NEW RELIGIOUSNESS OF UFA STUDENTS (ON THE EXAMPLE THE BASHKIRS AND THE TATARS)
The article analyses the latest trends in contemporary religiosity of Bashkir and Tatar students of Ufa; a brief characteristics is given to the main elements of non-traditional beliefs; the reasons for the influence of orthodoxy, neo-paganism and atheism on the belief system in a part of respondents are indicated. The main source basis was the research questionnaire of 190 students. A significant part of respondents calls themselves believers. Confessional identity of Tatar and Bashkir students is also significant. However, the author believes that external pro-Islamic orientation among student youth can hide non-Islamic consciousness and behavior. The given trend is reinforced by secular and atheistic views.