Open AccessLost Generations? Indigenous Population of the Russian North in the Post-Soviet Era
Author(s) -
Andrey N. Petrov
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p6jw32
Subject(s) - indigenous , population , fertility , census , context (archaeology) , ethnic group , geography , arctic , historical demography , demography , development economics , socioeconomics , economic growth , political science , developed country , sociology , economics , ecology , archaeology , law , biology
This paper discusses key findings concerning population dynamic of the Indigenous minorities living in the Russian North during the post-Soviet period, highlighted by the 2002 Census. The paper places recent demographic trends into the context of past and current economic, social and institutional changes. It also provides comparisons with Indigenous population dynamics in other parts of the Arctic. Although most Indigenous peoples of the Russian North were growing numerically, they still experienced effects of Russia’s economic crisis, primarily reflected in rapidly falling fertility and rising mortality in the middle-age cohorts. In addition, both the ethnic drift and legal changes seriously contributed to the population dynamic.