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The Kalderash Gypsies of Russia in Industrial Cooperation of the 1920s-1930s
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Abstract At the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s, in line with the state economic policy of the time, which was aimed at industrialisation and cooperativisation, and also as part of the implementation of measures to promote a settled way of life for nomadic Gypsies, the Kalderash Gypsies becam... view more
At the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s, in line with the state economic policy of the time, which was aimed at industrialisation and cooperativisation, and also as part of the implementation of measures to promote a settled way of life for nomadic Gypsies, the Kalderash Gypsies became actively involved within cooperatives and started establishing artels (Gypsy production cooperatives). This article analyses the issue of Gypsy artels, their manufacturing activities, the reasons why they flourished, their decline and their subsequent repression. The study is based on documents from the central and regional archives of the Russian Federation. The historical experience of that period was especially important for the Kalderash community—the establishing of artels helped them to adapt to the emerging economic reality of Soviet society. Indeed, during the following decades artel cooperative associations remained the main form of production and economic interaction with enterprises and organisations. As such, artels existed until the 1980s and then continued to exist within the new economic conditions of the post-Soviet period. Later on, the state never provided special support towards the creation of the Gypsy production associations and took more severe measures to implement its policy. The experience of these cooperatives has also remained a vibrant part of historic tales and been firmly instilled in family oral histories. The historical experience of that period is therefore important for understanding and building a modern policy towards the Gypsy population and solving their social and economic issues.... view less
Keywords
Russia; USSR; industrialization; gipsy; cooperative; historiography; vagrancy; minority policy; world of work; social participation
Classification
General History
Sociology of Economics
Free Keywords
Gypsies; Kalderash Gypsies; Roma; Russia; Soviet Union; artels; cooperation; economy; industrialisation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 358-366
Journal
Social Inclusion, 8 (2020) 2
Issue topic
Gypsy Policy and Roma Activism: From the Interwar Period to Current Policies and Challenges
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed