| Titre | Chasseurs et marchands de fourrure en Russie au début du XXe siècle | |
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| Auteur | Basile Kerblay | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 19, no 4, octobre-décembre 1978 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Études |
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| Page | 339-370 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Basile Kerblay, Hunters and fur traders in Russia at the beginning of the XXth century.
The first part of this article examines economic contacts and cultural exchanges at the beginning of the present century between Russian populations and the aborigines (Toungouses) who subsisted by hunting fur-bearing animals. Ecological conditions, social structures, everyday habits and hunting rites of the latter are examined from the anthropological point of view, as also their economic relations (profits and losses) with fur collectors. The second part describes the circuit followed by furs from the local to the international fairs. The study, as a whole, is based on the analysis of reports on the activity of Nizhni-Novgorod and Irbit fairs. This material provides an illustration of the exchange conditions between trappers and merchants, and of the penetration of foreign firms into the Russian market, in particular after the completion of the Trans-Siberian railroad. On the other hand, Foreign Commerce statistics show that on the eve of the First World War, Russia was definitely an importer of furs: the most precious raw skins were sent to Leipzig or London, where they underwent appropriate treatment. They were then returned to the privileged customers of the two capitals. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1978_num_19_4_1334 |
