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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ethno review</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ethno review</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Этнографическое обозрение</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-5415</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-6274</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">672170</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0869541523060106</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">MOURPT</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Documentary constructivism as a special form of constructivist folk sociology: evidence from Dagestan</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Документарный конструктивизм как особая форма конструктивистской народной социологии: свидетельства из Дагестана</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Varshaver</surname><given-names>E. A</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Варшавер</surname><given-names>Е. А</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>varshavere@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Orlova</surname><given-names>A. A</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Орлова</surname><given-names>А. А</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>aaorlova_10@edu.hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shulga</surname><given-names>A. E</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шульга</surname><given-names>А. Е</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>rastrub00@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Applied Economic Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт прикладных экономических исследований РАНХиГС при Президенте РФ</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет “Высшая школа экономики”</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO6 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№6 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>156</fpage><lpage>177</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-02-27"><day>27</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5415/article/view/672170">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5415/article/view/672170</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In this article, the existence of documentary constructivism is justified in the context of literature dedicated to folk theories of ethnicity. Documentary constructivism views ethnicity primarily as an administrative concept. This view is described based on 130 interviews conducted in Dagestan, where the state has changed ethnic classifications several times over the course of the 20th century and relocated entire communities from one nationality to another. It is shown that this view is significantly more prevalent in communities that have been the subject of such re-categorization. These conclusions are placed in the context of literature that traditionally describes folk constructivism solely as a view that ethnic affiliation is an acquired characteristic rather than an innate one. We argue that the prevalence of different folk theories of ethnicity is related to the characteristics of the social context. Furthermore, we suggest that further investigation into the variability of folk theories of ethnicity and their determinants is warranted.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В этой статье на основании анализа литературы, посвященной народным теориям этничности ( folk theories of ethnicity ), обосновывается существование документарного конструктивизма - взгляда, согласно которому этничность имеет прежде всего административную природу, т.е. является не врожденной, а приобретенной характеристикой. На материале 130 интервью, собранных в Дагестане, где на протяжении XX в. государство несколько раз меняло этнические классификации и “перемещало” целые сообщества из одной национальности в другую, демонстрируется, что документарный конструктивизм как особый тип народной социологии этничности в Дагестане действительно сформировался и что люди, имеющие отношение к сообществам, фактически ставшим объектом реклассификации в советское время, тяготеют к такому взгляду на природу этничности значительно чаще остальных. Делается вывод, что распространенность тех или иных народных теорий этничности связана с характеристиками социального контекста. В дальнейшем предполагается детальнее исследовать вариативность народных теорий этничности и их детерминанты.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>ethnicity</kwd><kwd>folk sociology</kwd><kwd>Dagestan</kwd><kwd>constructivism</kwd><kwd>classification</kwd><kwd>documents</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>этничность</kwd><kwd>народная социология</kwd><kwd>Дагестан</kwd><kwd>конструктивизм</kwd><kwd>классификации</kwd><kwd>документы</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Байбурин А.К. Советский паспорт: история - структура - практики. СПб.: Изд-во Европейского ун-та, 2017.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Варшавер Е.А. 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