Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / “Returning Home as an Enemy”. The Languages for Description and Self-Description of Inner Asia Repatriates

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2020 13 (5)
Authors
Peshkov, Ivan O.
Contact information
Peshkov, Ivan O.: Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan) Poznań, Poland; ; ORCID: 0000-0001-8923-1937
Keywords
China – Russia – Mongolia-frontier mythology
Abstract

The article explores the doubts and anxieties associated with the return of two communities of Russian long-term residents of Inner Asia – the Cossack repatriates of the Three Rivers Region and the local Mongolian Russians – to the Soviet citizenship. The theoretical basis of the article is the statement about the epistemological character of the presence of the past, which determines a crucial influence of the current terms on any historical knowledge. In this perspective, the memory of the past can be considered not only as its subjective reflection, but also as a social practice that identifies the community’s status. The purpose of this article is to show how the Soviet people used speech practices in relation to the temporary and spatial discrepancy of repatriates. The main characters of this article will be the ways of creating an image of the enemy linguistically and mastering it by target groups in everyday life. In this perspective, the decision to repatriate, which causes distrust and alarm, is a convenient marker for the inclusion of local political folklore in the conflict between ethnic and political solidarity in Soviet society

Pages
665–675
DOI
10.17516/1997-1370-0597
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/135296

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