The Soviet Shop: Trade and Alcohol in the North of Ob (The Indigenous Population in the 1950-80s)
The article focuses on the organization of commerce and trade in rural settlements of the Khanty, Mansi, Nenets, Selkup, and Evenks in the 1950-80s, and is drawn on the author’s own field research. The author discusses a number of important issues such as the supply and delivery of goods and products; their variety and shortage; the relationship between trade and regional budgets; the significance of cash; the alcohol consumption patterns and the shares of alcohol in the sales, as well as the measures against alcoholism.