The Impacts of Socio-Political Gaps in the Political Identity Formation of Dagestan Society

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract
Dagestan is the most traditional and pious MoslemRepublic in Russian Federation. However, the republic is a place of crossover and stockpile social-political gaps and congestion of these gaps has put the society on the brink of perpetual and total clashes. These gaps are formed around ethnicity, religion and cult, plain/mountain and rural/urban lifestyle, political-social history especially military confrontation with Russian army, the conflict between tradition and modernity especially dealing with Russian culture, and the role of ancient (Persian and Turkish) traditions and rituals. The effects of these politico-social gaps on the political identity of Dagestan's society are examined in this article and the form of Dagestan political identity and its characteristics are defined at the end.

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