Open AccessINTERETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN: STATUS AND TRENDS
Author(s) -
Madina M. Shakhbanova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
istoriâ, arheologiâ i ètnografiâ kavkaza
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-849X
pISSN - 2618-6772
DOI - 10.32653/ch133152-163
Subject(s) - human settlement , ethnic group , the republic , harmony (color) , political science , state (computer science) , politics , annexation , development economics , sociology , geography , law , philosophy , theology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , visual arts , art , economics
Interethnic relations in the post-Soviet Dagestan society are not stable. A complex of unsolved socio-economic, political, spiritual, and personnel problems, which generally negatively affect the interethnic climate especially in polyethnic administrative formations, contributes to the deterioration of the state of interethnic interactions of the Dagestan peoples. Basing on the results of the sociological survey carried out in the republic to study the state of interethnic tension, the author of the article shows the origin of interethnic conflicts on ethnic grounds in some settlements or municipal formations as the result of the change in the vectors of development of interethnic relations in the modern Dagestan society. In the author’s opinion, the main problem is inability of the republican authorities to prevent effectively interethnic tension in the relations between peoples. The results of the study show that the respondents emphasize the growth of interethnic tension and deterioration of the interethnic climate, but, in spite of this, Dagestan peoples are eager to maintain positive interethnic communication. In the situation of exacerbation of interethnic relations, the state authorities of the republic are to pursue national policy aimed at maintaining interethnic harmony and stability in Dagestan.