Wolves as Enemy of the Soviet State: Policies and Implications of Predator Management in Yakutia

• Main Authors: Jefanovas, Aivaras, Brandišauskas, Donatas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Estonian Literary Museum, the Estonian National Museum and the University of Tartu 2023
• Subjects: wolf extermination; Soviet Yakutia; Eveny; Evenki; Indigenous hunters and reindeer herders; Russian North; taiga; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/22827

This article gives an overview of wolf extermination endeavours in Soviet Yakutia as part of state ideologies of human dominance over nature in the process of modernisation of the Russian North. The proclaimed wolf extermination was a large-scale operation planned and launched by state authorities i...