Shaping Russian Identity. The Role of Historical Knowledge

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Kh. Batagova
Keyword(s):  
Civic Identity ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Civic Consciousness ◽  
Spiritual Community ◽  
The North ◽  
Confessional Identity ◽  
Identification Processes ◽  
Russian Identity

The article is devoted to the vital problem of formation of the Russian civic identity in the conditions of the multi-ethnic and multi-confessional region of the North Caucasus. The Russian identity is viewed as a complicated multilevel social phenomenon that combines several identities namely the ethnic identity, the confessional identity, and the civic identity. Using the data of social surveys the author shows compatibility of ethnic and civic identity in the poly-ethnic society. One of the tools for achieving a balance of identities is historical knowledge. Due to its being the most important form of human self-consciousness, and at the same time being the form of collective memory, history is the key mechanism of identification processes at different stages of personal and social development. Historical knowledge actualized in the institutes of higher education as part of the study of national history lays the foundations of patriotism and civic consciousness. It also forms a tolerant perception of inter-cultural diversity of society in the socio-historical aspect as well as in the ethnic and confessional aspects. The author uses concrete examples to demonstrate the most effective technologies in building the Russian identity in the context of the Russian History Course for the higher educational establishments. The article characterizes the cognitive-emotional basis of the identification process. It emphasizes the importance of forming a positive image of modern Russia as the common home of all peoples who have made a significant contribution to the development of its material and spiritual culture. The author notes that the study of the centuries-old experience of interaction between the peoples of Russia contributes to the strengthening of national consent and spiritual community of Russia’s ethnic groups. Based on the conducted research the author arrives at the conclusion that in the student environment of North Ossetia there are sufficient prerequisites and conditions for shaping an all-Russian civic identity.

scholarly journals RUSSIAN CIVIC IDENTITY OF YOUTH IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS: THE MAIN CHALLENGES AND RISKS OF CONFLICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Evgenij Avdeev ◽  
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Sergej Vorobev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
The State ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian Identity

Based on the analysis of the results of the scientific research “Ethnopolitical processes in the Caucasus in the assessments and perceptions of modern youth” (grant RFBR and ANO EISR No. 19-011-31300), the content and features of the formation of an all-Russian civic identity among young people in the North Caucasus are reviewed. The purpose of the study is to identify the risk of conflict in the process of forming the all-Russian identity of youth in the North Caucasus. The objectives of the study: determination of the ratio of the all-Russian civic, regional, ethnic and religious identity in the portfolio of identities of the youth in the North Caucasus, the main actors in the formation of the foundations of the all-Russian identity, the importance of patriotism and civic engagement for young people, as well as assessing the role of the state in the process of forming the all-Russian identity. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is made up of the main approaches and concepts of understanding the all-Russian civic identity. The empirical basis is sociological research consisting of assessments and views of young people in the North Caucasus. For the region, an extremely important task is the formation and development of an all-Russian civic identity, its integration with ethnic and regional identities in the minds of young people. Civic, regional, ethnic and religious identity in the minds of young people in the North Caucasus is in an unstable equilibrium state, which carries the risks of a conflict of identities. There is a demand among young people for active participation in the socio-political life of the region. The influence of the state, represented by the education system and state media, on the formation of the socio-political views of young people in the region is decreasing, and the role of the blogosphere and social networks is increasing. The state can become a leading actor in the formation of the all-Russian identity of the region, subject to the creation of a favorable social environment and the formation of functional feedback mechanisms between the authorities and the region’s youth.

scholarly journals Educational strategy of the Russian power in the Northern Caucasus regarding muslims (60s–90s of the 19th century).

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Nadezhda O. Bleich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Caucasus ◽  
Educational Strategy ◽  
Regional Structure ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
The North ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Educational Potential ◽  
Structure Of Education

The article analyzes the educational policy of Russia regarding the Muslims of the North Caucasus, substantiates the formation of the educational potential of the Muslim mountaineers in the historical aspect associated with the evolution of the educational paradigm of the state in the field of their education, the result of which was the adaptation of the regional structure of education to the all-Russian system. It is concluded that the imperial government, adapting to the situation of capitalism and carrying out modernization in the region, began to pay more attention to the issues of enlightening "infidels". But due to the inconsistent policy of officials, the coverage of Muslims by training was insufficient and required further reform of the national educational system.

scholarly journals All-Russian identity: regional aspect of formation

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Galina Gritsenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Organizations ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The North ◽  
Regional Aspect ◽  
The Media ◽  
Russian Identity

The article deals with the problems of the formation of the all-Russian identity of the inhabitants of the North Caucasus. On the basis of an expert survey, the most significant structures and actors of its formation were identified: federal authorities, the media, educational and cultural institutions, public organizations. In the course of the analysis of the research results, it was found that in modern conditions, patriotism becomes the basis for strengthening the all-Russian identity.

scholarly journals SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF THE PEOPLES OF KABARDINO-BALKARIA, KARACHAY-CHERKESSIA AND ADYGEA IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-663
Author(s):  
Muslim I. Barazbiev ◽  
Yurii I. Murzahanov
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Reading Public ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Societies ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian Intelligentsia

The current level of development of Caucasian studies is the result of the work of professional scientists (archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, historians, philologists) and Amateur historians who studied the North Caucasus, identified, accumulated and analyzed the source base of research, formed historical knowledge about the region. The emergence of various trends in Caucasian studies. Active scientific societies and institutions of Moscow and the North Caucasus, individuals, lovers of antiquity and antiquity for the identification, collection, study and introduction into scientific circulation of sources in the pre-October period was a certain step in the organic incorporation of the North Caucasus into a single socio-cultural space of the country, facilitated inter-ethnic dialogue and understanding between the peoples of the Caucasus and Russia. In the present authors of this article, the period (early XX century) there were various groups of sources from which the reading public could learn interesting information about the traditional culture of the peoples of Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygea: bibliography (I. I. Dmitrienko, V. N. Haruzina, E. I. Yakushkin, D. K. Zelenin, D. D. Pagirev, E. D. Felitsyn, V. D. Shamrai, I. M. Pulner, etc.), continuing publications ("Caucasian calendar", "the Collection of materials for description of districts and tribes of Caucasus", "the Collection of information about the Caucasian mountaineers", etc.) materials periodicals ("Terek statements" (Vladikavkaz. 1895-1906), "Terek" (Vladikavkaz, 1906-1917), "Caucasus" (Tbilisi, 1846-1917), "Kazbek" (Vladikavkaz, 1895-1906), "the New review" (Tiflis, 1884-1906), North Caucasus (Stavropol, 1884-1906), "the Kuban regional Vedomosti" (Ekaterinodar, 1871-1917), materials published local intellectual communities, which had a regional focus, articles and essays of scholars on the Caucasus, representatives of the Russian intelligentsia, reference books and guides, etc.

Local History Bibliography of the North Caucasus as a Resource of Region Study (Late 19th — Early 20th)

2009 ◽  
pp. 103-109
Author(s):  
Marina E. Kolesnikova
Keyword(s):  
Local History ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
The North ◽  
Training Aids ◽  
Historical Literature ◽  
Regional History ◽  
And Training

Regional bibliography of North Caucasus was forming gradually in the process of revelation, description, consideration, and classification of historical literature and published regional history sources. In the course of time it turned into a separate field of scientific bibliographical activity. As a result special bibliographical proceedings and training aids, allowing to get new historical knowledge, were developed.

scholarly journals The problem of the formation of the All-Russian civil identity in the North Caucasus

nauka.me ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Alexandra Ignatova
Keyword(s):  
North Caucasus ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian Identity

The article examines the problems of the formation of an all-Russian identity and the manifestation of the civil factor in the North Caucasus. The prerequisites for the emergence of contradictions between ethnic and civil identity are determined. Approaches to the possibility of solving the issue of correlation of Russian and North Caucasian cultural and historical experience are shown.

scholarly journals Values and Identities in the North Caucasus: Meanings and Discourses

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Elena Vladimirovna Fedosova
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
Back Ground ◽  
Russian Citizen

The present study considers the systems of norm and values, as well as the system of identities in the North Caucasus. The priority of the systems of norm and values that affect the system of identities of an individual and social groups in many respects de-pends on social discourses that dominate in the region. The ability to take into account the diversity and variability of interethnic, interfaith and intercul-tural interactions in the North Caucasus, as well as the specifics of political and social and economic processes in the region is not only a task and a re-quirement for state structures dealing with regional governance, but it is also one of the priority tasks of various research structures engaged in the analysis of the North Caucasus development. Despite a ra-ther complex and sometimes even contradictory structure of identities existing in the North Cauca-sus, the dominant identity is a civic identity (“I am a Russian citizen”). The empirical data obtained dur-ing the research allow to record that the respond-ents have of a system of multilayered identities, among which the civic identity is the dominant one. All this testifies to the fact that against the back-ground of the growth of ethnic self-awareness, at the same time, there is a complication of under-standing of the notion ethnic in the Caucasian worldview.

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