title: Widows in a Traditional Family and the Don Cossack Community
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Ryblova, Marina A.
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-04-16T10:53:32Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-04-16T10:53:32Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Ryblova M. A. Widows in a Traditional Family and the Don Cossack Community. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 1, рp. 279–292.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.117
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/27913
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Based on the analysis of materials from the Don periodicals of the second half of the 19th
  century as well as data from field ethnographic studies of the late 20th — early 21th century
  collected in places of compact residence of the Don Cossacks, the article reveals the status and
  functions of widows in the Don Cossack community and family. The cardinal changes in the
  situation of widowed women in the family and community, in the economic and ceremonial
  spheres of life are shown, and the mechanisms for their adaptation to the new status are revealed.
  Features of the militarized way of life in the Don Cossack communities had an impact
  on the position of widows in the family and community. They determined their high status associated
  with the main social function — the guardians of the military glory of husbands. The
  special property rights of widows and their active participation in the life of the community,
  including Cossack self-government, were associated with this. The community secured widows’
  rights to land allotment of the deceased husband and his property, defended the rights
  of the widow and her children, focusing not only on legislation, but also on customary law.
  In the Cossack milieu, there were also forms of psychological rehabilitation of widows: their
  inclusion in the ritual life of the family and community, support through the communities of
  odnosumy (fellow soldiers) and odnosumok (“female fellow soldiers”). These mechanisms
  enabled women who found themselves in difficult life situations to find a new place in society,
  opened opportunities for psychological rehabilitation, spiritual realization and continuation
  of an active social life.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The publication was prepared as part of the implementation of the state assignment by Southern Scientific
  Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, state registration no. АААА-А20-120122990111-9.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Don Cossacks
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cossack widow
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: family and social status
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ritual functions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Widows in a Traditional Family and the Don Cossack Community
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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