The processes happening in the Russian society, such as globalization and urbanization, as well as its demographic situation have had a significant impact on ethnic groups and communities, including their ethnic identity. The purpose of this article is to identify the characteristics of ethnic identity and perceptions of ethnic minority groups, in particular, of Russian Germans living in the Russian Federation (Glazov, Vyatka-Kama region). To achieve the goal, the study used the field research methods to collect the linguistic material; sociolinguistic questioning and interviewing; socially differentiated analysis of the language material. The study analyzes the following ten parameters of ethnic identity in relation to the Russian Germans of Glazov: common historical fate, shared territory, religion, mode of life, family patterns, folklore, traditional crafts, behavior standards, psychological makeup, and ethnic language.The findings of the study suggest that ethnic identity of the Russian Germans is a changeable dynamic category. Certain distinctive characteristics of ethnic identity are developed under the influence of objective reasons (political system, ethnic policy of the state, territorial administration), as well as personal and subjective reasons (preserving the language, culture and traditions). This article will be of interest to researchers in the field of German dialectology and German speech islands. Keywords-German ethnic community, characteristics of ethnic identityI.

Представлена методика определения завершенных и незавершенных интонационных фраз (ИФ), выявления тонологической структуры интонационных контуров выбранных ИФ и определение их ядерных контуров немецких островных диалектов Кировской области. Данная методика является новой и актуальной, так как опирается на неинтонационные критерии исследования, включающие семантические, синтаксические и прагматические показатели ИФ. Ключевые слова: немецкие островные диалекты, завершенные, незавершенные интонационные фразы, интонационные контуры.

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The paper presents an overview of the traditional markers of the German ethnic population in Crimea that came to the peninsula in the 1800s, was forced to emigrate in 1941 and has been partially coming back since 1991. The aim is to describe the potentially relevant markers distinguishing the German population from other ethnicities of the Crimea. Methods: A review of the literary sources available in the scientific library of I. Franko and the library of the Crimean Federal University is conducted. Results: the traditional ethnic and cultural markers of Crimean Germans include German language, the influence of Protestantism and Catholicism, an authentic lifestyle, progressive housekeeping, densely populated communities settling predominantly in the rural areas near the first colonies; successfully conducted trade, craft and socio-cultural activity in the urban areas. The alteration of the above mentioned markers was strongly influenced by the historical events.

The purpose of the study is to identify axiological-semantic and linguocultural markers as a basis for ethnic identity of Crimea small peoples (the ethnic Bulgarians, the ethnic Germans). The research is novel in that evolution of small languages forms, everyday consciousness and traditional culture of Crimea small ethnic groups is considered for the first time. As a result, the study of the cultural and particularly linguistic situation of Crimea small peoples in foreign-language environment shows that due to historical processes, geopolitical and social changes these communities have undergone massive linguistic assimilation and virtually lost their ethnic identity.