Changes in the Ethnic Heterogeneity of the Volga Federal District
The article discusses changes in the ethnic diversity of regions of the Volga Federal District for the period of 1989-2010. The most and least ethnically heterogeneous regions are revealed. There is a growing heterogeneity in some regions. The article describes settlement of Russians throughout the subjects of the Volga Federal District. The changes in the urbanization of ethnic groups are shown. The article notes the necessity to take the ethnic and economic behavior, and ethnopsychology into account in regional government policy in various subjects of the Volga Federal District.