Naryan-Mar will host an all-Russian conference on the 140th anniversary of Tyko Vylki

On November 13-14, the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Pyko Vylka: Historical and Cultural Aspects of Heritage and Development Prospects in the XXI Century” will be held in Naryan-Mar. It is timed to the 140th anniversary of the birth of Ilya Konstantinovich (Tyko) Vylka - an outstanding Nenets artist, participant of polar expeditions, narrator, author of songs and fairy tales in his native language, permanent head of the Novozemelsk tundra council, a true member of the Russian Geographical Society.

The conference will be attended by researchers from the Nenets district, Arkhangelsk, Orel, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Salekhard.

It's a busy program. On November 13, at 10:00, the opening of the conference will be held in the hall of official events of the Arktika DC. At 10:25, it is planned to sign an agreement between the Administration of the NAO and the Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic (St. Petersburg), after which the exhibition “My Nenets student ...” dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Tyko Vylka and the 160th anniversary of Alexander Borisov will open in the lobby of the DK “Arctic”.

On November 13 and 14, the conference participants will announce the results of their research. In two days, 29 reports will be presented on history, linguistics, art history and museology - about the life, creativity and multifaceted talents of Tyko Vilka, as well as about people with whom he was connected by fate. The conference will end with summing up the results of the round table and developing a resolution with specific proposals for working with the heritage of the Great Samoyed and its integration into the tourism infrastructure of the region.

The festive point in the interregional event will be the opening of a memorial plaque of the Russian Geographical Society in the Shevelev House dedicated to Tyko Vilka as a real member of the RGS.

As Alina Andriyanova, Deputy Chairman of the regional branch of the RGS in the NAO, noted: “This title was awarded only to special people, and now this is no longer the case.” Tyko Vylka earned his participation in the expeditions of Rusanov, became the first Nenets artist of the Arctic, walked thousands of kilometers to make geographical maps accurate, was the keeper of the Nenets word. Service to science, loyalty to the native land, the desire for knowledge - these are the ideals of the RGS.

Anyone interested in the topic of the conference can take part in it as a listener.