ETHNICITY AS A DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF CHUVASH IDENTITY

DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-4-38-43

УДК 39(=512.111):17

ББК Т521(=635.1)-74

Nikita I. GUSHCHIN, Mikhail A. ALEKSANDROV

Key words

Ethnicity, Ethnicity, Chuvash people, Ethnic Identity, Markers of Ethnicity

Abstract

Modern processes of the evolution of ethnic identification of different nations require a constant search for new approaches to the explanation of emerging phenomena. The primordialist approach to the study of ethnicity, which is classical in Russian sociology, cannot explain many of the processes occurring within ethnic groups. One such group is the Chuvash people, whose ethnic identification has undergone significant changes since the late nineteenth century, associated with changes in writing, urbanization, and the emergence of their own political institutions. It is a constructivist approach to the study of ethnicity, which emphasizes the consideration of the dynamics of ethnic processes and their historical evolution, is appropriate which will help to explain this changes. The Chuvash people in this case represent a unique object for study. As the largest predominantly orthodox Turkic ethnic group, it differs greatly from its neighbors. The study of the ethnic identification of the Chuvash people from the perspective of the constructivist approach to ethnicity should be given closer attention, in order to solve the problems faced by the scientific community.

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Information about the authors

Nikita I. Gushchin – 4^th Grade Student, Faculty of International Relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia, Moscow (gushchin.nikita@vk.com; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-8502).

Mikhail A. Aleksandrov – 4^th Grade Student, Faculty of International Relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia, Moscow (alexanmikhail@gmail.com;  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-0913).

For citations

Gushchin N.I., Aleksandrov M.A. ETHNICITY AS A DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF CHUVASH IDENTITY. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta, 2021, no. 4, pp. 38–43. DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-4-38-43 (in Russian).

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