Nimaeva, B.B. The Aga Youth – Repertoire of Identities in the Modern Socio-Cultural Context

Abstract: This research was conducted with the use of M. Kuhn and T. McPartland’s test modified by T. V. Rumyantseva in 2011. 112 young people aged f rom 18 to 35 and living in the Aginsk Buryat Autonomous District participated in the research. The research helped to define the main personal and social categories of identification of Aga youth, forming factors of ethnic identity, the role of family identification and local (community) identification in a socio-cultural space. The author also describes ethnic specifics of self-identification of the Buryat young people in the context of external socio-economic, political and socio-cultural circumstances. The article shows the relation and interaction between social categories of identity and Buryat traditions of raising a harmonic personality. The results of this research can be used as the basis for an effective dialogue between executive authorities of all levels and the youth, for developing a favorable social environment as well as programs for socio-cultural development of the Aginsk Buryat Autonomous District as a territory holding a special status in the Zabaikalye Territory.

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