4. Concepts of “Russia” and their Relation to the Border with China
If one thinks about what is distinctive about the Russian eastern border with China in comparison to other international borders, two elements are striking: first, that this is a centuries-old border between two post-imperial states with markedly different cultures; and secondly, that the peoples in...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://books.openedition.org/obp/1529 |
| Summary: | If one thinks about what is distinctive about the Russian eastern border with China in comparison to other international borders, two elements are striking: first, that this is a centuries-old border between two post-imperial states with markedly different cultures; and secondly, that the peoples indigenous to the frontier regions, such as Buryats and Evenki, belong to the respective large “civilisations” only by a process of (incomplete) incorporation. In many respects they have more in comm. |
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