ИСТИНА

Russian regions are very different by the language, ethnicity, race, religious beliefs of their inhabitants as well as by their economical, geopolitical and environmental conditions and history. These differences may be the origin of ethnic conflicts, discrimination and xenophobia even between people inside the same country. A Complex Etnocultural Identity Measure was designed for a specific study of ethnocultural identity and related phenomena in the context of modern Russia. The study was conducted in several regions of Russia including Siberia, Southern Russia, North Caucasus and Central Russia. The research has demonstrated that some dimensions of ethnocultural identity depend on the location of a respondent in a particular region of Russia rather than on other factors like generation, gender, socioeconomic status, educational background, and so forth. These findings may help predict and prevent negative attitudes, discrimination and xenophobia based on the differences in ethnocultural identity of people in Russia.