ГЕНОЦИД КАК ИСТОРИКО-ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЙ ФАКТОР КОЛЛЕКТИВНОЙ ПАМЯТИ РОССИЙСКИХ АРМЯН

Abstract

The article provides an analysis data of the ethnic identity of Russian Armenians in the context of the cultural trauma of genocide on the part of the Ottoman Empire as a historical and political factor of the collective memory of Armenians. This work reveals the issue of the relationship between cultural memory of the Ottomans' genocide and the identity of Armenians, which has both theoretical and applied orientation, since the results of the study conducted can be used for practical purposes: educational, psychological, pedagogical, as well as psychological and consultative. A theoretical analysis of the views of various researchers on the issues of cultural memory and ethnic identity was conducted. An empirical research aimed at studying the cultural collective memory of genocide as a traumatic component of the Armenians’ identity is described. This study revealed features of the ethnic identity of Armenians, especially - the pronounced ethnocentrism combined with extremely negative assessment of the Turks and opposition to themselves. The basic hypothesis about the existence of a specific relationship between collective cultural memory and the ethnic identity of Russian Armenians, which has a number of elements, for example, an increased level of anxiety and depression, was partially confirmed.