Pages: 401-413 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp226401413

Despite the orthodox faith the Russian population of Siberia preserved and actively used pre-Christian customs and beliefs brought from Rus’ in the traditional household ritual culture. Archaeological observations allow us to show attitudinal plots of spiritual culture that are not related to Christian practices.
For the first time, the authors offer for the scientific discussion archaeological evidence of syncretism of the national worldview in a broad context, based on the study of urban and rural culture of the 17 ^th—18 ^th centuries. They examine images-amulets on women’s and men’s rings, symbols-amulets on objects, in dwellings, ceremonial dishes, the funerary rite of children, the belief in the replacement of baby teeth, customs in relation to domestic guardian spirits – domovoy and bannik. This complements and enhances the existing ethnographic knowledge.

Keywords: Siberia, Russian world, spiritual culture, custom, rites

Information about authors:

Sergey Tataurov (Omsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Marx Ave., 15, Omsk, 644023, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-6824-7294
Larisa Tataurova (Omsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Omsk Division of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Marx Ave., 15, Omsk, 644023, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-4829-7619