‘Cold at the Service of Man’: Soviet Modernization of Cryogenic Resources Practices in Rural Yakutia’s Economy and Everyday Life Reviewed

• Published in: Oriental studies
• Main Author: Alexander A. Suleymanov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Mongolian; Russian
• Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2022
• Subjects: yakutia; cryoanthropology; rural communities; cold; snow; ice; permafrost; economic activity; History (General); D1-2009; Oriental languages and literatures; PJ; Zhatay; Ice; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2022-61-4-788-807; https://doaj.org/article/135020a90cbe42778d490e5ae6c150f5

Goals. The study attempts a historical and anthropological reconstruction of how cryogenic resources — material objects and forces of nature arising from the realm of cold (ambient temperature below 0 degrees Celsius) — were used in economies and everyday life of rural Yakutia’s communities in the 1...