Короткий опис (реферат):
The article deals with the concept and features of manifestation in the consciousness of
modern Ukrainian youth the phenomena of ethnic and national identity. The main modern problems
of ethnic self-identity of student's youth of the Odessa region are considered. Significant attention is
paid to the analysis of the border as a multidimensional space, geographical, socio-cultural and ethnic.
The identity and identification processes in similar fields take place at the symbolical level. As a
research task it was defined by the author attempt to learn characteristics of ethnic self-identity of
student's youth in the conditions of the multiethnic surroundings. The author proved that
understanding by Ukrainian Danube Region students of their ethnic identity is influenced by the fact
of living in the multicultural region. Ways of improving the state youth policy and its harmonization
with the ethno-national policy in Ukraine are proposed.