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Property rights and transformation in Russia: institutional change in the far north

Europe-Asia studies47 (7) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 1077-1108

By: Osherenko, Gail.

Abstract
This article is an in-depth study of propery rights systems among the Nenets of Yamal Peninsula in Russia. It identifies three key resouce issues crucial for understanding the concept of property in the local herding economy. These are: 1) reindeer, 2) land in the form camp sites, pastures , migration routes, hunting grounds and fishing sites, and 3) local working economic arrangments in the context of processing, storing, marketing and transporting reindeer meat and other products. The discussion focuses on the shifts in rights to each of these types property during the Soviet Period.
Subjects
Cultural identity and pride
History
Real property
Property in movables
Research and development
Government enterprises
Territorial hierarchy
Environmental quality
Oil and gas wells
Government regulation
Ethnic stratification
Cooperative organization
Political movements
Settlement patterns
Land use
Pastoral activities
Individual enterprise
Production and supply
Economic planning and development
culture
Nenets
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
Asia
Sub Region
North Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
Field Date
1992-1994
Coverage Date
1920-1995
Coverage Place
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Notes
Gail Osherenko
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
93645761
LCSH
NENTSY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ECONOMIES IN TRANSITIOn
HISTORY
LAND LEGISLATION
LAND USE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
RUSSIAN FEDERATION