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The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, using the example of Uyghurs living in several countries and Uyghurs living in two geographically and culturally distinct regions of Kyrgyzstan, how government interventions can influence the formation of ethnic identity. In Kyrgyzstan, changes in policy regarding the Uyghurs are explored along with the reaction to this policy on the part of representatives of the Uyghur ethnic group. The article also explores how completely different forms of expression of the Uyghur nationality occurred within the framework of one country, or more precisely – a union republic. The article draws attention to cases of state intervention in the USSR that led to the unification of several different ethnic groups into one new ethnic group of Uyghurs, as well as how these state interventions either contributed to the process of assimilation or, conversely, acted against it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In countries of the former Soviet Union concentrated almost half of the modern Ukrainian diaspora, particularly in the Russian Federation is home to the most numerous Ukrainian diaspora in the world. A reason of appearance Ukrainian diaspora in these countries was voluntary and forced migration, and in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Moldova - factor of state delimitation. As a result of the census of population, which took place in the former Soviet Union after 1989, established changes in the numerosity of Ukrainian diaspora and its settlement. Given the specificity of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union, can be identified there are four groups of countries: the Baltics, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The fourth group consists of Belarus, Russia and Moldova, where part of the Ukrainian diaspora are autochthonous population. Compared with other countries in the Baltics countries dynamics of decrease number of Ukrainians is lower. In spite of membership of these countries in the EU, processes of modern Ukrainian labor migration, Ukrainians are excluded from active political and public life in these countries. In Central Asia after 1989 found that the rate of decrease of Ukrainian diaspora very high because of low economic development, political situation in the region, Ukrainian integration into the Russian diaspora, natural decreases. In Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan because of military conflicts, revolutions and low living standards number of the Ukrainian diaspora is negligible. Beside this on the Ukrainian diaspora has influence linguistic, cultural and religious distance from the titular ethnic groups. In Belarus, the Ukrainian diaspora lives mainly in Brest region and major cities. Ukrainian diaspora in Moldova is living mainly in the northern parts of the country and Transnistria. In the Russian Federation it is the Ukrainian ethnic territories and major cities, in which directed the flows of Ukrainian labor migrants. The reasons for reducing the number of Ukrainian diaspora were military conflicts, low life, and the unstable political situation that led to the re-emigration to Ukraine or other countries. Among other reasons, it should be noted assimilation, a natural decrease in the number of Ukrainians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Общественно-географические исследования украинской диаспоры есть актуальной задачей для современной украинской географии. Исследование украинских диаспор в Закавказском регионе есть менее популярным в сравнении с другими украинскими диаспорами, которые проживают в США, Канаде, Российской Федерации и Румынии. В статьи рассмотрены причины возникновения украинской диаспоры, осуществлен анализ численности и особенностей расселения украинской диаспоры в Азербайджане, Армении и Грузии. Информационной основой исследования есть этнокультурные критерии программ переписей населения у странах региона. В ходе исследования установлено, что украинские диаспоры в регионе есть високоурбанизированными, преимущественно украинцы проживают в столицах стран. Специфика стран проживания украинской диаспоры влияет на ее интеграцию в среду титульного этноса. На основании результатов переписей населения установлены основные причины уменьшения численности украинской диаспоры в регионе. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]