FOLKLORE HERITAGE OF A.E. KULAKOVSKY

Abstract

The article highlights the collecting activity of Alexei Eliseyevich Kulakovsky, the founder of Yakut fiction. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that it contains a generalizing analysis of the collecting activity of A.E. Kulakovsky. The article examines his personality as an expert, collector and researcher of Yakut folklore. The chronological study covers the late 19 and early 20 centuries. A.E. Kulakovsky traveled to almost all the uluses of the Yakutsk region. He collected rich material on the beliefs of the Yakuts, about 900 proverbs and sayings, as well as the historical legends of the Yakuts. The article pays special attention to the meeting of the writer himself with eminent speakers of oral folk art. Folklore materials collected by A.E. Kulakovsky remains relevant to this day and occupies a separate place in the field of folklore and ethnography.