COLLECTIVE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DISTANCE IN THE SPHERE OF INTERETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN

The relevance of the investigated problem is caused by the need to study the problems associated with the interaction of different ethnic groups in a multiethnic society, which is particularly important in the conditions of intensification of ethnic processes in the beginning of the XXI century. The purpose of the study conducted is to analyze the magnitude of the social and cultural distance between the main ethnic groups living in the Republic of Tatarstan. The leading approach to the study of this problem is the multiparadigmatic methodology. The main results of the article include the identification of the various aspects of social and cultural inter-group distance between the main ethnic groups living in the Republic of Tatarstan. The materials of this article may be useful to the ethnologists, social and cultural anthropologists, political scientists, as well as representatives of agencies and organizations, being in charge of inter-ethnic cooperation.