Koldybaev. S.A.

Kostsnai state university of Baityrsynov

Towards the issue of national selfidentity of representatives of diasporas in modern Kazakhstan.

it’s generally known many that nationalities such as russians, germans, ukranians and representatives of different nations, ethnic groups live in Kazakhstan.

According to data of news agencies there are 140 ethnic groups. It’s possible that the number is a bit exaggerated: for example several representatives of ethnic Saama, a few ulchi ( 2-3 persons) live in Kazakhstan. They judging by census are registered as ethnic minority ( or to be more precise ethnic groups)

On what grounds people relate themselves to this or that ethnos. On the ground of subjective correlation. Famous Stalin’s meaning of nation is regarded as “ commonality of mentality” which in soviet period was underestimated as “indication of nationality”. It was for the first time that this problem was brought to discussion, held by a editorial office of the journal “ questions of history USSR”

1966, A.G Agaev, M.C. Dzhunusov, P.M. Rogachev, M.A. Sverdlin, and B.I. Kozlov[1]. It was them who proposed to bring in a category of self consciousness of nation as one of the main features of nation in the field of philosophic investigations and social –cultural tendencies.

Correlation of oneself with one’s nationality, as a rule, correlates prior to determination of nationality. However, psychologically in definition of nationality one factor plays a great role in selfidentity, which we will name as “ social preference. Simply, because It’s useful for people name themselves as americans, french, for these countries are respected, rich and democratic.

So in other words people call themselves americans, french, etc, not because that they like it – but in others eyes they are associated with an affluent and mighty country.

Here for example, biological-genetic compound is presumed that a ukranian, mexican, lithuanian and etc refer to social sitizenship.

Development of social and economic conditions of existence of nations, preference to financial stability in comparison with other ethnoses is the main reason why people of different nations emigrate or migrate to a more economically stable country where they live together thus turning in the process of ethnic mixing, development of common views and values which are charecteristic to for a nation.

This circumstance explains that massive leaving of russians, ukranians in 90s and even now so not as it was back in 90s to their historic fatherland. The data shows that everywhere the main reason is material factor.

The situation in this question is that that those representatives of diasporas who have financial means and opportunities, age levels, prefer to leave to Russia, Ukraine, their historic motherlands. As a rule if parents have opportunities(material, relatives and etc) are striving to teach there children in the russian universities, or branches of universities of Russia.

Such factors, broadly known on the level of domestic consciousness , for example in the north region of Kazakhstan confirms dualism of ethnic consciousness of representatives who are from different diasporas living in Kazakhstan.

In our opinion, decisive circumstance able on some level, if not radically to turn consciousness of representatives of diasporas in Kazakhstan lies in the same platitude of material and social conditions. In other words, if Kazakhstan will become rich and prosperous, respected by all countries, famous not only for its raw resouces, but for its developed technology of production, developed infrastructure, political freedom, and high standards of living of its sitizens so it will become that main condition when everybody will be honored to be Kazakstanian.