Ethnographic expeditions of Alexander Linevsky in Karelian Pomorie

Alexander Mikhailovich Linevsky was one of the first professional ethnographers in the Republic of Karelia. The article analyzes the archival materials of two ethnographic expeditions conducted by Linevsky - in the territory of central and northern Karelia in 1926 (Soroksky, Tungudsky, Segozersky and Rugozersky districts) and to the Pomor settlements Gridino and Kalgalaksha in 1944. The materials include field notes, diaries and manuscripts of the researcher's articles from the Scientific Archives of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Archives of the Republic of Karelia. During the 1926 expedition, Linevsky collected a significant amount of information about customary law and various aspects of the spiritual culture of the Karelians. The materials of the second expedition contain extensive data on the daily life of the Pomor villages in the 1940s, and changes in the working and living conditions in remote settlements located in the frontline area during the Great Patriotic War. For various reasons many materials of these expeditions have not been introduced to academic community, but are seen as an important source for studying the traditional culture of the Karelians and Pomors, as well as the life of the local population of Karelian Pomorie during the war.