А Russian identity of the Russian North: History and modernity problem

• Published in: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology
• Main Authors: Shabaev, Yuriy P., Sadohin, Alexander P., Kuznetsova, Anna Yu., Шабаев, Юрий Петрович, Садохин, Александр Петрович, Кузнецова, Анна Юрьевна
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: St Petersburg State University 2016
• Subjects: the Russian North; European North of Russia; decolonization; ethnicity; migration; social moods; social risks; Русский Север; европейский север России; деколонизация; этничность; миграции; социальные настроения; социальные риски; Arctic; Rus’; Russian North
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu12.2016.112; http://hdl.handle.net/11701/2407

This article examines the demographic, social and ethno-cultural processes in the European/Russian North. Analyzing the content of the notion “Russian North” and historical reasons that led to its emergence, it is shown that the centuries-old process of colonization of the Russian North in recent de...