01710nam a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001500055653001300070653001300083653001000096100002100106700002200127700002000149245014200169856015300311300000800464490000800472520102400480                                       d10aidentity10aKazakhstan10areligion10aStudents10aYouth1 aP.K. Dashkovskiy1 aA.S. Zhanbosinova1 aE.O. Stolyarova00aRegional Factors in the Formation of Religious Identity Among the Students of East-Kazakhstan (Based on Results of Sociological Research)  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85151291767&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-75483-9_78&partnerID=40&md5=1a4c22c39c62e06ba1cca580a854a8da  a8190 v2343 aIn the context of globalization, the problem of religious identity has become a focus of interdisciplinary research. The interest is due to the general destabilizing phenomena associated with non-traditional religious movements. The post-Soviet space, including Kazakhstan, has not escaped the activation and politicization of ethno-confessional processes. There is a hypothesis that permanent residence and primary socialization do not affect the religious identity formation in Kazakhstan. In order to confirm or disprove this hypothesis, we conducted a pilot study. The study participants were three groups of university students from the East-Kazakhstan region. The paper presents the results of the first stage of our research to identify similarities and dissimilarities in students’ religious identity in the Eastern and Southern regions of Kazakhstan. The study showed that regional differences in socio-economic and cultural-historical nature are possible factors influencing the religious identity of youth.