Disruption of Pastoral Nomadism: The Impacts of Russian Colonialism on the Kazakh Steppe during the 19ᵗʰ and 20ᵗʰ Centuries


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Teğin E.

BILIG, sa.111, ss.29-53, 2024 (SSCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12995/bilig.11102
  • Dergi Adı: BILIG
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.29-53
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Abstract

This study examines the multifaceted impacts of Russian colonization on

the Kazakh Steppes during the 19th and 20th centuries. The colonization

process caused significant destruction in various fields in the region, including

migration routes, livestock herds, socioeconomic life, trade networks, housing

and dietary patterns of nomadic communities. Russian expansionism,

aimed at establishing control over the steppe, led to the blockage of ancient

migration routes and the restriction of nomadic economic resources.

The blockage of migration routes, forced transition to capitalism, forced

sedentarization and interaction with sedentary life transformed the livestock

herds of the nomads. Socio-economic life and trade were restructured by the

Tsardom for reasons such as integration into the Russian Empire market,

change of commercial centers and concentration of wealth. The changing

structure of pastoral nomadism also led to transformations in housing and

diet. Comprehending the complex dynamics of Russian colonialism on the

Kazakh Steppe will reveal the destruction of nomadic life by scrutinizing the

historical and contemporary sociocultural landscape of the region.