Anthropology-of-East-Europe-Review

Area di ricerca: Caucaso, Russia

Categoria: Politica

Lingua: Inglese

This research has been made possible through a grant from Fondazione Caritro – Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto

Youth Camps in Post-Soviet Russia and the Northern Caucasus: The Cases of Seliger and Mashuk 2010

06/2012 -  Autore: Giorgio Comai

Anthropology of East Europe Review 30, 1, 2012.

 

The organization of state-sponsored youth camps has emerged as a central feature of contemporary youth policies in the Russian Federation. This paper, based on field workconducted during 2010, analyses them focussing in particular on two cases: Seliger 2010, Russia’s main youth camp, and Mashuk 2010, a regional camp specifically dedicated to youth from the Northern Caucasus. As will be seen, Soviet youth policies still serve as a fundamental point of reference in contemporary Russia. Elements of continuity and change,in particular in terms of patriotic education, inter-ethnic integration and the situation in the Caucasus, will be discussed