HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

2013. №3, pp. 54-59

Haraeva Anna T. - post-graduate student, Kalmyk State University, 358000, Russia, Elista, 11 Pushkin st., haraeva_at@mail.ru.

Esenova Tamara S.  - doctor of Philological Sciences, Kalmyk State University, 358000, Russia, Elista, 11 Pushkin st., esenova_ts@mail.ru.

Kinship terms are the subject of study in this article. Correspondence of Kalmyk khans and their contemporaries with the Russian authorities of first quarter of XVIII century was the material for investigation. The purpose of this work is to find out what kinship terms Kalmyks used to establish and designate interpersonal relationships. Results of the study are important for understanding the history of the formation of the Kalmyk people within the Russian state as a “brotherly” nation.

Key words: Kalmyk-Russian business correspondence of XVIII century,the figurative meaning of kinship terms,the types of interpersonal relationships and their terminological designation,

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