Abstract:

The article reveals role and substantiates possibilities of the Centers of national cultures in the formation of ethnic tolerance, prevention and averting of ethnic conflicts. The centers of national cultures are shown in the meaning of the modern Institute, designed to ensure the interaction of representatives of different cultural traditions living in a single social space.

Keywords: social space, nationa, ethnic groupб, national culture, ethno-cultural processes, interethnic contradiction, ethnic conflict, ethnic tolerance, preventing ethnic and national conflicts, centers of national cultures.