RUDN Journal of World HistoryRUDN Journal of World HistoryВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Всеобщая история2312-81272312-833XPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2247110.22363/2312-8127-2019-11-1-34-43Oriental StudiesИз истории ВостокаResearch ArticleEthnic and cultural issues of Uyghurs identity in Xinjiang regionЭтнические и культурные аспекты уйгурской идентичности в регионе CиньцзяньPonkaTatyana I.ПонькаТатьяна Ивановна

PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры теории и истории международных отношений факультета гуманитарных и социальных наук

ponka-rudn@mail.ruShlentovaAnastasia E.ШлентоваАнастасия Евгеньевна

master’s degree candidate of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

соискатель степени магистра кафедры теории и истории международных отношений факультета гуманитарных и социальных наук

bobcat24@rambler.ruIvashkevichAndrey A.ИвашкевичАндрей Андреевич

master’s degree candidate of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

соискатель степени магистра кафедры теории и истории международных отношений факультета гуманитарных и социальных наук

anjay3960@gmail.comPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Российский университет дружбы народов15122019111VOL 11, NO1 (2019)ТОМ 11, №1 (2019)344320122019Copyright ©; 2019, Ponka T.I., Shlentova A.E., Ivashkevich A.A.Copyright ©; 2019, Понька Т.И., Шлентова А.Е., Ивашкевич А.А.2019Ponka T.I., Shlentova A.E., Ivashkevich A.A.Понька Т.И., Шлентова А.Е., Ивашкевич А.А.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/22471

The Uyghurs are a Turkic-Muslim minority in the People`s Republic of China (PRC), their native language belongs to a Turkic language family and is written on the basis of Arabic graphics, and regard themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations. This article deals with the issue of the Uyghur identity role in the case of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China and its manifestations in relation to Chinese policy in the region. In order to study this issue the article analyzes the Uyghurs` attitude towards the Han Chinese migrants and their reaction towards Mandarin tuition as well as the salience of Islam faith as a crucial identity marker.

Уйгуры являются тюркским меньшинством, исповедующим ислам, в составе Китайской Народной Республики (КНР). Уйгурской язык относится к тюркской языковой группе и близок к узбекскому, в письменности которого используется арабская графическая основа. Культурно и этнически данный этнос относит себя к Центрально-азиатским нациям. Данная статья рассматривает вопрос уйгурской идентичности в Синьцзян-Уйгурском автономном районе (СУАР) и ее проявления по отношению к политике Китая в регионе. С целью исследования данного вопроса в статье представлены и осмысленны темы отношения уйгуров к ханьским мигрантам и их реакции на обучение на китайском языке, а также значение Ислама в качестве основополагающего маркера идентичности.

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