INTERETHNIC RELATIONS AMONG THE STUDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN (ON AN EXAMPLE OF STUDENTS OF KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY)

This article is an analysis of the data obtained during the sociological study conducted in spring 2016 among the students of Kazan Federal University. The objective of the study was to determine the features of international relations among students, as well as to identify the main problems existing in this sphere. The relevance of the researches conducted is confirmed by a number of circumstances, namely - the multi-ethnic character of the modern Russian state, faced with the problems of growth of nationalism and labor migration from neighboring countries, as well as the problems of increase of the state policy efficiency in the sphere of international relations. In particular, the active use of scientific, in this case sociological, equipment is a necessary prerequisite for sound medium-and long-term prediction of community response to the interethnic conflicts, as well as the search for answers to the possible and acceptable ways to resolve them. The study results suggest that the current interethnic relations in the student youth environment in the Republic of Tatarstan are generally stable, in spite of the problem of tension existing in the society in the area of international relations, which has been marked by the respondents. At that, it can be stated the fact as a positive result of the study that the students are the bearers of culture of peaceful coexistence of different nationalities as a whole.