Morality and religion as the factors of the impact on the structurization of the mass-awareness of the population of the modern Azov region
Authors:   Mariupol State University, Sliushchinskyi Bohdan 
Published: April 2021

The article examines the influences of ethno cultures and ethno-denominations of the region on the formation of values and attitudes of the population of the modern Ukrainian Azov. Already from the XIII century. this region has become quite active. In the southwest of Mariupol county, Bulgarian villages appeared near the Greek villages. In the Azov region settled Georgians who spoke Tatar. Compact settlements were owned by Albanians, dispersed in the region were Czechs, Byelorussians, Gypsies, Poles, and later by Germans. Among the foreign colonists were Jews. All of them had their own religions, languages and traditions, which could not but affect the structuring of the mass consciousness of the modern population. Morality and religion are interrelated, because the level of morality depends on the person's religious beliefs and values, from his or her parents, the social environment, the country's image, geographical location, the influence of neighboring countries and many other factors. These factors not only shape a person, but also influence his or her worldview and the outlook of his or her environment, which cannot but affect the structuring of the mass consciousness of any community, and therefore the population of the modern Azov. Modernity always begins with the past, as they say, "... you want to know yourself - try to find your beginning." Therefore, let us try to consider historically the factors that influenced the modern Ukrainian Azov. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to determine the factors that influenced the structuring of the mass consciousness of the population of a given region, since it is present and future depends on the structuring of the mass consciousness of the population. So, let's try to investigate the factors that influenced the formation of values and attitudes of the population of the modern Ukrainian Azov. For this: 1. to examine the ethno-national and ethno-confessional composition of the population of the Ukrainian Azov region in historical aspect; 2. identify patterns of interaction of people of different nationalities and religions in the modern Ukrainian Azov region, which influence the formation of values and attitudes of the population of the region. It should be noted that this problem was investigated by many well-known scientists, both foreign and domestic. Among them are M. Aragioni, D. Bagalei, Y. Habermas, A. Gedio, A. Dinges, Y. Ivanova, R. Inglehart, G. Klepalova, V. Naumko, M. Naumova, I. Ponomareva, A. Ruchka, J. Shashkevich and others. They studied both the history of the settlement of the region and the specifics of the formation of ethno-national and ethno-denominational relations, proving that the region forms a rather complex socio-cultural space, which reflects on everything from the existence of social relations to professional orientation, from valuable cultural and cultural orientations. Exploring the history of the region, it should be noted that from the eighteenth century. This region began to become quite active.Mass resettlement was the beginning of the elimination of domestic isolation of certain ethnic groups (linguistic, psychological, denominationaland socio-economic), which accelerated the processes of intercultural exchange, influenced the changes in value orientations and attitudes. These processes were further exacerbated in the Soviet era when, as a result of the so-called orgnabors, representatives of different peoples, primarily Russians, moved into the industrial centers of the industrial Azov region. This can be considered the beginning of the period of assimilation and hybridization. In addition, the formation of human values are influenced by various components, such as: political, economic, legal, religious, analytical, managerial, linguistic, ethical, technical, geographical, historical, etc. They imply an understanding of the materiality and mechanisms of historical processes, the ability to analyze events in this context. All this is connected with the process of modern structuring of the mass consciousness, which is happening now in the society.