Abstract
During 1842–1843 Nagaybak Cossacks with their families were resettled into three districts of the Orenburg province, and formed three different groups, each of them had its own way. The Northern group of Nagaybak Cossacks of 500 people settled in Troitsk District in Verhneuvelskaya (Varlamovo), Klyuchevskiy-2 (Lyagushino), Popovо, Bolotovo and Krasnokamenka villages. During this relocation Nagaybaks represented an ethnic community, which, however, was infl uenced by the Russian population. The Northern group was not subjected to the signifi cant infl uence of the missionaries of both religions. Nowadays it is formally considered orthodox: the population demonstrates an indifferent attitude towards religion and rituals both Muslim and Orthodox.
Nagaybaks of this group named themselves «Bakals» after the name of Bakalinskaya village, where they had come from. In the course of time different ways Bakals named themselves took place including «Nagaybaks», «Kryashens», «Russian», «Chermyshs» and others. Frequent changes and renovation of self-awareness and self-designation resulted in the fact that today many people can’t safely say about their ethnicity. The Northern Nagaybaks demonstrate the increasing interest to their ethnicity and culture, which is caused by, among other things, the compatriots’ success of Nagaybak District. Due to the personal and group strategy, the ethnicity of the Northern group today is relevant and dynamic. Having gone through several changes of their identity, today the Northern group is in a state of ethnic drift.
Keywords
Nagaibaks, Bakals, the northern group, self-name, Russians, Cossacks, Orthodox, missionaries, drift of ethnicity
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