연해주 한인사회를 통해 본 러시아 정부의 다문화정책

Abstract

The multicultural policies of the Russian Federation are related to the ethnic policies because the separatist nationalism was one of the main reasons of the collapse of USSR. And the aim of the muticultural policies are to resolve the ethnic issues and preserve the national unity. Characteristics of the multicultural policies of the Russian Federation are as follow. First, the issues related to the ethnic relations are the most important problems for Russian government to solve. Second, in resolving various ethnic problems, the Russian federal government excludes political issues from the multicultural policies. Third, multicultural politics of the Russian Federation are heavily concentrated in the cultural issues. Instead of excluding the political issues, Russian government guarantees maximum autonomy in the areas of language, arts, education, history etc. In the Russian Federation there exist minimum legal frameworks for peaceful development of the ethnic cultures. However, the political rights of the ethnic groups are restricted under the pretext of the national unity, and the realization of the cultural rights is heavily dependent upon the financial abilities of the ethnic groups.