02555nam 2200505 450 991072087210332120230703172136.0(CKB)5710000000124532(NjHacI)995710000000124532(EXLCZ)99571000000012453220230703d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocialist Way of Life in Siberia Transformation in Buryatia /Melissa ChakarsBrookline, MA :Academic Studies Press,2022.1 online resource (238 pages)Introduction -- Modernization and Soviet success -- Institutions and the culture of progress -- Buryat exceptionalism and advancement -- Outline of chapters -- The Buryats of Siberia : from imperial Russia to the Soviet state -- Stalinism in Buryatia -- The new Buryats -- Education for change -- Buryat literature for a new society -- A means to modernity : newspapers, radio, and television -- Reform, but what kind? -- Conclusion.The Buryats are a Mongolian population in Siberian Russia, the largest Indigenous minority. The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia presents the dramatic transformation in their everyday lives during the late twentieth century: challenges the common notion that the process of modernization during the later Soviet period created a Buryat national assertiveness rather than assimilation or support for the state.Socialist Way of Life in Siberia Social changeRussia (Federation)SiberiaSocial changeRussia (Federation)Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡BuriatsPolitics and governmentBuriatsSocial conditionsBuriatsSocial life and customsSocialismSocial aspectsRussia (Federation)Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡Siberia (Russia)Social conditionsSiberia (Russia)Ethnic relationsBuri︠a︡tii︠a︡ (Russia)Social conditionsSocial changeSocial changeBuriatsPolitics and government.BuriatsSocial conditions.BuriatsSocial life and customs.SocialismSocial aspects957/.5Chakars Melissa1245696NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910720872103321Socialist Way of Life in Siberia3394677UNINA