Urbanization as a factor of ethno-linguistic behavior of non-russian peoples in multinational regions of Russia (by the example of the Republic of Bashkortostan)

Abstract

The features of the ethno-linguistic behavior of non-Russian peoples in one of the most multi-ethnic regions of Russia — the Republic of Bashkortostan — are analyzed in a diachronic sense (throughout the 20th century). Urbanization is considered as one of the most important factors in this process. The specificity of the ethno-linguistic behavior of non-Russian peoples is revealed in relation to various language groups, including Turkic and Finno-Ugric.