Vorobyev Ruslan Sergeevich – Postgraduate Student at the Faculty of Philology, Tver State University; ORCID: 0009-0001-0032-8394
This article examines the theme of the development of new lands in the Far East by Russian pioneers in N.P. Zadornov’s novel Amur Saga through the prism of national identity preservation and interethnic interaction, while considering the distinctive features of the Russian and indigenous cultural para-digms (categorical meanings of Russians and indigenous people, their worldview universals, patterns of operations, religious and mythological sign systems, linguistic and cultural markers, etc.). Amur Saga is presented as a descriptive study that presents a representation of the symbols of the modernization of ethnocul-tures, which serve as demarcators between “us” and “them” in the ongoing process of transformation of ethnocultural identity at both the individual and collective levels. For the first time, an attempt is made to analyse the interplay of cultural paradigms between Russian peasants and indigenous peoples, whereas previous research on Zadornov’s novel focused primarily on the unilateral influence of Russians on indigenous populations.
N.P. Zadornov; development; national identity; interethnic interaction; intercultural dialogue