Kargopol: A Folklore Guidebook

The collection publishes the texts of various genres, recorded during the many years of systematic work of the folklore expedition of the Russian State Humanitarian University (Moscow) in the Cargopoul district of the Arkhangelsk region. They are talking about the sights of Kargopol and its surroundings, about the saints that glorified these places with their exploits, about the shrines, revered by cargopol-Mi, about historical figures who visited Kargopol. The most published materials were previously not printed, all texts are authentic records, Equipped with a reference apparatus and commented. The collection is designed both at specialists and at all who are interested in folklore and the culture of the Northern Territory