Intercultural competence and cultural integration of migrants in a large Russian city (on the materials of St. Petersburg)

The article is devoted to the technique of cultural assimilator as a tool for the development of intercultural competence of migrants. The methodology proposed in the 1980s-1990s by cross-cultural psychologists G. Trindis, K. Cushner, and R. Brislin was adapted to the specifics of acculturation in a large Russian city. Research on the construction of cultural assimilators was carried out in 2009 in St. Petersburg and in the following years was tested in work with Russian and foreign students, various groups of migrants in various settings.