The citizens of the Baltic Republics (Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Russians, Jews, Germans, the Poles, and the Finns), as well as many other nations of the former USSR experienced serious difficulties and extreme deprivation during communist rule. They suffered from compu...
This study deals with the anthropology of the deportation trauma as experienced 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. Th...