Neotraditionalism in the Russian North: Indigenous Peoples and the Legacy of Perestroika (Circumpolar Research Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295978295 ISBN 13: 9780295978291

Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Based on a report submitted to the Russian parliament in 1994 on the cultural, political, and economic issues guiding Russian state policy toward Siberian indigenous peoples. A team of seven translators in North America have edited and annotated it and added translations of selected recent legislation, a guide to Russian and Siberian terms, and photographs by Pika on his trips to Siberia. Pika, one of Russia's leading anthropologists, put the original collection of articles together; he died in 1995. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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From the Back Cover:

The advent of perestroika and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union have had an enormous impact on indigenous peoples in the Russian Arctic. Neotraditionalism in the Russian North illuminates many of the cultural, political, and economic issues guiding Russian state policy toward Siberian indigenous peoples. Growing from a report submitted to the Russian parliament, it became a major building block for new legislation on the treatment of Northern minority peoples in post-Soviet Russia. Seven translators in North America, under the coordination of Bruce Grant, have edited and annotated the original Russian text, published in 1994. They have added translation of selected recent legislation affecting Siberian indigenous peoples, a guide to Russian and Siberian terms, and photographs taken by Pika on his trips to Siberia. Boris Prokhorov addresses the changing conditions for post-Soviet research in a moving new Afterword.

About the Author:

Pika is one of Russia's leading anthropologists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0295978295
• ISBN 13: 9780295978291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214
• Editor: Pika Alexander, Grant Bruce