FORMATION OF POLITICAL MENTALITY OF THE PEOPLES OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS

At the present time The North Caucasus is concentrated by the attention of Russia and the whole world. This region is a unique phenomenon where more than a hundred indigenous ethnic groups are located. This region is characterized by the intertwining of national and global trends with regional specifics. To understand this region is through the study of the political mentality of the peoples living here. Because politics and the institute of power are the objects on which directed the attention of the people. As we concerned It should be make a definition of the political mentality, as in the Humanities there are many approaches to understanding of the essence of political mentality. Each of the approaches interprets a certain aspect of the mentality of the peoples. Taking into account that the political mentality is part of the mentality as a whole, but pertaining to the political sphere, we offer to make the following definition: the political mentality - it is part of the General mentality of the individual, the team, the company, which is a system-forming basis, the determinant of the political culture; it is part of the General mentality, which contains the common views, attitudes, and values in the political sphere; it is a value the picture of the world, perceived through the prism of the policy; this is a subjective image of the political reality and peculiar form of his awareness. Contrasting to the political culture, political mentality is the internal political world of the people, due to its geographical location, customs, traditions, religion, in a while political culture is the external manifestation of the internal feelings of a particular social group about the political reality. To understand the mentality of one or another social group we should consider what factors influence its formation. In the case of the North Caucasus we look at a few basic factors: - socio-economic factors; - demographic factor- the religious factor; - traditions and customs; - the territorial-geographical (relief). Under the influence of such factors in Caucasians formed a special mentality with peculiar socio-cultural, moral and political components. Its main features are in the clan system, isolation, mutual agreement, the power of traditional authorities, the priority of national, religious customs before the laws of the state.