CONFESSIONAL FACTOR IN ETHNIC IDENTITY OF THE RUSSIAN POPULATION OF NORTH OSSETIA
Purpose of this article is to analyze meaning of the confessional factor in ethnic identity of the Russian population of North Ossetia at the present stage. It is noted that even with low religious consciousness of the majority of the contemporary Russian and Cossack population of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Orthodoxy continues to be one of the basic foundations of self-identity, and the Church remains an important symbol of connection with the all-Russian space.