THE ETHNO-RELIGIOUS FACTOR AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PROCESSES OF NATION BUILDING IN BELARUS AND RUSSIA (XIV - XIX CENTURIES)
The article examines the impact of ethno-religious factor on the processes of national building in East Slavic areal in 14 <sup>th</sup> - 19 <sup>th</sup> centuries. From the standpoint of system-integrative analysis the genesis and essence of ethno-religious, socio-cultural diffirentials and inconsistencies are investigated, the circumstances of the confrontation of Catholicism and Orthodoxy during this period, and the use of historical experience in the optimization of policy in modern Russia are shown.