In this paper, the authors attempt to reconstruct the history of the easternmost compact group of... more In this paper, the authors attempt to reconstruct the history of the easternmost compact group of Izhma Komi currently known – the one living in the village of Samburg, Purovski raion, Yamal-Nenets Autonomus Okrug, Rusia. The authors also describe ethno-cultural processes (changes in material and spiritual culture) which have been going in the group as well as the distinct ways its members maintain, re-create and transform their ethnic identity. The research is based on the ethnographic observations and interviews performed by the authors in 2004, 2009 and 2016 as well as on published and unpublished (archival) documents. The arrival of the Komi population to the lower Pur and the establishment of the village of Samburg were related to the formation of the state reindeer herding enterprise (sovkhoz) “Purovski” in 1937. This sovkhoz was formed on the basis of the earlier “Kutopyuganski” sovkhoz, which was situated in the Nadym raion of the YNAO. The personnel of this earlier sovkhoz, which now became the personnel of “Purovsky” enterprise, consisted of reindeer herding families originated from different villages with large Komi populations situated in the former Tobolsk Gubernia. Many of these families were victims of the infamous dekulakization campaign (the campaign of political repressions, including deportations, against the wealthy peasants) of 1929 – 1931. Mainly due to ecological reasons, the Komi re-settlers in Samburg Have not re-created the traditional for Izhma Komi complex of settled culture and economy and have almost lost those aspects of spiritual culture that were related to this complex. On the other hand, they retained and continue to retain the traditional complex of nomadic reindeer herding culture of Izhma Komi and some elements of this complex have been borrowed by the local Nenets reindeer herders. Since the late 1930s, the Komi re-settlers maintain close contacts, including numerous inter-ethnic marriages, with the local tundra and forest Nenets. These contacts were made easier by the Komi-Nenets bilingualism, which became widespread in the region. Currently, majority of the local Komi live in mixed Komi-Nenets families. In these families, children are usually registered as Nenets in official documents. However, many of these Nenets unofficially identify themselves as Komi and express strong preference for Komi culture and language. Therefore, the process of assimilation of the Samburg Komi by the local Nenets is going on, but it has an interesting peculiarity: the assimilated Komi use and express their Nenets identity in official settings but retain their original ethnicity in the unofficial one.
The article offers the author’s version of reconstruction of the colonizational process
of Siberi... more The article offers the author’s version of reconstruction of the colonizational process of Siberia in the social and cultural dimensions. The conceptual frame of the work is a dialogue between representatives of Russian and Western post-colonial discourses. The dynamic of the colonial situation in Siberia is considered in the ethno-national, religious-confessional and educational aspects.
In this paper, the authors attempt to reconstruct the history of the easternmost compact group of... more In this paper, the authors attempt to reconstruct the history of the easternmost compact group of Izhma Komi currently known – the one living in the village of Samburg, Purovski raion, Yamal-Nenets Autonomus Okrug, Rusia. The authors also describe ethno-cultural processes (changes in material and spiritual culture) which have been going in the group as well as the distinct ways its members maintain, re-create and transform their ethnic identity. The research is based on the ethnographic observations and interviews performed by the authors in 2004, 2009 and 2016 as well as on published and unpublished (archival) documents. The arrival of the Komi population to the lower Pur and the establishment of the village of Samburg were related to the formation of the state reindeer herding enterprise (sovkhoz) “Purovski” in 1937. This sovkhoz was formed on the basis of the earlier “Kutopyuganski” sovkhoz, which was situated in the Nadym raion of the YNAO. The personnel of this earlier sovkhoz, which now became the personnel of “Purovsky” enterprise, consisted of reindeer herding families originated from different villages with large Komi populations situated in the former Tobolsk Gubernia. Many of these families were victims of the infamous dekulakization campaign (the campaign of political repressions, including deportations, against the wealthy peasants) of 1929 – 1931. Mainly due to ecological reasons, the Komi re-settlers in Samburg Have not re-created the traditional for Izhma Komi complex of settled culture and economy and have almost lost those aspects of spiritual culture that were related to this complex. On the other hand, they retained and continue to retain the traditional complex of nomadic reindeer herding culture of Izhma Komi and some elements of this complex have been borrowed by the local Nenets reindeer herders. Since the late 1930s, the Komi re-settlers maintain close contacts, including numerous inter-ethnic marriages, with the local tundra and forest Nenets. These contacts were made easier by the Komi-Nenets bilingualism, which became widespread in the region. Currently, majority of the local Komi live in mixed Komi-Nenets families. In these families, children are usually registered as Nenets in official documents. However, many of these Nenets unofficially identify themselves as Komi and express strong preference for Komi culture and language. Therefore, the process of assimilation of the Samburg Komi by the local Nenets is going on, but it has an interesting peculiarity: the assimilated Komi use and express their Nenets identity in official settings but retain their original ethnicity in the unofficial one.
The article offers the author’s version of reconstruction of the colonizational process
of Siberi... more The article offers the author’s version of reconstruction of the colonizational process of Siberia in the social and cultural dimensions. The conceptual frame of the work is a dialogue between representatives of Russian and Western post-colonial discourses. The dynamic of the colonial situation in Siberia is considered in the ethno-national, religious-confessional and educational aspects.
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of Siberia in the social and cultural dimensions. The conceptual frame of the work is
a dialogue between representatives of Russian and Western post-colonial discourses.
The dynamic of the colonial situation in Siberia is considered in the ethno-national,
religious-confessional and educational aspects.
of Siberia in the social and cultural dimensions. The conceptual frame of the work is
a dialogue between representatives of Russian and Western post-colonial discourses.
The dynamic of the colonial situation in Siberia is considered in the ethno-national,
religious-confessional and educational aspects.