Kumandins: Ethnic Identity and Self-Determination Strategies in the Context of Ethnic History
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-7-139-159
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the ethnic history of the Kumandin people, one of the indigenous minorities of Russia. Its content determines the analysis of ethno-historical realities, political practices and academic discourse at the intersection of which the self–consciousness of this people was formed and transformed during the 17th – 21st centuries. The main sections of the work consider the history of the ethnonym “Kumandins” as a symbol of ethnic identity, the strategies of self-determination of Kumandins at different stages of their existence and the peculiarities of the social movement. A special section is devoted to the state support of the Kumandin public movement and its legal support. The work was carried out with the involvement of statistics, regulatory documents and field materials. According to the study results, it is concluded that the modern social movement of the Kumandin people, as well as the indigenous peoples of Russia in general, despite all the difficulties, is developing considering domestic and global political and legal support. Public organizations of Kumandin residents of the Altai Territory and the Altai Republic plan their activities in cooperation with federal and regional government agencies and academic centers. The effectiveness of this multi-level dialogue, which social activists conduct on behalf of the people, determines the prospects for its existence.
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Supporting agencies: The work is supported by the research project of IAET SB RAS no. FWZG-2025-0003 “Ethnocultural and ethnosocial processes among the peoples of Siberia and the Far East in the 17th – 21st centuries: formation and dynamics”
About the Authors
I. V. Oktyabrskaya
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina V. Oktyabrskaya, Doctor of Sciences (History) Scopus Author ID 14627426400 WoS Researcher ID R-7307-2016 RSCI Author ID 75173
Novosibirsk
V. V. Nikolaev
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vasily V. Nikolaev, Candidate of Sciences (History) Scopus Author ID 55939564400 WoS Researcher ID Q-3727-2016 RSCI Author ID 395976
Novosibirsk
E. V. Samushkina
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina V. Samushkina, Candidate of Sciences (History) Scopus Author ID 26423259500 WoS Researcher ID Q-3807-2016 RSCI Author ID 615373
Novosibirsk
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Oktyabrskaya I.V., Nikolaev V.V., Samushkina E.V. Kumandins: Ethnic Identity and Self-Determination Strategies in the Context of Ethnic History. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2024;23(7):139-159. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-7-139-159
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