Karadeniz International Scientific Journal

This is an internationally refereed social science journal that is published every three months (quarterly) in electronic-based and print-based since 2009. The journal publishes four issues each year (March, June, September, and December).

The publication language of this journal is Turkish, English, or Russian.

This is an open-access journal. Therefore, all issues and articles published so far can be accessed free of charge from the journal's website.

 

CHIEFDOM AND EARLIER STATE: HISTORIOGRAPHY ON TYGYN’S EPOCH

В. В. Ушницкий (V. V. Ushnitsky)

The article studies the problem of the existence of the culture of Potestas among the Sakha in the pre-Russian period. The myth about Tygyn as a leader of the Sakha tribes has a wide historiography. Correlating the folklore materials with the written documents, one can trace the time and conditions of formation of the Sakha sovereign’s folklore type.

Key Words: Chiefdom, Historiography, Culture of Potestas, Earlier State, History of Yakutia, Folklore, Myth

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