The formation (construction) of Siberian identity (the second half of XIX – the beginning of XX century, the end of XX – the beginning of XXI century)

The research is carried out into:

the role of Siberian regionalism in the formation/construction of Siberian identity (the second half of XIX – the beginning of XX century);
the historical experience of developing and conducting regional identity policy by liberals of Siberia at the beginning of the XX century;
the political mobilization of national (ethnic) and regional (Siberian) identity in the East of Russia in the context of changing political regimes (1917 – 1922);
the periodical press of Siberia in the second half of XIX – the beginning of XX century as a factor of regional identity formation;
causes of and prerequisites for the issue of regional Siberian identity becoming topical in the 1980s-1990s;
the ideology and practice of interregional interaction as a factor of Siberian identity formation in the 1990s (through the example of interregional association “Siberian Accord”;
factors and actors contributing to the Siberian identity issue becoming topical in the beginning of the XXI century as a political construct.

	Irina V. Nam Head of the research group Head of LSAR Professor of Subdepartment of Modern Russian History Department of History, National Research Tomsk State University Doctor of Historical Science E-mail: namirina@bk.ru
	Olga A. Kharus LSAR Leading Research Fellow Professor of Subdepartment of History and Document Science Department of History, National Research Tomsk State University Doctor of Historical Science E-mail: kharus-olga@sibmail.com
	Natalia I. Naumova LSAR Senior Research Fellow Associate Professor of Subdepartment of History and Document Science Department of History, National Research Tomsk State University Candidate of Historical Science E-mail: tomnin@yandex.ru
	Evgeniy V. Lukov LSAR Senior Research Fellow Associate Professor of Subdepartment of Modern Russian History Department of History, National Research Tomsk State University Candidate of Historical Science E-mail: lev74@mail2000.ru
	Vyacheslav V. Shevtsov LSAR Senior Research Fellow Associate Professor of Subdepartment of Russian History Department of History, National Research Tomsk State University Candidate of Historical Science E-mail: totleben@yandex.ru
	Galina N. Alishina LSAR Junior Research Fellow Senior Lecturer of Subdepartment of History and Document Science Department of History, National Research Tomsk State University Candidate of Historical Science E-mail: galinaalishina@gmail.com

Irina V. Nam