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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Russian History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Russian History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: История России</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8674</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-8690</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">41754</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8674-2024-23-3-260-271</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">QXIQTI</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ETHNICITY AND POWER IN RUSSIA: HISTORY AND MODERNITY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭТНИЧНОСТЬ И ВЛАСТЬ В РОССИИ: ИСТОРИЯ И СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Balkan Colonists in the Azov Region: Diversity of Identities and Demise of the Ethnic Paradigm</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Балканские колонисты в Приазовье: многообразие идентичностей и слом этнической парадигмы</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-1109</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3038-4800</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Novik</surname><given-names>Alexander A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Новик</surname><given-names>Александр Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in History, Head of the Centre for European Studies, Leading Researcher</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, заведующий Центром европейских исследований, ведущий научный сотрудник</p></bio><email>njual@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Музей антропологии и этнографии имени Петра Великого (Кунсткамера) РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-11-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Ethnicity and Power in Russia: History and Modernity</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Этничность и власть в России: история и современность</issue-title><fpage>260</fpage><lpage>271</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-11-30"><day>30</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Novik A.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Новик А.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Novik A.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Новик А.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/41754">https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/41754</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Through his work, the author analyzes the influence of state ideology and cultural codes on the ethnic and national self-identification of the migrants from Southeastern Europe to the Azov region of Russia. Through his research, he has revealed the degree of influence of various factors contributing to the sustainable preservation or loss of ethnic, regional, linguistic and religious identities within the framework of the development of a separate multi-ethnic territory. The source base for the study is the documents of the State Archive of the Rostov Region and the materials of complex expeditions, the Archive of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The author comes to the conclusion, that at the present, most residents of the villages on the shores of the Taganrog Bay are well aware of the history of their settlements; many are ready to claim that they have Greek/ Arnaut roots, and therefore they resolutely declare their “autochthony.” However, there are no attempts to revitalize this traditional culture or it’s holidays - “like in Greece or Albania” (as it is happening in the Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions). In the region, belonging to one’s people, by those born and living there, is perceived as a more significant marker than ethnic origin, ethnic self-identification and declaration of ethnic preferences.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Анализируется влияние государственной идеологии и культурных кодов на этническую и национальную самоидентификацию переселенцев из Юго-Восточной Европы в российском Приазовье. Выясняется степень влияния различных факторов, способствовавших устойчивому сохранению либо утрате этнической, региональной, языковой и религиозной идентичностей в рамках развития отдельной полиэтничной территории. Источниковой основой исследования стали документы Государственного архива Ростовской области и материалы комплексных экспедиций, Архива Музея антропологии и этнографии РАН и других архивохранилищ. Автор пришел к выводу, что в современной ситуации большинство жителей сел, основанных на берегах Таганрогского залива, прекрасно осведомлены об истории своих населенных пунктов, многие готовы утверждать, что имеют греческие/арнаутские корни, а потому решительно декларируют свою «автохтонность». Попыток ревитализации традиционной культуры, возрождения праздников - «как в Греции или Албании» (как то происходит в Запорожской и Донецкой областях) - здесь не отмечается. Приобщенность к своим, родившимся и живущим здесь, воспринимается как более значимый маркер, чем этническое происхождение, этническая самоидентификация и декларирование этнических преференций.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>migration and diaspora</kwd><kwd>ethnic and local self-identification</kwd><kwd>state and nation-building</kwd><kwd>population of the Northern Black Sea region</kwd><kwd>Balkan politics</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>миграции и диаспоры</kwd><kwd>этническая и локальная самоидентификация</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Anderson, D., Glavy, J. “Old Albanian Scripts.” The Unicode Consortium. Accessed August 16, 2023, http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09328-old-albanian.pdf</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Банников К.Л. Информационная теория этноса. 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