Russian old-settlers Yakutia: culture and landscape

Annotation

Of the example of the areal groups of Russian old-settlers (russkoustyintsy, pokhodchane, the Amga, the Lena and the Olyekma peasants) have been reconstructed the basic socio-economic parameters, has been highlighted the traditional image of the rural cultural landscape of Yakutia. Formation a culture of life-support Russian old-settlers in the region is seen as the result of the multivariate combination of natural and cultural complex in the peripheral area of the continuum.

About authors

Boyakova Sardana Ilyinichna, Doctor of History Sciences, Head of the Arctic Studies Sector of the Institute for Humanitarian Research and North Indigenous Peoples Problems of the SB RAS. Contact phone: +7 (4112) 36 64 51. E-mail: boyakova@mail.ru.

Keywords

landscape, ethnos, culture, the system of life supplies, nature-usage, outlook, Russian old-settlers, Yakutia

DOI

UDC

94(=181)(=161.1)9571.56)