THE YOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN EMIGRATION IN THE 1920–1930s: MECHANISMS OF PRESERVING AND REPRODUCING THE ETHNOCULTURAL IDENTITY

Lyudmila V. Klimovich, Leonid A. Shaipak

DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-4-169-173

Key words

history of Russia, emigration, identity, the youth, “Russian school”, historical memory

Annotation

The article is devoted to examining the issue of preserving the cultural identity by the Russian emigrants in the 1920–1930s. On the basis of modern research, the authors reveal the mechanisms for the transmission of ethnic and cultural identity in conditions of living in a non-home country. On the example of the young generation of emigrants from Russia it is shown how these mechanisms functioned. It is noted that much attention was paid to preserving the native language, in the family, in the “Russian school” children were spoken in Russian, main training was conducted in it. The study emphasizes that holidays and commemorations contributed to preserving the historical memory; they passed the traditions and history of Russia to the younger generation. It is noted that among young people there was a high percentage of unmarried people, a low birth rate, the percentage of marriages with foreigners was minimal, all this did not contribute to reproduction of the emigrant community. The Russian youth who found itself in emigration did not try to integrate into the host community for a long time, which indicated ethno-cultural identity preservation.

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Information about the authors

Lyudmila V. Klimovich – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I.N. Ulyanov, Russia, Ulyanovsk (lusek84@yandex.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-7159).

Leonid A. Shaipak – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of History, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University named after I.N. Ulyanov, Russia, Ulyanovsk (Shaipak@rambler.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-2579).

For citations

Klimovich L.V., Shaipak L.A. THE YOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN EMIGRATION IN THE 1920–1930s: MECHANISMS OF PRESERVING AND REPRODUCING THE ETHNOCULTURAL IDENTITY. Historical Search, 2020, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 169–173. DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-4-169-173 (in Russian).

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