Galvanizing Nostalgia? : : Indigeneity and Sovereignty in Siberia / / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer.

Galvanizing Nostalgia? explores critical questions for the survival of Russia in its nominally federal form. Will Russia fall apart along the lines of its internal republics, as did the Soviet Union? Based on cultural anthropology field and historical research in major republics of Eastern Siberia—S...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.) :; 21 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: Credits, Claims, and Confessions
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Contested Ecological, Cultural, and Political Sovereignty in Russia
  • 1. Sakha Republic (Yakutia): Resource Rich and Pivotal
  • 2. Republic of Buryatia: Gerrymandered and Struggling
  • 3. Republic of Tyva (Tuva): A Borderline State with Demographic Advantages
  • 4. Crossover Trends: Eurasianism, Competition, Cooperation, and Protest
  • Conclusions: Federalism, Cultural Dignity, and Nostalgia
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index