Dynamics of Ethnic Composition of the Asian Part of Russia According to the Census (1926-1989)
M. A. Semenov
Institute of History SB RAS
Keywords: национальный состав, Западная Сибирь, Восточная Сибирь, Дальний Восток, миграции, ассимиляция, урбанизация, National composition, Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Far East, migrations, assimilation, urbanization
Abstract
The article analyzes the changes in the national composition of Western and Eastern Siberia and the Far East in the period 1926-1989 on the basis of the data of all-Union population censuses. The influence of the main historical events on the ethnic picture of Asian Russia is revealed. Differences in the national composition of large economic and geographical regions are traced. Features of settling of the main ethnic groups of Siberia, their inclusion in modernization processes are described. The conclusion about the key role of migration and assimilation processes in the formation of the national structure of the population of the region in this period is made. Special attention is paid to the development of autochthonous peoples.
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