The Development of Siberia: People and Resources

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Avvakum’s Siberian Exile: 1653–64....Pages 11-34
J.-G. Gmelin and G.-F. Müller in Siberia, 1733–43: A Comparison of their Reports....Pages 35-49
Colonialism and Siberian Development: A Case-Study of the Orthodox Mission to the Altay, 1830–1913....Pages 50-71
The Indigenous Peoples of Siberia in the Twentieth Century....Pages 72-95
Urbanisation and the Minority Peoples of the Soviet North....Pages 96-123
The Oroks: Past and Present....Pages 124-146
Population Trends, Ethnicity and Religion among the Buryats....Pages 147-176
Social Development of Siberia: Problems and Possible Solutions....Pages 177-187
Siberia’s Demand for Labour: Incentive Policies and Migration, 1960–85....Pages 188-207
The Role of Water Transport in Siberian Development....Pages 208-227
Exploration for Oil and Gas in Eastern Siberia....Pages 228-255
The Gorbachev Economic Policy: Is the USSR turning away from Siberian Development?....Pages 256-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-266