This article proceeds from the fact that the conceptual framework of classical folklore studies currently needs correction and addition. First of all, we are talking about those concepts that are designed to take into account the relationship between the period of creation of works of oral folk art, their development and functioning in modern post-industrial society. The study of the oral folk art of the peoples of Siberia, which has a long tradition, is carried out under the guidance of the Siberian folklore school. Its achievements are widely recognized in the global scientific community, but it is important to note that the works of the Western Siberian old-timer folklore have not been sufficiently studied. The presence of “white spots” on the region's folklore map can be attributed to various factors, including the complex administrative and territorial history of the modern Tyumen Region. The article presents the experience of mastering the semantic scope of the term pastoral in Russian philological science and clarifies its congruence in relation to the prose genre of the same name, which is common among speakers of Russian old-fashioned dialects of the Tyumen region; the linguistic features and genre originality of the pastoral region are outlined. The study is based on the analysis, generalization, and systematization of modern achievements in Russian folklore studies, as well as the practice of collecting, describing, and mapping the dialects of the Russian language in their synchronous state.