Relations between the state and the indigenous people of the North at the beginning of the XXI century in Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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Journal’s Subject Headings:
History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of the RAS, Department of Siberia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, [email protected]
АBSTRACT
Introduction: the research analyzes the relationship between the state and the indigenous people of the North in Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug during the first fifteen years of XX century.
Objective: to review the state policy towards the northern peoples of the Krasnoselkupsky District of YamaloNenets Autonomous Okrug in XXI century and to sum up its results. Research materials: the article is written on the field materials of the author.
Results and novelty of the research: following the Soviet state, the power of modern Russia recognized the need for powerful social assistance to people of the North, most of whose representatives were unable to adapt to their new economic realities either with their traditional methods of farming or by abandoning them. The modern state,
represented by the authorities of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, financed the enterprises of the fuel and energy complex during the period under review, carried out a grandiose social project within the boundaries of the Okrug and specifically in Krasnoselkupsky District. Agricultural enterprises were established with traditional business activities with a strong material and technical base, a well-designed subsidy system and logistics, which provided jobs and earnings for many Selkup families. In addition to the creation of agricultural enterprises in Krasnoselkupsky District, a whole range of measures was implemented to help the indigenous people of the North, including direct cash assistance, medical assistance, housing, support for children’s education and traditional culture.
Key words: the Selkups, ethnography, social policy, traditional economy, current situation.
Acknowledgements: the research was performed within the framework of the Program of fundamental research of the Presidium of the RAS "Cultural complex societies: understanding and governance". The author expresses gratitude to the anonymous reviewers of the article.
For citation: Stepanova O. B. Relations between the state and the indigenous people of the North at the beginning of the XXI century in Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2018; 8(2): 365–374.
АBSTRACT
Introduction: the research analyzes the relationship between the state and the indigenous people of the North in Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug during the first fifteen years of XX century.
Objective: to review the state policy towards the northern peoples of the Krasnoselkupsky District of YamaloNenets Autonomous Okrug in XXI century and to sum up its results. Research materials: the article is written on the field materials of the author.
Results and novelty of the research: following the Soviet state, the power of modern Russia recognized the need for powerful social assistance to people of the North, most of whose representatives were unable to adapt to their new economic realities either with their traditional methods of farming or by abandoning them. The modern state,
represented by the authorities of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, financed the enterprises of the fuel and energy complex during the period under review, carried out a grandiose social project within the boundaries of the Okrug and specifically in Krasnoselkupsky District. Agricultural enterprises were established with traditional business activities with a strong material and technical base, a well-designed subsidy system and logistics, which provided jobs and earnings for many Selkup families. In addition to the creation of agricultural enterprises in Krasnoselkupsky District, a whole range of measures was implemented to help the indigenous people of the North, including direct cash assistance, medical assistance, housing, support for children’s education and traditional culture.
Key words: the Selkups, ethnography, social policy, traditional economy, current situation.
Acknowledgements: the research was performed within the framework of the Program of fundamental research of the Presidium of the RAS "Cultural complex societies: understanding and governance". The author expresses gratitude to the anonymous reviewers of the article.
For citation: Stepanova O. B. Relations between the state and the indigenous people of the North at the beginning of the XXI century in Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2018; 8(2): 365–374.
