MODERN YOUTH ABOUT RUSSIA AS THE COMMON HOME FOR PEOPLES OF RUSSIA (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE MARI EL REPUBLIC)

 

Vitaly Shabykov1, Raisia Kudryavtseva2*, Оlga Orlova3,

Tatiana Belyaeva4, Zoya Zorina5

 

1Senior Scientific Researcher, Mari Scientific Research Institute of Language, Literature and History named after V. M. Vasilyev, RUSSIA, sebs9-kud@yandex.ru

2Prof. Dr., Mari State University, RUSSIA, kudsebs@rambler.ru

3Head Scientific Researcher, Mari Research Institute of Language, Literature and History named after V. M. Vasilyev, RUSSIA, marsoc_orlova@mail.ru

4Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, RUSSIA, sokolova_beljaeva@mail.ru

5Prof. Dr., Mari State University, RUSSIA, zorinazoia@mail.ru

*Corresponding author

 

Abstract

In this research the emotional and valuable component of civic identity of the youth population of the Mari El Republic is considered.

The purpose of this article is to analyze civic identity of modern youth of the republic in aspect of its understanding Russia as a common home for peoples of Russia.

The material for analytical generalizations of sociological data obtained as a result of a survey of residents of the Mari El Republic at the age from 15 to 29 years old (more than 750 people were interviewed) on the topic «Civic and ethnic identity of youth in the context of inter-ethnic relations in a multicultural space», which was held in September-October, 2018, by employees of the Mari Scientific Research Institute of Language, Literature and History named after V. M. Vasilyev. The survey was conducted by the method of random repetition-free quota sampling in 2 cities, 6 districts and 5 urban-type settlements. The method of formally standardized interview was used for the collection of sociological information.

During the research the question «Your attitude towards Russia as to the home for peoples of Russian» with the list of the possible answers, capable to present the level of formation of respondents’ ethic and legal consciousness, tolerant and humanistic worldview, was offered to respondents.

Based on the analysis of sociological data, it has proved, that modern youth of the Mari El Republic concerning the attitude towards Russia as a home for peoples of Russian has the pronounced positive civic identity, including respect for the equal and mutually enriching principle of the existence of peoples in the multinational state.

In this article the attitude of young people towards Russia as a common home for peoples of Russian depending on the ethnic identification of the respondents, their age, level of education and material well-being of the family is considered.

Young people in their vast majority (more than two thirds) – both in general and for individual qualification groups, identified according to ethnic self-definition, age, education level and material well-being of the family, – consider, that Russia is the common home for many nations, exerting their influence on each other, that all peoples of Russia should have equal rights, and nobody should has any advantages.

To the fullest extent people’s equality in the common Russian home is recognized by the Tatars, youth at the aged 15–19 years, respondents with higher and incomplete higher education, people from lower-income families.

There are few supporters of the idea of prevalence of the rights of the Russians as a state-forming and most numerous nation; there are more of them among Mari people, young people at the aged of 20-24, from a middle-income family and among the least educated part of youth.

Keywords: sociology, public opinion, the Republic of Mari El, youth, civic identity, Russia, peoples of Russia.

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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of INTCESS 2019- 6th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, 4-6 February 2019- Dubai, UAE

ISBN: 978-605-82433-5-4