The exhibition is dedicated to the doctor of historical sciences, ethnographer, one of the first teachers of the Evenk children, Glafira Makaryevna Vasilevich. The material of the exhibition is its expedition photographs and drawings, with its original text and description.
Horse trail (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Horse trail in some places passes through mowing and the traveler rests, dragging his horse at a trot.
Campfire with fellow travelers (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
On the way, there are mowers in the meadow. You spend the night in winter homes, often in such low ones that you can barely walk through the door. Then you have to use the huts of hunters or spend the night at the fire.
Guide (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Sometimes there are fellow travelers, but more often you have to travel alone with a guide.
Locality Nembe (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
The public always asks to take a picture themselves.
Kuyumba trading post (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Heads live together with the Tungus.
Summer camp of deer tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
In the middle of the summer camp there is a barnyard where deer flee from insects swirled by smoke.
Deer of the Nepe Tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Deer of the Nepa Tungus hoof disease.
Deer hoof disease (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
The hoof comes out, the deer stops walking and dies of hunger.
Deer care (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
In the autumn, the males cut off the horns so that the deer during the fight don't spoil the skins.
Yurt (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
The property is stored near the yurt.
Shed (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Some stocks are kept in the barn, which because of the many thefts by the Russians at the Tungus, they began to build a hut with a lock on the doors.
Yurt without deer tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Settled tunguses build their own yurt of coniferous cows.
Tungus in a yurt (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
After two, three days, the Tungus get used to the visitor, and allow themselves to be photographed.
Album № 1. From trips to the Tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Imitative games are the only parenting.
Three boys (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
In winter, children learn to shoot a bow.
At the campfire (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
By spring, most of the time the Tungus spend around the fire.
Tunguska at work (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Tunguska is always at work: for sewing birch bark tires for a yurt.
Cleaning the yurt (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Cleaning the yurt and loading - the work of women, harder to gather in winter.
Men are clearing the way (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Before leaving drink the last tea. Men go ahead to clear the road, old people and the sick go after them on deer. behind the wagons are women.
Winter traditional clothing of the Tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
In winter dress it is difficult to distinguish a man from a woman.
The Nepe Tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
At the Nepe Tungus, old men and women have kept their costume, and young people only wear shoes.
National clothes (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
On Podkamennaya Tunguska, a suit and a braid for men are preserved.
The maiden breastplate "holmi" (1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
The maiden elegant breastplate "holmi", worn during gathering and dancing.
Dishes of the Nepa Tungus (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Most of the dishes from the Nepa Tungus are made from birch bark: a form for bread, a chooman for sifting flour.
Handmade box (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
In the manufacture of women's handmade boxes Tungus differ skill.
Old place of prayer (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
In the Tungus, all nature is inspired; there are shamans to fight evil spirits.
Deer (1925/1927) by Glafira Makaryevna VasilevichNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Wooden images of animals on the prayers.
Drawings Tungus (1925/1927) by Semyon MomolNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Tungus with a gun in the left and a palm tree in his right hand saw the bear and the elk and wants to kill both.
Drawings Tungus (1925/1927) by Tatyana [Lonokal]National Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Сarts - nulgi.
Album № 1. From trips to the Tungus Album № 1. From trips to the TungusNational Library of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
G. M. Vasilevich devoted her entire life to the study, creation and development of the enlightenment and culture of the indigenous minorities of the North, namely the Evenks.
From 1925 to 1969, Glafira Makaryevna visited 11 expeditions in various localities where Evenkis were settled. And for each of her expedition she created photo albums. She not only photographed, but also drew, made sketches, collected sketches, patterns and drawings of the Tunguses themselves. Thus, it supplemented the extensive factual material for research work.
Sargylana Maksimova,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Alexey Ivanov,
author and curator of the project «Culture of Yakutia in the world space» (inclusion of regional cultural of institutions of Yakutia into the project Google Cultural Institute), initiator of support for the Yakut language and languages of indigenous peoples in machine translators, research fellow of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Ekaterina Zakharova, Librarian of the Scientific Research Center for Book Monuments of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Exhibition of 2019
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