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Culture Summary: Russians
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 2021 • Pages:
By: Shimkin, Demitri B. (Demitri Boris), Adem, Teferi Abate.
Abstract
This is a culture summary of the Russians. Information is presented on major aspects of Russian culture.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2021
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2018
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1300-1994
- Coverage Place
- Russia
- Notes
- Dimitri Shimkin and Teferi Abate Adem
- This culture summary is based on the article "Russians" by Dimitri Shimkin, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 6, Russia and Eurasia/China, Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1994. Leon G. Doyon restructured the sections in October 2018 and updated population figures in January 2021. In May 2019 Teferi Abate Adem added the sections Trade, Division of Labor, Inheritance, Socialization, Political Organization, Social Control, Conflict, Religious Practitioners, Arts, Medicine, and Death and Afterlife.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Russians
- Soviet Union--Social life and customs