The Predicament of Chukotka's Indigenous Movement: Post-Soviet Activism in the Russian Far North
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 11/29/2004
EAN 9780521823463, ISBN10: 0521823463
Hardcover, 304 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
This ethnography of the Russian North focuses on post-Soviet relations of domination between an indigenous minority and a non-indigenous majority in an urban setting. Patty Gray charts the political transformation in Chukotka as its administration sought to represent itself as 'democratic' while becoming ever more repressive, especially toward the indigenous population. The 'predicament' refers to how the nascent indigenous movement was prepared to address Soviet-style domination, and instead was confronted with this 'new Russian' style.
Preface
Chukotka in the twenty-first century
Acknowledgements
Notes on transliteration
Vignette
1948
1. Epitomizing events
Vignette
1956
2. Starting a movement in Chukotka
Vignette
1967
3. The limits of resistance
Vignette
1971
4. Toward a history of Soviet Chukotka
Vignette
1980
5. Indigenous culture in a Russian space
Vignette
1989
6. Transformation of local politics in Chukotka
Vignette
1996
7. Socio-economic conditions in post-Soviet Chukotka
Vignette
2002
Epilogue.