Concept "dusha" in the traditional culture of the Turk-Mongolian peoples of Siberia: historical-genetic aspects

On the basis of the comparative analysis the author reveals the ideas about dusha in the traditional culture of the Buryats, Yakuts, Tuvinians and Khakas of the end of the XIXth-beginning of the XXth centuries. The comparative and historical analysis of those general ideas with the archaeological research data traces their historical-genetic roots in the culture of the nomads of Central Asia and Siberia of the epoch of bronze and early iron.