Study of the State and Nature of Interconfessional and International Relations in Vladivostok

Abstract

The results of assessing the current state of interfaith and interethnic relations in the region (or city) using scientifically grounded tools are the basis for developing a system of measures to harmonize the situation in this area and the successful implementation of the national policy strategy of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the empirical research is to study the state and nature of interethnic, interfaith relations in the city of Vladivostok. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were consistently solved: based on the results of the analysis of scientific publications, a field research toolkit in the form of a survey was developed, which allows not only to calculate indicators characterizing the current state of interfaith and interethnic relations in a region (or city), but also to assess the attitude of the population to a wide range initiatives to harmonize interreligious relations, as well as identify positive points of interaction in the context of confessional and national diversity; the developed toolkit was tested on the example of a survey of the population of the city of Vladivostok (517 respondents aged 18+ were interviewed), the survey results were analyzed using frequency analysis (linear distributions) for each question and correlation analysis. The results of the study made it possible not only to assess the general current state, but also to describe in detail the mood of the population in the context of interethnic, interfaith interaction and attitudes towards initiatives to harmonize interreligious relations in the city. The results of the study are of interest for building a monitoring system for interfaith and interethnic relations in the regions of the Russian Federation.