Nationwide and Ethnic Identity of Young People of Ethnic Groups Living in Siberian Republics in a Comparative Perspective

• Published in: Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie
• Main Authors: Мадюкова, Светлана Александровна, Персидская, Ольга Алексеевна, Попков, Юрий Владимирович
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Московский гуманитарный университет 2017
• Subjects: nationwide identity; ethnic identity; macroregional identity; regional identity; the Altai Republic; the Tyva Republic; the Republic of Khakassia; the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic; regional interethnic communities; ethnosociological research; общенациональная идентичность; этническая идентичность; макрорегиональная идентичность; региональная идентичность; Республика Алтай; Республика Тыва; Республика Хакасия; Республика Саха (Якутия); региональные межэтнические сообщества; этносоциологическое; Sakha; Yakutia; Yakutia Republic; Саха; Якути*; Якутия; Республика Саха
• Online Access: https://journals.mosgu.ru/zpu/article/view/536; https://doi.org/10.17805/zpu.2017.3.6

The paper characterizes the state of the nationwide and ethnic identities in relation to both each other and regional and macroregional identity types of young people of different nationalities in four polyethnic Siberian republics (Altai, Tyva, Khakassia, Yakutia). The material was gathered from the data of the ethnosociological research conducted by a group of scientists from the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the RAS in 2000-2010.The paper establishes the topicality of ethnic identity alongside nationwide (civil) identity as a major condition for Russia’s well-being. It also unravels the specific of youth identity strategies in the republics depending on their particular ethnic group. It analyses the identity strategies in the gender aspect, as well as the answers breakdown by the older reference group of respondents in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic with the aim of comparative evaluation of the extent to which different types of identity are expressed.The identity type expressed to the greatest extent is nationwide (the number of people who do not consider this type of identity to be important is 7 per cent or lower in each republic). Other identity types are quite popular with young people as well; however, they are expressed to a lesser extent. The exception is Tyva, where the regional and ethnic identity nearly equal nationwide in importance. A fairly balanced structure of the identity matrix of young people is also noted. It is expressed in a moderate extent of the urgency of ethnic, macroregional, and regional identity, with the overall dominance of nationwide. A special emphasis is placed on the conflict-free coexistence of ethnic and nationwide identities in the mass consciousness of the people living in the republics.The conclusion is drawn as follows: the comparative well-being of the ethnosocial situation in the republics under research is reached, among other things, by means of the balance of different identity types. It sets important preconditions for optimal ...