THE PHENOMENON OF UDMURTIA–2: YOUTH VS ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURS

The article analyses the processes of ethnocultural and ethnopolitical development in Udmurtia and is based on the analysis of statistical materials, data from sociological studies, and other sources of information. The main souses of information for the work are the series of surveys conducted in 2017–2019 in the national republics of the Russian Federation carries out as a part of the program developed by the IEA RAS (or by analogy with it). The object of the study is the Udmurt Republic, as long as recent events and previous observations turned the region into a model “training ground” for studying ethnocultural and ethnopolitical processes in republics with a Finno-Ugric population. Previously, we have summarized some of the prior observations in numerous publications, including the multivolume series “The Phenomenon of Udmurtia”. The results of the recent studies are closely correlated with the data of previous sociological surveys. Thus we are able to define and to access the main trends of ethnocultural and ethnopolitical processes that take place in the Republic as well as in the other subjects of the Russian Federation, where Finno-Ugric peoples live. The analysis of the ethno-political situation in the republic shows that the demand for integration policy in the republican community is more than obvious. But the policy of civic integration needs to be activated, because so far it does not have a significant impact on public sentiment.