Socio-psychological ethnology: state and prospects

This article briefly reveals the history of the formation of ethnology. At the same time, the chronology of the latter’s development has been restored and presented objectively. The article examines the essence of the socio-psychological approach to understanding socio-psychological phenomena in the structure of ethnic groups. The subject of socio-psychological ethnology includes the patterns of their occurrence and manifestation. It analyzes the difficulties that occur in the analysis of socio-psychological phenomena in the structure of ethnic groups. Therefore, it is no coincidence that the most important task is to create a full-fledged theory of socio-psychological ethnology. Without this, it is impossible to talk about effective work with ethnic groups.