Author: Zhitetsky, Herodion Alekseevich.
Title: Ocherki byta astrakhanskikh kalmykov. Etnograficheskiye nablyudeniya 1884- 1886 goda. [Essays on the life of the Astrakhan Kalmyks. Ethnographic observations 1884-1886].
Description: Moscow, Tipografia M.G. Volchaninova, 1893. (6),II,73 pp. 12 b./w. lithographed plates. Original blindstamped & gilt-tooled decorated cloth with h.leather spine. Large 4to. - Spine and corners sl. rubbed; lower corner of spine sl. bumped; lower-part of back cover sl. discoloured; bookplate A.I. Ward on first endpaper; small repair on title-page. * Rare publication in Russian by Horodion Alekseevich Zhitetetsky (1851-1913). was born on April 8 (April 21) in the family of a priest in the village. province of Zaline in Poltava. In 1875 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of the University of Kiev and taught for two years at the Glukhov Teachers' Institute. However, by order of the Minister of Education, Zhitetsky had to be transferred to the city of Uralsk for his participation in Ukrainian revolutionary circles. Irodion Alekseevich refused to go there, left the service, and in 1877 he again entered the medical faculty of the Kiev University. During his studies, he remained active in the revolutionary movement in Kiev, he even had a small press in his apartment. In 1878, Zhitetsky was expelled from the university and soon arrested for belonging to a revolutionary circle and possessing banned literature. By order of the Governor-General of Kiev of November 8, 1879, I.In September 1881, due to illness, Zhitetsky was allowed to move to the city of Tsarev in the Astrakhan province. There he lived with his wife and daughter, was engaged in writing for free work. Over time, Zhitetsky managed to convince the district authorities of the plausibility of his behavior and was allowed to live in Astrakhan. Here he served in the main directorate of Kalmyk and described the historical archive. Zhitetsky took part in Colonel Belyavsky's scientific expedition to Tsarevich Bay. In 1883-1884. in Kievskaya starina a cycle of essays was published by Zhitetsky Change of nationalities in South Russia. In 1887, Zhitetsky was elected a full member of the Petrovsky Society of Explorers of the Astrakhan Region.While living in Astrakhan, Zhitetsky continued to communicate with the members of the revolutionary movement who were exiled here. Despite this, in 1885, public oversight of him was ended and widespread sojourn was allowed. After that, Zhitetsky moved to the city of Vladimir, where he entered the service, to the city treasury, in 1891 he rose to the rank of head of department. Unofficial police surveillance, however, remained above him. The revolutionary past has become an obstacle to further career development. In 1893, in response to a request from the Ministry of Finance, which proposed to appoint Zhitetsky as administrator of one of the treasuries, the police announced that this was undesirable. Later, Zhitetsky served in the railway department, leaving the service in 1908. In 1913, he died.Even during his stay in Astrakhan I.A. Zhitetsky seriously and for a long time was carried away by the ethnography of the Kalmyks. The main results of his research were the works Astrakhan Kalmyks (1892) and Essays on the life of the Astrakhan Kalmyks (1893), which contain unique information about the traditional folk culture of the Volga Kalmyks. The research is accompanied by the author's drawings from nature, which depict tools, utensils, clothing and jewelry. Zhitetsky's works received full Russian recognition.

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