ОСОБЕННОСТИ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАТАРСТАН И ПСИХОЛОГО-ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЕ УСЛОВИЯ СТАНОВЛЕНИЯ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ ТОЛЕРАНТНОСТИ В СРЕДНЕМ ПОВОЛЖЬЕ

Abstract

The study, the results of which are published in the proposed scientific article, touches upon the problem of ethnic identity formation of six ethnic groups living in the Republic of Tatarstan. In the course of the study of ethnic identity, psycho-pedagogical conditions of its formation were also described, taking into account the specifics of the macro-region – the Middle Volga region. Ethnic identity within the framework of the article is treated as a socio-psychological category. Accordingly, the main purpose of the study was to identify those socio-psychological determinants that are associated with the process of formation of ethnic identity of the population in the region of the Republic of Tatarstan, which is an example of a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-confessional region. According to the results of the conducted research with the participation of 300 respondents, equivalently representing 6 ethnic groups (Russians, Mordva, Chuvash, Tatars, Kazakhs and Armenians) living in the Republic of Tatarstan, and using a set of diagnostic techniques it is established that in general among the representatives of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan the tendencies of ethno-relativism dominate, which are supported by a number of socio-al-psychological factors. The positive influence of psychological and pedagogical efforts aimed at: maintaining a positive image of representatives of different ethnic groups according to the factor “evaluation”, maintaining a high level of ethnic tolerance in the Republic, the emotive determinant (emotional perception of representatives of their ethnic group), as well as the transmission of ethnic characteristics to future generations, as well as the maintenance of linguistic diversity. The differences in the type of ethnic identity among representatives of different ethnic groups living in the region, which have their own social-psychological determinants, have been revealed. Further prospects of psychological, pedagogical and socio-psychological work to maintain ethnic tolerance in a poly-ethnic, bi-lingual and multi-confessional region have been determined.