Ethnocontact Zones in the Ethnic-Cultural Space of Russia

Gerasimenko, T I

doi:10.21209/1996-7853-2018-13-2-152-161

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“…Gerasimenko on the Orenburg-Kazakhstan border, the convergence of cultures often becomes a geographical reality over time, despite the fact that representatives of different ethnic groups initially develop different ecological niches. However, adaptation to landscape allows the gradual convergence of different ethnocultural groups; regional ethnic contacts are intensifying, and this favors the formation of stable spatial ties and, as a result, the formation of a common regional identity, despite persisting ethnocultural differences (Gerasimenko, 2018(Gerasimenko, , 2020.…”

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Cultural Geography in Russia in the Early 21st Century: Current State and Key Research Areas

Streletsky

Gorokhov

2022

Reg. Res. Russ.

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Abstract— The article reviews and analyzes trends in the development of Russian cultural geography at the beginning of the 21st century, its specific features, and the latest scientific achievements with respect to the evolution of cultural geography in Western countries. Similarities and differences in the transformation of the main theoretical approaches, scientific methods, and subject areas of specific cultural and geographical studies in foreign countries and Russia are revealed. The most important thematic sections of the article cover the most significant segments of cultural and geographical research in Russia in the 2000s–early 2020s. It is shown that the main focus in the formation of Russian cultural geography (after several decades of neglecting anthropocultural approaches in the Soviet period) was cultural landscape science. The latest advances of Russian cultural geographers in the field of cultural landscape for the first decades of the 21st century are characterized. Domestic ethnic geography, which developed during the Soviet period as part of population geography, is gradually transforming to ethnocultural. Much attention is paid to the correlation of ethnic and regional identity in polyethnic regions, ethnocultural aspects of the geography of nature management, cultural geography of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East. Religious geography is a new direction of cultural geography for Russia, which has gained great relevance in the post-Soviet period in the revival of religious life in a country characterized by exceptional complexity and the diverse religious composition of the population. The article discusses and analyzes the experience of Russian developments in humanitarian geography—a set of research areas focused on studying systems of ideas about the geographic space in different sociocultural contexts. The great practical significance of cultural and geographical research and the possibility of their use for regional development and optimization of the spatial organization of society are emphasized.

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Section: Ethnocultural and Religious Geography In Post-soviet Russiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural Geography in Russia in the Early 21st Century: Current State and Key Research Areas

Streletsky

Gorokhov

2022

Reg. Res. Russ.

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Modern Inter-Ethnic Contacts and Ethnic Processes in Siberia

Gerasimenko

Rodoman²,

Chistobaev³

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Springer Geography

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Dynamics of Ethnocontact Zones in the Turkic Republics of the Ural-Volga Region in the Post-Soviet Period

Manakov,

Terenina,

Ivanov

2024

REGIONOLOGY

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Introduction. The interest of world science in assessing the ethnic diversity of countries and regions predetermines the development of the concept of ethnocontact zones. To test new methods within the framework of the concept, there is a need to conduct research not only at the regional, but also at the intraregional levels. The purpose of the study is to classify the municipalities of Chuvashia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan according to ethnic dynamics in the post-Soviet period using the methodology developed by the authors in accordance with the concept of ethno-contact zones. Materials and Methods. The empirical basis of the study is ethnic statistics at the level of municipalities of the republics based on the results of the population censuses of 1989, 2002 and 2010. The authorsʼ method of identifying the phases of development of ethnocontact zones, which was first applied at the municipal level, is presented. Results. The general trend of ethnic processes in the last decade of the 20th century was the titularization of the population of the republics (with the exception of Chuvashia), and in the first decade of the 21st century – detitularisation of the population (except for Tatarstan). The processes of titularisation and detitularisation at the level of municipalities are determined both by the general trend in the change in the share of the titular population of the republics, and by ethnogeographic features associated with the different proportion of titular peoples in municipalities, which is largely due to their central, semi-peripheral or peripheral position within the republics. Discussion and Conclusion. The spatial patterns of ethnic dynamics revealed in the course of the study, corresponding to certain phases of development of ethnocontact zones, make it possible to forecast ethnic processes at the intraregional level. However, such a forecast is possible only if the general trend of ethnic processes at the level of national formations is known. For this reason, the new task in the course of developing the concept of ethnocontact zones was to study the dynamics of ethnocontact zones on a regional scale over a long time interval, which will allow us to proceed to predicting the development of these ethnocontact zones in the medium and long term.

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Ethnocontact Zones in the Ethnic-Cultural Space of Russia

Cited by 5 publications

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Cultural Geography in Russia in the Early 21st Century: Current State and Key Research Areas

Cultural Geography in Russia in the Early 21st Century: Current State and Key Research Areas

Modern Inter-Ethnic Contacts and Ethnic Processes in Siberia

Dynamics of Ethnocontact Zones in the Turkic Republics of the Ural-Volga Region in the Post-Soviet Period

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