SELF-IDENTIFICATION AS THE FACTOR OF SELF-ORGANIZING OF NATIONAL MINORITIES (USING THE EXAMPLE OF RUSSIAN GERMANS)

Abstract

The article examines the problem of selfidentification
of national minorities using the example of the
Germans of Russia. The author considers self-identification
to be the determining factor of self-organisation of national
minorities. The article provides an analysis of the empirical
research conducted to investigate the problem. The
results of the research allowed to identify various types
of self-identification of Russian Germans and to define the
determining factors inducing the representatives of ethnic
minorities to take part in self-organizing activities.