S.V. Obruchev’s Book “To the Unexplored Lands” as a Source on the Means of Transport in the North-East of Russia in the 1920s – 1930s
O.N. Kationov
Keywords: transport (animal-drawn, river, sea, arosleigh, air transport), traditions, novations, aborigines, scholars
Abstract
The study is aimed at describing the traditional and new means of transport in the North-Eastern areas of Siberia during the socialist modernization based on the materials from S.V. Obruchev’s book “To the Unexplored Lands”. The author characterizes specifics of the means of transport used by the indigenous population and surveyors (mapping and spatial scientists); shows adaptation of the aboriginal peoples to the environmental and climatic conditions in terms of using the means of transport. Attention is paid to the fact that S.V. Obruchev’s scientific expeditions used up-to-date means of transport (aerosleigh, motor boats, steamboats, airplanes) and introduced traditional Russian means of transport to the aboriginal population.
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