Тихомирова М.Н.   Tikhomirov K.N.  

Present necropolis of tatars of Kemerovo region as source of historical-comparative researches

Reporter: Тихомирова М.Н.

The article, based on expedition materials in 2017, gives a general description of cemeteries, gravestones and the construction of Tatar tombs in the Kemerovo Region.

Authors revealed some following features which are similar to other units of the Tatar ethnos: in the planning (ditches, fences, sheds for inventory, fixing of the old part of the cemetery in its central part, types of gravestones, the arrangement of grave pits). Also detected some were local features: structural features of log houses, stone stels, dialectal vocabulary of graveside  structures.

Keywords: Funeral rite, cemetery, Tatars of Western Siberia