The problem of interethnic relations occupies a significant place in the scientific discourse of the Republic of Belarus. At the same time, it is hardly surprising that this discourse is burdened with the politicization of its participants. Most local scientists did not so much study the problem as a scientific one, but rather tried to realize their political preferences. Publications in scientific publications on this topic almost immediately from the moment it (the topic) appeared began to be perceived exclusively as evidence of ethnic loyalty or disloyalty of their authors, patriotism or hostility of their positions. The assessment and discussion of the scientific quality of their content in such conditions were of secondary importance. As a result, the level of knowledge about interethnic relations in the Republic of Belarus is extremely weak. In this situation, the appearance of S. A. Panarin's research is difficult to overestimate. If the research factual background, the validity of certain statements and conclusions of the author can be discussed, then there is no doubt about the significance of his research. It is worthy of the attention of specialists already because it is a truly scientific work on this problem. I would like to present some of my partly critical thoughts on this issue. Speaking about the merits of S. A. Panarin's work, each of them can be safely preceded by the word "for the first time". Almost for the first time, the problem of interethnic relations in the Republic of Belarus was concretized in terms of conflict. For the first time, relations between Russians and Buryats were conceptualized in the context of various objective correlations supported by statistical data and the results of sociological research. For the first time, this topic appeared in scientific research in the form of a specific plot - forming subject - the sphere of education as one of the links of the social system, on the one hand, and as a subject of application, pra ... Читать далее