nasel'nik i svyazochka -- again

[Steve Marder]

As I am sure it will be of interest to more than just the undersigned, I
am enclosing a very interesting reply to my query, which I received a short
while ago in a private e-mail. For technical reasons, I was unable
simply to forward Kate's reply to the listserv.

Steve Marder
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Subject: nasel'nik i svyazochka
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:38:31 +0400
From: "Kate Alexeeva" <katealexeeva at mtu-net.ru>
To: <asred at HOME.COM>



Hello, Steve,

I guess I can answer your question concerning nasel'nik. You have been quite
right about the rendering, but there can be some comments: Nasel'nik is an
obsolete word used approximately in the 19th century. Any monk of any rank
who lived at the monastery was called "nasel'nik". The word itself
originates from the verb "naseliat'(to inhabit).
As for the svyazochka, I think it is a mistake to translate this word as "A
pointed headgear worn by nasel'nik". In fact some specialists in religious
matters told me that nasel'nik wears a pointed headgear called kukol' (the
first syllable is stressed). Kukol' is a symbol of infantile non-malice, so
to say.
There is a word "svyazochka"(remeshok) which really denotes a headgear. But
not only monks wore it. Everyone in ancient Russia who had long hair could
possibly wear it to hold hair (for the hair not to fall on face). Nowadays
it can hardly be seen (maybe some monks still wear it). As far as I know it
was just a devise, nothing else.
Probably if you give me the context where you came across this word I will
be able to explain the meaning more precisely.
Kate
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