ERMAK AS A PRODUCT OF THE URAL LANDSCAPE (BASED ON THE MYTH OF ERMAK’S WINTERING ON THE SYLVA RIVER)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the geocultural aspects of the Ermak’s image formation as a part of the Ural mythology. We used D. N. Zamyatin’s thesis that «genius, in turn, is a ‘work’ space» and showed how the cultural memory of the locus changes the temporal and spatial configuration of historical figures, integrating it into a full geocultural connection. The research is based on the story of Ermak’s wintering on the Sylva river as one of the most difficult events for historical identification. This story appeared inl ocall egends and entrenched in the famous «Kungur chronicle». Then it has been developing inl ocal memory, as evidenced by the later folkloric and literary materials. The most significant source is the travelogue of the XIX century which formed the basis for the furtherl iterary development ofl ocal space leading to the formation of the Ural text in Russian culture.