The review is devoted to the international scientific conference “XV Ryabinin Readings”, held on September 12–15, 2023 in Petrozavodsk. The conference was held in a mixed format. It was an interdisciplinary conference: it was attended by historians, folklorists, ethnographers, art historians, linguists, specialists in wooden architecture and other researchers whose scientific interests are connected to the culture and history of the Russian region. The Ryabinin Readings are the largest conference devoted to this region.
Keywords
traditional culture; Russian North; Old Believers; Karelia; folklore; ethnography; epic tales; spiritual poems; wooden architecture; icon painting.