ABSTRACT
The rise of regional self-consciousness in Siberia in recent years is manifested through increasingly active efforts of people living in Siberia to claim their interests in the federal center (Moscow) and the rise of regional activism that takes different forms – from local ecological movements to grassroots political activism that combine the regional Siberian agenda and local activities. This chapter, based on empirical research conducted in three Siberian cities, discusses the spatial, cultural, and socio-economic premises of Siberian identity formation. It then analyzes the forms of its realization: solidarity, political claims, and grassroots development of civic nationhood.
