Everyday observations of M. N. Khangalov in the diary heritage for 1902-1911

The article is devoted to the description of the diaries of the outstanding Buryat ethnographer Matvey Nikolaevich Khangalov, which are located in the Museum of the History of Buryatia, bearing his name in Ulan-Ude. During the work on the source, its au11 ВЕСТНИК БУРЯТСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА. ГУМАНИТАРНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ ВНУТРЕННЕЙ АЗИИ 2021/4 thorship was confirmed, the chronology of the creation of diaries was established, the systematization and detailing of the periodization of the collection of diaries began. The content of the diary entries can be divided into different semantic plots: small articles, ethnographic observations and drawings on the history of shamanism of the Baikal Buryats, the daily life of the teachers of the Bilchir School, where M. N. Khangalov himself taught since 1902, confessional, social and everyday aspects of folk life and stories about his family. In conclusion, the authors conclude that the diaries have research data that allow us to present not only the ethnic, religious, economic and cultural existence of the Baikal Buryats of the early twentieth century, but also allow us to identify moral, professional, human.