Historical memory as an ethnopolitical phenomenon

Abstract

Historical memory turns out to be an important ethnopolitical phenomenon, when the events of the past of the peoples are used as an argument in the political activities of any entity. The example of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Russian Federation is used to show the practice of using facts of the past for political purposes.

Keywords

• historical memory
• ethnic policies
• Finno-Ugric peoples
• Finno-Ugric regions
• ethnic tolerance
• interethnic tolerance