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Introduction. The article is devoted to the analysis of the relationship between the state and ethnic group, state and ethnic identity. It reveals the mechanisms of state formation based on the development of cultural baggage created within the framework of the ethnic communicative space. Theoretical analysis. One of the distinctive features of modern states is the complex nature of the identities that comprise their citizens. The article shows in what ways and due to what the president of the state asserts the beginning of the state.

В  статье  представлены  результаты  социально-психологического  исследования  адапта-
ционной активности казахских и русских старшеклассников. Социально-психологическая 
адаптация рассматривается как постоянный активный процесс приспособления и измене-
ния личности во взаимодействии с окружающим миром. Анализируется основной резуль-
тат адаптационного процесса – субъективное благополучие личности. Рассматривается 
этнопсихологическая специфика взаимосвязи адаптации и субъективного благополучия.

One can definitely say that as far back as Soviet times and up to the present day the leading scholars of post-Soviet scope (ethnographers, historians and other) treat differently an essence and content of ethnic communities. It is, in particular, referred to such notions as «tribe», «ethnos», and «people». At the same time a definite disagreement is still observed among the specialists on the issue of typology. Taking into consideration this circumstance the present article carries out work on a new classification of the main ethnic communities.