The members of the scientific group, L. Abrahamyan and N. Dunamalyan, participated in an international scientific conference

Within the framework of the expert discussion on "Transforming Identities in the Post-Soviet Space," the example of Armenia and Russia became the subject of discussion.

Researchers have paid attention to the revision of the concept of identity transformation as part of an analysis of contemporary Russian and Armenian nation-building politics.
Hovhannes Sargsyan, Head of the Department of Political Science of the RA National University, noted that intensive nation-building processes are taking place in the post-Soviet space. Therefore, the study of the process becomes extremely important for the implementation of effective domestic and foreign policy. Associate Professor of the Department of Comparative Political Science of the RA National University. P. Lumumba Daria Kazarinova noted the importance of studying the common “trauma” that mobilizes the nation. For example, in Russia, one trauma was replaced by a second: the discourse created about the trauma of the “nineties” is replaced by the trauma of the “2000s”, when Russia found itself “deceived” in an unfriendly environment.

In his turn, Levon Abrahamyan, Head of the Department of Cultural Anthropology of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the NAS RA, emphasized the importance of the transition from the “family” form of identity in Armenia to the “political” identity of the Armenian people. Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science of the RA National Academy of Sciences, Norayr Dunamalyan, presented the dynamics of the transformation of the historical memory of the peoples of the South Caucasus, noting the main stages of the formation of national political myths.