Features of managing the development of interethnic relations in Russia based on economic and geographical position: On the example of the regions of the Volga Federal District

Niyaz Minnahmatovich-Biktimirov,Marat Rafaelevich-Mustafin,Vladimir Anatolevich-Rubtzov,Svetlana Aleksandrovna-Shabalina,Mikhail Viktorovich-Rozhko

doi:10.5937/intrev2102047m

Abstract

The article shows the relevance of ethnic research in the modern world. The paper summarizes the scientific literature, published by specialists of different sciences concerned with ethnicity and ethnic processes in Russia and other countries. The Volga Federal District, which is one of the most multi-ethnic territories of Russia, was chosen as an object of study. The ethnic composition and interethnic relations in the regions of the Volga Federal District are analyzed. The forecast associated with the ethnic characteristics of the settlement within the district is presented. The influence of the economic and geographical position of the district on the dynamics of the ethnic composition of its population is shown. Conclusions based on current trends in the development of ethnic processes and inter-ethnic relations in the regions of the Volga Federal District.

Highlights

The revival period that is characteristic of many nations today is accompanied by increasing in interest and appealing to ethnic values a surge of ethnic identity, with the desire of raising the status of national languages, appealing to the culture, customs, traditions of ancestors, as necessary elements for creating a holistic system
In the implementation of public policies, Russia is trying to take into account the multi-ethnicity and multi-confessionals of the predominant part of the Russia regions, which contributes to the organization of full-scale studies of interethnic and inter-confessional relations
Among the 14 regions of the Volga Federal District, 12 Russians are leading in terms of population

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Introduction

The revival period that is characteristic of many nations today is accompanied by increasing in interest and appealing to ethnic values a surge of ethnic identity, with the desire of raising the status of national languages, appealing to the culture, customs, traditions of ancestors, as necessary elements for creating a holistic system. National-cultural societies are an important part of consolidation [3]. People as an entire nationals turn to their roots. This appeal is evident in the search form the "mysterious soul of the people", and due to the resuscitation of old folk customs or rituals, and an attempt folklorisation professional culture. Sometimes this need could rise to the most ambitious goals as an attempt to create and reestablish their national state. There are many examples in the world when such "interests", receiving the corresponding resistance on the part of other nations, cause problems of interethnic tensions [13]

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