V predstavlennoy monografii na osnove materialov etnograficheskogo obsledovaniya Nizhneserginskogo i Krasnoufimskogo rayonov Sverdlovskoy oblasti rassmatrivayutsya problemy etnichnosti i mezhetnicheskogo dialoga russkikh i tatar Srednego Urala, na peresechenii istorii, etnografii i antropologii predprinimaetsya popytka vydeleniya klyuchevykh faktorov i instrumentov obespecheniya stabil"nykh mezhnatsional"nykh otnosheniy v polietnicheskoy srede. Monografiya predstavlyaet interes dlya istorikov, antropologov, etnografov, politologov, sotsiologov, prepodavateley obshchestvenno-politicheskikh i istoricheskikh distsiplin, gosudarstvennykh grazhdanskikh i munitsipal"nykh sluzhashchikh, vsekh interesuyushchikhsya issledovaniyami voprosov etnichnosti, mezhetnicheskogo dialoga, formirovaniya politicheskoy identichnosti i problemami natsional"noy politiki.