Vladimirovna has been working in the Ob- Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development since October 2013. She prepared for publication folklore collections in the Nenets language.</biography>

Ерныхов Андрей Александрович (1942) <viddejat>performer of sacred songs of the ritual complex of the Ob Ugrians the "Bear’s Holiday»</viddejat> <biography>Andrey Alexandrovich graduated from 7 classes of the Kazym School. Then, after the army, he entered the Salekhard Veterinary College. After graduating from the College, he worked as a chief veterinarian at the state farm «Kazymsky». After retiring in 1991, he organized an open-air Ethnographic Museum in the village of Kazym. He was its first Director. At the moment, he is the performer of sacred songs of the ritual complex of the Ob Ugrians the "Bear’s Holiday".</biography>

Лозямова Зоя Никифоровна (30.03.1945) <viddejat>performer of Khanty folklore, people's Master of Russia</viddejat> <biography>Zoya Nikiforovna is the People's Master of Russia, the Winner of the Okrug contests, and participant of international, national, regional festivals and exhibitions of decorative and applied art. She is the Honored Worker of Culture of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, the Winner of the Governor's Award of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra (2010). She lives in Khanty-Mansiysk and works as a senior researcher at the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum «Torum Maa».</biography>

Сопочина Аграфена Семеновна (13.04.1951)

Молданов Тимофей Алексеевич (22.05.1957) <viddejat>master of Khanty folklore, Candidate of Historical Sciences</viddejat> <biography>He was born in 1957 in the village of Yuilsk of Beryozovsky District of Khanty-Mansiysk National Okrug in the family of a reindeer herder. Coming from a traditional environment, he keeps in touch with his native culture, helps to preserve it and adapt it to modern realities. Timofey Alekseevich is an expert and bearer of the ritual folklore of the Kazym Khanty. He did a lot for the revival of the Ob Ugric ritual complex "Bear’s Holiday". Along with scientific work, T. A. Moldanov constantly conducts educational activities: teaching the Khanty language, ethnography, crafts, learning scenes from the repertoire of the Bear’s Holiday in ethno-health centers.</biography>

Сопочина Аграфена Семеновна (13.04.1951)

Каюкова Людмила Николаевна (18.03.1966)

Пятникова Тамара Романовна (05.04.1961)

Слепенкова Рима Константиновна (13.11.1956) <viddejat>collector of the Khanty folklore</viddejat>

Шмидт Ева Адамовна (28.06.1948 - 04.07.2002)

Каксина Евдокия Даниловна (28.09.1968) <viddejat>performer and collector of folklore of the Khanty people</viddejat> <biography>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.</biography>

Потпот Римма Михайловна (14.06.1966) <viddejat>collector of Khanty and Nenets folklore</viddejat> <biography>In 1988, Rimma Mikhaylovna graduated from the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute with the degree «Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education». From 2012 to 2016, she studied in the post-graduate school of the Yugra State University on specialty «Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation (the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed languages)». The theme of the dissertation research is «The conception "House" in the Khanty language Picture of the World». Rimma Mikhaylovna is the author of more than 25 scientific articles and two folklore collections. Spheres of scientific interests are language picture of the world of the Khanty people, and folklore of the Kazym Khanty.</biography>

Сенгепов Алексей Михайлович (1932-2004)

Филатова Любовь Владимировна (01.10.1971) <viddejat>collector of Nenets folklore</viddejat> <biography>Lyubov Vladimirovna graduated from Yugra State University with the degree «Philology» in 2013, having prepared the final qualifying work «Lexical and semantic relations of words within the conception "Nature. Natural phenomena"» (in the Numto subdialect of the Forest dialect of the Nenets language). Lyubov Vladimirovna has been working in the Ob- Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development since October 2013. She prepared for publication folklore collections in the Nenets language.</biography>

Каюкова Людмила Николаевна (18.03.1966)

Каксина Евдокия Даниловна (28.09.1968) <viddejat>performer and collector of folklore of the Khanty people</viddejat> <biography>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.</biography>

Потпот Римма Михайловна (14.06.1966) <viddejat>collector of Khanty and Nenets folklore</viddejat> <biography>In 1988, Rimma Mikhaylovna graduated from the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute with the degree «Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education». From 2012 to 2016, she studied in the post-graduate school of the Yugra State University on specialty «Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation (the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed languages)». The theme of the dissertation research is «The conception "House" in the Khanty language Picture of the World». Rimma Mikhaylovna is the author of more than 25 scientific articles and two folklore collections. Spheres of scientific interests are language picture of the world of the Khanty people, and folklore of the Kazym Khanty.</biography>

Карчина Виктория Викторовна (15.04.1974)

Филатова Любовь Владимировна (01.10.1971) <viddejat>collector of Nenets folklore</viddejat> <biography>Lyubov Vladimirovna graduated from Yugra State University with the degree «Philology» in 2013, having prepared the final qualifying work «Lexical and semantic relations of words within the conception "Nature. Natural phenomena"» (in the Numto subdialect of the Forest dialect of the Nenets language). Lyubov Vladimirovna has been working in the Ob- Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development since October 2013. She prepared for publication folklore collections in the Nenets language.</biography>

Пятникова Тамара Романовна (05.04.1961)

Гатченко Валентина Даниловна (04.01.1964) <viddejat>collector of the Khanty folklore</viddejat> <biography>She was born in Oktyabrsky District in the village of Bolshoy Atlym. In the summer of 1968, the family moved to the village of Kazym. After graduation from the Kazym eight-year school, in 1979 she entered the Khanty-Mansiysk Pedagogical College, where she received secondary special education in the specialty «Primary School Teacher». She was sent to Sosva Boarding School by an educator. In 1985, she was transferred as a teacher to the Kazym Boarding School. In the same year, she was transferred as a primary school teacher to the Kazym Secondary School. In 1993, she was transferred to the Kazym Cultural and Anthropological School. In two years this school was united with the Kazym Secondary School. In 2007, Valentina Danilovna received a higher education in the specialty "Teacher of the Khanty language and Khanty literature". In 2015, she began to work in the Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development, where she worked for three years as an research engineer, at the time of leave to care for a child primary worker. After that, Valentina Danilovna worked as a social teacher in the village of Kazym. Currently, she works as a research engineer in the Beloyarsky Branch of the Folklore Center of the Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development.</biography>

Кашлатова Любовь Васильевна (01.02.1954) <viddejat>Collector of Khanty folklore, Candidate of Culturological Sciences</viddejat> <biography>Lyubov Vasilyevna has been working in the Beryozovsky Branch of the Folklore Center of the Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development since 1997. Research interests: study of the spiritual culture of the Middle Eastern Khanty. A number of articles were published on the topic of the research, including the folklore collection "Songs of Aunt Anna from the family of the Cone", "Russian-Khanty dictionary in pictures (the Middle Russian dialect)". In 2003, she graduated from the Tyumen State Institute of Arts and Culture with the degree «Museum and Monument Protection». From 2009 to 2012, she was attached as an applicant to the Department of Cultural Studies and Socio-cultural Technologies at the Tyumen State Academy of Culture, Arts and Social Technologies. The theme of her dissertation is "Female Deities and Spirits in Folklore and Ritual Practice of the Middle Eastern Khanty". In June 2014 in Saransk in the Dissertation Council Д 212.117.10 on the base of the Mordovian State University named after N. P. Ogareva she had defended her dissertation work for the degree of Candidate of Culturological Sciences in the specialty 24.00.01 "Theory and History of Culture".</biography>

Логаны Алла Осевна (16.07.1966) <biography> Alla Osevna Logany and Alexander Chapikovich (Tatva) live at the camp Porsavar 12 km from the village of Numto of Beloyarsky District of Khanty-Mansisk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. They began to collect folklore of the Forest Nenets in 1990, when they realized that there were very few Forest Nenets left, many of them stopped speaking their native language and that the language of the Forest Nenets could very soon be lost, because people do not live forever and need to have time to record songs, fairy tales, legends from those who still remember them. Alla Osevna collected tales put on paper and translated into the Russian language. As a result, the first issue of the folklore collection "Tales of Tatva" was published. The second issue of this book is being prepared for publication.</biography>