Open AccessFormation of the Romani Population of Russia: Early Migrations
Author(s) -
Marianna V. Smirnova-Seslavinskaya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-1-134-141
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , state (computer science) , population , geography , history , ethnology , political science , archaeology , sociology , demography , computer science , payment , algorithm , world wide web
Considers the factors, ways, and terms of the early Romani migrations. The author analyses various documentary sources to define Romani migration types, the influence of their lifestyle and economic activities. Particular attention is given to migrations of the Romani people along with the Ukrainians, their resettlement in Slobodskaya Ukraine and southern areas of Russia, the ways of their integration into Russian social strata system. New documentary sources of the Russia Roma history are introduced including the bill of sale of 1699 from Kharkov region as the earliest known testimony about Romani settlement within the borders of the Russian State.