Mariya Krivopolenova
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performer and a storyteller
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Mariya Krivopolenova was born as Mariya Kabalina in a peasant family on the Pinega River
in the Northern Russia. In 1867, she got married and moved to the village of Shotogorka, also on the bank of the Pinega. She practiced storytelling, which she learned from her family, and when an interest to the northern Russian folklore increased, and folclore collectors started to travel to Arkhangelsk area in 1890s, she was noticed for her performance skills. First, Alexander Dmitriyevich Grigoryev, who travelled over the Pinega, met her and included some of the songs she performed in the collection of the Pinega folklore he published in 1902. Apparently, she was living in a very poor family and was begging almost all of her life, until in the end of her life she could earn enough money by storytelling.
In 1915, Olga Ozarovskaya, a folklore performer who travelled to Arkhangelsk Governorate to collect songs, took Krivopolenova along to Moscow
. Krivopolenova was performing in Moscow and then in Arkhangelsk
with the great success, had her portrayed by the best artists (for instance, there is a wooden sculpture of Sergey Konyonkov
), but then she returned back to the Pinega and was basically forgotten. She travelled again to Moscow in 1921, invited by Anatoly Lunacharsky, gave a number of concerts and returned back to the Pinega, where she died in 1924, at the age of 80.
Songs, fairy tales, and bylina
s performed by Mariya Krivopolenova is standard material for the selections of the Northern Russia folklore.
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Archangelsk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Arkhangelsk...
, Russia — February 2, 1924, Veyegora, Pinezhsky Uyezd, Arkhangelsk Governorate, Russia) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
performer and a storyteller
Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...
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Mariya Krivopolenova was born as Mariya Kabalina in a peasant family on the Pinega River
Pinega River
The Pinega is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina River. It is long, and the area of its basin...
in the Northern Russia. In 1867, she got married and moved to the village of Shotogorka, also on the bank of the Pinega. She practiced storytelling, which she learned from her family, and when an interest to the northern Russian folklore increased, and folclore collectors started to travel to Arkhangelsk area in 1890s, she was noticed for her performance skills. First, Alexander Dmitriyevich Grigoryev, who travelled over the Pinega, met her and included some of the songs she performed in the collection of the Pinega folklore he published in 1902. Apparently, she was living in a very poor family and was begging almost all of her life, until in the end of her life she could earn enough money by storytelling.
In 1915, Olga Ozarovskaya, a folklore performer who travelled to Arkhangelsk Governorate to collect songs, took Krivopolenova along to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Krivopolenova was performing in Moscow and then in Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...
with the great success, had her portrayed by the best artists (for instance, there is a wooden sculpture of Sergey Konyonkov
Sergey Konenkov
Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov was a famous Russian and Soviet sculptor. He was often called "the Russian Rodin".-Early life:...
), but then she returned back to the Pinega and was basically forgotten. She travelled again to Moscow in 1921, invited by Anatoly Lunacharsky, gave a number of concerts and returned back to the Pinega, where she died in 1924, at the age of 80.
Songs, fairy tales, and bylina
Bylina
Bylina or Bylyna is a traditional Russian oral epic narrative poem. Byliny singers loosely utilize historical fact greatly embellished with fantasy or hyperbole to create their songs...
s performed by Mariya Krivopolenova is standard material for the selections of the Northern Russia folklore.