INTERACTION OF THE STATE WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NORTH, SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST. THE THEORETICAL ASPECT

Abstract

The article examines the dynamics of interaction between the Russian state and the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East in the 1990s–2000s through the prism of the Adizioglu -Robinson theory. According to this theory, the creation of the State Committee for the North can be interpreted as an attempt by the state to legitimize control over the territories of indigenous peoples through the rhetoric of protecting their rights. Particular attention is paid to the role of the State Committee for the North in the development of federal programs for socio-economic development. The article shows that programs aimed at integrating indigenous peoples into the market economy ignored their cultural specifics, which led to the marginalization of traditional ways of life. This confirms Adizioglu’s thesis that state modernization projects often reinforce social inequality, disguising it as progress. The study of the interaction of the State Committee for the North with other government bodies reveals the mechanisms of bureaucratic socialization (Robinson), where partnership with indigenous peoples became an instrument of symbolic inclusion rather than real dialogue. Legislative initiatives, analyzed through postcolonial optics, are interpreted as the formalization of state domination, where the rights of indigenous peoples were limited to a framework convenient for the resource exploitation of their territories.