Browsing Master's theses in indigenous studies by Author "Pyzhova, Anna"
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Identity and regional culture : the case of the Pomor people in Arkhangel’sk Region, Russia
Pyzhova, Anna (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-10)The thesis focuses on the identity of an unrecognized, small-numbered people in the northwestern part of Russia– the Pomor people (or Pomory). The thesis will examine the history of this group and how they came to be ‘fragmented’ from the main identity-forming process of the central Russian nation from the ninth to the 21st centuries. Using fieldwork materials, the thesis will present which identity ...