RUSSIAN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SEMIPALATINSK BORDERLAND IN THE EARLY 2000S
The demographic and cultural aspects of the Russian population habitation in the border city of Semipalatinsk (Semey) in the 2000s consider in the article on the materials field research results. Demographic decline dwellers of Semipalatinsk have not lowered the cultural and social activity of Russian public organizations. The article analyzes the activities of Russian public organizations dedicated to the preservation of the old folk culture. The author comes to the conclusion that the activities of the national-cultural centers are strictly regulated by the state and it is a form of relationship with the Kazakh authorities with minorities.