Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Research Centre for Medical Genetics RAMS; 2) Institute of General Genetics RAS; 3) Kharkov State University; 4) Adygei State University
Balanovsky Oleg P., D.Sc. in Biology, prof. RAS, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4218-6889, e-mail: balanovsky@inbox.ru; Dibirova Kh., e-mail: hadizha-dibirova@mail.ru; Romanov Aleksey G., e-mail: a_romanov85@mail.ru; Utevska O.M., e-mail: outevsk@yandex.ua; Shanko A.V., e-mail: shanko@pisem.net; Baranova E.G.; Pocheshkova E.A., e-mail: eapocheshkhova@mail.ru
To estimate the genetic consequences of the large-scale Russian expansion in the 16th – 19th centuries two Russian groups from the Caucasus have been studied. The first group of Terek Cossacks was established in the 16th century, at a very early phase of the Russian expansion to the Caucasus. The population exhibits high proportion of the Y chromosomal haplogroups G and J, characteristic for the indigenous populations of the Caucasus groups, indicating the gene flow from the aboriginal groups to this Russian population. The second group of Kuban Cossacks was founded much later and is genetically undistinguishable from the source Russian populations. These findings reveal that initially Russian expansion to the Caucasus followed the assimilation scenario, but in later phases the colonization scenario became prevalent.
gene pool, Cossacks, North Caucasus, assimilation, colonization, Y chromosome
Цит.: Balanovsky O.P., Dibirova Kh.D., Romanov A.G., Utevska O.M., Shanko A.V., Baranova E.G., Pocheshkhova E.A. The genetic interaction of the indigenous North Caucasus populations and Eastern Slavonic groups from the Y chromosomal perspective // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2011; 1/2011; с. 69-75
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