AUTHOR:
Tomasz Białobłocki
ABSTRACT:
The article is dedicated to analyzing the peculiarities of ethnic identity, polarization and politicization of Russians in the post-Soviet space and as one of the factors of geopolitical positioning of some countries of the region. The author determined what was the essence of the policy of identity and polarization of Russians in the post-Soviet space (in particular, in the period of 1991-2000) and found out why in some countries it led to catastrophic consequences, while in others it did not prevent the change of geopolitical priorities and «separation» from the post-Soviet space. It was proved that ethnic identity, polarization and politicization of Russians in different post-Soviet countries were formed gradually and multi-vectored and were determined both by political and socio-economic factors and psychological effects.
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