Interethnic Tolerance in the Republic of Tuva (Ethnosociological Study Results)

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2026-1/99-110

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Keywords:

Tuvans, Russians, interethnic relations, ethnic stereotypes, Tuva

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of interethnic tolerance in Tuva in the contemporary period. The analysis is based on the survey of the republic's residents, carried out in 2023 as part of the project "Socially successful and unsuccessful adaptation practices of ethnoregional communities in the context of large-scale innovative changes (on the example of the Republic of Tuva)". The results suggest that interethnic relations in the region are generally stable and favorable. In the summer of 2023, a survey was conducted among the working-age population of Tuva (421 people) using a sample representative in terms of ethnicity, age, gender, and territorial composition. The results of the study showed that the greatest differences in assessments of the current interethnic situation exist between the two main ethnic groups of the republic: Tuvans and Russians, while at the same time, gender and age differentiation in the responses of respondents — between men and women, as well as between young people and the older generation — is not so noticeable. Some interethnic tension revealed during the study, mainly in interpersonal communication, is primarily due to the presence of socio-economic problems in the region that are not being adequately solved, which is reflected in the general climate of interethnic interaction and tolerance.

Author Biographies

  • Zoya Anayban, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Anayban, Zoya V. — Dr. in History, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: anayban@mail.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-2375

  • Galina Balakina, Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Balakina, Galina F. — Dr.  in Economy, Chief Research Fellow, Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva, Russian Federation). E-mail: balakina.gal@yandex.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-7190

    For citation: Anayban, Z. V. and G. F. Balakina. 2026. Interethnic Tolerance in the Republic of Tuva (Ethnosociological Study Results). Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 1: 99–110.

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Published

13.03.2026

Issue

No. 1 (2026): Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik antropologii)

Section

Identity in Modern Society