A New Contribution to the Study of the Identity and Culture of Russians. Book review: M. A. Zhigunova. The Russian Population of the City of Omsk: Identity, Culture, Traditions. Omsk, Yekaterinburg: The Ural Worker, 2022. 232 p.

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2023-3/365-369

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Keywords:

Russians, Siberia, Omsk, identity, family and family ritualism, ethnocultural preferences

Abstract

The reviewed monograph by M. A. Zhigunova presents the results of the author’s long-term anthropological and ethnographic research of the modern Siberian city on the example of Omsk. The author characterizes ethnic, national, regional and religious identity, the personality traits associated with Russians, their understanding of family and marriage, and the life cycle rituals. For the first time, the specificity of culture is analyzed through ethnocultural preferences: favourite holidays, dishes and drinks of national cuisine, folklore and musical preferences, cultural institutions and folk groups. The reviewer briefly describes the content, source base and methodology of the work, highlighting the novel elements in the context of modern studies of the Siberian Russian population.

Author Biography

  • Roman Fedorov, Institute of the Problems of Northern Development of Tyumen Scientific Centre of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Fedorov, Roman Yu. – Ph.D. in History, Chief Researcher of the Ethnology and Social Anthropology Department, Institute of the Problems of Northern Development of Tyumen Scientific Centre of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia, 625026 Tyumen, 86 Malygina str.). E-mail: r_fedorov@mail.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-3658-746X

    For citation: Fedorov, R. Yu. 2023. A new contribution to the study of the identity and culture of Russians. book review: M. A. Zhigunova. The Russian population of the city of Omsk: identity, culture, traditions. Omsk, Yekaterinburg: The Ural Worker, 2022. 232 p. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii). 3: 365–369.

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Published

09.09.2023

Issue

No. 3 (2023): Herald of Anthropology

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Reviews