{"id":73457,"date":"2026-08-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=73457"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:55:54","slug":"linguist-evgeny-tsypanov-published-komi-language-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/linguist-evgeny-tsypanov-published-komi-language-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguist Evgeny Tsypanov published a Komi-language book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, there have been reports from the Russian Federation that there is no longer any funding available to support publications in national languages (cf. the Fenno-Ugria <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/summary-of-fenno-ugria-report-on-finno-ugric-peoples-in-russia\/\">report<\/a>). It is possible that this is precisely why the renowned Komi linguist <strong>Yevgeny Tsypanov<\/strong> decided to publish, at his own expense, <strong>Mikhail Zoshchenko<\/strong>\u2019s book <em>Funny Stories<\/em> (Komi: <em>Teshkodj vistjas<\/em>), which he also translated himself. The book contains 23 stories written around a hundred years ago.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been said of Zoshchenko, a classic of Soviet Russian literature, that he writes with a sense of humour directed against stupidity, cruelty and other human vices. The print run of the book is unknown, though it is noted that it is very small.<\/p><div class=\"my-12 my-md-16 px-4 pt-6  content-section\">\r\n    \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/illhkomisc.ru\/vyshla-kniga-rasskazov-m-m-zoshhenko-na-komi-yazyke-07-08-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0412\u044b\u0448\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432 \u041c.\u041c. \u0417\u043e\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0435 (07.08.2026 Komi Institute of Language, Literature and History, in Russian)<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/komiinform.ru\/news\/298937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0423\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0415\u0432\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0426\u044b\u043f\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u044b \u0417\u043e\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0435 (10.08.2026 KomiInform, in Russian)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, there have been reports from the Russian Federation that there is no longer any funding available to support publications in national languages &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":73365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1096],"tags":[3825,3609,3213],"class_list":["post-73457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2026-en","tag-finno-ugric-peoples-in-russia","tag-komis-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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