The Authors

Scheglova Tatiana Kirillovna - project supervisor
Doctor of History; reader of National History chair, BSPU; manager of Ethnography and Oral History Section, Laboratory of Historical Local Lore Studies, BSPU; chairperson of Altai Regional Local Lore Studies Accociation; the author of over 120 publications.

Scientific interest area: history of Siberia of the XIXth - the beginning of the XXth centuries, ethnorgaphy of native poplation of Altai, oral history.

The author of the following sections:

• Design of the basic concept of material presentation
• Brief Characteristic of Main Ethnographical Groups of Non-native Population of Altai Territory
• Traditional Building Techniques
• Traditions, Omens, and Believes in Peasant Architecture
• Types of Peasant Architecture
• Monuments of Peasant Architecture

Gregoritchev Konstantin Vadimovitch
post-graduate student, Laboratory of Histirical Local Lore Studies, BSPU; the author of over 20 scientific publications.

Scientific interest area: history of Altai Territory of the XIXth - XXth centuries, ethnography of non-native population of Altai, oral history, demography, statistics, psychology, mentality.

The author of the following sections:

• Design of the basic concept of material presentation
• Georaphical Overview
• Types of Rural Settlements of Altai Territory
• Monuments of Peasant Architecture

Fedorenko Olga Anatolievna
the chief assistant, Laboratory of Historical Local Lore Studies, BSPU; designer; the author of 8 scientific publications.

Scientific interest area: history of Altai of the XVIIIth - the beginning of the XXth centuries, ethnography of non-native population of Altai, oral history, old believers culture.

The author of the following sections:

• Traditional Building Techniques
• Monuments of Peasant Architecture

English translation was made by assistant-translator, Computer Technologies Centre, BSPU, Kim Ekaterina Rodionovna.