An approach to the study of identification and integration processes on the example of Russian-Lithuanian relations

The article considers an approach to the study of the identification and integration potential of Lithuania as one of the most complex newly formed formally independent countries. This approach is based on the concept of national identity by Stephen Shulman, which presents national identity as a multi-level system. Basing on the results of this analysis the author proposes the directions for the development of cooperation between the countries.