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Dagestan : history, culture, identity / Robert Chenciner and Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov [with contributions from 5 others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chenciner, Robert, author.
- Magomedkhanov, Magomedkhan, 1951- author.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
- Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 109
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Russia (Federation)--Dagestan.
- Ethnology.
- Dagestan (Russia)--History.
- Dagestan (Russia).
- Dagestan (Russia)--Ethnic relations.
- Dagestan (Russia)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Robert Chenciner was a Visiting Academic at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. He was an honorary member of the Dagestan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov is Head of the Ethnography Institute of the Dagestan Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation.
- Contents:
- Introduction, what is Dagestan?
- Shaitans, monsters, magic places and substances
- The Sasanian walls against the Huns
- Trade with the Kievan Russ and the Golden Horde
- Trade with the Moscow Tsardom XV-XVI centuries
- Trade with Muscovy XVII-XVIII centuries
- Under Russian governance 1801-1859
- XIX century historical consciousness
- Shamil's ethno-religious imamate
- Legal systems under the Russian government
- Repression and Sovietization
- Language policy of the USSR
- Schools, literacy and publishing under the Tsar and Soviets
- Poems written in Avar and Archi languages
- Re-Islamization of public consciousness
- Pre-Soviet and contemporary cultures
- New traditions in urban weddings
- Social media, the XXI century
- Surviving covid-19 and traditional medicine
- Traditional medicine of mountain Dagestan
- Dagestan mountain-valley horticulture
- About Mountain Jews
- Meat and fish of the Mountain Jews
- Heroes of sport and finance
- Monetizing the Mountains
- A virtual tour to Archi
- In Dagestan, as they say, everyone sings and everyone dances.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 07, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Chenciner, Robert. Dagestan
- ISBN:
- 9781003388579
- 1003388574
- 9781000906158
- 1000906159
- 9781000906165
- 1000906167
- Publisher Number:
- 40031901188
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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