Dzamikhov, Kasbolat F.
Izvestia SOIGSI. 2023. IIS 49 (88).

Abstract:
presentatives of the socio-political life of Germany in the XIXth century. The material for this article
was a collection of poetic works by German Püttmann «Songs of the Circassians» published by the
Hamburg publishing house Hofmann and Campe in 1841. After the publication, excerpts from the
collection appeared on the pages of various periodicals of Germany in the XIXth century. As a part of
this study was considered a section entitled “Wanderings and Stories of the Singer Menzuk”, which
is of particular interest to us as a source of ethnographic information about the Circassians. Since
ancient times, the culture of Caucasian peoples has been of interest to European scientists, often
covered both in periodicals and in scientific works and memoirs of European Orientalists of the
XIXth century. The article provides feedbacks from German public of the XIXth century figures on
some of the issues raised by Püttmann. The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of forming
ideas about the Circassians and their culture in the European, in particular, German-speaking, space
by the beginning of the XX century. This task is caused by the need to expand the source study
base of the ethnography of the Circassians. In the sources under consideration, in particular in the
Circassian materials, German authors try to substantiate the connection between nature and human
fate. Works in poetic form, dedicated to the heroic struggle of the Circassians for their freedom, in a
romantic style reflect the inner world of the mountaineers.

Keywords: ethnography, orientalists, European travelers, Circassians, German periodical print of the XIXth century.

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