ПОМНИТЬ НЕЛЬЗЯ ЗАБЫТЬ 9 ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH Elza-Bair Guchinova Memories of the Forgotten Anthropology of the Deportation Trauma of the Kalmyks This study deals with the anthropology of the deportation trauma as experi- enced by the Kalmyks (1943-1956) and how it affects national identification. It shows the stigmatisation of Kalmyk identity in the years of deportation and response of the ethnic group to deprivation. The ever changing discourse of the Kalmyk issue, and political use of the trauma also receive attention. The study is innovative in Russian anthropology as it is the first anthro- pological study of the Kalmyk deportation as well as of the consequences of the trauma, and as it provides comparative insight by making use of similar experience of deprivation of other ethnic groups. The monograph contains a valuable corps of sources, especially oral, including analyses of folk songs and oral narratives. The novelty of the study
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