V.K. Arsenyev on Self-Government of Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Far East

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of self-government of indigenous peoples, which were dealt with by the famous traveler Vladimir Klavdievich Arseniev (1872, St. Petersburg — 1930, Vladivostok). In part, these ideas first appeared on the pages of his complex expeditions (1906–1910). As a commissioner for foreign affairs of the Provisional Government, he completely immersed himself in this problem (1917). In Soviet times, the scientist continued to deal with these issues. Unfortunately, almost none of Arseniev’s recommendations were implemented. The main reason for this was the tsarist and Soviet bureaucracy. Globalization and the assimilation problems associated with it are complex issues in the Russian Far East. It is especially important to remember this in the year of the 150th anniversary of the birth of V.K. Arseniev. The article based the book and archival collection of the scientist, stored in the Society for the Study of the Amur Territory (OIAK) in Vladivostok.