Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat
Abstract This article uses the ideas put forth by Hill and Gaddy in their book “Siberian Curse” to discuss the stages of colonization of the European north of Russia. Discussing different components of the colonization process, the authors argue that the initial colonization of this region could not...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/se-2020-0012 2023-05-15T18:07:58+02:00 Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat Shabaev, Yuri P. Istomin, Kirill V. 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/se-2020-0012 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/se-2020-0012 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology volume 68, issue 3, page 202-229 ISSN 1339-9357 Anthropology journal-article 2020 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2020-0012 2022-03-24T05:45:58Z Abstract This article uses the ideas put forth by Hill and Gaddy in their book “Siberian Curse” to discuss the stages of colonization of the European north of Russia. Discussing different components of the colonization process, the authors argue that the initial colonization of this region could not have been carried out earlier than the Neolithic, because in their understanding settlement is the economic development of the territory, and therefore the first attempts to penetrate the primitive collectives to the North cannot be interpreted as either the initial settlement or the initial development. It also refutes the assertion that the colonization of the European north basically ended by the end of the 19 th century. It is argued that the ‘Stalinist industrialization’ in the North cannot be regarded as a modernization process, but it is logical to consider it as the next stage of colonization – penal colonization. An analysis of modern social processes in the European North suggests that the processes of colonization retreat are becoming a sustainable development trend in the regions of the European North. Article in Journal/Newspaper Russian North De Gruyter (via Crossref) Penal ENVELOPE(100.667,100.667,-66.033,-66.033) Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology 68 3 202 229 |
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Abstract This article uses the ideas put forth by Hill and Gaddy in their book “Siberian Curse” to discuss the stages of colonization of the European north of Russia. Discussing different components of the colonization process, the authors argue that the initial colonization of this region could not have been carried out earlier than the Neolithic, because in their understanding settlement is the economic development of the territory, and therefore the first attempts to penetrate the primitive collectives to the North cannot be interpreted as either the initial settlement or the initial development. It also refutes the assertion that the colonization of the European north basically ended by the end of the 19 th century. It is argued that the ‘Stalinist industrialization’ in the North cannot be regarded as a modernization process, but it is logical to consider it as the next stage of colonization – penal colonization. An analysis of modern social processes in the European North suggests that the processes of colonization retreat are becoming a sustainable development trend in the regions of the European North. |
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Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat |
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Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat |
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Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat |
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Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat |
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Historical Realities and Historical Myths of the Colonization of the “Russian North”: from the Initial Settlement to the Post-Soviet Retreat |
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historical realities and historical myths of the colonization of the “russian north”: from the initial settlement to the post-soviet retreat |
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