Rebuilding Identities: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia Siberian Studies - Softcover

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Acknowledging how the dissolution of the Soviet Union has affected the Russian North, this study demonstrates how it opened up new processes of building and rebuilding collective identities in the region. The survey shows how contests over identity have become highly politicized and are seen by many inhabitants of Siberia as an instrument to secure access to resources and cultural property. Highlighting the mobilization strategies of activists, the argument contends that they often involve manipulation of the criteria for group membership and switching between criteria while simultaneously cultivating “cross-cutting” and multiple identities. Exploring the changes in rural communities, this consideration skillfully shows how peoples’ lives have been affected after the dramatic developments of the 1990s and the last century.