Russian Ethnic Groups in the National Structure of Belarus
https://doi.org/10.56654/ROPI-2023-3(8)-76-110
Abstract
Based on statistical data and materials of the All-Union population censuses of 1959-1989, as well as national population censuses of the Republic of Belarus in 1999-2019. the development trends of ethnic processes in Belarus are analyzed. The characteristic of the ethnic structure of modern Belarusian society is given. An excursion into the history of the Russian ethnic group and the indigenous peoples of Russia in the Belarusian lands was made. The role and place of the Russian ethnos in the post-war period of Belarus is shown. The role of migration in ethnic processes is considered. An important place is given to the analysis of the push migration of the Russian-speaking population in the national republics of the period of the collapse of the unified demographic space of the USSR. An analysis of the features and problems of the Belarusian-Russian migration is given. The characteristic of individual indigenous Russian peoples in the national structure of Belarus is given. The ethnic ties of the border regions of Belarus and Russia are highlighted. The changes of the Belarusian ethnos in the national structure of the Russian Federation are reflected.
About the Author
A. G. Zlotnikov
Belarusian Trade and Economy University of Consumer Cooperatives
Belarus
Belarus
Anatoly G. Zlotnikov, CandSc (Econ.), Associate Professor, Professor of Law and Economic Theory Department
Gomel
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Zlotnikov A.G. Russian Ethnic Groups in the National Structure of Belarus. Russia: Society, Politics, History. 2023;(3(8)):76-110. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.56654/ROPI-2023-3(8)-76-110
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