Fates of siblings in the flames of the Civil War of 1917–1922: An anthropological analysis

The article is devoted to a historical-anthropological analysis of the fates of siblings, found in 1917– 1922 on different sides of the political and socio-cultural confrontation, which allows considering the phenomenon of civil division at the level of microsocial structures and intra-family ties.
The relevance of the research is determined by the need for an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of formation of individual identities in the context of a radical transformation of the social order, when the choice of a political position is accompanied by a break in traditional forms of kinship communication. The aim of the article is to identify the anthropological mechanisms of identity divergence and social adaptation strategies based on a comparative analysis of the representatives biographies of various social and cultural groups.
As a result, the author highlights that family affiliation sets only the initial framework of socialization, but does not determine the final choice, whereas individual values and professional identities become key factors of political self-determination and subsequent integration into Soviet society or emigration.

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