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Historical and Geographical Features of Settlement and Ethnic Composition of the Population of Barguzin Cisbaikalia (19th–20th Centuries)

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The formation features in the ethnic structure and settlements of Barguzin Cisbaikalia across the territory of the modern Barguzinskii and Kurumkanskii districts of the Republic of Buryatia are considered. On the basis of archival sources and field research material, the impact of socio-administrative transformations, methods of economic activity, and the characteristics of the natural environment on the placement of the newcomers and old-time population are revealed. The adaptive features of local communities are shown, which led to sustainability of the traditions of nature management and everyday interethnic contacts. The nature of the settlement of the territory and the formation of a network of settlements in different historical periods had its own characteristics and, at the same time, was largely determined by the degree of the preservation of the complex of nature management traditional for the ethnos: agricultural-commercial, animal husbandry-commercial, hunting-commercial and fishing nature management with a number of transitional options that formed in the course of constant interaction of ethnic groups in the region. It was found that stability and continuity in the organization of the human habitat were characteristic for the study area and the peoples inhabiting it. The distribution of settlements, as well as temporary and permanent camps in different historical periods reflected the state of the ethnocultural landscape and determined the location of its functional zones and areas, as well as contributing to the formation of the identity of the local population.

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The study was carried out within the framework of state assignment (AAAA-A17-117041910166-3) and with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (17-29-05043/19).

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Tsydypova, L.S., Dashpilov, T.B. Historical and Geographical Features of Settlement and Ethnic Composition of the Population of Barguzin Cisbaikalia (19th–20th Centuries). Geogr. Nat. Resour. 42, 377–385 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1875372821040144

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