The Rjurik Lonin Veps Ethnographic Museum In Šoutar’v (Shyoltozero)
The Rjurik Lonin Museum of Veps Ethnography in Shyoltozero (; ) is a museum located in Shyoltozero (Veps language, Veps ''Å outjärv’'') in the Republic of Karelia in the Prionezhski District, PrionezhskiÄ­ District, located 84 km south of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. History of the museum The museum was founded in 1967 by a Vepsians, Veps resident of the Shyoltozero, Sholtozero village, sovkhoz worker Rjurik Lonin (1930–2009), who was originally from the Kaskezruchei, Kaskez' village, likewise located in the PrionezhskiÄ­ District, at the southern border of the Karelian Republic. Lonin had been interested in collecting folklore already in his early years during the Finland, Finnish occupation of his home area in the Second World War. Later, when he was living in Petrozavodsk, Nikolai Bogdanov, a researcher of the Veps language in the Karelian branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, in the Department of Languages, Literature and History (YALI), encouraged ...
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Shyoltozero
Shyoltozero ( rus, Шёлтозеро, p=ˈʂoltÉ™zʲɪrÉ™; ; ; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located close to the shore of Lake Onega, south of Petrozavodsk, the capital city, capital of the republic. Shyoltozero is the cultural center of the north Vepsians, Veps people, and during 1994–2004 it was the territorial center of Veps National Volost. Etymology In the place name ''Å outjärv’'' one can see the sound change ''*l'' > ''u'', which has occurred in Veps throughout (cf. Finnish language, Finn. ''kolme'' ~ Veps ''koum'' ‘three’). When considered together with the testimony of old Russian maps, it is clear that the earlier Veps name has been ''*Å oltjärvi''. Thus this place name has nothing to do with the Finnish word ''soutaa'' (‘to row’), and the frequently used Finnish form ''Soutjärvi'' is based on an incorrect etymology.Irma Mullonen. "ÐžÑ ...
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