Ethno-Religious Factors Of Generations Dynamics In The Multiethnic Region Of Russia

Abstract

We have conducted study of the ethnic and religious factors in the context of the methodology of generational analysis. The research methodology is based on the works of authors such as K. Mannheim, S. Eisenstadt, M. Mead. Based on empirical data collected upon implementation of the project "Continuity and conflict of generations in the information, multi-ethnic, and multi-confessional society (using the material of the Republic of Tatarstan)" in 2013-2015., we revealed generational features of transmitting the ethnic and religious values in the multi-ethno-confessional region of Russia - the Republic of Tatarstan.

The study used quantitative and qualitative methodology of sociologic research - a massive survey of population of the Republic of Tatarstan (N=1450 pers.), in-depth narrative interviews with several generations of the same family (N=30), and narrative essays by students of various universities of Kazan (N=500).

Interpretation of the results made it possible to formula