Surgut Dwellers as an Ethnographic Group of Russians in the XIX – Early XX Centuries
M.S. Litvinchuk
Keywords: local ethnographic groups of Russian, Siberian frontier, North of the Ob River, Surgut, Surgut dwellers
Abstract
The article is devoted to the characteristics of the Surgut population in the XIX – early XX centuries as a local ethnographic group of Russians. Formation of this group is studied from the perspective of frontier theory as interpreted by M.V. Shilovskiy. Based on the contemporary descriptions the author reveals anthropological, linguistic and household features of Surgut dwellers.
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