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Purpose. The aim is to identify and consider the mechanism of formation of national-state identity with the help of symbols and images of sports of the highest achievements in North Ossetia - Alania.Methodology and Approach. The authors have conducted an empirical study using focused interviews of people not connected with sports. The topic of the focused interview is “the Role of sport of higher achievements in the formation of national and state identity” in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (50 respondents).Results. On the basis of the study conducted on the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, the influence of high-level sports on ethno-territorial and national-state identity and their interaction was revealed, through the holding of sports mega-events and sports victories of “ their “ athletes.Theoretical and Practical Implications. Theoretical and practical importance of the study is that its results can be used in the development of scientific issues related to national and state identity on the one hand, and sports of higher achievements on the other hand.

The article examines the situation of the Tatars and other Muslim minorities in Bulgaria during the communist period. The policy of the state in relation to Muslim minorities after the proclamation of the People`s Republic of Bulgaria and the establishment of socialism in the state according to the Soviet model, when the political, economic and social models of the USSR were imported and introduced without taking into account the national characteristics of Bulgaria, are analyzed. As in the Soviet Union (especially in the early stage of its formation, religion was banned and this applied to all confessions without exception. The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) made every effort eradicate religious identity and, in particular, Islamic identity. It was planned to replace the religious ideological fragment with a socialist one, and then, on its platform, form and stimulate the development of the national, modernist and Soviet identity of Muslims. Moreover, the emphasis was also placed on improving the way of life and the material situation of the Muslim population, which, according to the Marxist theory of culture, should have contributed to a more effective formation of socialist consciousness. The ruling party saw in the Muslim religious consciousness and rudiments of the Ottoman past, an obstacle on the way of socialist progress and formation of socialist consciousness. Emasculating elements of the religious worldview from the mind of people, the BCP set itself the task of creating a modern, secular, socialist personality. To this end, in 1946–1989 the government implemented a number of economic, educational and cultural establishments.