THE ETHNOSOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE CHUVASH POPULATION IN BASHKORTOSTAN (1979–2019)

Fail G. Safin, Elvira A. Mukhtasarova, Aigul I. Khaliulina

DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-2-189-201

Key words

Chuvash population, ethnic groups, social structure, educational level, employment, workers, employees, source of ­existence.

Annotation

Based on the data of the All-Union and All-Russian population censuses, as well as statistical data, the article makes an attempt to reveal the ethno-social structure of the Chuvash population in Bashkortostan in 1979–2010. One of the main indicators of high social status and positive social well-being is the educational level of the population. The indicators reflecting the educational level of the Chuvash population in Bashkortostan are lower than the average ones in the Republic. Despite this, the Chuvash were represented in various spheres of the republic’s economy. A significant proportion of the Chuvash were represented in the field of industry (21.2%), a certain part worked in the field of natural sciences and healthcare, a solid part was made up of highly qualified specialists – 9.3%, as well as in the field of education – 4.5%. Among the Chuvash, the highest share among the ethnic groups of the republic was the share with several sources of livelihood: two sources – 39.0% and three sources – 2.1%, when the national average was 29.4% and 1.7%, respectively.

One of the main income sources for the Chuvash was private subsidiary farming, which accounted for a little more than one third (29.6%), significantly outstripping the indicators of other ethnic groups in this area and significantly exceeding the national average (18.9%). Noting rather high indicators of the Chuvash in some areas of the republican economy, it should be emphasized that according to many other indicators, the social and professional status of the Chuvash population in Bashkortostan is still inferior to that of representatives of other ethnic groups.

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Information about the authors

Fail G. Safin – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chief Scientific Employee of the Department of Ethnopolitology, Institute of Ethnological Studies named after R.G. Kuzeev of Ufa Federal Research Center of Russian Academy of Science; Professor, Department of Philosophy, History and Social Engineering, Ufa State Oil Technical University, Russia, Ufa (failsafin@mail.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4862-1386).

Elvira A. Mukhtasarova – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences, Branch of Ufa State Oil Technical University in Oktyabrsky, Russia, Oktyabrsky (mux.elvira@yandex.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-5113).

Aigul I. Khaliulina – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Department of Ethnopolitology, Institute of Ethnological Studies named after R.G. Kuzeev of Ufa Federal Research Center of Russian Academy of Science, Russia, Ufa (aygul_kamila@mail.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6647-6306).

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Safin F.G., Mukhtasarova E.A., Khaliulina A.I. THE ETHNOSOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE CHUVASH POPULATION IN BASHKORTOSTAN (1979–2019). Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta, 2021, no. 2, pp. 189–201. DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-2-189-201 (in Russian).

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