BELORETSKIY (Larionov) Grigoriy Pro­kopyevich

BELORETSKIY (Larionov) Grigoriy Pro­kopyevich (19.1.1879–6.3.1913), writer, folk­lorist, doctor. Collected and studied the oral poetry of factory workers. Wrote the essays “Guslyar Storyteller in the Ural Region” and “Factory Poetry” (both dated 1902), which included 500 chastushkas collected in the Southern Urals. B.’s works are characterized by folk relationships that reflect the color and identity of the spiritual culture of the ethnici­ ties located in the Urals.