Tag: National Minorities

‘Russianness’ is a ‘Synthetic Category,’ Moscow Ethnographer Says

April 6, 2014

Staunton, April 6 – “Russianness” is a “synthetic category,” one in which the father of a family can be Mordvin, the mother a German, and the children ethnic Russians, a reflection of the floating quality of identity in that country, government policies, and personal choices, according to a leading Moscow ethnographer. In an interview with […]