The national question and formation of the Russian national identity

Authors

  • Nikolai G. Skvortsov Saint Petersburg University, 7–9 Universitetskaya Embankment, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia

Keywords:

nation, the right of nations to self-determination, ethnic nationalism, national identity

Abstract

The article deals with the formation of the Russian national identity. The author critically analyzes the solution of the national question by the Bolsheviks, as well as the use of the ethnic model of the nation in the theory and practice of national building in the USSR. It is necessary to abandon the use of the ideology of ethnic nationalism in the modern national policy of the state and to move to the formation of a civic national identity, the highest level of which is civil consciousness.

Author Biography

  • Nikolai G. Skvortsov, Saint Petersburg University, 7–9 Universitetskaya Embankment, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia

    doctor of science (sociology), full professor; professor at the department of comparative sociology, faculty of sociology, dean of the faculty of sociology

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Published

2019-03-12

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No. 4 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

Section

Discussion

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How to Cite

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Skvortsov, N.G. 2019. The national question and formation of the Russian national identity. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 4 (Mar. 2019), 101–105.