A STUDY ON THE SOCIAL DISTANCE OF RESIDENTS OF BORDER REGIONS OF RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN

He article presents an analysis of the social distance, which was measured as part of an empirical study on the socio-psychological characteristics of the ethnic identity of residents of border regions in Russia and Kazakhstan. The social distance was measured in two groups, which were determined by the type of residence of the respondents. The article describes such types of residence as diffuse and compact ones. The authors determined social acceptability and social expansiveness in the studied groups, as well as the social distance in these groups towards representatives of five ethnic groups. The results of the survey aimed at studying attitudes towards ethnicity and interethnic relations are presented.