Features of the exposition of culture and life of Armenians in some Russian museums and its influence on the activation of national identity

One of the most important categories of classification is the type of museum, based on the relationship of the museum with a specific science. Ethnographic expositions are directly related to ethnographic science: the concepts of development, replenishment of collections, creation of expositions and exhibitions are aimed at preserving, studying, recreating, presenting the culture and life of a long or recent past. National identity is formed from birth, from childhood. It can be assumed, that this is a stable and constant concept throughout a person's life. However, changing the country of residence for one reason or another sometimes leads to a change in perceptions, a revision of the system of values, interpersonal relations, and a mixing of cultures, which in turn can contribute to the creation of new options for national identity. In the process of preserving the national identity of Armenians, museums organized in those countries where there is a stable Armenian diaspora occupy a special place. According to the profile, none of the museums operating on the territory of non-Armenian states is ethnographic. However, an impressive part of their collections and expositions consists of objects characterizing the culture and life of the population of those areas of Armenia from which representatives of this diaspora or their ancestors emigrated. The article considers the corresponding collections and expositions of the Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship in Rostov-on-Don, the Armenian Museum of Moscow and the Culture of Nations, the Museum of the Peoples of the East in Moscow and the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg.