Armenian Folklore in the Russian-language “Collection of Materials Describing Places and Tribes of the Caucasus”
The collection comprises texts from the Armenian folklore heritage, originally published in the Russian-language multi-volume “Collection of Materials for Describing Places and Tribes of the Caucasus” (1881-1915). The collection include texts of Armenian folklore texts, including prose, lyrical, and paremiological pieces, collected from Zangezur, Nakhichevan, and Echmiadzin districts (uezd) The Elizavetpol, Tiflis, Erivan Governorates of The Tsarist Russian Empire. The presented materials offer insights into both national and historical-geographic characteristics, as well as universal themes, making them valuable for comparative academic research. The texts within the collection have remained largely unaltered, faithfully representing the language and content of the original materials, with no additional linguistic or textual modifications. However, the texts were adapted to modern reading standards, considering the contemporary Russian language orthography and punctuation. Furthermore, certain texts are supplemented with scholarly annotations. This collection is intended for philologists, folklorists, ethnographers, as well as individuals with an interest in South Caucasus culture.