REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: ETHNORELIGIOUS IDENTITY AS AN INTEGRATION FACTOR
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The authors have analyzed the ways in which the country was consolidating its independence and sovereignty by strengthening and improving its national statehood, identifying the cultural and religious values of the Kazakhs, and assessing their spiritual potential. In some twenty years, in a historically short period, the republic became easily recognizable in the world thanks to its geopolitical principles, clear ideas about its development path, and a well-defined awareness of the specifics of its national culture and ethnoreligious identity as the society’s subjective idea about itself and the world. This brought to the forefront not merely the problem of reviving its historical roots and spiritual value, which has gained ideological significance amid the world crisis in all spheres of social life. It has also become existentially important to revive, enrich, and further develop the national culture and ethnic and religious customs and traditions and align them with current realities.
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