Cultural Memory of Migrants of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai) and Ethnic Self-Identification Processes
The subject of the present research is cultural memory of migrants in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai). Labour migration in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is a social, economic and cultural process. Migrants constitute a considerable share in the population of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.Ethnic identity processes experienced by migrants are an up-to-date subject in cultural research. Ethnic identification of migrants in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is determined by their cultural memory. The essence of this memory is the basis for understanding the processes related to the governmental cultural and migration policy. Labour migration makes a tangible influence on social and cultural environment of the region.The main method of the present research is a focused group interview. The method was applied to the migrants belonging to Armenian, Azerbaijani and other ethnic cultural groups resident in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.The academic novelty of the research is connected to the application of the focused group interview method to the research of cultural memory of the migrants living in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Younger migrants associate themselves with Russian culture. Social heritage of these young people is different from the ethnic one: despite ethnic assimilation (language, everyday communication culture in the foreign environment), ethnocultural consolidation is still out of question.