Traditional musical culture of the Volga and Ural regions: the multi-ethnic dimension

The article analyzes the phenomenon of the traditional musical culture of ethnic groups of the Volga and Ural regions of the Turkic, Finno-Ugrian and Slavic origin, developed in the course of a permanent diversified mutual influence and mutual enrichment of distinctive ethnic, religious, regional and local components. Sam- ples of the music archaic Bashkir, Mari, Mordovian, Russian, Tatar, Udmurt and other ethnic groups living in these regions, as well as written and archaeological sources, reveal the formation of the geographical area, since the early Middle Ages, cultural space, characterized, in spite of the uniqueness of the individual compo- nents, significant unity and high moral and aesthetic potential. However, the trend of globalization in the mod- ern world is known to endanger the preservation of traditional cultural values. In this regard, they update the issue of preserving the cultural heritage of past eras, which can be solved by incorporating a modern cultural and educational environment in authentic forms, and various kinds of professional performing arts, creative composer, musical enlightenment and education. Special mention should be the aspect of existence of the tra- ditional musical culture in the social life of the region, as a regenerated ancient festivals and folklore festivals, which clearly demonstrate the relevance of ancestral cultural traditions of the Volga and Ural. Today we can observe a positive trend of revival of cultural traditions prevailing in the early stages of the ethnic history of the region. This great potential is the intrinsic moral and aesthetic value, and effective means of harmonization of interethnic and interfaith relations, the formation of a harmoniously developed personality in the realities of the modern multicultural society with a view to the formation of tolerant consciousness of new generations.