Author : Melissa Chakars
Release : 2014-05-10
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 148/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia by : Melissa Chakars
Download or read book The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia written by Melissa Chakars. This book was released on 2014-05-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book 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.