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Phenomenon of Movement in the Life and Culture of Nomadic Kazakhs across the Frontier Zone, Late 19th to Early 20th Century

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dc.contributor.author Kovalskaya, Svetlana I.
dc.contributor.author Lyubichankovskiy, Sergey V.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-09-17T10:41:19Z
dc.date.available 2024-09-17T10:41:19Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.citation Kovalskaya S. I., Lyubichankovskiy S. V. Phenomenon of Movement in the Life and Culture of Nomadic Kazakhs across the Frontier Zone, Late 19th to Early 20th Century. Oriental Studies. 2023; 16(1): 59–74. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.22162/2619-0990-2023-65-1-59-74 ru
dc.identifier.issn 2619-0990
dc.identifier.issn 2619-1008
dc.identifier.other DOI: 10.22162/2619-0990-2023-65-1-59-74
dc.identifier.uri http://rep.enu.kz/handle/enu/16497
dc.description.abstract Introduction. Nomads once maximally incorporated into nature and surrounding landscapes had tended to retain their identity through the pastoral way of life, way of thinking, and mentality. The gradual — though further accelerated — emergence of the new development logic set forth by the Russian Empire made the Kazakhs develop new adaptation mechanisms for survival and self-realization in the suggested circumstances. Goals. The article analyzes a variety of sources, works and studies characterizing existential specifics of nomadic economic patterns — to examine the shaping of new life strategies adopted by Kazakh nomads across the frontier zone in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials and methods. The analyzed materials include those contained in Collection 175 of the State Archive of Orenburg Oblast, Interim Provisions on Governance in Steppe Areas of Orenburg and West Siberian Governorates-General, and Materials on Kirghiz Land Use published between 1896 and 1915. Besides, a number of Kazakh literary works that serve as unique historical sources have been considered. Results. The critical approach to different historical sources makes it possible to compare factual materials and reconstruct the transformation and changes in self-identity and outlooks of ex-nomads. At the turn of the 20th century, Kazakh elites were trying to answer the traditional questions of the intelligentsia: Who is to blame and what is to be done? Then and there it was urgent to decide on further prospects of life — whether to preserve nomadism or to seek for other forms of semi-nomadic life, or gradually get sedentarized at all. Conclusions. The Russian Government did not interfere with the nomads’ land use practices, and tended to solve land matters of exclusively plowmen’s communities. In these conditions, the nomadic Kazakhs were left to themselves. As a result, they had to develop new daily practices. Having lost their traditional lifestyle, the Kazakhs still succeeded in preserving their national distinctness in terms of language, oral folklore, genealogies, rituals, etc. The specificity of the frontier zone manifested itself in that Kazakh nomads were actively involved in daily life transformations and developed a habit of turning to local authorities for support (rather than relying on their own resources only) to defend lands from competing peasant immigrants. ru
dc.language.iso en ru
dc.publisher Oriental Studies ru
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 16, Issue 1;Pages 59 - 74
dc.subject acculturation ru
dc.subject frontier ru
dc.subject imperative of behavior ru
dc.subject Kazakh nomads ru
dc.subject life strategy ru
dc.subject nomadism ru
dc.subject nomads ru
dc.subject Russian Empire ru
dc.title Phenomenon of Movement in the Life and Culture of Nomadic Kazakhs across the Frontier Zone, Late 19th to Early 20th Century ru
dc.title.alternative Феномен движения в жизни и культуре кочевых казахов на территории фронтира (конец XIX – начало XX вв.) ru
dc.type Article ru


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