Borderland Russians
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 09:35
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study looks at how living close to the border affects people, and whether borderland people are different from other people. The case in point is the Russians on the Kola Peninsula: Living in the high north, hailing from the south, and with Scandinavian neighbours within throwing distance across an increasingly permeable border. How do they view themselves?