Granica jako zasób, granica jako wehikuł czasu. Społeczne reprezentacje diaspor na pograniczu rosyjsko-chińskim
The Border as a Resource, the Border as a Time Machine. Social Representations of Diasporas on the Sino-Russian Frontier

Summary/Abstract: These emigrants created a number of diasporas inhabiting the border zones with the USSR. The Soviet authorities treated these communities as hostile, and the hermetic nature of the Soviet border meant that contact between the diasporas and the country of origin was negligible. With thecollapse of the USSR and the opening of the borders of the diaspora, they began to play an essential role in the so-called ethnic revival of minorities in Russia. The incorporation of previously demonized, disloyal, and hostile frontier communities required the introduction of new discourses and representations in local public histories. On the example of the Buryat diaspora in China, the article shows the process of including diasporas in the field of ethnic politics in Siberia and negotiating their social status in contemporary Russia.

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