Living with reindeer thirty years after socialism: land use and large reindeer herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia

• Published in: Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
• Main Author: Brandišauskas, Donatas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Siberia; reindeer herding; Zabaikal Region; South Yakutia; Evenki; land use strategies; Sakha; Republic of Sakha; taiga; Yakutia
• Online Access: http://vu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/69346825.pdf; http://vu.lvb.lt/VU:ELABAPDB69346825&prefLang=en_US

30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuatio...