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«Семь сестер»: этничность и трансграничное перемещение
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Bychkova A. A.
Since the colonial period North East India has been viewed as a frontier separated from the “mainland” in terms of culture, ethnicity, and mentality. Special features of the historical process underlie the inherent problems. Ethnicity is one of the burning issues used by diffrent parties and actors to serve their own interests.
Arina Bukina, Eritsyan K., Antonova N. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 Article 1824428
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Numerous studies have shown that indigenous populations experience poorer health outcomes compared to people with other backgrounds. However, the interpretation of these disparities remains challenging due to differences in living conditions and social environments, as well as by potential measurement-related biases. Little is known about whether the underlying mechanisms of mental health outcomes differ between ...
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Kuziner E., Chernysheva N., Социологические исследования 2026 № 2 С. 99–110
The article examines the forms of creativity available to young people in two cities of the North Caucasus – Nalchik and Pyatigorsk – against the background of a persistent tension between territorial branding for tourism and the preservation of local authenticity. The theoretical framework draws upon debates on the “creative city” (S. Sassen, S. Zukin, ...
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Omelchenko D., Lisovskaya I., Сибирские исторические исследования 2025 № 4 С. 260–282
Authors of the article approach the analysis of youth initiatives in the area of developing creative industries in the city of South Russia with special attention to the practices of (re)production and use of local features through vivid startups realized in special ethno-religious conditions. Authors also attempt to understand how young people use the subject ...
Added: February 11, 2026
Chernomorchenko I., Информационные войны 2025 № 4 (76) С. 20–24
Chronic instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is traditionally examined through the lens of con icts in the eastern part of the country; however, ethnicity also plays a central role in driving instability in the western regions. Based on an analysis of the Bundu dia Kongo movement and interethnic con icts in the ...
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Андриянов Д. А., Брагина А. Б., Kechik U. et al., Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз 2025 Т. 118 № 3 С. 80–107
It has long been generally accepted in Political Science that distributed elite networks, rather than institutions, are crucial to the functioning of the Russian political system. One of the important factors in the formation of such networks is ethnicity. Of particular interest is the ethnic dynamics in those regions, where there is no dominant ethnic ...
Added: September 25, 2025
Алымов С. С., Журнал Российского национального комитета по истории и философии науки и техники 2025 Т. 3 № 2 С. 198–210
The article examines the history of the project “The Study of the Ethnic Composition of Central and South-Eastern Europe”, commissioned by the General Staff of the Red Army and carried out at the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1943–1945. Soviet ethnographers prepared maps and reports on ethnically-mixed territories and ethnic ...
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Пузанов Д. В., Ежегодник финно-угорских исследований 2015 № 4 С. 113–123
В статье анализируется проблема этнической принадлежности участников движения волхвов в Ростовской земле 1071 г. в отечественной историографии. Большинство исследователей считает, что движение это происходило в финно-угорской или смешанной финно-угорско-славянской среде. В то же время аргументация данного утверждения не безупречна. Сомнительны и альтернативные интерпретации: сопоставление летописного сообщения с этнографией кельтов и славян. Автор статьи не разделяет ...
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Malinov A. V., Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии 2025 Т. 28 № 1 С. 208–231
The article deals with the processes in the religious life of the Altai people, the titular ethnic group of the Altai Republic. It is noted that there is an active process of formation of the national form of religion, called Burkhanism or White Faith, among the adherents of which two versions struggle for dominance. The first ...
Added: April 8, 2025
Ингалс Д., Пути России. Журнал cоциальных и этнографических исследований 2024 Т. 2 № 3 С. 128–157
Many sociologists drink wine, but hardly any write about it, at least for professional purposes. Sociological studies of wine are few in number, even in historically wine-producing countries, and wine matters remain ceded to other disciplines. The scholarly field of the ‘sociology of wine’ remains inchoate. Yet wine is an eminently sociological research object. This ...
Added: January 27, 2025
Иванова Н. С., Egorova T., Varshaver E. et al., Актуальные проблемы Европы 2024 № 3 С. 245–265
The article analyzes the perceptions of the process of migrant integration common among Russian residents. The study was conducted using a qualitative methodology. A total of 100 interviews and 40 focus groups from five regions of Russia were collected and analyzed. The primary finding of the study is that Russian residents see the integration of ...
Added: January 21, 2025
Varshaver E., Иванова Н. С., Egorova T., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология 2024 Т. 26 № 2 С. 306–324
This article presents the outcomes of a study that investigates the perceptions among residents of Russia regarding their membership in the Russian nation or society. The study employs interviews (100) and focus groups (40), carried out across five regions of Russia, as its primary data collection methods. The key methodological approach was to pose questions ...
Added: January 21, 2025
Varshaver E., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология 2023 Т. 25 № 2 С. 377–396
The article rethinks the integration of migrants through the lens of constructivist studies of ethnicity. It is done on the basis of the theoretical language developed by the author, which builds upon other constructivist languages. It is pointed out that ethnicity is the organization of differences around categories, membership in which is predominantly inherited. Categories, ...
Added: January 21, 2025
Varshaver E., Орлова А. А., Шульга А. Е., Этнографическое обозрение 2023 № 6 С. 156–177
In this article, the existence of documentary constructivism is justified in the context of literature dedicated to folk theories of ethnicity. Documentary constructivism views ethnicity primarily as an administrative concept. This view is described based on 130 interviews conducted in Dagestan, where the state has changed ethnic classifications several times over the course of the ...
Added: January 21, 2025
Kazenin K., Mitrofanova E., Демографическое обозрение 2024 Т. 11 № 4 С. 189–213
The paper compares fertility parameters of two ethnic groups of Russia: Kabardians of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (North Caucasus) and Russians of that region and the neighboring Stavropol region. This comparison allows an assessment of the specific aspects of inter-ethnic fertility differences that may persist among ethnic groups which have reached the final stages of ...
Added: January 12, 2025