Transformations of the identities of the inhabitants in Karelian Arctic Region (based on the research of the Loukhsky district)
- 作者: Dzhioshvili E.A.1, Krivonozhenko A.F.1, Litvin Y.V.2, Yalovitsyna S.E.1
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- Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 期: 卷 15, 编号 1 (2023)
- 页面: 28-43
- 栏目: Historical Studies
- ##submission.dateSubmitted##: 05.12.2025
- ##submission.dateAccepted##: 05.12.2025
- ##submission.datePublished##: 18.04.2023
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2076-2577/article/view/356278
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.015.2023.01.28-43
- ID: 356278
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Introduction. The article presents the first results of a historical and sociological study on the impact that the inclusion of several regions of Karelia in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation has on the identity of its inhabitants, using the example of Loukhsky district, the northernmost region in the Republic.
Material and Methods. The authors proceed from the interrelatedness of the territory, traditions and identities, which never lose their significance but evolve over time. The methodology included the comparative historical method, content analysis, qualitative study and field survey methods. An integrated analysis of the sources is applied, which mostly includes published and unpublished historical, journalistic, and sociological data. The field material is in-depth interviews with the residents of Louhsky district collected in July 2022.
Results and Discussion. A brief overview of the history development of Louhsky district is provided; the results of analyzing materials from mass media and online sources are described. The methods of formalized text analysis, coding, categorization of interview transcripts, cross-interpretation of data by researchers helped distinguish the most typical variants of identities and features characteristic of the district. The differences were detected in the dominant types of identities between the western and the eastern parts of the district, especially in what concerns official representation.
Conclusion. The paper concludes that the ethnic identity is preserved and manifested in the current public discourse within a so-called “festival project of ethnicity”. The interviews show that ethnic identity is giving way to civic or regional identities. Arctic identity is not firmly rooted in the perception of the respondents. The northern identity, i.e., being “northerners”, is more congeneric and easier to comprehend for people in the Karelian Arctic.
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E. Dzhioshvili
Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
编辑信件的主要联系方式.
Email: elvira-260893@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8933-1740
Junior Research Fellow, Ethnology Section, Institute of Language, Literature and History
俄罗斯联邦, PetrozavodskA. Krivonozhenko
Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: krivfed@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7152-8070
Candidate Sc. {History}, Research Fellow, History Section, Institute of Language, Literature and History
俄罗斯联邦, PetrozavodskYu. Litvin
Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: litvinjulia@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2369-4987
заместитель директора по научной работе Института языка, литературы и истории КарНЦ РАН; старший научный сотрудник Сектора этнологии Института языка, литературы и истории КарНЦ РАН, кандидат исторических наук; старший научный сотрудник Междисциплинарного научно-образовательного центра NORDICA Института языка, литературы и истории КарНЦ РАН
俄罗斯联邦, PetrozavodskS. Yalovitsyna
Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: jalov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5024-6357
Candidate Sc. {History}, Deputy Director for Research
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