Identification Strategies as Determining Factors of Ethnonational Policy

State-civil and ethnic identities are considered, on the one hand, as equally important factors shaping the consciousness of modern man, and on the other, as determinants of ethno-national politics. It is concluded that with equal relevance of both types of identity for the individual, in real politics the development of state-civic identity is given more importance, whereas methods for the development of ethnic identity are not always effective. The authors conclude that an effective strategy of ethnonational politics should not determine the development of only one of the identities through the frustration of the other, but to seek ways of harmonious coexistence through the separation of their value and cognitive richness.

Keywords: determinants, state-civil identity, ethnic identity, the Republic of Altai.