Review: The Collective Monograph “The Essential Basis of Russian Identity. Regional and Ethno-Cultural Contexts”

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2023-4/358-366

Authors

  • Irina Snezhkova the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

Keywords:

Russian identity, citizenship, Russian language, history, culture, school education, intercultural consent

Abstract

The reviewed monograph "The Essential Basis of Russian Identity" (Authors: Drobizheva, L. M., E. M. Arutyunova, M. A. Evseeva, I. M. Kuznetsov, S. V. Ryzhova, P. V. Fadeev and E. Yu. Shchegolkova) is devoted to the concepts that serve to people of different ethnic groups and social status to identify themselves as citizens of Russia. The authors of the monograph surveyed a representative nationwide sample in the center and regions of Russia, and conducted expert and in-depth interviews in focus groups to study the main components of Russian identity such as citizenship, Russian language, history, culture, ideas about what “our country” is, emotions and feelings of Russians in relation to it. Interethnic consent as a resource of Russian identity is separately considered. The authors also analyze the notion of Russian identity in the political discourse and in the space of school education.

Author Biography

  • Irina Snezhkova, the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

    Snezhkova, Irina A. – Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher, the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: snezhkova@mail.ru

    For Citation: Snezhkova, I. A. 2023. Review: The Collective Monograph “The Essential Basis of Russian Identity. Regional and Ethno-Cultural Contexts”, eds. Arutyunova, E. M. and S. V. Ryzhova. Moscow: Federal Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 288 p. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii). 4: 358–366.

    Funding: The study was carried out as a part of the research plan of the Russian Academy of Sciences N. N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.

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Published

17.12.2023

Issue

No. 4 (2023): Herald of Anthropology

Section

Reviews