The Ethnopsychological Peculiarities of Europeans and Russians as a Factor of Different Cultures Representatives Interaction and Mutual Understanding Effectiveness

The current state of inter-ethnic relations indicates that, along with the processes of globalization, there is a reverse process - de-globalization, which is reflected in the desire of peoples to preserve their national identity. The ethnopsychological differences between nations and peoples are regarded as one of the factors causing the emergence of multicultural conflicts. On the basis of the analysis of literature the article under review highlights the most characteristic features of representatives of European and Russian cultures. The authors proceeded from the assumption that ethnopsychological features are determined both archetypically and ethnogenetically. Myths, legends, tales, epics, rituals, conspiracies, archaeological, psycholinguistic, socio-anthropological, historical data in the context of Jung's theory make it possible to recreate some of the essential ethno-psychological characteristics of a certain nation. As a result of the use of this approach, individual features inherent in Europeans and Russians were highlighted, which made it possible to draw more general conclusions: