| ID | 116314 |
| Title Proper | Re-making a frontier community or defending ethnic boundaries? the Caucasus in Cossack identity |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Popov, Anton |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The essay focuses on the notion of the Caucasus as a reference point in the construction of Cossack identity in southern Russia. Since the late Soviet period, the Cossack revivalist/nativist movement has emerged in the territories which constituted the frontier zones of Tsarist Russia. Arguably, the historical Cossack hosts were established as a kind of frontier community which played an important role in the expansion of the Russian Empire. This essay examines how post-Soviet Cossacks reinterpret the meanings of the Caucasus as a spatial and cultural realm where, or in relation to which, they produce their identity as a distinct ethnic and cultural community. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 64, No.9; Nov 2012: p.1739-1757 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 64, No.9; Nov 2012: p.1739-1757 |
| Key Words | Ethnic Boundaries ; Caucasus ; Cossack Identity ; Frontier Community ; Southern Russia ; Cultural Community |