регионоведение, кавказоведение, евразийские исследования, междисциплинарность, этноцентризм, реинтеграция, юг россии, российская идентичность, высшее образование, regional studies, caucasus studies, eurasian studies, interdisciplinary, ethnocentrism, reintegration, south of russia, russian identity, higher education, Education

The article shows how Regional studies emerged in Southern Federal University (Rostov State University successor), as a complex interdisciplinary field of higher education and scientific research. It describes the contribution of SFU to modernization and maintenance of a common scientific and educational space in the South of Russia, which is one of the foundations of Russian socio-cultural identity.