Imperial Acculturation on Russian’s Southeastern Frontier: An International Survey
- Authors: Lyubichankovskiy S.V.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Orenburg State Pedagogical University
- Samara Federal Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 19, No 3 (2020): HISTORY OF THE SOUTHEAST FRONT OF RUSSIA
- Pages: 727-740
- Section: SCHOLARLY LIFE
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2312-8674/article/view/321895
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8674-2020-19-3-727-740
- ID: 321895
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This article reviews and summarizes the results of an international survey of experts about “Imperial Acculturation Policy and the Problem of Colonialism (based on the materials from the Ural-Volga and Central Asian territories)” organized in Orenburg in 2019. The questionnaire asked participants to reply with their thoughts about the characteristic features of the Russian Empire’s policy of "developing" the nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples of the Kazakh steppe, Bashkiria, Kalmykia on its southeastern frontier from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Key questions included: The basic terminology (“acculturation,” “imperial acculturation policy”); The heuristic value of the acculturation model with respect to the “colonial approach.” Nomadic and semi-nomadic perceptions of Russian citizenship; The government’s efforts to “civilize” its nomadic and semi-nomadic subjects; The impact of military service, public education and medical care; The role of the Russian Orthodox Church in imperial acculturation policy; The persistence of ethnic identity; General trends in acculturation. The conclusion reflects on using the acculturation model to understand the integration the southeastern nomadic periphery into the Russian Empire.
About the authors
Sergey V. Lyubichankovskiy
Orenburg State Pedagogical University; Samara Federal Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: kaf_rushistory@ospu.su
Doktor Istoricheskikh Nauk [Dr. Habil. in History], Professor, Head of the Russian History Department, Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Leading research fellow, History and Archaeology Department, Samara Federal Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences. Honorary Worker in the Sphere of Education of the Russian Federation
19, Sovetskaya St., Orenburg, 460844, Russia; 3A, Studencheskiy Line, Samara, 443001, RussiaReferences
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