ADAPTIVE RESOURCE OF THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH. RESULTS OF FIELD RESEARCH INTO THE 2020 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The article discusses the results of the 2020 field research conducted by the author in the Russian North. Special attention is paid to the specifics of the region. The Russian North is a special historical and cul-tural zone, on the territory of which a peculiar complex of folk culture has developed, United primarily by historical and socio-economic factors. This formed a certain type of worldview of the Northern Russian population. The study revealed an increase in the adaptive resource of the population, activation of col-lective memory. While preserving the holiday calendar as a whole, traditional elements of everyday and ritual culture, the local traditions of mutual fasting, intra-family and kinship ties have become more active. During extreme situations, there was an increased appeal to local Orthodox saints and shrines, as well as to traditional methods of treatment, nutrition, and sacred protection.